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If you go back and watch the PT now, knowing everything that happened, and pay more attention to Anakin's behavior, it becomes pretty obvious that it's not the dark side that motivates him, it's mental illness. He's a paranoid narcissist, maybe schizoaffective; I dunno the proper terms for the illness(es) he has, but the behavior and dialogue are pretty obvious in Episodes 2 and 3:
1) His obsession with Padme is obvious throughout Ep2("just being around her again is intoxicating"); he disobeys orders and openly defies his superior in order to impress or please her ("we'll find out who did this, Padme, I promise you"); and his pursuit eventually leads him into a romantic and/or sexual relationship with a person whom he is tasked to protect, severely compromising his professional judgement ("I don't care! Put the ship down!").
2) His attitude toward Obi-Wan seems to swing from love to hate on a dime ("you're the closest thing I have to a father", "he's overly critical, he never listens").
3) He has little self-control over his angry and violent nature ("I'm taking him NOW!", "I HATE THEM!", "Do it!" <snik>)
4) He has delusions of grandeur ("Someday I will be. I will be the most powerful Jedi EVER! I promise you, I will even learn to stop people from dying!")
5) Instead of telling his Force visions of hit mother's death, to his superiors in the Jedi order and asking for a leave of absence or a Jedi mission to protect them, he abandon's his very first solo mission to go after his mother, putting Padme, whom he is tasked to bodyguard, in grave danger. Later, his keeps his visions of Padme's death to himself, leading him to fall for Palpatine's BS manipulation into betraying the Jedi. He's convinced that nobody can help him, and/or that nody will help him, to save either one - and this delusion actually leads to both of their deaths.
6) I happen to subscribe to the fan theory that Anakin actually Jedi Mind Tricked Padme into falling for him.
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