Talk:Gray Jedi Code/@comment-173.2.52.120-20170903181449/@comment-33025904-20170904020817

I think you are dwelling too much on "canon". Also, it isn't destroying the legacy of Masters such as Yoda by saying they didn't handle the force correctly. They are not perfect and have their own flaws, they got taught to handle the force in a very specific way and while they did very well for themselves it doesn't mean they had the perfect method by any means. If we use Buddha and the way as an example, Buddha didn't say his methods should be copied to reach Nirvana, but that it was one possible way and it worked for him specifically. So Yoda found his way, and it was in the light almost exclusively. But he also said that he had lost the war long ago and not on the day Palpatine and Vader took control of the galaxy in the final part of Bane's plan.

As for looking into quotes by characters and taking them as any more than flawed persona's words. While yes Yoda and the Jedi order by the time of Episode 3 think that dabbling in the dark leads to total corruption it doesn't mean this is absolute. If every single line spoken is what constructs canon then why didn't Luke die since Vader did say "He will join us or die"? I hope you get my point and don't think it is being harsh. It is just a little narrow sighted, and I think it is only an attack on something you don't like.

As for the grey not showing up "in cannon" Ashoka is very near this, and if only Revan had been clearly shown we would have proof that the gray is a reality as Revan shows us it was possible, but I think that is to be seen in upcoming expanded stories.