Poll: The Force- Light Side or Dark Side?

[chadachada123]

I wouldn't pick one or the other.

I am not morally black or white, I'm pretty grey. I'd be willing to do immoral things to have an overall benefit to society, but I would shoulder guilt personally for it and not just enslave races and bend THEM to my whims.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I feel obligated to point out that Light Side ≠ Jedi and Dark Side ≠ Sith. Yes Jedi typically follow the Light side and Sith the Dark, but these terms are NOT synonymous. The Jedi and the Sith are merely diametrically opposed factions who's founding philosophies revolve around the Force. Although it is most common for Force users, to align themselves with one of these two factions (common enough as to say 'almost always') in the Star Wars Universe, that doesn't make it mandatory nor or these factions' philosophies the standard for all Force users.
Now that I got that little rant out of the way, I'd say I'd be a Gray Jedi. Fuck the Jedi and the Sith, I'm going my own way.

 

[Olas]

It seems like the only 'emotions' that the Sith ever end up feeling are anger, bitterness, and finally fear; and then your apprentice kills you. I'd rather have no emotions than only negative ones. Plus the light side offers emortality.

That being said I find that both sides take things too far to the extreme. I think [a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gray_Jedi"]Balancing[/a] emotion and reason is ultimately the best answer.

 

[Sora383]

I personally go the Jacen Solo/Vergere route when Jacen learns that there is no dark or light side only the force and how you use it. One of my favorite lines in the Star wars the old republic is when Ashara Zavros says:
"Passion, peace. Strength, knowledge. Power, serenity. Victory, harmony. Freedom, the Force."

 

[PrinceOfShapeir]

So now everyone gets to watch me totally fanboy out re: Star Wars

I, for one, believe in the potentium [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Potentium] hypothesis, which is to say that the force is a resource, and it is in their intent and created outcome that decides its shade. Powers are not necessarily light-side or dark-side any more than a microwave oven, or plutonium, or even something as martial as a battleship.

Case in point, in the game TIE fighters into stormtroopers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Jedi_Academy].)[/footnote]

Now it's my own personal hypothesis (hinted at in the original trilogy, but pretty easily inferred in the prequels) that the movies are propaganda films from the perspective of the Jedi order and the New Republic[footnote]The immaturity of the quabbles between Obi-Wan and Anakin, and the quickness with which Anakin / Vader kneels to Palpatine kinda gives away the narrative skew.[/footnote] I suppose, if I wanted to be conspiratorial, I could hypothesize that they were released by the Empire as bad propaganda by the Rebellion / Republic, but that's getting a bit meta.

That said, it's hinted at but left terribly vague that accumilating and maintaining dark-side powers requires a lot of kitten-eating[footnote]Proverbial kitten-eating, of course, but the literal truth is usually worse. This is a classic Kung-Fu-Theater trope, in which a powerful fighting style (or magic sword or whatever) requires lots of blood sacrifice or other evil doing in order to function, ergo why the good guys can't adapt the unstoppable style for themselves.[/footnote] Luke was able to grippy-grippy without ill effect in Return of the Jedi so the difference between light-side and dark-side may not be what you use your powers for so much as how you fuel them.

238U

Force Grip is not a force power. It's an application of telekinesis. Grip is just a game mechanic.

Also, if the Potentium were correct, no one would fall to the Dark Side. Anakin wouldn't have gone chop-chop on a bunch of kids.

 

[BelmontWolf]

To paraphrase, you can screw whoever you want as much as you want, just no cuddling afterwards.

wow. In that one sentence you just made the Jedi look like a bunch of total bastards. Least a Sith lord will give you a hug.
=P

 

[amanda-lorian]

There's just something incredibly fun about electrocuting someone because of their insubordination, or shooting them and taking them in for all the credits they're worth.

 

[DANEgerous]

Light si... whats is that Han? Oh yeah Smuglar.

 

[BRENDOG28]

Id go dark side but i wouldnt openly be Dark id be more like a dark side jedi/republic, id do what i need to do to get things done, eg: killing a dude for the greater good.

Dark side gets the cool powers aswell like force choke and lightining, id also not have an apprentice so they cant stab me or severe my limbs

 

[uhddh]

I'd like mastery of the Dark Side please. However, I'm certainly not planning on being a sith lord.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

Neither. I had this kind of chat with a star wars loving friend of mine, and he classified me as a "rogue". Someone belonging to neither.

And to anyone who claims that you CAN'T be neither...That you HAVE to be either light or dark...Might I remind you that "only a sith deal in absolutes?".

I would still hold on to my passions and loves and dislikes. But I would not abuse these powers or consider myself above everyone else. I would definitely help the light side over the dark side (I mean, look at the crap the dark side guys keep pulling!), at least, I would if the jedi would accept my stance on life. Which they probably wouldn't, knowing them. >_>

Oh, and if you're telling me that I'm evil just because I happen to like flinging lightning from my hands.......Come on, really? That's just shallow.

So you're Starkiller essentially?

OT: Dark side. Because the jedi are boring. That and more powerful force powers are useful for world (galactic?) domination.

