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Talking About 'Star Wars': What do some Star Wars fans have against Gray Jedi?

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What do some Star Wars fans have against Gray Jedi? Grey Jedi do not exist in the  Star Wars  canon. They did not exist in the canon prior to 2012, the year that George Lucas decided to retire and sell his company, Lucasfilm Ltd., and all of its intellectual properties to The Walt Disney Company. They also do not exist in the  Star Wars  canon in the post-Lucas era. There are Force-wielders like Ahsoka Tano and Maul, former members of the Jedi and Sith Orders, respectively. There are also the fugitive Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus and his Padawan Ezra Bridger, plus the Bendu. And, of course, there are non-Sith Dark Siders such as Kylo Ren, the Inquisitors (which, I believe, were invented for the old Expanded Universe but made canonical by  Star Wars Rebels ), and Supreme Leader Snoke. But there are no Grey Jedi. Grey Jedi are figments of the imagination created by some  Star Wars  fans who write fan-fiction. It’s a hamfisted attempt to create heroes (rogue Jedi, really) who are b