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"A true Knight, Qui-Gon is. Forever on his own quest."

- Yoda

Qui-Gon Jinn was a revered, yet maverick and unconventional Jedi Master, Padawan to Count Dooku, and mentor to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Qui-Gon often placed himself in conflict with the Jedi Council. He was deeply attuned to the Living Force, which contributed to his frequent taking side trips to help seemingly "pathetic life-forms." Despite his opposition to the council, he was regarded by many Jedi as sharp-witted and for possessing great wisdom.

Qui-Gon served the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order his entire life, participating in actions against the Nebula Front and most famously during the Invasion of Naboo. It was Qui-Gon who discovered the Chosen One (Anakin Skywalker), on Tatooine during this crisis and was largely responsible for championing his training. Even after his death at the hands of Darth Maul he played a vital role in the legacy of the Jedi Order.

Early life and apprenticeship
"He will be a great Jedi Knight."

- Dooku, on his apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn

Qui-Gon Jinn was a Human male born in 92 BBY. Recognized as having Force potential, Jinn was taken as an infant from his homeworld to the galactic capital of Coruscant to train at the Jedi Temple and become a Jedi. (Apparently started training at the age of 1 per The Rising Force and EP I: Insider's Guide. Check that. ) He maintained some ties with his planet of birth, though, and even obtained a special smooth Force-sensitive stone from his home planet's River of Light as a keepsake, while he was no older than thirteen. At the age of eight, Jinn participated in a training exercise at a lake along with his class. The younglings scaled a nearby cliff with cable launchers several times, learning to keep their balance. The trainees were to repeat the same task a week later, albeit without the cable launchers and under the supervision of a Jedi Master as part of their Force training. Jinn, however, could not wait for another week and, after everyone else left, he remained at the lake, contemplating to climb the cliff alone. His thoughts were interrupted by a young girl from his class called Tahl. She playfully dared Jinn to participate in a challenge of who would first reach the top of the cliff.

Jinn tried to use the Force to help him in the ascent, but Tahl felt deeper connection with the Force and beat Jinn to the top. Although his pride was somewhat hurt, the young Jinn did not show it. He and Tahl then jumped from the cliff into the cool water of the lake, enjoying the refreshing feeling. At this moment, Tahl saw someone coming in their direction. Since the two of them were supposed to be in meditation and not playing in the water, Jinn and Tahl hid behind a rock, seeing as Grand Master Yoda passed them by. Both barely held from laughing, and Yoda walked away. After that incident, Jinn and Tahl vowed to be friends forever. The two indeed became the best of friends over the years, along with other trainees, including Clee Rhara. By the time he was ten years old, Jinn was considered one of the most promising of the Temple's students. During this time, Jinn participated in the Exhibition Day, a tournament among the older Temple students, where they demonstrated their skills to Jedi Masters. The last exercise of the day was a lightsaber tournament, and Jinn easily defeated his opponents and made it to the final, where he face against Tahl. The two engaged in a fierce duel for a long period of time, gathering a lot of attention from the watching Masters. Ultimately, Jinn was able to defeat Tahl, although after the battle, she told Jinn that she deserved to win that day. Jinn's lightsaber skills did not go unnoticed, and Jedi Knight Dooku was impressed by Jinn's prowess with the weapon. Craving to achieve perfection by having the best possible Padawan, Dooku eventually chose Jinn as his apprentice. Dooku was an outspoken and an unconventional teacher, who was barely in his early twenties, and the two had a very distant relationship. Jinn and Dooku participated in a number of missions, going to isolated outposts in the Outer Rim Territories and various dreary planets. When he was just a little over fourteen years of age, Jinn met Didi Oddo, the owner of Didi's Café on Coruscant and a well-known informant among the Jedi. Eventually, the two of them became close friends, and, despite Oddo's close connections to the underworld, Jinn trusted him completely. He held no liking for Oddo's cooking, however. When Jinn was sixteen, he and Dooku were assigned to escort Senator Blix Annon on a diplomatic assignment. There had been an increase in pirate activity recently, and many Senators were kidnapped while traveling between their homeworlds and Coruscant and held for great ransoms. All the kidnappings were performed by the same one pirate, whose identity was unknown, and who remained elusive time and again.

Annon was an important Senator and a friend of the Jedi Order, so when he asked the Jedi for protection, the Jedi Council assigned Jinn and his Master to guard the Senator while he traveled aboard his personal cruiser. Not used to luxury in his travels, Jinn was awed by the ship's rich furnishings. During their journey, the Jedi stumbled upon another ship drifting in space and emitting a distress call. The voice of a young girl was heard on the comlink, who claimed that her name was Joli Ti Eddawan, the daughter of Senator Galim Eddawan from the planet Tyan. She told Jinn and Dooku that her ship had been attacked by the pirate, the pilot and everyone else aboard had been killed, and her father had been taken away. The girl told the Jedi that her ship's systems were failing and oxygen level was falling, but Dooku, suspecting that this might be a trap laid by the pirate, told Annon's aide Eero Iridian&mdash;who was also Dooku's childhood friend&mdash;to check for Senator Eddawan's current whereabouts. Checking the cruiser's computer, Iridian proved that Senator Eddawan had been scheduled to arrive at the port station Alpha Nonce the day before, but he never did.

Dooku then ordered Annon's pilot to slowly approach the drifting ship, but to stay away of its laser cannons' range. Jinn felt that the girl was in danger and was willing to dive in and rescue her, but Dooku was still unsure that the distress call was genuine. It turned out that Dooku was right in his suspicions, as the other ship suddenly came to life and revealed a battery of previously hidden turbolasers, which opened fire at Annon's cruiser; the pilot was surprised and failed to react, forcing Dooku to grab the controls and pull away in the nick of time. Dooku then decided to fight back the attacker, and a battle erupted. Annon's cruiser was outfitted with two types of shield, a particle shield that protected against turbolaser fire and an energy shield protecting against laser cannons, but in order for the Jedi to fire Annon's own laser cannons, the particle shield had to be dropped. Jinn took notice that the attacking vessel fired every time the Jedi dropped their particle shield to use the laser cannons; this required great reflexes and precision on the part of the enemy pilot. The cruiser's energy shield eventually malfunctioned and the armor plating peeled off, allowing the pirate to blast the cruiser's docking bay doors and land his ship inside. Jinn and Dooku rushed to the docking bay, only to find battle droids rolling from the pirate's craft.

The two engaged the droids, but the machines used smoke grenades, covering everything in sight with smoke. Suddenly, Joli's voice was heard again, asking the Jedi to rescue her and saying that she was forced by the pirate to stand on his ship's ramp. Despite Dooku's urging not to listen to her, as this was most likely another ruse, Jinn risked his life and fought his way to the ramp to save the girl. Dooku soon caught up with him, and they boarded the pirate ship. Inside, however, they found only a recording rod with Joli's prerecorded voice. Realizing that the pirate had already slipped aboard the cruiser, Jinn and Dooku hurried to a safe room, where Iridian was supposed to take Annon to in case of any danger. Inside the room, they found Iridian lying unconscious and Annon nowhere to be found. Returning to the docking bay, they saw Annon in shackles being pushed into the pirate ship by the pirate, whose face was hidden behind a helmet. At the same time, the cruiser's systems began to fail from the damage it had sustained during the battle. The two leaped onto the pirate ship's ramp, and Dooku deflected the pirate's blaster shots with his lightsaber and began slowly advancing on him. The pirate, however, performed a maneuver that disoriented Jinn's master. The pirate managed to slip into his ship and close the ramp, and both Jedi fell on the docking bay's floor.

As the pirate safely retreated with Annon in his custody, Jinn and Dooku were left on the crumbling cruiser. First of all, they checked on Iridian, and after finding him alive, although injured, they went to help the cruiser's pilot. Jinn managed to fix the cruiser's sublight mainframe control, allowing the pilot to land the ship in the Voltare spaceport. Having delivered Iridian to the medical clinic, the two Jedi returned to the ship and started contemplating their next course of action. Standard procedure dictated that they should contact the Council, but Dooku&mdash;having recognized the pirate as Lorian Nod, his fellow Jedi trainee and former friend at the Jedi Temple–turned bitter rival&mdash;decided to proceed with the investigation without consulting the Council, not willing to admit to the Council members that Nod had outwitted him. Dooku did not tell Jinn about his discovery either and even ordered him to maintain comlink silence. Although Dooku did not tell him about Nod, Jinn still felt anger emanating from his master. Analyzing the battle on the cruiser, both Jedi noted that although Annon had claimed that his equipment was of the highest possible quality, the energy shield failed and the armor began to peel off after taking only minor damage. Jinn and Dooku arrived to a conclusion that the cruiser's systems had been sabotaged, and the pirate was aware of the fact. Checking the reports of all the other kidnappings, Dooku noted that in all cases, pilots reported various malfunctions on their ships. Deciding to check where the cruiser had been outfitted with the security devices, Jinn and Dooku paid a visit to Iridian in the clinic, who told them that the cruiser's upgrades had been done by the renowned Kontag corporation. Dooku raised Kontag's officials on the comlink, but they did not tell much, and Jinn's master decided to infiltrate the company's headquarters on the planet Pirin. Lying to the company's representative, Sasana, that the Jedi Order was considering purchasing security upgrades from Kontag, Jinn and Dooku asked Sasana to show them Kontag's factory. Having thoroughly inspected the facility, the Jedi took notice of signs of both prosperity and decline. A large client base was maintained, though little to no actual work was done in the facility itself. Dooku realized that the Pirin factory was just a sham, and the real work was done somewhere else. Analyzing a sensor suite he had taken from a Kontag landspeeder during the tour, he found a factory mark buried it in, which pointed to Von-Alai, an once-icy planet transformed into a barren wasteland by the toxic waste produced by a vast amount of factories.

