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[Star Wars] Have there been any "good" dark side followers?

Sorry for the awkward wording of the question. What I'm trying to say is, if we take the "dark side" to mean that a force wielder is free, and therefore not inherently evil, why have so many committed evil acts? In my opinion, both the sith and Jedi are flawed. One forbids many natural emotions and constricts a force wielder with numerous rules, while the other is an extremist sect that seeks power over others. But if a force wielder were to reject the harsh Jedi rules and not succumb to the evil desires of the sith, couldn't they do a lot of good in the galaxy? Imagine a Jedi that could tap into the full power of the force and make their own rational decisions without constantly referring to Jedi rules. If we accept the clone wars series as canon, anakin did a lot of good by choosing in certain situations to make his own decisions, even if it meant defying the council. He was also unafraid to use "dark side" powers, like force choke, to get valuable information from enemies when necessary. What I'm trying to say is I Believe a neutral force wielder would be more powerful than a sith or Jedi and I'm surprised we don't see more of these in the Star Wars universe.
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>not succumb to the evil desires of the sith

This is the problem. Resisting the desires of the Sith and falling to the Dark Side.

Okay, let's get one thing out of here first. The Dark Side is unnatural. It should not exist. It is an infected wound, a cancer, in the Force. The Light Side is how the Force should be, how it is in its natural state. You can see this in the language they use. When around areas tainted by the Dark Side, they say it's "Strong in the Dark Side". Animals and environments are 'corrupted' by the Dark Side, whether by sorcerous experiments or exposure. However, you won't find many people commenting on an area being "Strong in the Light Side" because they'll say "Strong in the Force" instead. The animals living in these places are natural, untainted, unmutated.

It's a common theory that the Dark Side and the Light Side are two sides of the same schwartz. However, like the ring, this is bupkis. The Light Side is the Force, the Dark Side is the rot infecting it. Even the Sith acknowledge it by referring to creating Dark Side events as "Wounding the Force".

The Dark Side is also highly addictive and, as is pointed out many times, an easy, swift way to power. The problem is, every time you use the Dark Side, it sinks its talons into you and you're more and more ready to use their powers on shorter notice. You can't just be neutral because the Dark Side is fueled by your negative emotions. Hate, anger, fear, that whole mantra. Force Choke isn't just a telekinetic pinch. You have to basically *want* to hurt and torture that person. Sith lightning? You basically hate them to death. Tell me how someone whose powers and abilities are powered by how much they want everyone they use them on to suffer would be well-balanced.

And, while you're busy hating the dude to death, the Dark Side's whispering in your head, amping up your negative emotions, creating a never-ending loop of fury. Say this guy cuts you off. Normally, you'd get a little angry, but be fine. The Dark Side would push you into straight up road rage, working until you were angry enough to do something about it. It would then give you the power to do something about it and start finding more and more things, even if they're smaller, for you to get even angrier about. The color of that guy's car. The way those kids are screaming. The way no one's looking you in the face when they're talking to you. The Dark Side finds these things that annoy/anger you and ramp up how you feel about them tenfold.

Now, here's one thing that a lot of people miss: The Jedi Council, as we saw in the prequel trilogy, is a little screwed up and out of touch, but they're not what people think. They don't demand people be unfeeling robots, but they require you to be humble, not give in to fear, hate, and anger, and never to grow attached. Because, with attachment, comes fear of loss. Their Jedi Code states, "There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force." makes them seem robotic, but they've got no problems with emotions. Their problem is with letting your emotions run wild and control you. You can *feel*, they don't want to stop that, but they don't want you to drown in them.

This is perhaps better reflected in the original version of the Code, which states "Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony.  Death, yet the Force." You can see why it was revised into the Code we saw active at the time of Order 66, as some of them aren't quite clear. But the "Emotion, yet peace" holds the same thing. The Jedi are supposed to feel their emotions and live with them like we do, but they're also supposed to be at peace. They're not aiming to create Vulcans, but more like Buddhist monks. 

The Light Side is channeled through this clarity that the Jedi possess. While a Sith would surround himself in chaos and grow in power, the Jedi would feel their control diminish if they gave in to that. Even then, you wouldn't have to be a Jedi to harness the Light Side. It's just that Jedi are generally more powerful because they have the clearness of mind required to surrender themselves to the Force and channel it properly. (That's another difference. The Sith force the Force to their will, while the Jedi open themselves to the will of the Force.)

A so-called 'Neutral' Force user or a Grey Jedi would find themselves constantly struggling to maintain the serenity required to use the Light Side while maintaining the fury that fueled the Dark Side. They're stuck between giving themselves over to the Force like the Jedi do, and bending the Force to do what they want like the Sith. Your Grey Jedi would be caught in the middle.