#light side and dark side

[cerucerus-main]

the concept of "grey Jedi" doesn't work because the force is light and dark, not black and white. By definition, colour value might be a spectrum, but darkness is absence of light. Everyone is grey! Star wars has clearly implied that nobody is perfect and everyone comes in shades of of grey, everyone is flawed and imperfect. The jedi are all technically grey! Everyone has the dark and potential to fall within them. However, they are "light" because they, as jedi, choose light, choose selflessness, choose goodness. "Light" is a choice.

Textbook fandom interpretation of "grey jedi" is either A. Someone who uses both the dark and light side or B. Someone who is light and does good but doesn't follow the jedi order.

A. doesn't work, because the dark side isn't just defined by "being emotional" or "Thinking of yourself", it's literally stuff like murder and torture. You can't claim to be "good" or "light" or "better than everyone" while also condoning murder at the same time.

B. You don't have to be a jedi to use the force! You don't have to be a jedi to be in the light! Like it's not illegal, the jedi order respects non-jedi force users as long as they don't commit human rights violations! the Jedi are the majority of force users, but they're not the only ones who can use the force. The jedi themselves are aware that there are many different interpretations, and the only intervene when it. yknow. involves murder and torture and the like. calling non-jedi lightside users as "grey jedi" doesn't really make sense because they're... just technically normal jedi. And if they're not associating with the order, then they're just lightside force users that are not jedi? Why would they call themselves jedi if they themselves don't think they are jedi or associate with the jedi???

Like in Ahsoka's situation, she's not a "grey" jedi, she's a light force user that doesn't follow the jedi order. In fact, saying that she's a "grey" jedi is basically just saying that she's a regular jedi? That doesn't make her better or worse or special, disagreeing with the council doesnt make someone better or worse that the other- what does matter is her actual actions. Which, as aforementioned, is lightside. The jedi order is also light. They can coexist, yknow, one is not superior than the other, they're both light. And it's not uncommon for people to disagree with the council. That's the entire point of the jedi having a "council"- to provide different perepectives and healthy debate and come up with the best decision for everyone. You can't please everybody, that's entirely normal. There's a reason why the council discusses instead of having one person make all the choices. The jedi are people too, they're also flawed. You can be grey and choose light, that's what the jedi choose to do.

tldr everyone is already grey, but light and dark is a matter or choice.

addedum Mace windu is a great example of a character who is light, where his use of vaapad requires mastery of control of both light side and dark side, and therefore he often skirts the dark side as well, he consciously makes an effort to choose "light" and master himself.

[kittenfangirl20]

An idea I like for my Star Wars fanfic is when Darth Vader is redeemed and becomes Anakin again, he starts wielding both his blue Jedi lightsaber and his red Sith lightsaber. I like the idea of this being symbolic of him balancing the Light Side of him and the Dark Side of him since he is the Chosen One.

[abandoned-quiche]

I LOVE ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS BTW. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOUR HATE FOR THEM ON MY POST

[emoreooo]

every step forward is a step closer to home

[learnelle]

The ultimate dream is to have an art studio like this 🎨

[starsofaquaria]

canon mustafar

[tiffanyachings]

Matching T-Shirts for You and Your Weirdly Codependent Cousin

based on this excellent post by @casgirl

[jedi-starbird]

Instead of the Dark Side, there's always a voice at the back of Obi-Wan's head that whispers "aren't you tired of being nice? don't you wanna go apeshit start acting like Qui-Gon?"

[carbon-corrie]

He just needed a chance.

This piece was heavily inspired by “The Line” by Twenty One Pilots

[existingillusion]

[lucentel]

[sanders sides doodles] they were brainstorming ways to get back at virgil for ditching them and remus went “do you know what would be So funny”

[avadaniels]

I’m home now.

FELLOW TRAVELERS 1x02 “Bulletproof”

[loganslowdown4]

Virgil: *taps table*

Janus: *taps back*

Roman: Uh, what are they doing?

Remus: Shh! Arguing in morse code-

Virgil: *aggressively taps*

Remus: GASP!

Roman: What did he say??

Janus: *slams hand on table* YOU TAKE THAT BACK, BITCH!

Virgil: HELL NO!

Roman: WHAT DID YOU SAY??

Virgil & Janus: STAY OUT OF IT!

[soul-from-another-era]

[captain-mozzarella]

Anakin being haunted by his mother once he becomes Darth Vader and having an Azula from Atla style breakdown where Shmi tells him something along the lines of "this isn't the life I wished for you/you're back to being a slave" and Anakin smashing a mirror

[driftingballoons]

This idiot didn’t know about the light side 🙄