Regarding the adventure style of Star Wars. I understand people who don't like the change of the tone, from a swashbuckling adventure to Tragedy of Darth Vader. But, I suppose everyone understood by now that I personally grew up with Star Wars being the Tragedy of Darth Vader (I will list a parallel about this matter in the post-scriptum of the post). And, frankly, Star Wars as a Saga is very inconsistent in tone and atmosphere. It's doesn't even feel like two trilogies, more like three duologies, with RotJ and TPM forming quite a pair. I don't really want to argue on this matter, because no matter what the arguments are, it will still be like arguing over a religious topic.
Just one thing about joining the Dark Side argument. I do want to raise some points about this particular matter. Some KotOR spoilers in this paragraph, be warned. Btw, I didn't read 1984, and Stockholm syndrome is not really related to anything joining the Dark Side could be related to. Anyway, in KotOR, there was this moment, when Malak tortured Bastila to make her feel the power of the Dark Side - essentially what Palpatine was doing in RotJ and what he would presumably do if Vader brought frozen Luke to him. The next time we see Bastila is when we meet her as a Dark Jedi, and she acted like a total ****. Sure she wasn't the calmest Jedi ever, nor was Luke or Anakin, but the way she turned to the Dark Side was, with no disrespect to anyone, it's just my opinion, bullshit.
"Strike your father down, and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete". Like, what, if Luke had killed Vader, he would instantly become Palpatine's apprentice? He would instantly forget his sister he wanted to protect, his best friends he had gone through lot of adventures with, and act like a censured word? And he wouldn't try to strike down Palpatine? Let's suppose he tried and did kill Palpatine. You want to say that Luke would proclaim himself the Emperor at that moment? The answer to all those questions is no. Because if yes, then I would think about it the same way I think about Bastila's turn. One could say that Luke could start abusing his new powers (killing Vader and Emperor) that would make him slowly turn more like them... That may be a valid point, but a) Luke was already abusing his powers during the Tatooine rescue mission and maybe even before that, and b) I think the reason would be more like feeling of guilt because of a failed attempt to save his father, which would then evolve. But certainly not because he felt the POWER of the Dark Side.
That's why I find attempts of turning Luke to the Dark Side in the OT implausible, and Anakin's turn to the Dark Side in the PT more believable (aside from the mentioned before "What have I done?!" part followed by "I'm a powerful Sith Lord" click moment, which is how I feel OT would've handled Luke's turn). Because it was brewing there, inside him. His will to do good led to a search of power to do that good which then transformed into a simple lust for power. And still, if not for the growing distrust Anakin had for other people, and some other things, he wouldn't had fallen. Long story short, in my opinion, it's much more plausible. My opinion is also based on my point of view and perception of life, but, even if you don't agree with me on every matter, I do believe that I raise at least some valid points.
Now for the promised post-scriptum.
PS. I've already mentioned PotC and it's sequels, Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. PotC is light-hearted fun swashbuckling adventure with a quirky plot. And then came the sequels which tried to change the atmosphere and turn it into a deep story. Needless to say, I don't like PotC sequels.I can still bear DMC, but not AWE. Maybe, I wouldn't have enjoyed PT if I knew about OT. Or maybe I would. Because it is actually not a surprise to find people who have enjoyed the prequels even watching them after the OT. But these people lurk mostly along the casual viewer territory, not Star Wars fan territory.