Is it possible to use both sidesof the Force?

But isn't force lightning an 'evil' power? It causes the victim unbearable pain and drains life

Originally posted by Akira99
But isn't force lightning an 'evil' power? It causes the victim unbearable pain and drains life

yeah but no power is inherently evil, though it does cause pain and death. i think that yoda uses the lightning to test dooku, after all he only uses it at the end of AOTC. he does say "alot to learn, you still have".

That is Yoda's lightning. Where is this coming from - the novel?
I thought he just captured Dooku's energy in his hands and then instead of dissipating it just blasted it back at him

oh yeah, still to control that lightning and send it back, and then absorb the second wave is impressive. i suspect that yoda could do it or learn it.

Well doesn't NJO Luke have the Godly Power of Green Lightning or something? It insta-kills someone upon contact? I have trouble seeing how that ISN'T considered dark, same with Yaddles ability to kill people

Originally posted by Sith Lord Windu
if you notice in the film, yoda uses force lightning, in jedi academy luke says that its the user who decides what power to use, no pwer is good or evil. grey jedi could exist.

as for ushgarak, your point about going to light and darkside school contradicts yourself, if you went to dark and light school then you would only use one of the sides, the jedi go to temples and learn, the sith proberly did the same at some time, but what about the first few jedi, i bet they used both sides of the force as its an energy field (i ignore the new crappy explanation) that is neutral, so grey jedi could exist.

It doesn't contradict itself at all, because the point is that in that example you could mix the schools of teahcing if you wanted to. The sides of the Force are not like that- thjey are not two diffwerent techniques to be mixed and matched. They are basic, fundamental attributes of the USER.

And again- there is no 'new crappy explanation'. The Midichlorians were an explanation of how people interact with the Force, NOT what the force is, the explanation of which has never changed.. There is a lot of very unintelligent stuff said about the midichlorians.

"no pwer is good or evil. grey jedi could exist."

Thgat logic does not follow. The powers are not inherently good or evil, but the way you use the Force is. If you use your rage and your anger, if you are selfish and seeking power for what you want and not what is good for the Galaxy as a whole, then you are on the Dark Side of the Force, and evil. You can't mix that, it is absolute- give into your emotions, and you are on the dark path, and you are lost.

You have to escape the idea that there are two entirely different sets of powers, or anything like that. Light and Dark Side is about how you use the Force, not what you learn and what you do.

So you could use Force Lightning/Grip/Crush/Drain etc etc, but as long as your not being Evil, you can?

of course not!!
thats just stupid u cant pick an choose wat u want from each side u hav to immerse urself in one side just to be able to use the abilities of tht side like force light with dark side

It's not like an ability set for a game character depending on alignment. All Force powers exhibited by Jedi or Sith exist within the Force, but it's not what powers you use that determines if you're Light or Dark. You are Light if you feel the Force should be used to protect others and make the galaxy a better place to live in. You are Dark if you feel the Force should be used to help yourself alone and make the galaxy your plaything.

That's why you cannot mix and match the two sides. Alignment isn't a chosen path, it's an indication of one's own nature.