Reaching Von-Alai and entering the factory, Jinn, to his shock, discovered that it used child labor, which was forbidden by the galactic laws. Jinn tried to convince his master that they had to help the children, but Dooku was preoccupied only with their mission. Confronting one of the factory's managers, Dooku threatened him to report all the violations he had seen and shut down the production, thus forcing the man to reveal the name of the corporation that owned the factory, Caravan, which Dooku recognized as the name of Nod's model ship that he had built at the Temple. As Jinn and Dooku turned to leave the factory, they were surprised to find Iridian, who claimed that he had followed them in order to help them find Annon. The aide said that he had found a worker who might know where the pirate's hideout was. The Jedi followed Iridian to the worker, but the aide wandered away and disappeared, and the Jedi were instead confronted by several Eradicator-series battle droids. The Jedi ignited their lightsabers, but after Jinn realized that a battle inside the factory could harm the children who worked there, he deactivated his weapon. Dooku was determined to fight, however, and Jinn had to convince his master to stand down. Grudgingly, Dooku followed his Padawan's example, and both Jedi were taken into custody by the battle droids. Jinn and Dooku were drugged, taken to an unknown location, and handcuffed to the floor. Once Jinn had awakened from the effects of the drug, Dooku finally told him about Nod. Jinn was puzzled and disappointed that his master had withheld such an important information from him, but he tried not to show his feeling. Remembering Iridian's sudden disappearance, Dooku also realized that his friend had been in league with Nod all along. At this moment, Nod himself showed up, and Jinn accused him of using children to work for him. Nod casually replied that the children were the only ones who could support their families, and if he was to fire them, they would starve, but Jinn was not satisfied with such an answer, believing that there was another way. Nod further explained that he had been kidnapping Senators just to earn some money and retire peacefully. Iridian then burst in, accusing Nod of killing Annon; the Senator had died of a heart attack. The two began to argue, and Iridian pulled out his vibroblade. Dooku, however, used the Force to pull the vibroblade out of Iridian's hands and used it to cut loose of his cuffs. Jinn's master then Force-pulled his lightsaber that had been stored nearby and attacked Nod, while Iridian escaped.

Defending with a blaster and his own vibroblade, Nod slowly moved toward Jinn's lightsaber and grabbed it. As Dooku and Nod engaged in a lightsaber duel, Jinn, still tied and helpless, cried for his master to release him. Dooku, however, was too enraged and immersed in the battle, and did not hear his Padawan's pleas. Only when he was ready to deal a fatal blow, Dooku heard Jinn's desperate cry and stopped. He finally released his apprentice, and they took both Nod and Iridian into custody. The two returned back to Coruscant, not speaking a single word on their return journey. After handing the two criminals to Coruscant security, Dooku told Jinn to learn one lesson from their mission&mdash;that the day would come when his friends would betray him. Jinn and Dooku's final mission as master and apprentice lasted for two years, and it was difficult and dangerous. Exhausted and weary, the two returned to the Jedi Temple, where Jinn was ready to undergo his Jedi Trials. At the landing platform, Jinn was greeted by Tahl, and the two friends shared a warm embrace, which irritated Dooku. As they walked to the Jedi Council, Dooku commended Jinn on being a great Padawan, but said that he had one major flaw, which was his trust and connection to other people. Dooku reminded Jinn that in the end, he would always be alone, and that betrayal was inevitable.

Xanatos
"Civil war broke out. Suddenly, people were dying. The situation was out of my control. And all because I did not see clearly what Xanatos was capable of."

- Qui-Gon Jinn

In no time, both Jinn and Tahl became Jedi Knights, although their Jedi duties prevented them from seeing each other for years, and they only heard of each other's promotion. After Jinn was knighted, he did not keep any connection to Dooku, viewing their past relationship strictly as that of a Master and his Padawan. Although he respected Dooku's training, he did not heed his Master's final lesson, unwilling to live without trust and friendship. When Yoda suggested that he take a Padawan learner, Jinn chose not to rush things and contemplate on this, in the meantime performing solo missions for the Order. During his travels, Jinn discovered a young boy from the planet Telos IV named Xanatos&mdash;the son of Crion, the wealthiest man on Telos. Jinn performed Xanatos' midi-chlorian count, finding out that the boy exhibited strong connection with the Force. Crion allowed his son to be taken away, and Jinn, after some hesitation, brought Xanatos to the Jedi Temple for training. Xanatos proved himself to be a brilliant student, one of the most promising trainees to come to the Temple in many years, but his brash personality and desire for power led him to frequently clash with other students and made Yoda to express concerns about him. Jinn overlooked the boy's flaws, however, seeing them as mere childish behavior that Xanatos would eventually outgrew. As time passed, Jinn began considering to take Xanatos as his Padawan.

Jinn decided to undertake one final mission while he was thinking about Xanatos. He made a stopover at the barren world of Zekulae, where he was waiting for his transport. Stopping at a local cafe to have a drink, Jinn witnessed an argument between a local Zeku and a Human, whom he recognized as Tahl, who were playing sabacc. Tahl claimed that the Zeku cheated, and the latter was angered by the statement and reached for his weapon. Not willing to endanger Tahl's mission, Jinn did not intervene and waited to see how the situation would resolve. Tahl easily disarmed the Zeku and, after ordering her opponent a drink, she noticed Jinn and joined him. The two talked for some time, remembering their time at the Temple, and Jinn told her that he was thinking about taking Xanatos as his apprentice. Tahl advised Jinn to consider his decision carefully, believing that he and Xanatos were not the best match. Returning to her mission, Tahl then left the cafe. While Xanatos trained at the Temple, Jinn took another individual as his first Padawan, successfully helping the apprentice to become a Jedi Knight. The Padawan's knighthood saw Jinn promoted to the rank of Jedi Master. Before long, Jinn took Xanatos as his second apprentice, training him for several years. The two participated in numerous missions, and on one occasion they traveled to the planet of Ilum to obtain some valuable Adegan crystals for Xanatos' lightsaber. (49 BBY. The story with the Baron from Last Stand on Ord Mantell. Xanatos' rebellion somewhere around that date too, per the Captive Temple. Check both.) Jinn was extremely proud of his Padawan's lightsaber skills and Force mastery that nearly equaled his own, and he felt that Yoda's hesitations about Xanatos meant that Yoda was questioning Jinn's own judgment. Xanatos easily passed preliminary Jedi tests, and Jinn was ready to welcome him as a Jedi Knight. Yoda, however, offered Jinn and Xanatos to participate in one last mission before knighting Xanatos, and Jinn gladly accepted it, viewing it as a chance to prove Yoda that he had been right about the boy all along. Jinn and Xanatos were sent to Xanatos' homeworld of Telos, which Crion now ruled as a governor, having built on wealth and power through Telosian scientists' research. Every ten years, a treaty was extended between Telos and a neighboring planet, and Jinn and his Padawan were assigned to oversee the renegotiation called by Crion. Yoda found someone to transport them to Telos, a pilot called Stieg Wa, who was ferrying a cargo of droids to the Telos system. Since the very beginning of their journey, Xanatos clashed with Stieg Wa, forcing Jinn to calm his apprentice. When they were crossing the Landor system, notorious for housing many pirates, their ship's cloaking device suddenly went off-line and they were attacked by pirates. Wa managed to outrun them and blamed Xanatos for sabotaging the device, but Jinn believed his Padawan when he told him that he was innocent. Later, while Wa was repairing the cloaking device on the dorsal platform, the pirates returned and captured him. Unexpectedly for Jinn, Xanatos then led him to an escape pod which he had already preprogrammed with Telos' coordinates. When Jinn asked him why he had taken such a precaution, Xanatos answered, smiling, that he always made sure to have a back door. After their arrival on Telos, Jinn saw his Padawan change as he witnessed Crion's wealth. A hunger began to grow in the boy, and he believed that the Jedi&mdash;and Jinn in particular&mdash;had deprived him from the life of power he deserved by right. Crion urged Xanatos to join him in his plans for power, and Jinn, trusting Yoda's wisdom, stepped back and allowed the boy to make his choice. Xanatos allied with his father and sabotaged the first meeting between the representatives of the two planets. Meanwhile, Jinn discovered that the whole renegotiation was a ruse created by Crion in order to buy him some time to raise an army and conquer the other planet, securing its rich natural resources. Jinn revealed what he knew to the people of Telos, and they rose up against the governor. Xanatos, however, convinced his father to fight the rebellion.

Crion hired an army, and soon a civil war broke out. Jinn took the side of the Telosian people and eventually brought the final fight to Crion's quarters. Jinn was forced to kill Crion, dealing the fatal blow in front of Xanatos and slicing his lightsaber through a ring on Crion's finger. Xanatos became enraged and took the ring&mdash;searing hot from Jinn's blade&mdash;from his father's body. He branded it into his cheek, creating a broken-circle scar, which he said would serve as a remainder of Jinn's treachery. Xanatos then attacked his master, and the two engaged in a fierce duel, but Jinn emerged victorious and knocked the lightsaber out of his Padawan's hand. Jinn could not force himself to deliver a final blow, though, and Xanatos fled. Jinn searched Telos for him, but could not find him. He eventually learned that Xanatos had stolen his father's treasury and a transport and had fled from the planet. Upon returning to the Temple, Jinn blamed himself for Xanatos's fall and even went so far as to renounce his success in training his first Padawan. Jinn spent hours in meditation and consultations with Yoda, but it did not help him to reconcile with Xanatos's betrayal. He vowed never to take another apprentice, but as the Jedi Council kept asking him to reconsider his decision, he came to the Temple every year. There, he spent a few hours watching the pupils, and then he would leave alone.

