Gray Jedi

"Jinn always does things his own way, always sure he is right, always incredulous if we do not see it his way. Some think he is a gray Jedi."

- Tyvokka

Gray Jedi was a term, sometimes used pejoratively, that described Jedi who were thought to operate indepedently and often outside the strictures of the High Council.

The term itself seems to date back as far as the Old Sith Wars. Certainly, during this time period, Gray Jedi themselves seem to have become associated even with a certain variety of robe. In the following millenia, the term continued to increase in usage, most likely due to the increasing trend towards centralization of power in the Order, and the increased prominence of the Jedi Council itself.

Relationship with the Council
Most Gray Jedi had a tense relationship with the Council - while, for most intents and purposes, they were loyal members of the Jedi Order, their maverick natures often put them into conflict with it, especially against more conservative members of the Council.

It is perhaps this friction, combined with their unorthodox behaviour, that made it rare for a Gray Jedi to join the Council themselves or ascend to any position of real leadership in the order. After all, the High Council chose its own members, and most of them time the preference was for orthodox Jedi, such as the group described as the Old Guard. For example, both Dooku and Qui-Gon Jinn were powerful and well-respected Jedi Masters of their time, but both individuals were passed over time after time when it came to the appointment of new councillors. Dooku never joined the Council, unlike his friend Sifo-Dyas, and Jinn's candidacy was rejected in favour of Plo Koon, and then Ki-Adi-Mundi, both of whom were more in line with the Council's way of thinking.

Traits
Gray jedi are distinguished from sith and jedi knights by there powers of the force

Gray jedi draw on both the light and dark powers of the force, they use there anger and there peace. A gray jedi master such as Kyle Katarn is a master of all jedi powers be they light or dark, he has a master of both the anger and powerfull rage of the darkside and the enlightened inner peace of the lightside. he uses his anger in combat to fuel his movments and attacks but yet retains innerpeace to keep himself in perspective, knowing he in reality not letting his mind slip into darkness of anger.

The combat of Katarn VS Desann was a use of such power Desann wounded Kyle with bolts of dark lightning many times but each time he healed himself and set back the same attacks in turn, Desann was overpowered by a use of both the light and dark sides of the force working in harmony.