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Many Jedi have turned dark side in the Star Wars universe, so they are well-known personalities in galactic history. From Darth Vader to Kylo Ren, the dark side has enticed some of the most strong Jedi and fundamentally altered the power dynamics in the galaxy. Some were tempted to power, some disappointed by the Jedi Order, while yet others fell for reasons they would have thought of as decent. Whatever the origin, the Star Wars world suffered long-lasting effects by their plunge into the dark side.
The Jedi must have dropped from the light side while still a member of the Jedi Order if they are to be on this list. Characters like Reva Sevander, who pledged to assassinate Anakin Skywalker as a young child, are thus on the list since she had been a member of the Jedi Order even if she finally abandoned it. Not listed is Osha Aniseya, who quit the Jedi Order and did not regard herself as a Jedi.
previously hounded by the very warriors he previously commanded, Taron Malicos, a Jedi who crash-landed on the planet Dathomir, grew disenchanted with the Jedi Order. Years of solitude and the effect of the dark side helped him to totally welcome the dark side. Taking over the strong warrior race the Nightbrothers, he aimed to reconstruct the Jedi Order in his own distorted vision. Pretty messy, right?
Little is known about Radaki's existence; he was a Jedi living long before the High Republic Era. But it turns out he turned dark since he thought Jedi ought to be free to keep their money and stay in touch with their families. One of the Lost Twenty, a group of Jedi that broke off from their Jedi Order and went on to lead separate lives, he was
During the High Republic Era, Jedi Knight Dagan Gera came onto Tanalorr, a paradise planet powerful in the Force. He asked the Jedi Order to use the planet as a training field, but space pirates later raided it and left it abandoned. A fellow Jedi sliced Gera's limb off when he flew into a fury over this choice, and he spent hundreds of years in a bacta tank. Years of rage and hatred had corrupted him entirely by the dark side when Cal Kestis woke him.
Originally lured in by the Jedi promising him a lifetime of service to the Force, the Fifth Brother finally came to see this was a lie. He felt as though he was supporting dishonest senators rather than the Force itself. Wanting to be involved in something more significant, he so joined the Inquisitors, a collection of dark side users assigned to track out Jedi. Like many of these characters, this emphasizes the perils of disenchantment and lack of confidence in the path of a Jedi.