GREY FORCE USERS...EXAMPLES/DEFINITIONS/EXPLANATIONS

The term Gray Jedi, or Gray, had two meanings. First, it was used by Jedi and Sith to describe Force-users who walked the line between the light and dark sides of the Force without surrendering to the dark side, and second, it described Jedi who distanced themselves from the Jedi High Council and operated outside the strictures of the Jedi Code. However, those who were considered to be true Gray Jedi met both qualifications and did not belong to any particular Force tradition. One example was Jolee Bindo, a former Jedi Padawan and self-proclaimed Gray Jedi of the Old Republic.

Although the term did not directly refer to those who were capable of using both light and dark side Force abilities, all Gray Jedi could do so. The term was similar to that of "Dark Jedi" in that it could refer to any Force-user, and not only to Jedi. For example, the Voss Mystics were considered to be Gray despite holding very different views than, and refusing association with, the Jedi Order. Sith were never considered to be Gray Jedi, as the Sith Order taught full commitment to the dark side. The term was sometimes used to refer to unorthodox or dissident Jedi who did not meet the strictest requirements of being a Gray Jedi. For example, the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn was thought of by some members of the Jedi Order as a Gray Jedi for his disagreements with the High Council. A group of renegade Jedi called the Gray Paladins used the term this way to describe themselves—they advocated minimal reliance on the Force and the use of blasters but otherwise held to the Jedi Code.

The term dated back as far as the Old Sith Wars, when the High Council attempted to consolidate their power and centralize the Order. Some Jedi felt that the Council did not have the authority to reinterpret the Jedi Code, and considered themselves beholden only to the Force. These early Gray Jedi clashed with the Council over new strictures of the Code, such as those barring attachment or restricting training. During this time period, Gray Jedi became associated with a certain variety of robe; Bindo wore a version of these robes. The term was later used by the New Jedi Order to refer to entire Force traditions that held views that differed from the Jedi's but did not embrace the dark side. The Jensaarai and the Imperial Knights were two such organizations.

Gray Jedi called on the dark side of the Force, but were not corrupted by it and did not embrace it entirely.[3][5] In fact, some Gray Jedi opposed those who embraced the dark side; Bindo fought against the Sith Empire during the Great Sith War and again during the Jedi Civil War.[1] While Gray Jedi displayed a lax adherence to the light side of the Force, they were free of dark side corruption;[4] beings who were corrupted by the dark side were not considered to be Gray Jedi—nor were Jedi who fell to the dark side and were later redeemed. Still, some Jedi thought that Gray Jedi carried the dark side's influence within them, even if the Gray Jedi did not always realize it.[5] The term did not refer to Force-users who believed there was no dark side of the Force, as such individuals were instead followers of the Potentium.[21]

All Gray Jedi displayed the use of both light and dark side Force abilities and demonstrated skill with techniques common to Jedi and Sith, such as the ability to construct and wield a lightsaber, as well as some unique Force talents.[5] Bindo acquitted himself for being talented with Jedi mind tricks and was capable of using dark side techniques such as Force lightning.[1] The Voss Mystics were healers, and were also extremely adept at prophecy, although they could not control when they would receive their Force visions.[9] The Jensaarai were capable of masking their presence in the Force, which allowed them to evade Jedi, as well as Palpatine's Jedi hunters. They were also capable of a unique form of Force throw that allowed the user to hurl small objects toward enemies at near-lethal velocity.[12]

The Imperial Knights were just as capable in the use of the Force as Jedi Knights, though their training concentrated more on martial prowess.[18] Imperial Knights displayed various Force abilities, such as self-levitation,[17] telekinesis,[22] and mind tricks.[23] Both the Jensaarai and the Imperial Knights utilized armor in combat, and were familiar with the process of manipulating cortosis ore.[12][24] Other Gray Jedi wielded powers such as Ionize, a technique that deactivated and destroyed machines, and Force thrust,[6] a telekinetic attack similar to Force push.[25]

However, the use of both light side and dark side powers was not, in itself, evidence of the individual being a Gray Jedi. Around the time of the Invasion of Naboo, Plo Koon, a light side Kel Dor Jedi Master and member of the Jedi High Council, displayed the use of a Force ability that bore a striking similarity to the dark side–aligned Force lightning, which he coined Electric Judgment.[26] Koon struggled with the morality of the use of this power, but ultimately deemed it acceptable.[21] Similarly, Kyle Katarn, a light side Jedi who later became a member of the New Jedi Order's High Council, freely used light and dark side abilities, and encouraged his students—Rosh Penin and Jaden Korr—to think of Force powers as mere tools.

