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Star Wars: Credo of the Grey Jedi . . . I chose something else!
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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 2983926" data-attributes="member: 39532"><p>The problem with that view is that it contradicts the view espoused in the movies, which outrank everyhing else in terms of canonicity. The Force comes in two-flavors; natural (also called light side) and dark side. According to the Flanneled One, especially in the extras included with the DVDs, what we've been calling the light side of the Force is the natural state of things, with the dark side as corruption.</p><p></p><p>Force Lightning is the archetypical dark side power, and in the rather simplistic way the Star Wars universe works, using evil to fight evil is still an evil act. A caveat I've been using for my Star Wars games (successfully) for years is "the more you try to rationalize your actions to avoid a dark side point, the more you prove you deserve that dark side point." Like I've said before, every rationalization for "Grey Jedi" boils down to being able to want to use all those nifty dark side Force powers without suffering the consequences for them.</p><p></p><p>The closest thing we've even remotely seen to the so-called "grey" Jedi is Mace Windu, who developed a lethal fighting style out of a need to control and channel his own inner darkness. He knows that he's walking a razor's edge every time he uses Vaapad, and one misstep will lead to his fall, as proven by the two other experts in Vaapad both falling to the dark side. And yet Mace is firmly counted amongst the good guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 2983926, member: 39532"] The problem with that view is that it contradicts the view espoused in the movies, which outrank everyhing else in terms of canonicity. The Force comes in two-flavors; natural (also called light side) and dark side. According to the Flanneled One, especially in the extras included with the DVDs, what we've been calling the light side of the Force is the natural state of things, with the dark side as corruption. Force Lightning is the archetypical dark side power, and in the rather simplistic way the Star Wars universe works, using evil to fight evil is still an evil act. A caveat I've been using for my Star Wars games (successfully) for years is "the more you try to rationalize your actions to avoid a dark side point, the more you prove you deserve that dark side point." Like I've said before, every rationalization for "Grey Jedi" boils down to being able to want to use all those nifty dark side Force powers without suffering the consequences for them. The closest thing we've even remotely seen to the so-called "grey" Jedi is Mace Windu, who developed a lethal fighting style out of a need to control and channel his own inner darkness. He knows that he's walking a razor's edge every time he uses Vaapad, and one misstep will lead to his fall, as proven by the two other experts in Vaapad both falling to the dark side. And yet Mace is firmly counted amongst the good guys. [/QUOTE]
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