Originally Posted by
Keltest
I mean, the point was to show us that a very significant part of him wants to stop this and just go back home to his family and be loved and just stop with the pain and hate. And while consciously he knows (or at least thinks) great rewards await him for following through with the dark side, he cant deny the appeal of being, you know, not miserable all the time either.
Its an interesting look into the dark side because it, by all appearances, really should suck. We don't see a lot of people living content and peaceful lives who are also dark siders, and indeed the total disruption of that is what led to Anakin's fall in the first place. And now we see that yes, the Dark Side really is mutually exclusive with being happy and content.