Tahl tried to comfort Jinn by accompanying him on a training exercise to the world of Ragoon VI to hopefully relax and take his mind off Xanatos. The two spent time climbing mountains, and Tahl tried to explain Jinn that he could not control everything in his life, but even she could not put him at ease. For the next few years, Jinn returned to solo missions, although he was occasionally paired with Tahl. In 47 BBY, Jinn and Tahl were sent on a mission to the planet New Apsolon. The civilization of the planet&mdash;which had originally been named just Apsolon&mdash;had been split between the wealthy minority called the Civilized, and the Workers, who comprised the majority of the population. The Civilized had ruled the planet through the Absolutes, a secret police, while the Workers had been oppressed. The Workers had tried to change the situation, and, after a nearly bloodless revolution, the Absolutes had been disbanded, a new leader had come to power&mdash;a Worker named Ewane&mdash;and the planet had been renamed to New Apsolon to symbolize the new direction. Jinn and Tahl were assigned to observe the safe transition to a new form of government. During the mission, Tahl developed a close bond with Ewane's daughters, Alani and Eritha. After all the formalities were done with, Jinn was ready to leave, but Tahl wished to remain on the planet, worrying for Ewane and his girls' safety and suspecting that the Absolutes could have remained as an underground organization. Jinn agreed that she could be right, but convinced Tahl to leave, telling her that it was not up to the Jedi to deal with the problem. Jinn's words convinced Tahl, and she reluctantly agreed to leave the planet.

The perilous journey
"Qui-Gon Jinn, I will be thirteen in four weeks. You are my last chance to be a Jedi Knight."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi begging Jinn to accept him as his apprentice

In 44 BBY, Jinn was asked by the Galactic Senate to go to the planet Bandomeer on a mission. He was not told any detail about his assignment there other than that the mission required his personal presence, and his specifically. Before going to Bandomeer, however, Jinn agreed to observe a tournament among a group of the Temple's older students. One of the training duels he witnessed that day was fought between two young boys, Bruck Chun and Obi-Wan Kenobi. After a brief fight, Kenobi emerged as the victor. Jinn took notice of Kenobi's fighting skills, although he also noted that the boy fought too viciously. When the duel had ended, Jinn expressed his concern regarding Kenobi's dangerous style to the boy. As Jinn turned his back and prepared to leave, however, Kenobi called him and asked to be taken as his Padawan. The boy went on to explain that he would be thirteen in four weeks, and if he would not be chosen as a Padawan by that time, then he would be sent to the Agricultural Corps, which was considered a demarcation of inability among other Jedi trainees. Jinn replied that he would not train Kenobi, because he believed that the boy had too much anger in him and there was a chance that he might turn to the dark side.

Jinn walked toward the door, but Kenobi sprang to his feet in a last desperate attempt to convince the Jedi Master that he would not turn. Jinn ignored the boy's pleas and walked away, heading to the Map Room, where he hoped to relax. On his way there, Jinn could not forget the sight of Kenobi's despairing face, but he tried to convince himself that he had made the right choice and there was a danger in the boy's training. Inside the Map Room, Jinn's contemplation was interrupted by Yoda, who walked in and started talking about Kenobi, telling Jinn that he should have thought about taking the boy as an apprentice. Unwilling to discuss this topic, Jinn said that he would consider taking a Padawan next year, but Yoda did not believe his words. The Grand Master then informed Jinn that Kenobi was also assigned to Bandomeer to work as a farmer there. Jinn was very surprised and suspected Yoda of being involved in such a coincidence, but the elderly Master assured him that it was the will of the Force. Soon thereafter, Jinn boarded a transport to Bandomeer. The ship, called the Monument, carried two rival groups aboard&mdash;the small Arcona Mineral Harvest Corporation led by the Human female Clat'Ha and the powerful Offworld Mining Corporation, led by Jemba the Hutt and well known for its ruthless and oppressive methods.

Jinn soon discovered that Kenobi was on the same ship and had been beaten by one of the Hutt members of Offworld after he had accidentally stumbled into their territory while trying to find his cabin. Jinn decided to visit the boy in the ship's sickbay and tended to Kenobi's wounds. The boy mistook Jinn's presence at his bed for a sign that the latter had changed his mind regarding his apprenticeship. Once again, Jinn was forced to decline, telling Kenobi that their missions were different. Meanwhile, an Arcona entered the sickbay, introducing himself as Si Treemba and offering to be Kenobi's friend; Si Treemba came to consider the boy a hero, believing that Kenobi received his injuries because he had chosen to fight against Offworld. Soon enough, Clat'Ha also came in, telling Jinn and Kenobi that someone had tampered with the Arconas' equipment and had sabotaged three tunneling machines by removing all thermocoms, the equipment necessary to operate the machines. Clat'Ha suspected Jemba of being involved in it, but the Hutt soon appeared himself, claiming that he was innocent. Jinn told Jemba that he believed in his personal innocence, but hinted that one of Jemba's men might have done it. Jemba and Clat'Ha started arguing, each accusing the other, with Jemba claiming that Clat'Ha had sabotaged the machinery herself in order to frame the Offworld.

Jinn intervened, trying to convince both sides to calm down. Angered, Jemba left, promising to kill Jinn should he take Clat'Ha's side. Kenobi did not understand why Jinn had let the Hutt go, but Jinn explained that the Jedi should protect only those who could not defend themselves, and he felt that Clat'Ha could do so. Kenobi expressed his desire to start an investigation to find out who had sabotaged the machinery, but Jinn strongly forbid him to do so and left for his quarters. Later, while he was resting in his bed, Jinn sensed that Kenobi was in danger. He was surprised to find that such a bond had formed between them, despite Kenobi not being his Padawan. Jinn fought with that feeling, telling himself that the boy should deal with his problems himself and continued to rest. The next day, while sharing a drink with Clat'Ha in the Arconas' lounge, he met Kenobi and Si Treemba. Kenobi confessed to him that he had disobeyed Jinn's orders and had gone along with Si Treemba to the Offworld side of the ship to investigate. During their investigation, Si Treemba had been captured and Kenobi had been forced to rescue him, and this was when Jinn had sensed him being in danger.

In the end, Kenobi could not find any proof to the Offworld's guilt in the thermocoms' theft. Furthermore, Clat'Ha explained that Kenobi's efforts were in vain, since the missing thermocoms had been found lying in a barrel of lubricant. Unbeknownst to others, it was Offworld who had in fact stolen them, but after Kenobi had come looking for the parts, Jemba had decided to discreetly return the thermocoms back. Jinn rebuked Kenobi, telling him that his intervention could heat up the tension on the ship. At this moment, the Monument started shaking, having come under attack by several pirate warships. Jinn quickly ordered Kenobi to check if the Monument pilots were still alive, and if not, to get the ship away, while he distracted the pirates. Making a stand in one of the ship's corridors, Jinn, assisted by Clat'Ha, managed to hold off the invading vicious Togorian pirates for some time, but was eventually slashed across the back of his shoulders and down to the ribs by the pirate captain's vibro-axe. Moreover, one of the pirate ships opened fire, breaching a hole in the Monument hull near the site where Jinn fought the pirate.

Jinn's wound was very grief, and he was almost killed by the Togorian captain, but was saved by Clat'Ha, who shot the pirate with her blaster. Jinn then quickly closed a blast door, sealing the corridor from the hole and thus avoiding being sucked into the vacuum of open space. Meanwhile, Kenobi and Si Treemba&mdash;who had been forced to take control of the ship because the pilots had been killed&mdash;managed to defeat the pirates in space combat, destroying one warship and forcing the others to retreat. However, the Monument had been heavily damaged during the raid, and Kenobi was forced to crash-land it on a nearby planet, on a shore near an ocean. Jinn waited until others were attended to before requesting a medical droid to bandage him in his room. After the boy rejoined him, Jinn asked if he had felt anger or fear during the battle, and Kenobi honestly admitted that he had, but he had also understood that he had been killing the pirates only to save the lives of those aboard the Monument. Such words showed Jinn that Kenobi grew stronger in the Force, yet Jinn felt strangely dissatisfied, as he realized that he might have actually wanted the boy to fail. Si Treemba interrupted their conversation, though, telling that in the aftermath of the pirate attack, Jemba had stolen all dactyl, a yellow-colored ammonia crystal essential to the survival of the Arcona.

Standing together
"I'll be glad to leave this place. I saw too much death here.''" "''You did well. I felt the Force move in you"

- Kenobi and Jinn, after the battle against the draigons

Jinn confronted Jemba, but the Hutt angrily explained that he had taken the dactyl as a payment for the fact that Offworld had fought the pirates, while the Arcona had been hiding in their cabins. Jinn tried to use the Force to reason Jemba, but he was too weak as a result of his wound and could not persuade the Hutt to return the dactyl. Having sensed Jinn's attempt at using the Force, Jemba started laughing, which angered Kenobi. Jinn was forced to calm the boy down, explaining that anger was his true enemy. Jemba then offered the Arcona to work for Offworld, promising to pay them with the dactyl that he had stolen from them. One by one, the Arconas walked over to Jemba's side, until Kenobi persuaded Si Treemba not to do so. Following their commune instinct, everyone else followed Si Treemba back and left Jemba. Later that day, still angered by Jemba's actions, Kenobi offered to assassinate the Hutt, but Jinn explained that killing was not the Jedi way. The recent events left Kenobi with an impression that Jinn was reconsidering to take him as a Padawan, but the Jedi Master denied it again. This time, however, Jinn suddenly felt incredibly sorry for Kenobi, as he realized that he had finally crushed the boy's dreams at becoming a Jedi.

