Jedi, since it's basically Buddhism sans the magic.
I was trying to break it down to the simplest terms I could think of.
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I see no reason to bother talking about this with you anymore. You seem to have your own head canon made up so there is no point.
Also dark Jedi are essentially sith, They follow the same code. Sith are just the original race of dark Jedi.
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Isn't buddhism non violent?
Dark Side for life, bitches!
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What if I lean towards Jedi philosophy but want to use both light and dark side?
Badly written by Kevin J. Anderson?
But code is no better, the Jedi have a code, the Sith do not and the "Grey Jedi" are not even a cohesive movement with any kind of shared ideology.
If that term even has any meaning.
This sounds like something Trump would say :P
Nothing is really known about it, it appears to be a singular identity but no doubt someone will explore that one day.
The term "Bendu" is from an early draft of Star Wars (or maybe Lucas' notes?) when the Jedi were referred to as the Jedi-Bendu. But I think they've just repurposed the name as they tend to do (eg, Starkiller base).
Pretty much, yes.
The best example in any kind of canon is Kreia from KoToR 2, and that's Legends C-canon. And IIRC she's never referred to as "grey Jedi", fans just decided to call her that.
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Not even remotely in Qui-Gon's case. Windu uses his negative emotions in a very specific controlled way that leaves him always teetering on the brink of succumbing to the Dark Side. But he never did, and it's implied that he is highly unusual in that - all his students for example fell to the Dark Side.
They're more examples of the level of variation within the Jedi.
I just defended prequel trilogy lore... I feel dirty.
D&D morality does not apply to Force users in the Star Wars universe. If you think you're balanced between the Light and Dark Sides, you're actually falling to the Dark Side and kidding yourself. Remaining Light Side takes a great deal of personal emotional control. Releasing that control is what falling to the Dark Side is.
Now you may not like that kind of black and white morality or buddhist-like attitude to emotions, but that's how the Star Wars universe works.
That form remains a dark side favored style that is discouraged or outright banned among jedi... and the usage of channeling one's emotions? What is the first line of the jedi code? I mean that's sort of what people are talking about when utilizing multiple aspects of the force.
Now as for qui-gon... I really don't know his story beyond he went full on darkside and somehow regenerated back in the light in a story that probably isn't canon anymore.
If the force existed, I would try to become a jedi, convert to sith, learn everything both have to tell me and simply work for myself, all 3 "codes" don't match reality, the jedis is the furthest from reality, even the reality of the SW universe it's still detached from reality, and thats why it's so easy for them to convert to sith.
Grey - or sith if I had to pick between jedi or sith.
Yes it is discouraged by the Jedi for exactly that reason, it's dangerous and most Jedi who use it fall. But not Windu, who became a senior member of the Council - clearly they trusted him.
So he's sort of a singular case, but he is most certainly light side aligned.
And returning from the Dark Side doesn't make you grey - Luke did in the old EU canon.
The idea of Grey Jedi has always seemed a huge copout to me and I really hope the new movies don't make them canon, though I suspect they will.
The whole point of the Dark Side is that it's supposed to be inexorable. You think you're using it for good, or that you will just use it this once and then stop, or whatever, but you can't. That's how it gets you.
Now if by Grey Jedi you just mean Light Side user who follows a different philosophy than the Jedi, then that's okay, I guess? But trying to find a 'middle road' between light and dark just seems like the ultimate fanfiction wish fulfillment of getting all the advantages of both sides with none of the drawbacks of either.
I honestly never understood how the 'grey code' could even exist in the Star Wars universe. I remember finding that one robe in KOTOR (or KOTOR 2? I forget) that required you to be neutral. Made no sense what so ever. Basically one time you save someone, one time you kill someone. Balance. Yeah, because that makes moral sense.