I very much like the idea of Jedi not believing in a Light Side and a Dark Side, I’d almost want to try to work it into my own trilogy. I can see Yoda being a weirdo fringe Jedi who espouses this Dark Side nonsense to his apprentice Obi-Wan but is ignored because Obi Wan believes theJedi party line. Until first hand experience changes his mind.
Exactly what I was thinking! I feel that it would also add to the ambiguity of Anakin’s turn since there’s never a clear distinction between what’s good and evil in terms of Force Powers. This works on two levels; If watching in release order it adds another layer to the Jedi and works as a cautionary tale, and chronologically (and if done well) the audience would find nothing wrong with a Force Choke here and there until they get to the originals and they realize that its not right. I mean, that sort of grey area is there in Return of the Jedi with Luke and he’s still considered a Jedi.
It also works as a massive boost to Obi Wan’s character when we get to IV, since he’s literally had his entire worldview flipped on its head. Another thing I’m toying with is having Obi Wan tell little white lies- He could lie to Anakin about training another Apprentice before taking him under his wing (Both reassuring Anakin and ultimately lying to himself that he can do this) but never explicitly reveal anything that would prove his statements wrong. The whole truth would be revealed in the OT.