During the night, Jinn tried to concentrate on healing his body, but time and again he found his thoughts returning to Kenobi. As a result, he slept restless and woke up early, witnessing a yellow haze coming from the nearby hills, but before he could figure out what it was, he saw the Arcona panicking. One of them informed Jinn that a tide was coming in, one that could easily swamp the ship. Because of that, everyone was to evacuate into the caves in the hills. Jinn then suddenly realized that the yellow haze was coming from the stolen dactyl that had been hidden by Jemba in the caves. He decided to return the dactyl to the Arcona and, after informing Clat'Ha of his intentions, started climbing up to the cave with the dactyl, but was soon attacked by one of Jemba's henchmen, Grelb. Fortunately for Jinn, the native draigon beasts assaulted Grelb and his Whiphid associates, providing the necessary distraction for the Jedi Master to reach the cave. As he was loading some of the dactyl into his cloth sack, Jinn suddenly felt that Kenobi was calling him in the Force. The boy had been informed of Jinn's plans by Clat'Ha and was begging Jinn to return quickly, as the Arcona started to feel the effects of dactyl withdrawal and were on the brink of death. Realizing that the boy needed him and following the call of the Force, Jinn leaped from the cave and fell onto the back of a draigon. With the help of the Force, the Jedi Master managed to persuade the draigon to carry him to the caves where the Arcona and Offworld had taken shelter. As he flew there, Jinn noticed that the other draigons were heading to the caves as well, intent on devouring everyone inside. Using the Force, Jinn warned Kenobi about the incoming danger, and the boy came out to face the beasts at one of the numerous entrances to the caves. While the young Jedi fought the draigons, Jinn rushed to deliver the dactyl to the Arconas. Meanwhile, both Jemba and Grelb tried to kill Kenobi, but Grelb missed Kenobi and shot Jemba, and was later killed by the draigons himself. Having delivered the dactyl, Jinn joined Kenobi in his fight against the furious beasts. Kenobi's strategy involved killing a large number of draigons, so that their stacked bodies blocked all entrances to the caves, thus protecting those inside from the remaining living beasts. The two Jedi fought fiercely with their lightsabers; the Force pulsed between them, and they were instantly aware of each other's actions. Kenobi and Jinn were also assisted by the Arcona and Clat'Ha, who picked off any remaining draigons that had managed to pass through the deadly barrage of Kenobi's and Jinn's lightsabers.

Witnessing the remaining Offworlders following the late Jemba's last foolish orders to defend their entrance to the cave from the outside, the Jedi convinced them to follow Kenobi's strategy, and the Offworld miners agreed. The battle continued until nightfall, and eventually the draigons retreated. The victory was a costly one, however. Over three hundred Offworld miners and eighty-seven Arconas were killed by the draigons. The remaining members of Offworld were impressed by the Arcona's bravery during the fight and allowed them to take back the rest of the dactyl. Clat'Ha then made an unexpected offer to the Offworld employees, offering to buy their contracts and let them work for the Arcona. The temporal head of Offworld, Aggaba the Hutt, agreed to this offer. The battle proved Jinn that he had underestimated Kenobi. Still, the Jedi Master was not sure if the Force had chosen Kenobi as his Padawan. Remembering an advice given to him by Yoda a long time ago, Jinn decided to wait with his decision.

Shadow of the past
"If you have plans for Bandomeer, you should know I am here to stop you."

- Jinn to Xanatos

After putting an end to the tense situation, the two arrived on Bandomeer aboard the repaired Monument and were greeted by a local police officer, who handed Jinn a note, which welcomed him to the planet. Much to his shock, Jinn discovered that it was signed by Xanatos. The note seemed to imply that Xanatos was on the planet, but Jinn was not sure, believing that Xanatos could have merely wanted to confuse him. Jinn also began to experience nightmares of being trapped somewhere called Core 5, though he did not understand what it was or what the dreams meant. After several days spent in the capital city of Bandor, Jinn and Kenobi were ready to proceed with their separate assignments. Bandomeer was a desolate world, devastated by mining operations and stripped of its natural resources. Most of the planet's landmass was left barren and unsuitable for farming, so food had to be imported from other worlds. The local government, however, had recently decided to change the situation and to reclaim the lost land. The AgriCorps assisted in that task, replanting large areas with plants to form the so-called Enrichment Zones. Kenobi was to be sent to the biggest Zone to work as a farmer. Jinn only knew what the Jedi Council had told him about his own mission. Apparently, he was chosen to act as a guardian of peace by the government's request, though he did not know the specifics. Most of the native Meerians had worked for a long time in the mines owned by Offworld, hoping to earn the necessary sum of money to leave the desolate world. Offworld treated the workers unfairly, though, keeping most of the money to itself, so when the Arcona had arrived to Bandomeer, many Meerians had allied with them. The Arcona and the Meerians had formed a cooperative mine, sharing the profits equally. However, Offworld was known to make any competitors disappear, and Jinn suspected that he had been hired to protect the Meerians from Offworld. Jinn and Kenobi soon went to meet the planet's governor SonTag and the leader of the Home Planet Party VeerTa. The Home Planet Party wished to replant the planet's fields and end Offworld's influence on its economy, and it had entered into a partnership with the Arcona in the cooperative Home Planet Mine. At the meeting, Jinn was surprised to hear from SonTag that the government had not requested his aid, but they were glad that he had come, since they believed that Offworld might not allow the Arcona to operate freely. Jinn was then requested to act as a Jedi mediator at a meeting between the Home Planet Party and Offworld, and he agreed to help.

The meeting was originally scheduled to take place at the Home Planet Mine, and after Kenobi left to the Enrichment Zone, Jinn set off to the mine, but was intercepted by SonTag, who informed him that the meeting place had been changed to a more formal one. Jinn and SonTag soon arrived at a receiving room, where they met with VeerTa and Clat'Ha, who acted as a representative of the Arcona. They waited for the Offworld representative, but no one showed up and they decided to start the meeting. At that moment, the door flung open, revealing Xanatos, who introduced himself as the representative of Offworld and acted as though he was glad to see Jinn, calling him an old friend. Xanatos admitted that he had went astray from the Jedi path, but he had changed since joining Offworld. Xanatos assured VeerTa that Offworld would not interfere with the Home Planet's operation and even offered to donate ten percent of his company's income to the Bandomeer reclamation effort. Jinn did not trust his former apprentice, and so did Clat'Ha, but SonTag and VeerTa appeared to believe Xanatos' words. Suddenly, an explosion somewhere outside rocked the meeting. Looking at the window, Jinn saw smoke coming from the Home Planet Mine. Accusing Xanatos of orchestrating the explosion, VeerTa lunged at him, but Jinn stopped her, knowing that the fight would not help them find the truth.

Xanatos assured everyone that Offworld had nothing to do with the explosion, and SonTag's investigation appeared to prove his words, as it was found out that a mixture of gases had built up and the special sensors had failed to warn about it. In an unexpected gesture, Xanatos offered Offworld's money to help rebuild the mine. Still, Jinn sensed that Xanatos was not sincere and was playing some kind of game. Later, Jinn was contacted by Kenobi, who had found a secret Offworld stash of mining supplies on the AgriCorps' territory. The door to the storage had been protected by the Force, and inside Kenobi had found a box with a symbol in the form of a broken circle. Kenobi suspected that Offworld was up to something, but Jinn saw no proof that Offworld was interfering with the AgriCorps operation and ordered the boy to return to his duties. Meanwhile, Offworld kept their promise and provided money and droids, and the Home Planet Mine was quickly being rebuilt. Moreover, it was discovered that the explosion had blasted deeper into the ground, revealing a vein of ionite, one of the most valuable minerals in the galaxy. VeerTa proposed to show Jinn the ionite and took him to one of the mine's underground levels, labeled Core 6. Remembering his nightmare, Jinn asked if there was a Core 5, but VeerTa replied that they did not have the technology to go that deep.

VeerTa later told Jinn about her plan to use Offworld's donated money to secretly mine ionite instead of rebuilding the mine. In case Offworld tried to undermine them, she asked Jinn to join the Home Planet's board of directors, believing that Offworld would not go against a Jedi. As it was forbidden for members of the Jedi Order to participate in any profit-bringing operation, Jinn had to decline. He asked VeerTa about the box Kenobi had told him about, and she replied that she had seen similar boxes in other Enrichment Zones, but she believed them to be some sort of AgriCorps equipment. Jinn was still worried by Kenobi's discovery and decided to begin an investigation, starting by checking what position Xanatos held in Offworld. The official files, however, showed only mere figureheads and had no mention of Xanatos, so Jinn decided to infiltrate Offworld's headquarters and look for information there. Using a mind trick on a Hutt guard, he secured passage to Xanatos' office. He browsed through several datafiles, but most of them were encrypted, and those that were not contained no useful information. However, Jinn also saw the logo of Offworld, formed by two broken circles, and he realized that Xanatos was the head of the corporation. Jinn suspected that Xanatos was planning to take over Bandomeer and contacted Yoda, informing him of his suspicions. Yoda, however, made Jinn question his unwillingness to let Kenobi help him in his investigation. Yoda's words made Jinn realize that he had been wrong, and he tried to raise Kenobi on the comlink, but the latter did not respond. At this moment, Clat'Ha burst in Jinn's quarters, telling that Si Tremba had contacted her and said that Kenobi had disappeared. Si Treemba had seen only that the unconscious Kenobi had been dragged by Offworld guards in an unknown direction, but Jinn was sure that Xanatos personally orchestrated the boy's disappearance. Jinn knew that Xanatos was overseeing an Offworld mining operation in the outskirts of Bandor. Hoping to take advantage of his former apprentice's overconfidence to prove his guesses, he waited until Xanatos left the administration building and confronted him. Jinn talked to Xanatos, making him lose his temper and admit that he was heading Offworld and was planning to overtake Bandomeer. Xanatos also revealed that he had kept his lightsaber, and he attacked Jinn with it. During their fight, Xanatos armed himself with a second lightsaber, the one that Jinn recognized as Kenobi's. Jinn realized that Xanatos had indeed kidnapped the boy and decided to break the fight and rescue Kenobi. He grasped the boy's weapon out of Xanatos' hands and retreated, while Xanatos laughed at his back. Jinn went to Si Treemba and see if he could tell anything else about Kenobi's capture, but the young Arcona had seen only as Kenobi was dragged away from the Enrichment Zone's dome during the night.

However, one of the Meerians, RonTha, admitted that he had broken protocol and remained in the dome in the night to pick some fruit in the orchard. After seeing Kenobi dragged away by several people led by a cloaked figure, he had followed them and saw them taking a boat.Si Treemba then realized that Kenobi had been taken to the deep-sea mines, and Jinn persuaded RonTha to give him a boat. As Jinn approached the mines, he witnessed a group of guards pushing Kenobi with electro-jabbers to the sea, having caught him trying to find another box with the broken circle logo and inspect its contents. As the guards pushed the boy from the edge, Jinn witnessed as someone at a lower platform quickly fashioned some kind of a sling. When Kenobi fell, Jinn saw that he did not display fear and was determined to meet his end as a Jedi. Jinn used the Force to help Kenobi fall into the sling, and once he did, he was grabbed and taken to the lower platform by a long-armed creature. Jinn parked his boat and soon met with Kenobi and the creature, whom the boy introduced as his new friend, Guerra. Kenobi explained Jinn that he and Guerra were both wearing electro-collars that would blow them up once they left the mine. Jinn temporarily deactivated Kenobi's collar with the Force, but before they could deactivate Guerra's collar as well, guards burst in and the Jedi were forced to retreat, but not before Guerra explained them that the transmission signals for the collars were emitted from the mainland. Telling Guerra to hide in the mine and promising to deactivate his collar, Jinn and Kenobi left on the boat.