 

[Space Spoons]

I think the problem is that when most people picture the Light Side of the Force, they picture these soulless automaton monks who are forbidden from love, forbidden from attachment, forbidden from fun itself. What they tend to forget is that one of the greatest Jedi Masters to ever live was not any such person.

See, all those boring precepts people generally associate with the Jedi- those represent an old way that no longer exists in Luke's time. Luke is a masterful practitioner of the Light Side of the Force, but because he's also a human being, he feels emotion. He lives, he loves. He even has a child, later in his life. He's not perfect. He's fallible. It doesn't make him any less of a Jedi, and it certainly doesn't make him a practitioner of the Dark Side, despite what the old ways might have you believe.

Ultimately, the choice between the Light Side and the Dark Side isn't about powers- it's about how you choose to employ them. A Jedi can use Force Lightning as easily as a Sith can use the Force to heal himself. At the end of the day, it's all about action, what you do with the power. Given that, it doesn't seem very difficult to make the choice of not being a dick to everyone.

 

[A-D.]

Im going with dark side, for one simple fact alone, the teaching. Which may i remind you, the Sith, well the "new Sith" kind of perverted anyway. That would spawn a philosophical debate about 10 pages long so i wont bore you with the details, but lets just say that the Sith Creed has absolutely nothing to do with hating the Jedi, killing innocents or being generally a Idiot who kills people for "fun".

Those are overall Morons, mind you they arent dumb, they are just morons. Palpatine? Great Mind, sadly misplaced his skills a bit. I shall use Kotor as a example for this one. Consider Vader. Now consider Palpatine, Lord Kaan. Now Malak. Done? Now compare them to the likes of Revan, or better yet, the likes of Naga Sadow and Ludo Kreesh. Notice a difference? Most "Sith" are basicly chaotic stupid, with very few exceptions. They are all absolutely evil because they have to be, they have to be the worst possible Monster to be defeated.

The Force does not take sides, its how you wield the Force that defines you.

Not all the Jedi are good, not all the Sith are evil. Its really that simple.

To give a proper example. The Jedi commited Genocide. Literally. They have hunted the Sith, not just the "evil force users" but a whole Species to extinction. Let that sink in for a second and then tell me that they are the good Guys.

 

[King of Asgaard]

I'd go dark.
Know why?
Because the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant compared to the power of the force.
That and there are more opportunities to be awesome (force lightning, choking).

 

[The Night Angel]

I would go light side. I find that overall their powers would be more helpful, the whole healing and stuff. I don't feel any need to attack people without powers, I can't image that would change just because I had supernatural powers, so the dark side isn't that useful to me. Also, I don't like the idea of just going with my emotions, and giving them free rein.

 

[Goofguy]

I'd rather just 'ignore' both sides and do my thing. I don't know how it work but probably something like Kyle Katarn before he joined the order. It'd be cool to fly around the galaxy doing missions and applying the Force if need be.

 

[OneCatch]

if you had mastery of the force, would you follow the light side or dark? i have asked dozens of people this and not a single person has opted for the light side, and why would they? they forbid you from learning any cool skills or even doing anything cool with your boring skills! Answer the poll and explain your reasoning

Has anyone mentioned Jolee Bindo yet? I'd follow his philosophy, which is basically, "Don't worry about forming attachments, hating horrible people, or using dark side powers, just accept it and don't be too much of a dick with your abilities"


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[Link55]

That was too easy to pick. I have a lot of friends who once were part of the light side of the force but then saw the power of the dark side of the force and then they started using the ways of the dark side in the Star Wars video games. After that they were never the same with Star Wars again but luckily there is another and that is me Link55.

 

[5mj7R7yf4Dwr3gdZyyu9PeGNwYjlNrjzuh3iTXQG]

Force Grip is not a force power. It's an application of telekinesis. Grip is just a game mechanic.

Also, if the Potentium were correct, no one would fall to the Dark Side. Anakin wouldn't have gone chop-chop on a bunch of kids.

That's rather presumptive. Plenty of real world people go chop-chop on the kids without even the promise of phenomenal cosmic powers, but just to make sure they don't grow up to become enemies. As I said, the whole thing is propaganda, a critical indicator being that the transformation from Ani to the Vade was glossed over in short form in Sith, where the real story is in that process. One doesn't slip from saving civilizations to slashing up kids in a single day.

The Jedi want us to believe the Dark Side is forbidden, yet Mace Windu is a total Dark Side user, and the Jedi tolerate him because his loyalty is to the Temple despite his practical leanings. Since the movies are told from the Jedi perspective, it makes sense that they'd represent that he just got corrupted by the evulz by way of his attachment to his wife, in contrast to, say becoming disillusioned of the pure intentions of the Jedi Order. Which is, incidentally, how most people fall from grace (when they do).

In the meantime, the Force is the Force, and it's really just semantics how we classify any given power. I found it telling that Force Grip retained its name by the time it was full on Telekinesis in Unleashed. I don't see where you dismiss one power classification system over another because, say, one comes from a game, and another comes from a book (or one comes from a shooter and another comes from an RPG). The Galaxy is certainly big enough for twenty such standards, let alone two.

238U

 

[Odbarc]

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