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.[x]
During the
prequel, any Jedi who challenged the Council authority was considered a gray
Jedi. Qui-Gon, being the most famous example. The fact he was always clashing
wit the Council started rumors that he was a gray Jedi which kept him from
being in the Jedi Council.So, gray
jedi, is a term usually applied to beings who have Jedi training.
Any other
force-sensitive who uses the force (light, dark or both) will have their own
titles. There are organizations who focus on the dark side (the sith, Sorcerers
of Tund, Black Knights, etc). and others who focus on the light side (Aing-Tii
Monks and Baran do Sages).
As for
non-Jedi who use both…that’s tricky. The separation, as we know, between Light
and Dark was something defined by the Jedi and that is a bit problematic.
[The Jedi Order] started by analyzing the Force to understand its power.
They found it had a wide spectrum that was influenced by emotions. They debated
their findings. Over time, they discovered there was much they could not
understand, and they chose to believe what they wanted to believe. They
believed some mysteries were best left unsolved. They believed that the Force
itself was testing them. Like narrow-minded, superstitious children, they
created explanations for the Force. And
rather than embrace the full spectrum of the Force, the Jedi ignored the
infinite shades of gray that stretched between light and darkness. They
declared the light side of the Force was good and the dark was evil. To them,
there could be no in-between, no middle ground. It’s one thing to examine an
energy field that permeates the galaxy. But to give an energy field
characteristics of good and evil? One might as well say, ‘That cloud wants
to protect us from solar radiation, but that other cloud wants to strike us
dead with lightning.’[ Ryder Windham’s The wrath of Darth Maul
The Jedi
didn’t believe you could simply use both sides and they had no real term for it. the
moment you used anything beyond what they decided was light, than you were tainted
by the dark (hence the grey). Gray Jedi were tolerated because they were still influenced by the Jedi Order.
A rogue force-sensitive using both Light and Dark would be called a problem.
Look at
Ventress: a “Jedi” (Light side) -> Dooku’s apprentice (Dark side/Sith
apprentice) -> the nightsisters (Dark Side) -> bounty-hunter (both?)
All these titles
are political. They don’t properly difine who the person is or what they stand
for. When self-defined, they represent
your cause or organization. If not, they are used –usually by Jedi – to classify
you as friend or foe. They hardly tell the whole picture.
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