Could not agree more, even shared this same video a couple places around the site recently. I particularly liked how Kreia was "gray" more in philosophy then use of the Force. I've never believed that being grey meant you had to be a mix of the light ir the dark. Kreia was very much a dark side Force user, the Jedi exile is considered to have been light sided as far as Legends canon goes, but both were prime examples og being grey. The idea that being grey had more to do with recognizing the faults of the light or dark side, and being able or simply willing to work around them was an interesting concept.
I found it interesting, but also there is a conspicuous absence of critique of Kreia. For example:
- what constitutes "the self" (in terms of relying on it) when it includes ability to manipulate people but not to manipulate the force?
- what is the point of imposing one's will on the galaxy if it is neither the individualism of the Sith nor the corporatism of the Jedi?
- what happens when there are two Kreias, each exerting their will over the galaxy?
Yes, this completely. The game files overtly call Kreia a dark-sider and "evil", but that doesn't change the fact that she's a much grayer character than the vast majority of the mythos, and so is the Exile (at least conceptually). That's why there's a LS and DS story and nothing in-between; you're not rewarded for walking the middle ground because that has nothing to do with it. It's a matter of the Jedi and Sith Orders of the time being the extremes, and finding the middle between them, as opposed to an imaginary middle-ground Force alignment.Could not agree more, even shared this same video a couple places around the site recently. I particularly liked how Kreia was "gray" more in philosophy then use of the Force. I've never believed that being grey meant you had to be a mix of the light ir the dark. Kreia was very much a dark side Force user, the Jedi exile is considered to have been light sided as far as Legends canon goes, but both were prime examples og being grey. The idea that being grey had more to do with recognizing the faults of the light or dark side, and being able or simply willing to work around them was an interesting concept.
She's one of my favourite characters, with some excellent writing and voice acting from Sara Kestelman. I have mixed views of Bane; the concepts surrounding him are pretty good but he's not written as well as Kreia.