'Facts are facts, but opinions of facts are just opinions.'
OK, that out of the way with, here are my opinions on the subject - they're not right or wrong, they're just what I think.
And I'll start with a thought that if people get bored wading through what I just know will be a very, very long post I hope they'll remember.
I think we spend too much time talking about what's different between different Jedi Orders and not enough about how we're the same.
And that's not a reflection on Wolf for a perfectly valid question or anyone's response (as they're all relevant) but just my opinion. I know - as I'm in the threads - that we're looking to bring these two Orders closer together right now, so if you want to pinpoint a difference, it's this:
The Order I represent serves the Galactic Republic. First, foremost and only. The Silver Jedi are not tied to any given Government. That, for me, is the only real difference.
'We see the world not as it is, but as we are.'
I wrote that recently when a writer was thinking about creating a Jedi character that on face value didn't gel with any of the writers that commented on it. When he rephrased his idea. My first thought was OMG, that's Corvus!
You see, if you have an attention to detail, like minded people will see you as thorough, meticulous and reliable. Those of a different viewpoint will see you as boring, slow and unimaginative. It's all about viewpoint.
So when we all write our Jedi character, we probably all think we're following the Code and just being an 'average' Jedi and we see others as extreme from our perspective.
One that I find interesting is an opinion that Corvus always takes a moral high-ground and looks down on others. It's not how I write it, but it's certainly how it's perceived by some. Yet every Padawan I write with gets the same advice - walk your own path. Corvus' path is Corvus' path. It is a path, not the path. Yet others see her as condemning people who are different to her.
As I say, that does not make them wrong. Some of what builds the perception is IC driven and sometimes it's OOC led. Had Corvus been offered a selection of Sith PCs to kill, people would probably see her as a blood-thirsty Jedi. Instead they see someone who believes in the Code when it says that taking a life is the last option. Redemption is always her goal. She'll always offer an opponent a chance to surrender. This might make her seem to act as if she's superior? Possibly, I can see that logic.
So the Republic suits some Jedi and not others. It's about what sort of character you want to play. There is - and always has been - talk of a single Order but nothing has come to fruition as yet. There is the Jedi Academy Network of course. It's not an Order but it is a place where Jedi can go and learn regardless of Faction, so it's ideal for Jedi that may be more independently minded.
#justsayin'
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