Thinking about certain story and character elements I'm struck by the notion that the excessive controlling nature of Anakin in Lucas' prequels might have some merit (not in Skywalker of course) but in maybe the pre-New Hope Jedi themselves.

This isn't a sense of control created by being traditionally power hungry or attachment to loved ones, but more of a matter of getting overtly concerned with the details and traditions rather than the broader importance of being connected with the Force and with others. Not seeing the forest for the trees, so to speak. They avoid being too involved with politics or everyday citizens because at this point in time that's "not how a Jedi does things".

Now this doesn't make them evil, or even in a position to fall, but it does cause them to ignorant about what the real danger was. They forgot about the dangers of the dark side, forgot to truly understand what could make a Jedi become lured by what it offered. They fail to realize how powerful Palpatine was, and truly fail to comprehend the troubled nature of someone like Anakin. Someone as good as Skywalker, falling as hard as he did, was simply beyond the scope of a group that was more concerned with administrating specific elements than flowing with the force.