All this discussion of Luke's near conversion and how its supposed parallel in Anakin...makes me again wish that Anakin had a better turning point. Luke struck out in anger and it nearly made him fall. Anakin tried to save his beloved wife and thus stopped Mace from killing Palpatine by cutting off his hand, and thereby did fall. Anakin was far weaker willed than his son, and that is something that annoys me. I think Anakin's fall could have been tragic and even motivated by misplaced desires for good without being so sappy and unbelievable.