Light Sith

"I've located the Sith who are secretly opposing the Empire. It's unmistakable. They are clearly turning away from the dark side. I hope you'll allow me to reach out and befriend them. It would be so invigorating to unite others like us. We can begin to build a movement!"

- Jaesa Willsaam

The term light side Sith refers to those aderants of the Sith teachings that have, for whatever reason, rejected the dark side of the Force in favour of the light while retaining their devotion to the Sith themselves.

History
During the Cold War a group of light-leaning Sith formed within the ranks of the Sith Empire.

Cold War
"My mission to unite with the light-leaning Sith was awful. They didn't trust me. They thought I was trying to trick them. The confusion I read in them, the fear, I still feel it. What's worst most of them fled, but a few... they attacked me, and I had to... they forced my hand, Master."

- Jaesa Willsam

During this time the future Emperor's Wrath ordered his apprentice Jaesa Willsaam to track down the renegade Sith, although his motives for doing so are uncertain. Jaesa succeeded in her mission, however, regardless of her intentions the wary Sith fled, with some going as far to attack the young apprentice, forcing her to kill them in self-defense.

Gravid's purge
"The last Sith possessed of the knowledge had been inexplicably drawn to the light side, and killed, taking the secret process with him."

- Darth Plagueis Centuries later a Sith Lord named Darth Gravid also came to the conclusion that pure devotion to the dark side would damn the Sith of his era to the same fate as their predecessors, and sought a new philosophy in which the Sith would follow the light side of the Force, strengthening themselves with compassion and love, as their Jedi counterparts did. Sealed away in his Jaguada bastion Gravid set about amasing centuries worth of Sith lore that had been passed down from Master to apprentice since the time of Darth Bane, including: holocrons, crystals, scrolls, tomes, amulets and all other manner of artifacts, and proceeded to burn them, seeking to ensure that future generations of aspiring Sith remained commited to the path he had laid before them.

Known light side Sith

 * Darth Gravid
 * Jaesa Willsaam

Appearances

 * ''Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * ''Star Wars: Darth Plagueis