A Dark Jedi is any Jedi or former Jedi who's fallen to the Dark Side. A Sith is a member of a specific Dark-Side focused religious order. To my knowledge, Palpatine and Darth Maul are both Sith but not Dark Jedi; Kylo Ren is a Dark Jedi but not a Sith; Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku are both Dark Jedi and Sith.
Those who used the dark side were known as either Darksiders, Dark Side Adepts, or Dark Jedi when unaffiliated with a dark side organization such as the Sith.
As a constant fixture of the Star Wars universe, most Jedi are heroic, wise warriors. However, the worst Jedi are incompetent or immoral. The Jedi Order and its stalwart Jedi Knights are at the heart of the Star Wars universe. Jedi are warriors, peacekeepers, and philosophers.
Those sith who follow the rule of two are all called lords, or darth to be more accurate. The lost tribe had a whole ranking system, their equivalent to jedi knights were called Sabres. They also had lords and then the high lord who was the head honcho.
History. A dark side warrior with a mysterious past, Kylo Ren was neither Jedi nor Sith, but a product of both sides' teachings. Once an apprentice of Luke Skywalker's, he killed his fellow students and drove Skywalker into exile, becoming a First Order warlord and servant of Supreme Leader Snoke.
In his story, Maul poses as a member of a criminal cartel to kill a Force-sensitive thief for Darth Sidious, and experiences a vision of an alternate life as a peace-keeping Jedi, which he denies, much to Sidious' content. The story takes place shortly before The Phantom Menace.
Yes, Dark Jedi aren't all Sith. There were several Dark Jedi in the thousands of years preceding the time of Exar Kun. Among the first known Dark Jedi was Xendor, who led the Legions of Lettow in the First Great Schism.
Perhaps, the only Jedi who can actually be considered evil at times is Anakin Skywalker. Strictly talking about him before his betrayal against Mace Windu, Anakin shows his dark side, his evil, time and time again.
Qui-Gon Jinn was far from a powerful Jedi Master when it came to fighting. He couldn't even defeat a single Sith Lord's apprentice. He was also the Jedi Master who put too much trust in Anakin Skywalker as his apprentice, which was a proven disaster.
After falling in love with Luke and marrying him, Mara Jade became a female Jedi Master under his tutelage and devoted herself to restoring peace in the galaxy. She survived for many years, having a son with Luke and training her niece, Jaina Solo, until she too became a Jedi Knight.
While Jedi did not marry, the Code banned neither romantic feelings nor familial love. Nevertheless, giving into personal attachment was tantamount to forsaking the way of the Jedi, the teachings of which had little to do with typical family relationships.
But to be fair to Ahsoka Tano, she was given possibly the worst Jedi master in the history of the Order: Anakin Skywalker. Because when it comes to Jedi rule-breakers, no-one can hold a candle to Anakin Skywalker.
General Grievous, the Supreme Commander of the Droid Army, had an obsessive hatred of the Jedi Order due to the Jedi's and Republic's one-sided role in ending the Huk War. But by far, what damaged the Jedi's public image the most was Count Dooku, the Head of State of the Confederacy, who was formerly a Jedi himself.
However, some of the most powerful and ruthless Jedi Masters in the Star Wars universe include Mace Windu, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Luke Skywalker, and Anakin Skywalker (prior to his turn to the dark side).
Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker can be considered gray Jedi because they possess traits of both Jedi and Sith philosophies and can traverse both sides of the Force.
Gray lightsabers are often associated with Jedi who do not fully follow the Jedi Code, but also do not fully embrace the Dark Side. These Jedi are often able to balance the light and dark sides of the Force and use their powers to serve the common good and are less likely to be influenced by the Dark Side.
Instead, they are their own persons, walking between and utilizing both the light side and dark side. For this reason, they are seen to be in a state of balance in the Force by many. This is not the same in Canon. There are no Gray Jedi in Canon right now.
Although the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones established that the Jedi Order members couldn't marry or have children, Star Wars creator George Lucas explained that despite their monastic culture, the Jedi were permitted to have sexual intercourse as long they didn't form attachments or possessive ...
Kylo Ren is a former and fallen Jedi. He could be called a " Dark Jedi" as a placeholder term, because we don't know what Snoke was. But since Kylo killed him anyway and charted his own path, he is simply an "independent, nonaligned Force user", or more simply a "Dark Jedi".
Kylo Ren, known amongst the First Order ranks as the "Jedi Killer" for preventing the restoration of the Jedi Order. Prior to being officially named, Ren was also known as "Jedi Killer" during pre-production on Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.
During the battle, Anakin, who had been known as the Sith Lord Darth Vader, was redeemed by Luke and brought balance to the Force. However, the redemption cost Anakin his life, having been mortally wounded by the Emperor, Darth Sidious, while killing his former Master. After his death, Anakin became one with the Force.
Why is Darth Maul red and not yellow? Darth Maul was originally born a black-skinned Nightbrother, but was later stripped of his markings and given red-skinned Sith tattoos by Darth Sidious. His eyes were also turned yellow with red rims, either due to his touch of the dark side or the eyes he was born with.
He was filled with anger when he realized that as a child, the Jedi had not come for him. Maul did not know if they found him unworthy or simply ignored him, and their neglect fueled his rage, counting the days until he could have his revenge.