Trapped
"You would have died for me. Your courage is extraordinary, even for a Jedi. I would be honored to accept you as my Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi."

- Jinn finally makes up his mind to take Kenobi as a Padawan in the wake of the events on Bandomeer

Once they were in safety, Kenobi told Jinn that he had spoken with Xanatos, who had accused Jinn of betraying him. This led Jinn to finally tell the story of Xanatos' fall to Kenobi. Reaching mainland, they stormed the security office where the transmitters were located and deactivated Guerra's and Kenobi's collar. When Jinn tried to take the collar off Kenobi, though, he could not do so. He tried to cut it with his lightsaber set on low power, but it did not work either. Not willing to risk the boy's life by trying a higher setting, Jinn gave the boy the transmitter to his collar for safekeeping, and decided to try to take it off in Bandor. The two set off to the capital city to confront Xanatos, taking a security landspeeder. However, they were followed by Xanatos himself in another landspeeder, who attacked them with laser cannons. Jinn maneuvered his speeder, but Jinn and Kenobi were eventually forced to disembark and take shelter in the Home Planet Mine. Jinn realized that Xanatos was leading them into a trap, but he also believed that he needed to foil whatever plan Xanatos had prepared. Jinn hoped to use a newly-fixed turbolift to go to what they believed was the lowest level of the mine Core 6, thinking that Xanatos did not know that the lift was operational. Jinn planned to circle Xanatos and escape, and the two Jedi soon reached Core 6. Xanatos, however, emerged from the tunnel which should have been blocked according to VeerTa. Kenobi engaged Xanatos, forcing him to retreat further into the mine. As they followed Jinn's former pupil, they noticed that they were going deeper into the mine. Kenobi was hesitant to pursue Xanatos further, but Jinn believed that it was too late to turn back. The two eventually reached a glowing sign that read Core 5, and Jinn realized that VeerTa had lied to him and had been in league with Xanatos all the way. The lights suddenly went out and Xanatos attacked the two Jedi. They dueled for some time, but eventually Xanatos retreated in a turbolift, while all the exits suddenly shut close. Xanatos gloated on the comlink, saying that he had recreated the conditions of the first explosion, and the gases were building up for a blast even more powerful than the first one.

The two Jedi found themselves trapped inside Core 5, just like in Jinn's nightmare. Believing that an explosion could break open the sealed door, Kenobi was intent on triggering his collar and to kill himself so that Jinn could escape, but Jinn could not allow it, believing that there was another way. Jinn was nevertheless astonished by Kenobi's bravery and even inadvertently called him his Padawan. Noticing a broken circle symbol on the door, Jinn used the Force to connect the circle, and the door opened. He and Kenobi raced back up the tunnel to the turbolift, as an emergency signal advised them to evacuate, but then Jinn noticed one of the boxes with the broken circle symbol nearby. Remembering that Xanatos always made sure to have a back-up plan, he inspected the box and found out that it contained an ion bomb. Jinn realized that Xanatos had lied about the gases building up; instead, he had planted the bombs throughout Bandomeer and was intent on destroying the entire planet just to have his revenge and kill Jinn. The bombs were chain-linked, meaning that if one of them was deactivated, the rest would not go up. Jinn could disarm the bomb, but the time was too short for him to do so.

However, after Jinn mentioned ionite in passing, Kenobi gathered several ionite slabs and put it around the bomb, and the timer stopped. It turned out that while he had been in the deep sea mines, Kenobi had learned from Guerra that ionite carried a neutral charge, making all instruments in the vicinity freeze. Jinn then safely deactivated the bomb. The two returned to the governor's office, where Jinn revealed that VeerTa was in league with Xanatos. VeerTa claimed that she had done this in favor of Bandomeer, believing that Offworld's secret backing would be profitable for the Home Planet Mine. She had helped Xanatos to smuggle boxes with explosives to the planet, but she did not know of their contents, and she was surprised to know that Xanatos had tried to destroy the entire planet. VeerTa was taken into custody, and Jinn and Kenobi returned to their quarters, where Jinn discovered another note written by Xanatos, who had left it in case Jinn survived his trap. In the note, Xanatos promised his former master that they would meet again. Upon reading this note, however, Jinn did not feel anything beyond determination to fight Xanatos' evil, having finally overcome his psychological issues in the course of the mission. Impressed by Kenobi's spirit, and his willingness to die for him, Jinn offered the boy to become his Padawan, and the latter agreed.

Sidetracked
"Landing here was no accident, Obi-Wan."

- Jinn

Jinn and Kenobi were soon dispatched by Yoda on their first official mission as Master and apprentice. Jinn and Kenobi were to go to the planet Gala to oversee political elections. For a long time, Gala had been ruled by the Beju-Tallah dynasty that had managed to unite the planet's three peoples&mdash;the city people, the hill people, and the sea people&mdash;and brought prosperity to the planet. However, the dynasty had then become corrupt, stripping the planet of its wealth and leaving the people on the brink of revolution. The dying Queen Veda realized that, and instead of giving the throne to her rightful heir and son Prince Beju, she decided to organize an election. The Prince, however, was not happy with the Queen's decision, believing that it was his birthright to rule the planet. Jinn and Kenobi were to oversee that the election went smoothly and prevent any possible interference from Beju.

On the day of Kenobi's birthday, they were ready to embark on the mission. Moving through the streets of Bandor, the two reached a hangar where a ship awaited them, and Jinn drilled Kenobi in a Jedi exercise, "Attention to the Moment Gives Knowledge," which involved Kenobi closing his eyes and reciting by memory everything he had just seen to the tinniest detail. Kenobi made a mistake, however, and Jinn found out that the boy was distracted. The Jedi Master realized that the bot was thinking about his birthday and believed that Jinn had forgotten about it. Jinn, however, reached for his pocket and gave Kenobi his special stone. The boy was baffled by the seemingly useless gift but accepted it with gratitude. On the day of his thirteenth birthday, each Padawan had to take a time to reflect on the events that had occurred in his life. When Jinn asked his new Padawan if he had completed that ritual, Kenobi replied that he had not, as recent events had left little free time to spare. Jinn appeared unmoved by this response and decided that it was time to begin their mission.

Jinn and Kenobi boarded the starship that was waiting for them, finding out that it was piloted by a Phidian, who reminded Kenobi of Guerra. For some reason, the pilot behaved rude toward the Jedi, which surprised them. Nevertheless, the Phidian soon took the ship off into space and set a course for Gala. Jinn and Kenobi reflected on the friends they were leaving on Bandomeer, namely, Si Treemba, Clat'Ha, and Guerra, but the Phidian pilot, irritated by their talk, purposefully shook the ship. Soon enough, the pilot took the ship to hyperspace, leaving Bandomeer behind. Halfway to Gala, though, a warning signal began to blink, and the pilot told the Jedi that there was a fuel leak and they had to land on a nearest planet. Once they returned to real space and set off to a nearby planet, they were contacted on the comlink and a voice told them to identify themselves or be destroyed. When the pilot requested an emergency landing, the man on the comlink denied it. When Jinn asked him if there were other planets nearby, the pilot replied negatively.

At this moment, starfighters appeared to escort them to the planet. The pilot wanted to fight them, but Jinn decided that it was best to comply. Under the escort, the Jedi landed their starship on a landing platform, where a detachment of battle droids awaited them. Jinn believed that the droid would not harm them, but when the Jedi emerged from the ship, the droids opened fire. Jinn and Kenobi quickly dealt with the droids, but upon returning to the ship, they found that the control console had been hit by blaster fire by one of the droids and disabled. Moreover, the communications were jammed and the Phidian pilot was nowhere to be found. Realizing that the landing on the planet was not an accident, Jinn came to believe that the pilot would find them. The Jedi then proceeded to a nearby city. Witnessing that the planet was populated by Phidians, and taking into account that they were close to Gala, Jinn concluded that they were on Phindar, more specifically, in it's capital city, Laressa.

Royal intrigues

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Mark of the Crown

Trust betrayed

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead

Temple sabotage

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple

Showdown with Xanatos

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning

Strengthening the bond

 * Mythology
 * Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi chapter 1
 * Legacy of the Jedi Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan section
 * Life, Death, and the Living Force

Caught in the war

 * Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War

Deception on Kegan

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth

Mediators

 * Jedi Apprentice 10: The Shattered Peace

Captured

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter

Test subject

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue

As master and apprentice, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were sent on various missions across the galaxy, to worlds such as Gala and Phindar. One mission, in which the two rescued a blinded Tahl from the war-torn world of Melida/Daan, led to Obi-Wan's temporary resignation from the Jedi Order. Also over this time, the two Jedi had more encounters with Xanatos, who, with the help of the bitter Padawan, Bruck Chun, nearly assassinated Yoda within the Jedi Temple itself. After dueling with the Dark Jedi and chasing him to Telos, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's final confrontation with Xanatos resulted in his suicide, jumping into a pool of acid instead of surrendering. Though a major threat to the Jedi Order was now eliminated, it was a disturbing ending to a dark chapter in Qui-Gon's life.

Along with other Jedi such as Tyvokka, Plo Koon, Tholme and his Padawan Quinlan Vos, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan fought in one of the largest galactic conflicts prior to the Clone Wars&mdash;the Stark Hyperspace War. It was the first of many times that the two would encounter the Trade Federation, though it would be one of the few times that they were defending them.

As Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's apprenticeship matured, they formed a close father-and-son like bond with each other. Three decades after first meeting Lorian Nod with his former master, Dooku, Qui-Gon once again faced off with the failed Jedi on Junction 5, and once again he was incarcerated for his crimes. Qui-Gon continually passed on as much knowledge as he could to Obi-Wan. Lessons ranged from the importance of the Living Force to the reasons why the Jedi Order discouraged romantic relationships.

As time went on, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan accomplished various other missions across the galaxy. On Kegan, they discovered the Force-sensitivity of the future Jedi Knight, Olana Chion. In the Rutan system, the two Jedi acted as ambassadors to settle a conflict between the world of Rutan and its moon of Senali.

Jenna Zan Arbor
"You are a subject of a scientific experimentation. You will not be hurt, only studied."

- Jenna Zan Arbor to Qui-Gon Jinn

In 43 BBY, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan investigated strange murders in which the bodies of the victims were drained entirely of their blood. This investigation led them to meet the famed scientist Jenna Zan Arbor. Eventually, they discovered that the bounty hunter Ona Nobis was behind the murders, but they still did not know who her client was. Upon confronting Nobis, Qui-Gon managed to get aboard her ship and was immediately hit with her blasterfire. Qui-Gon was captured and taken to Jenna Zan Arbor. Zan Arbor, who was studying the genetic traits of Force-sensitives (possibly to discover a way to genetically engineer Force-sensitivity into normal beings), began further experiments on Qui-Gon, draining his blood and torturing him to test his limits. Obi-Wan, with the help of Tahl, Adi Gallia, and Siri Tachi, managed to infiltrate Zan Arbor's labs and free Qui-Gon. It wasn't long before Zan Arbor was caught. The deranged scientist was imprisoned and the bounty hunter, Ona Nobis, was presumed to be dead after a fight with Obi-Wan.

In 42 BBY, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were faced with troubles of the past yet again. Vox Chun, the father of the Dark Padawan, Bruck Chun, hired a lawyer Sano Sauro to prosecute Obi-Wan for Bruck's accidental death. The trial that followed led Qui-Gon's apprentice into an emotionally difficult time, even after he was cleared of the charges.

Forbidden love
"There is no help for me now. There is only revenge."

- Qui-Gon directly after Tahl's death

In 41 BBY, tensions began to rise in Qui-Gon's friendship with Tahl. Tahl had recently taken Bant Eerin, one of Obi-Wan's close friends, as her Padawan learner, and Qui-Gon tried to press his advice onto her. The tension started to make the two realize that they had more than just friendly feelings toward each other. However, they put the teachings of the Jedi Code first, and did their best to ignore them.

While training with Obi-Wan on Ragoon VI, Qui-Gon began to suffer from visions of Tahl in grave danger. Upon returning to Coruscant, Qui-Gon requested to the Council that he be sent with her on her next mission, to New Apsolon. Tahl, however, declined his offer and went on alone, even leaving Bant behind at the Temple. Three weeks passed and Tahl had not been heard from. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan went to New Apsolon (against the orders of the Council) to discover what may have happened to Tahl. After a lengthy search, they found her, safe and in perfect health. Upon seeing each other again, Qui-Gon and Tahl openly admitted their forbidden love for each other. They promised to each other that they would deal with their emotions more after the mission was over.

However, it wasn't long before Tahl was missing yet again, only this time she was truly in danger, kidnapped by a New Apsolon rebel named Balog. When Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan finally found Balog, he had already drugged Tahl. The Jedi managed to rescue her, but despite Qui-Gon's attempts to heal her through the Force, Tahl passed away.

The death of Tahl drove Qui-Gon into a terrible state of depression and a rise in strong dark side emotions. He blamed himself for Tahl's death and even recalled his past failure with Xanatos. He swore revenge on Balog and made it his top priority to track him down. Obi-Wan, who was worried about his master, tried to assure him that there was nothing that he could have done to save her, but Qui-Gon wouldn't hear it. Finally tracking down Balog, Qui-Gon cornered him and was about to slaughter the man when he heard a voice utter two words:

"No, Qui-Gon."

The warning made Qui-Gon realize the dark path he was following and he abruptly deactivated his lightsaber, snapping out of his own anger, horrified at the dark path he was about to go down. After taking Balog into custody, Qui-Gon thanked Obi-Wan for stopping him, only to hear from his apprentice that it was not him who said those words. It was then that Qui-Gon realized that it was the voice of Tahl. The Jedi returned to Coruscant and gave Tahl a proper funeral.

Qui-Gon and his apprentice would also help Attichitcuk and Chewbacca establish a colony on the Kashyyyk moon of Alaris Prime, and would later help drive the Trade Federation off it.

Changing times
Despite being saved from falling over to the dark side, Qui-Gon still was a changed man following Tahl's death, and a great deal of change also occurred around him following her loss. Jocasta Nu, another of Qui-Gon's friends, succeeded Tahl as the head archivist of the Jedi Archives, and the Nautolan Jedi, Kit Fisto took Tahl's place as Bant's master. A number of new missions continued to strengthen Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's bond with each other.

On a mission to protect a young boy named Talesan Fry, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were paired with Adi Gallia and Siri Tachi. The mission, which resulted in Qui-Gon and Adi being separated from Obi-Wan and Siri, led to the discovery of romantic feelings between the two Padawans. Qui-Gon detected these emotions and warned Obi-Wan of his own example with Tahl, and the consequences of losing a loved one.

More missions for the two Jedi continued to follow. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan met Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, who would call upon the two Jedi in particular for future assignments. The two also encountered the bounty hunter Aurra Sing

In 38 BBY, a luxury cloud cruiser called The Aurorient Express slipped out of control and began sinking into the thick atmosphere of Yorn Skot, endangered to be crushed by the tibanospehere in a matter of hours. All communications with the ships had been lost as well. Since Yorn Scot was colonized by a wealthy tibanna gas baron Clode Rhoden, who refused to recognize any outside political government, there were not local jurisdictions equipped to hadle such an emergency. Jinn and Kenobi took it upon themselves to rescue the ship. Diving from their ship into the air, the two landed onto the hull of the Aurorient Express, only to find it swarming with Trade Federation Fastlach-class security droids. Jinn and Kenobi engaged them in battle and quickly reached a hatch, but it was sealed tight and equipped with explosive bolts. The two then found a glass window port above the ship's dining hall, but suddenly found a floating security droid behind their backs. Deflecting the droid's shots, they crashed through the window, falling beside the passengers, who were not aware of ship's danger. In order not to stir panic, the two introduced themselves as window washers, and Jinn used the Force to ask one of the passengers to direct them to the captain.

Entering the captain's cabin, they were confronted by Clode Rhoden's wife, who was angered by the Jedi's presence aboard the cruiser despite her husband's order not to let any. To calm her down, Jinn used the Force to persuade her to go have a drink.

During this time period, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were dispatched on a mission to locate a valuable cargo ship that had disappeared. Their search took them to Ord Mantell, and brought them to confront the land baron Taxer Sundown. On the mission, Qui-Gon befriended the native Mantellian savrip, which aided him in completing his mission on the lawless world.

Yinchorri uprising
"Thank you all for volunteering for this mission. As you know, I am loathe to enter into situations where a show of force is our only likely option. On the other hand, we who are sworn to protect the Republic cannot ignore the threat posed to it by the actions of the Yinchorri&mdash;anymore that we can ignore what they did to Naeshahn and Ebor Taulk. But I warn you all&mdash;put away your feelings of righteousness. Right is on our side, and we will do what is necessary&mdash;but we will do it dispassionately and without rancor as we have trained."

- Mace Windu, giving speech to the rest of the Jedi before the mission

In 33 BBY, the warlike Yinchorri species initiated an uprising in the Expansion Region. Seizing a sizable amount of weaponry from the Golden Nyss Shipyards, the Yinchorri attacked the nearby planet of Mayvitch 7. Having received a distress call from one of the planets defenders, the Jedi Council decided to send two Jedi, Naeshahn and Ebor Taulk, to investigate the matter. The emissaries, however, were killed, and their mutilated bodies were soon brought before Chancellor Valorum's doors. In response, the Council organized another mission, this time consisting of twelve Jedi volunteers, among whom were Jinn and Kenobi. The Jedi's task was to find the Yinchorri's rumored secret command center in the Yinchorr system. As there were only three habitable planets in the system, the Jedi mission was divided into three teams, each assigned with an unarmed Consular-class cruiser. Jinn and Kenobi, along with Saesee Tiin and Mace Windu, were dispatched to the Yinchorri homeworld of Yinchorr. Adi Gallia, Eeth Koth, Tsui Choi and Choi's Padawan Theen Fida were assigned to the ocean world of Yitheeth, and Plo Koon, Micah Giiett, Lilit Twoseas and her Padawan K'Kruhk were sent to Yibikkoror, a small world with a dense atmosphere. Before they embarked on the mission, Giiett demonstrated K'Kruhk and Kenobi a trick involving four cups and four colored stones. He put three white stones under three cups and made it appear that he placed one black stone under the remaining cup, while in fact he put a white stone there as well. He then offered the two Padawans to keep track of the "black stone" while he quickly moved the cups. Kenobi and K'Kruhk correctly guessed the cup, but were surprised to find a white stone underneath it. When Giiett's trickery was finally revealed, Jinn told his Padawan not to feel bad about being cheated, as he knew that Giiett had tried this trick with every Padawan known to Jinn.

After that, the Jedi teams boarded their respective ships and embarked on the mission. As the three Jedi ships exited hyperspace near the Yinchorr system, however, they were attacked by Yinchorri starfighters. Following Windu's command, the Jedi split up and proceeded to their planned destinations, each pursued by several fighters. Jinn's cruiser soon lost its shields, forcing Tiin to improvise an escape plan. Telling Jinn to enter the necessary coordinates into the navicomputer, Tiin made a dangerous jump through hyperspace past Yinchorr, emerging from the other side of the planet and losing track of the pursuers.

