Those who followed Xendor came to be known as the Legions of Lettow, and embraced combat in place of meditation, and focused their emotions on battle rather than peace. Once again, however, the followers of the dark side, including the first known Dark Jedi Lettow General Xendor, were defeated by the members of the Jedi Order. The dark side did not present a significant threat again until 24,500 BBY during the First Great Schism of the Jedi Order. In the aftermath of the war, the followers of Ashla developed the Jedi Order, while the followers of Bogan seemingly faded from history. These two groups clashed on the planet in a decade-long conflict known as the Force Wars of Tython. This impasse split the order and led to a civil war. Meanwhile, other Je'daii saw the dangers of the galaxy and claimed they needed Bogan to survive and defend themselves. However, after seeing the horrors of the dark side–wielding Rakata, some Je'daii wished to forbid the use of Bogan and only focus on Ashla. After the Rakata had been defeated, the main Je'daii group wanted to return to the balance. However, during a Rakatan invasion of Tython, the effects and demands of the war forced the Je'daii to cast aside the balance in exchange for the power of the dark side to defeat their enemies. The Je'daii Order advocated using both sides of the Force and placed heavy emphasis on maintaining balance between the two. At first the group founded the Je'daii Order, the predecessor to the Jedi Order.
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Eventually however, members of the group discovered and began to advocate the use of Bogan, or what would later become known as the dark side. The group was able to discover Ashla, what became known as the light side of the Force. Prior to the dawn of this new era, scientists, philosophers, priests, and warriors gathered on the planet Tython to discuss and investigate an anomalous energy present throughout the galaxy. In 25,053 BBY, long after the fall of the Infinite Empire, the galaxy was creating a new government, the Galactic Republic. However, the Rakatan Infinite Empire eventually collapsed when the Rakatans lost their connection to the Force. These aliens were able to harness the dark side to create engineering feats unheard of in their time, such as the hyperdrive and the Star Forge.
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The first known users of the dark side were the ancient Rakata, an alien species that conquered a large portion of the galaxy around 30,000 BBY. The dark side was an aspect of the Force, a metaphysical power that bound the galaxy together. Some of them, I am ashamed to say, were Jedi." ― Ood Bnar Ī Jedi gives in to the dark side and assaults his Master. They despoiled nations…destroyed whole civilizations. They unleashed destruction, for no other reason than for selfish gain.
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Those who mastered dark power became dark power. Again and again the dark side has surged forth, like a storm…devouring whole worlds and entire star systems. Those who learned the powers of the dark side were quick to exploit this weakness-to make war. The weak-minded have ever been ready to obey one who wields great power. " Evil began in a time before recorded history, when magicians made themselves into kings…and gods…using the powers of the dark side of the Force. This led the exiled Jedi and former Sith, Kreia, who valued the individual over all else, to believe that as the light and dark sides were the two methods of using the Force, the Force itself was detrimental to individuals and thus should be removed from existence. The dark side overrode an individual's character and consumed the souls of those who used it, whilst submitting to the light side meant the death of the self and sacrificing for the Cosmic Force, an aspect of the Force that bound all things together and communicated its will to all life under the aspect known as the Living Force, the energy of all life. Unlike the Jedi, who used the light side of the Force, darksiders drew power from raw emotions and feelings such as anger, hatred, greed, jealousy, fear, aggression, megalomania, and unrestrained passion. 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. The dark side of the Force, called Bogan or Boga by ancient Force-sensitives on Tython, was a method of using the Force.