Heh, four arms and two blades. Never thought of having a dual bladed saber with different colors.

Is that grey Jedi thing actually around? A GM asked me to play one as a pseudo NPC for his LARP once, but he didn't give me much background on them. I thought he made them up.

Well, this is based on as much events of the game he's my character for as anything else. My lightsaber has a purple end and a blue end there, so here we are.

As far as the grey part.. Despite everything that Lucas had to say about the Jedi, there are more than two sides to the Jedi/Sith, Light Side/Dark Side idea. And almost all of them are better. A grey Jedi is just what it sounds like, one that can approach the dark side, while neither embracing it (The Sith's failing) or utterly rejecting it (The Jedi's failing). It's kinda like being anything BUT a paladin or anti-paladin in any D&D game ever. The Jedi would call him a dark sider, the sith would call him weak. He call them both fools.

The Jedi have their Mantra, the Sith have theirs.
Killix's grey;
There is emotion, but it bows to discipline.
Through discipline, I grain strength.
With strength, I maintain balance.
Through balance, all things.
In all things; the Force.

*Nods.* That's a little along the lines I was using. I think I had something like both the Sith and Jedi had stumbled and embraced only specific aspects of the Force for their own uses. To fully grasp the entire nature of the force one had to understand all of its facets while staying mindful of the the dangers inherent in each philosophy. Unfortunately, I only had two days to develop the character before I ended up facing three Sith and one force using traitor. I didn't have to deal with it much after that.

Plus Episode I had just come out so we were all still sorting out the new information from that and ignoring midichlorians.

1. Ignoring midichlorians is always a good idea.
2. Paying any attention to S.W. history; Jedi are just baby-stealing zealots who believe that their way is the right way and anyone who disagrees needs to be wiped out. In a galaxy of black and white, pure white is all they believe needs to be preserved, despite countless examples of how that is not always the optimal, or even correct, approach.
Pure black is also equally, or easily demonstrated, the even worse, an option.
Interestingly, if you pay attention to galactic history (I.E. Be a huge star wars nerd or just spend a day on wookiepedia), both approaches have been just as bad for the galaxy. Either by the Sith destroying the Jedi and anything that looks like it, or by the Jedi destroying the Sith and everything that looks like it (Or, more accurately, anything that isn't Jedi. There are plenty of otherwise benign Force Traditions that the Jedi wiped out because.. wait for it.. they weren't Jedi)
The Jedi are not good guys. They are simply the opposite of the worst guys. That may sound like a good thing, but so too does the ultimate protector think stuffing his charge in an impenetrable box is the best option. Both approaches fail to take into consideration everyone else involved.

I wonder what Disney will bring to the franchise! = P I hear Lucas isn't going to be involved with SW as of late.

Cool.