"It must be difficult having sworn your life to the Jedi; not being able to visit the places you like or do the things you like..." "Or be with the people that I love" "Are you allowed to love? I thought that was forbidden for a Jedi," "Attachment is forbidden, possession is forbidden, compassion...which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi's life...So you might say, we are encouraged to love."

I have to admit, the afore-quoted is one of my favorite lines of, "Clones" but I would especially like to focus on Anakin's last line, particularly, "Attachment is forbidden." It seems to be clearly shown in Revenge of the Sith that it was Anakin's attachment that caused his turn to the Dark Side, his attachment to Padme especially. However, is this so?

Is attachment truly the bane of the Jedi, or is it the real meaning of a Jedi? Anakin was attached to Padme, he loved her of course, and did not want her to die, but why didn't he want her to die? Because of him, because of his feelings toward her, not because of what she wanted, but because of HIS relationship with Padme. Padme seems much more worried about the baby, not caring about what happens to herself.
Let's look at Anakin's second turn, the turn to the light. Why did he destroy the Emperor? Why did he save Luke? That answer is clear: he saved Luke because of his love and attachment toward Luke.

Attachment to others is the way of the Jedi, attachment to one's self, is the way of the Sith. Anakin wants the power to save Padme, the power to save his mother; Anakin's near-obsession with saving people is central to, "Sith", but why does Anakin want to save these people, not necessarily because of what is right, because of what is his fate, or because of what is in the interests of these people, even if it is in their interest, although this may be how Anakin justifies himself. The real reason Anakin feels the need to save these people is because of how HE feels about them, what HE wants. HE wants them, and he wants the power to save them for himself. They say the ends justify the means, and that the ends justify the purpose...Star Wars, and Anakin's turn, is clearly evidence that this saying is nonsense, because the Means are the Jedi Purge, and the Purpose is Anakin's own attachment toward his feelings and himself.