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Star Wars: Episode VIII

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LeeC:
I think that is the main story arc for 7-9.  They become what the fans call "grey jedi." Tapping into both light and dark, making them more powerful.

BenRG:
FWIW, the 'grey path' Force adepts are called 'Bendu' and have been hanging around in the background for a while, in-universe. I suspect that Luke has found out something about their teachings and that is what is in the books he is shown giving Rey in the trailer. If Abrams follows Lucas's own writings, those books are the Book of the Whills, the oldest 'how to...' book on the Force in the galaxy (probably more than slightly based on the RL Kabbalah).

Method of Madness:
Ehhh, if it's not in the movies it's not absolute canon to me, but that's still interesting. Thanks!

Neko_Ali:
There is a lot of background stuff that's been going on since Disney took over that says they are heading towards a combined Force. And a lot in movies 1-3 and Clone Wars that laid the ground work of it.

First of all, the prophecy from the prequels. 'The one who will bring balance to the Force'. Jedi being what they are assume that means someone who will get rid of the Sith once and for all. Which is the exact opposite of balance. With the Force divided between the Jedi and Sith the balance of power swung back and forth, often leading to great chaos and even open war. Most of the conflicts that are talked about are directly or indirectly caused by this imbalance. Movies 1-6 were all about the conflicts that came about because of Palpatine seizing power and devastating the Jedi.

In one of the later seasons of the Clone Wars Anakin and Ahsoka were stuck on a planet that was the balance of the Force personified into three people. The older father figure that represented the balance, the son which was the dark side and daughter which was the light. The father was weak and dying while the children fought over the land, which was tearing it apart. From these things we can see the groundwork being laid to the final fate of the Force and the importance of the Skywalker line in it.

Rebels gave us Kanan and an older Ahsoka both of which who were Jedi trained but gave it up, understanding the flaws inherent in their philosophy. There was also the character Bendu who instructed or advised Kanan and Ezra who says he's from a time older than the Jedi and Sith, when the Force was just the Force.

Rogue One gives us Jedha and the temple there, protected by the Guardians of the Whills, like Chirrut. All of these references have been floating around in the background for some time now. And then there is the movie title The Last Jedi, and trailers where Luke is saying it's time for the Jedi to end. The Sith order are already at an end with the deaths of Palapatine and Vader. Kylo Ren and presumably Snoke use dark side power, but they are not Sith.

In the end I think it will be the Skywalker's destiny to bring balance to the Force by destroying the Jedi and Sith and removing the philosophical fracture between them, leaving the Bendu and others like them to teach the way of the Force combined.

LeeC:
In legends wasn't there some force users that taught Luke to use both sides of the force.  Its just the force but how you use it really defines if you are evil or not?

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