Grey Jedi

Grey Jedi was a pejorative term for a Light-Sided or Neutral Force User who left the Jedi (or was never affiliated) who took a passive and/or apathetic approach to world events. Often considering themselves to be "in the middle" and "taking no side" they were frequently mocked for believing that the Force was central to all conflict in the galaxy and that to stand against evil was to take a side. Though initially treated with wonder and enthusiasm for existing outside the Jedi/Sith binary, their reputations swiftly declined the more they revealed themselves to be fence-sitters in galactic affairs.

Grey Jedi became increasingly treated with disdain during the First Order-Republic War when both the Jedi and the Sith stood against the First Order while Grey Jedi spread across the galaxy did nothing.

A similar variation of Grey Jedi arose throughout Galactic history that either used the Dark Side of the Force, or attempted to use both the Light and the Dark Sides. Darth Amorosa remarked that they were simply Dark Jedi who wanted to delude themselves into believing they were the true heroes in the galaxy. She attributed this phenomenon to Jedi arrogance persisting long past the destruction of the Jedi, and fallen Jedi beliving themselves to be truly good in spite of their actions.