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I mean I’d say so. The principle of a dark jedi is a Jedi who turned to the dark side but was never officially affiliated with the Sith or a Sith organization itself. Because to be a dark jedi you had to have once been a Jedi. There are more than just Sith, Jedi, dark jedi, and gray jedi. Usually anyone that was a dark side user that was not previously a Jedi and isn’t a Sith is referred to as a dark acolyte or adept. So by that logic the inquisitors who were once jedi before the purge then become dark jedi. It’s a very puzzling question.
In Legends one didn't had to have been a Jedi before to be considered a Dark Jedi.
Take Jerec and his companions for example: they were called the Seven Dark Jedi, but only two of them, Jerec included, were actual former Jedi. The rest had never been involved with the Jedi Order at all.
Extremely hard to say. The term was more developed in the Legends, as long as you mean the Legends, I would. If the canon timeline is what you meant, I'd be vary of using this term.
^^Right, but why are they given the label of “Dark Jedi” if they have nothing to do with the Jedi?
I understand that “Dark Jedi” was the canonically correct term for such individuals, my point is that nominally associating them with the Jedi feels inappropriate considering they aren’t and never were Jedi.
I know it’s the correct term, but shouldn’t a term more accurately reflective of non-Sith dark siders be used if they weren’t ever associated with the Jedi.
It’s not a huge problem, but I think it’s worth evaluating why no other term has been invented.
Because what do you think the common citizens of the galaxy would call a Force-user regardless of what organization they belong to?
That's right, Jedi.
The people who aren't involved in such matters don't make a distinction, and since it's such a huge portion of the galaxy's population, those people who are involved in said matters might as well adopt the naming themselves too.
So the masses determine the naming, which the so-called Dark Jedi just passively accept, for one reason or another?
I can buy that for some characters, particularly those who have the attitude of “I don’t care what you call me,” but for others, I feel like distinguishing themselves from the Jedi is a priority. Particularly, in this case, the Inquisitors.
And why exactly? Why would it be a priority for one group to distinguish themselves from the Jedi as much as possible? Who cares?
Jerec was an Inquisitor, and he created a group named Seven Dark Jedi.
Why is the term such a big deal, when it fulfills its purpose regardless?
Well I think Star Wars has emphasized that titles have meaning.
Luke declaring he’s a Jedi like his father in ROTJ, Ahsoka rejecting the title of Jedi in TCW and Rebels, Maul casting off his “Darth” title in Rebels, even Rey choosing to adopt the surname of Skywalker ... what we call ourselves means something.
In specific regards to the Dark Jedi, the motivation for dissociating themselves with the Jedi is probably the same as in Legends where the original Sith-exiles rejected the title of Jedi for that of the Jen’jidai.
I mean, would anyone really have cared if the original exiles called themselves Dark Jedi instead of adopting the title of Sith from the purebloods they encountered? Probably not. But it mattered enough to the exiles to completely revise their name.
Yes it’s symbolic, and the importance of that symbolism will vary from person to person, but for some characters I think it would make sense.
I know of Jerec and his Inquisitors, but you’d probably know better than I if a name separation from “Jedi” would matter to him or not.
It just seems to me that the Imperial Inquisitors would cast off any title relating to the Jedi, since Palpatine’s mission by means of the Inquisitors was to expunge the Jedi from the galaxy.
The fact that the Inquisitors also are stripped of their former names and take on titles like “Second Sister” or “Fifth Brother” only seems to reinforce the idea that anything associating them with the Jedi would be taboo.
Yeah, I guess Canon Inquisitors differ way too much from the originals, with that Brother/Sister naming especially.
But Canon hasn't done a good enough job to explain all of these things, and they possibly never will. It remains to be seen.
No arguments there. Good chat, Jou.
What do you think?