EXAMPLES…………

EXAMPLE 1…..

The Mystics are not Jedi or Sith. Their power is raw, unchecked."
―Knight Wen, member of the Jedi Order circa 3,643 BBY[src]

The Voss Mystics were the totalitarian leaders of the Voss species, native to the planet of the same name in the Voss system of the Outer Rim Territories' Allied Tion sector. Although they did not settle on Voss or become the Voss Mystics until much later, this order of Force mystics was as old as the Galactic Republic itself.[2] Voss Mystics were seers and healers who protected the Voss from the Gormak, a tech-savvy race of humanoids who were extremely hostile to the Voss,[9] believing that they must be destroyed for the Gormak to thrive.[30] The Voss Mystics came into contact with the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire shortly after the end of the Great Galactic War in 3,653 BBY, following the Treaty of Coruscant.[2]
The Mystics were able to pierce the deceptive teachings of the Sith, but were seen as dangerous by the Jedi.[2] They were uninterested in the teachings of either Order[9] and were considered to be Gray by both. They had a fundamentally different understanding of the Force and believed themselves to be its chosen people. Though their rule was totalitarian, they were considered by their subjects to be as infallible as their visions. Despite the fact that they could not control when these visions appeared, their commands were never questioned, and Voss society was generally happy with their rule.

EXAMPLE 2…….

"We are not evil."
"No, the Jensaarai are not, nor are they wholly good."
―The Saarai-kaar and Luke Skywalker[src]

The Jensaarai were an order of Force-users from the Suarbi system who arose during the Clone Wars from the teachings of an Old Sith Wars–era Sith named Larad Noon.[13] Formed by the fallen Jedi Nikkos Tyris, the Jensaarai's philosophy and methodology was a blend of Sith and Jedi teachings, although they maintained the discipline necessary to resist corruption by the dark side and focused mostly on defensive tactics and Force abilities. After the death of Tyris at the hands of the Jedi Nejaa Halcyon, the succeeding leader of the Jensaarai—a Human female apprentice of Tyris' who went by the title Saarai-kaar—was unable to interpret the higher dark side teachings that Tyris had been studying. The Saarai-kaar taught her fellow Jensaarai what she did know, emphasizing the values of community defense and of avoiding confrontation. In doing so, she unwittingly led the Jensaarai away from darkness. At first, the Saarai-kaar opposed the Jedi, viewing them as an aggressive off-world threat due to the actions of Halcyon's strike team. However, after the fall of the Galactic Empire, the Jensaarai made peace with the New Jedi Order,[12] and even sent students to learn at Master Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4.[14] They were still considered Gray Jedi—by both the Jedi and the Sith—for the practices of certain members; however, the Jensaarai themselves outwardly denied these claims.[5]

EXAMPLE 3…..

"As Imperial Knights, we obey the Emperor but only as long as he serves the light side of the Force."
―Ganner Krieg, an Imperial Knight[src]

The Imperial Knights were an order of Force-practitioners loyal to the Emperor of the Fel Empire. They were fully trained in the ways of the Force and rejected the dark side of the Force,[3] unlike some of the Force-based organizations of Emperor Palpatine's Galactic Empire, such as the Prophets of the Dark Side.[31] In contrast to the Jedi, who believed strongly in meditation and introspection, the Imperial Knights took a pragmatic view of the Force. To an Imperial Knight, the Force was a powerful tool that required care and respect.[18] Although they did not adhere to the dark side, they did not strictly follow the light side either, and were viewed as "Gray" by the Jedi Order.[4] During the Second Imperial Civil War circa 137 ABY, the Imperial Knights made alliances with both the Galactic Alliance Remnant[32] and the Jedi Council to oppose Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire.[33]

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