Erikstormtrooper said:
(How does someone go from being a Jedi to a Count anyway?)

Well, you get George to move you from the Good to the Bad side of the Force...seems all Jedi are either Knights or Masters and the Sith are Lords and Counts...! Or you join the Muppets and become The Count - 1, 2 Jedi...2 Jedi on the end of my sword mwahahaha!!

As for the earlier suggestion that Anakin should start off young - well that wasted an entire movie...! :p I still think he should start off in his 20s and move on from there. Lose the sulkiness and sullen teen which does nothing to endear you to him and distance the fall into the Dark Side. Using flashbacks you can then explore aspects of his life that show he was good and this would strengthen Padme's (or whatever else you decide to call her) ascertion that there is still good in him when Obi-Wan does his sword of fury thing on him.