The group safely landed on the planet and, after hiding their cruiser in a canyon, began their search for the Yinchorri command post. While Tiin and Windu hid in the mountains, Jinn and Kenobi scouted for their objective, but instead of the command post they only found a staging area in a nearby city where the Yinchorri were preparing for an invasion. Barely evading capture by the Yinchorri sentries, Jinn and his Padawan returned back to the hiding spot with a report. During the mission, Jinn had discovered that the rumors were true&mdash;the Yinchorri were not affected by mind tricks. Moreover, their enemies had found the hidden ship and, as Jinn finished his report, destroyed it. Windu was not concerned with the loss of the cruiser and decided to wait for the other two teams in order to regroup and act together. By that time, the Yitheeth team had found the Devaronian Olmar Grahrk who had been commanding the Yinchorri on the planet and had taken him prisoner. The Yibikkoror team, on the other hand, had crashed their ship in a baloon city and had been forced to fight off hordes of Yinchorri until the Yitheeth team rescued them. Reunited, they set off to join Jinn and the others on Yinchorr. By the time they reached the planet, however, the Yinchorri had already discovered Jinn's hiding place and attacked the group with a huge force, complete with tanks. Jinn, Kenobi, Windu and Tiin were cornered and were forced to fight against an overwhelming number of enemies, but soon the rest of the Jedi landed on the planet and joined the battle, leaving only Choi, Gallia and Fida to defend the ship. The Jedi reinforcements dragged away enemies from Jinn and his group, allowing them to regroup with the others and start to fight their way to the cruiser. During the fight, however, Master Twoseas was killed, and Windu decided to get her body back to the cruiser. Giiett told Windu to do so, saying that he and Koon would cover the retreat. Jinn and Kenobi volunteered to act as a cover as well.

Windu, K'Kruhk, Tiin, and Koth raced to the cruiser with Twoseas' body in their arms, while Jinn, Kenobi, Giett, and Koon remained to fight the Yinchorri. Meanwhile, the Jedi sustained another casualty&mdash;Fida was killed while defending the ship. Aboard the cruiser, having been left without guard, Grahrk escaped from custody and used the ship's communications system to contact his brother, Vilmarh, who was at the Yinchorri command post, asking him for help. Olmar was discovered, however, by the Jedi who returned to the cruiser with their fallen comrades' bodies. The Jedi subdued him and traced his signal to Uhanayih, a lifeless moon close to Yinchorr's sun; the command center was built inside the moon. They relayed this news to the Jedi Council on Coruscant &mdash;who had recently fended off an Yinchorri attack themselves&mdash; and the Council, in turn, informed Chancellor Valorum of the command center's location. The Chancellor then proposed the Senate to send a strike force to the coordinates. In the meantime, Jinn, Giiett, Koon, and Kenobi were still fighting the Yinchorri, who began to regroup for another attack. Eventually, Giiett was heavily wounded and asked the others to leave him beside a damaged tank and retreat to the cruiser. Jinn became overwhelmed with thoughts of revenge, but Giiett calmed him, stating that he had known the risks when he agreed to the mission. The three did as he asked and run for the cruiser, while Giiett, pierced the tank with his lightsabers, triggering an explosion that stalled the Yinchorri. Giiett's sacrifice allowed Jinn, Koon and Kenobi to reach the ship. As the surviving Jedi prepared to depart for Uhanayih, Jinn conversed with Windu, who was stricken with guilt over Giiett's death. Jinn repeated Giiett's last words, but that did little to assuage Windu's grief.

Emerging from hyperspace near Uhanayih, the Jedi found themselves faced against a fleet of Yinchorri starships. The ship was heavily damaged, but Master Tiin's skillful piloting allowed the group to survived until the Republic navy arrived and engaged the enemy. Escorted by the Republic starships, the Jedi broke into the command center and captured the Yinchorri commanders. However, Vilmarh Grahrk had already escaped from the base. With the uprising resolved, the Jedi returned to Coruscant with Fida's and Twoseas' bodies. A matter then arose around who would take Giiett's vacant sit on the Council. Jinn was considered at first, but Windu took into account willfulness and opted for Ki-Adi Mundi instead.

Nebula Front
Meanwhile, an unrest was growing in the Outer Rim in the Nebula Front, an organization of freedom fighters comprised of beings who wished no part of the Republic and its civilized repression, but who in order to trade were forced to do business with oppressive consortiums like the Trade Federation. The Nebula Front tried to reason with the Federation at first, but eventually turned to violence, although they initially restricted their actions to interfering with Trade Federation shipments or delaying their vessels whenever possible. However, due to lack of any progress in their cause, an extremist militaristic wing was formed in the Nebula Front, which eventually took over the whole organization and prepared to intensify the violence. Jinn had an informant in the Nebula Front, a Bith who did not agree with his new command's views. The Bith contacted Jinn and met him on Malastare, informing the Jedi Master of the current situation and telling him that the Nebula Front had hired the pirate captain Arwen Cohl to perform a raid on a Trade Federation ship, the Bith then informed Jinn of the specifics of Cohl's plan. Jinn decided to use this information in order to follow Cohl and locate the Nebula Front's command.

Just as the Bith had told Jinn, Cohl infiltrated the Lucrehulk-class freighter Revenue over the planet Dorvalla by hiding his shuttle in a cargo pod, similar to ones that carried the cargo of lommite to the ship. Taking his Padawan with him, Jinn took a small Lancet starfighter marked with the red colors of the Republic Judicial Department and used the same tactic as Cohl, hiding the Lancet inside one of the cargo pods, and thus managing to sneak aboard the Revenue. Inside the ship's hangar, they witnessed as Cohl and his men emerged from their pod and began an attack, making their way to the bridge through battle droid guards, leaving only two sentries to guard the pod. Meanwhile, Cohl's fleet of starfighters emerged from hyperspace and attacked the Revenue. When Cohl had left, Jinn and Kenobi exited their cover and moved toward Cohl's pod. In order to provide time for his Padawan, Jinn severed the head of one of the battle droids destroyed by Cohl and used the Force to throw it far into the hangar, distracting the guards. This allowed Kenobi to reach Cohl's pod and plant a thermal detonator on the hull of the pod, and a tracking device on the hull of Cohl's shuttle hidden inside the pod.

When they returned back to their vessel, the two witnessed as the rest of the pods started launching from the hangar, indicating a major threat to the ship. Soon, Cohl returned to the hangar with some stolen cargo, boarded his pod, and left the Revenue, with the Jedi on his tail. Once in space, Jinn and Kenobi discovered that the Federation Lucrehulk-class battleship Acquisitor had responded to the Revenue commander Daultay Dofine's distress call and had engaged Cohl's pirate fleet. Cohl had jettisoned the pods so that the Acquisitor could not find his pod among them. The Jedi, however, easily traced Cohl's pod, thanks to the tracking device installed by Kenobi. Cohl soon found out that he was being pursued and tried to shake off Kenobi and Jinn. In response, Jinn told his Padawan to remotely activate the thermal detonator, and the young Jedi did so. As Jinn had predicted, Cohl's men discovered the detonator before it exploded and split open the pod, revealing the shuttle. The Jedi did the same and revealed their Lancet, continuing to track the pirates. Unexpectedly, Cohl then pulled back to the Revenue hangar. Jinn, remembering that the pods could only be launched in case of major threat to the ship, and witnessing that both the pirate ships and the Acquisitor were moving away from the Revenue, correctly guessed that the freighter would soon be destroyed, but decided to follow Cohl in order to learn his intents. Suddenly, Jinn felt a sense of danger in the Force, and told Kenobi to turn around, just in time to evade the blast wave as the Revenue exploded, a result of the detonation of a thermal detonator that Cohl's men had placed aboard.

Cohl's fleet then jumped into hyperspace, and the Acquisitor moved into safety of Dorvalla's dark side, but Cohl's shuttle was nowhere to be seen. The tracking beacon stopped emitting any signal, and it looked as though the pirate captain had commited suicide, though Jinn doubted it. Believing that the remains of the Revenue would fall down on Dorvalla, Jinn told Kenobi to contact the Reconciliation Council and tell that the planet needed immediate emergency relief. The two Jedi then returned to Coruscant, where Jinn spent the next several days in meditations and sparring duels with other Knights. Through a contact in the Senate, he discovered that the Trade Federation had requested a permission to increase its battle droid army in order to protect it against future Nebula Front attack. Jinn also learned that the Federation claimed that Cohl had stolen a secret cargo of valuable aurodium ingots from the Revenue. Though the claim was in fact true, Jinn did not believe it, not seeing why the Federation would entrust a shipment of aurodium to a poorly defended freighter. Jinn eventually came before the Reconcialiation Council with the report of his Dorvalla operation.

Chancellor Valorum, in the meantime, on the proposal of Senator Palpatine, stated that he would agree to satisfy the Federation's request, but in exchange the Republic would taxate free-trade zones in the Outer Rim, the main zone of the Federation's operation. This way if the Trade Federation wanted to increase its army, it would have to agree to pay taxes in favor of the Senate. To resolve any issues with the proposal, a summit was to be held on Eriadu. Later, Jinn and Kenobi met with the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, a Miralian, the same species as Cohl, to discover more of Cohl's past. She told them that Cohl had been a freedom fighter in a war between Mirial and a neighboring world. Mirial won, and Cohl was considered a hero by many of his people following the victory, but the leaders of his side declared him to be a traitor. ""To solidify their power and prevent Cohl from riding a wave of popular support into a high-ranking political office, these individuals had Cohl imprisoned for many years. Already hardened by the war, he grew even more callous. When he escaped, he killed those who had incarcerated him, and swore that he was finished with his homeworld""

Some time later, Jinn was invited by Yoda and Windu to the conference chamber, a small room near the main Council Chamber, to discuss the disappearance of Padawan Darsha Assant and her Master Anoon Bondara. Assant had been given the task of recovering the Fondorian Black Sun informant Oolth from Coruscant's undercity as the trial for her Knighthood, but she had not been heard of for forty eight hours. Moreover, soon after Assant's disappearance, her Master had disappeared as well. Thinking of Bondara as rebellious Jinn theorized that he came looking for her without notifying the Council. Eventually, the three decided to send an investigator to the undercity, and Jinn recommended Kenobi for the case. While his Padawan was investigating the matter, Jinn received word that the Trade Federation had blockaded the Outer Rim planet of Naboo, protesting against the taxation of trade routes introduced at the Eriadu summit. Jinn and Kenobi were assigned as ambassadors to negotiate with the Federation. As Jinn was packing his things for the mission in his quarters, Kenobi returned from the undercity. The Padawan told Jinn that he had discovered that both Assant and Bondara were dead, and although he suspected Black Sun involvement, he was not sure. Jinn was saddened by the news, but could not waste time asking Kenobi to tell more. Jinn told his Padawan to make a holoreport to the Council, and to tell him the whole story of his investigation on their way to Naboo. The two then set off for their mission.

