It was supposed to be tragic but there was nothing tragic about it. Plot wise, it works but i think the plot was fleshed out into a completely bad direction. The execution was lousy.

I would have had Anakin leave home because he knows he is an abomination of the Force and a danger to his own family. Nobody helps him or guides him along which hardens him and makes him bitter. He encounters a glimmer of hope later in his young adulthood in the form of Ben Kenobi. They share many adventures and he finally feels he has a course in his life. Ben makes some kind of mistake which wounds Anakin's psyche. He feels betrayed and becomes susceptible to the Emperor. The last film should be about him as Vader heading a genocide against the Jedi. In many ways this is basically what Lucas put on paper and it had much promise IMO.

Also, no magic or flying around by Jedi. That stuff was ridiculous. Saber duels should be brief like I imagine Samurai fights to be. A determined clash with no long drawn out sword parrys or acrobatics. And only modest force powers.