Oh yes definitely a wonderful story and spans out to delve deeper into what drove him.

Was he bad? Are there rules in warfare? Alot of Empirical forces perished. They were technically democratically elected as we see in episode 3. The Empire was a legitimate governing body. Vadar didn't kill the enemies it was palpatine who used Sith force to bend the force and weaken Anakin.

He was just doing his job as the general.