Ambassadors
"The situation here is not what it seems. There is something else behind all this, Your Highness. There is no logic in the Federation's move here. My feelings tell me they will destroy you."

- Qui-Gon Jinn to Queen Amidala

In 32 BBY, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were sent to the planet Naboo onboard the Radiant VII to resolve a crisis. The Trade Federation, in protest to recent taxation laws, had assembled a blockade of the planet with a fleet of battleships. The two Jedi were sent as ambassadors of Supreme Chancellor Valorum to reach a peaceful settlement.

Shortly after their arrival on the Federation battleship Saak'ak, the Radiant VII was destroyed and the conference chamber they were waiting in was flooded with dioxis gas. They survived the gas, and easily defeated the battle droids assigned to reinforce the chamber entrance. Qui-Gon tried to cut through the bridge's blast doors, but the arrival of Federation droidekas forced them to flee. {(The Game: Obi-Wan falls in the chute. The two are separated. )The two Jedi then stowed away on a troop transport as the Federation moved to invade Naboo with a force of battle droids.

On Naboo, Qui-Gon met Jar Jar Binks, saving him from possible death and earning his life debt. Binks reluctantly took him to the underwater city of Otoh Gunga, where Boss Rugor Nass agreed to give them a transport and allowed Binks to go with the offworlders as a guide. After he gained transport to the capital city of Theed, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Jar Jar journeyed through the planet's core, evading several sea monsters, to Theed. Once in the capital city, they rescued the Queen and escaped Naboo on the royal starship. As they dashed through the blockade, however, the ship was hit by laser fire and the hyperdrive was badly damaged. The party was forced to land on Tatooine.

Discovery of the Chosen One
"Finding him was the will of the Force, I have no doubt of that."

- Qui-Gon Jinn to the Jedi Council

(TPM game: attacked by Tusken raiders on the way to Mos Espa) On Tatooine, Qui-Gon looked for parts in the settlement of Mos Espa, where he encountered the junk dealer Watto and his slave, a Force-strong young boy named Anakin Skywalker. Qui-Gon came to believe that Anakin may be the Chosen One of Jedi legend. Qui-Gon, agreeing to help Anakin who was secretly building a podracer, acquired necessary machine parts for the racing vehicle.

While being in Mos Eisley, Qui-Gon encountered an Ithorian woman, who asked Qui-Gon to free her soon, Tomo, from the local bounty hunter Neg, who had captured the young Ithorian and had been keeping him as a slave. Qui-Gon tried to use the door but it was closed and had a defense mechanism. He went through Sebulba's home, and then used the rope to reach the balcony of Neg's appartment. After destroying several auto turrets and dealing with several Neg's associates, Jinn found Tomo in a cage in a backyard. He found a beast there as well, however. After killing it, Qui-Gon freed Tomo and escorted him back to his mother, receiving a repulse booster from her in grattitude. He also bumped into Mat Rags, who awarded Qui-Gon a Krayt Dragon's tooth for Jinn's politness.

At the slave quarters, Jinn helped an alien get his home back after it was invaded by several thugs. Jinn also saved the Ishi'Tib merchant Vek Drow from robbery. Jinn received a pair of energy binders from a grateful Drow. Successfuly trading various parts with Watto, a Human local trader, a Gran named Barbo and the Podracer Mawhonic, Qui-Gon managed to acquire all the necessary parts for Anakin's podracer. While on his quest, he was set up by Barbo, who sent him to the criminal named D'zor. As he gave the parts to Anakin, he was informed that Jar Jar had gone missing. QG found him with an Ortolan.

even dissuade the assassin Jym Lang from committing a murder. Later, Qui-Gon was able to release Anakin from slavery, as well, when he bet Watto on the boy's victory during the Boonta Eve Classic podrace. The wager also resulted in obtaining parts to fix the damaged Naboo ship. However, just before the race, a thief stole Anakin's plasma ignition capacitor. Jinn followed the thief, who brought the capacitor to his boss, a scavenger. Jinn was forced to fight him in order to reclaim the capacitor. Qui-Gon brought the needed part back to Anakin just before the start of the race. With their means to return to Coruscant secured, Qui-Gon and his new charge sojourned to the outskirts of Mos Espa to meet up with their companions. However, their progress was watched by a DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droid. Qui-Gon sensed the intrusive presence and struck the probe down, yet the damage was already done.

The Sith Lord Darth Maul had been trailing the Jedi and recovered his destroyed droid, thinking that his quarry had stowed aboard the smuggling ship Dusty Duck. Maul boarded the light freighter and struck down the pilot, Aneesa Dym, believing her to be harboring his enemy. Once he learned the truth, the Sith assassin doubled his efforts to reach Qui-Gon before he escaped. As Anakin and Qui-Gon approached the Queen's ship, they were intercepted by Darth Maul who nearly knocked down Anakin with his speeder. Qui-Gon fought the Sith warrior as the ship took off behind him. Jumping high with the Force, Qui-Gon managed to land on the boarding ramp as the ship soared away. On Coruscant, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan appeared before the Jedi High Council to give a report. The Council reluctantly agreed to test young Anakin for Jedi potential. They found that the boy was indeed very strong with the Force, having the greatest potential ever recorded, but declined to train him on the grounds that he was too old. Yoda sensed that the boy's future was "clouded". Qui-Gon tried to release Obi-Wan from apprenticeship, saying that Obi-Wan was ready for the Jedi Trials, in order to take Anakin as his Padawan. But the Council would not be swayed. Disappointed, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan prepared to return to Naboo with Queen Amidala, who hoped to liberate the planet in one swift stroke.

Deadly duel
"There are too few of us, Your Highness. We have no army." "And I can only protect you. I can't fight a war for you."

- Captain Panaka and Qui-Gon Jinn to Queen Amidala

During the Second Battle of Theed, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan started out aiding Amidala and her sortie, fighting in the streets. However, when the battle moved into the palace hangar, they encountered Darth Maul, wielding a double-bladed lightsaber.

While the Queen and her guards went to reclaim the throne room, the two Jedi engaged the Sith Lord. The lightsaber duel was frenzied and brutal, moving through the hangar and into the Theed Generator Complex, where they fought on the precarious catwalks. When Maul kicked Obi-Wan over the edge of the catwalk they were fighting on, Qui-Gon was forced to engage Maul alone. While his Padawan rushed to catch up, Qui-Gon and Maul moved on, passing through an impenetrable laser shield security system to one of the cooling pits. The shields closed between them, separating the combatants momentarily, but also separated Obi-Wan from Qui-Gon, over ten shields apart. When they deactivated, Qui-Gon immediately attacked Maul while Obi-Wan rushed to help his Master.

But the shields closed again, preventing him from aiding his mentor. Although Qui-Gon was one of the best lightsaber duelists in the Order, his practice of Form IV proved disadvantageous in the confined space of the cooling pit, as Ataru required a wide, open space for its energetic acrobatics and multi-angular bladework. Also, Maul had the advantage of youth and pure strength.

The end result was Qui-Gon being hit in the chin with Maul's saberstaff hilt, leaving him momentarily stunned, allowing the Sith to impale him. Enraged, Obi-Wan attacked the Sith, severing his saberstaff in two and eventually killing him with his Master's lightsaber. With his last breaths, Qui-Gon told Obi-Wan to train Anakin as his dying wish. Qui-Gon was later cremated in the Theed Funeral Temple.

"Obi-Wan. Promise me&hellip;Promise me you will train the boy." "Yes, Master." "He&hellip;is the Chosen One. He&hellip;will bring balance. Train him&hellip;"

- Qui-Gon's dying request to Obi-Wan

Legacy
"When you travel the universe with Qui-Gon Jinn, you tend to learn a few things."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi to Anakin Skywalker

After falling at the hands of Darth Maul on Naboo, Qui-Gon continued to have a large impact on the future of the Jedi. Qui-Gon's death also is known to have troubled his former master so much that Dooku left the Jedi Order and became Darth Tyranus, a Sith Lord.

Having long ago discovered a way to maintain his identity after death from a Shaman of the Whills, Qui-Gon attempted unsuccessfully to prevent Anakin's slaughter of the Sandpeople that had killed his mother. He was also known to have often communicated with Yoda through the Force in a subtle way until finally revealing himself in 19 BBY.

He contacted Anakin Skywalker during the Battle of Praesitlyn to prevent him from murdering surrendered Separatist prisoners. At roughly the same time, Qui-Gon also appeared in a Force Vision to Yoda, as him, sending Anakin into a tree, implying that it was time for Anakin to face his Trials and be Knighted. When Anakin was summoned back to the Temple to what he thought was another "scolding", he said that Obi-Wan was not Qui-Gon, which put a sad face on his master. He tried to apologize, but Obi-Wan assured him that he also missed his former master.

A few months later, shortly after the reorganization of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, Yoda finally heard Qui-Gon's voice clearly and proclaimed himself Qui-Gon's pupil in order to master the skill the deceased Jedi had learned. It was achieved through extreme compassion, a rejection of selfishness and personal attachment to the point that the physical self fades away, but the consciousness remains as one with the Force.

Yoda learned the technique, and passed this secret on to Obi-Wan Kenobi, who would also train under Qui-Gon Jinn, giving him the ability to aid Luke Skywalker where it would otherwise have been impossible. Thus even in death, Qui-Gon's rebellious nature served the greater good.

A short time following the end of the Clone Wars, Qui-Gon spoke to his former apprentice Obi-Wan, in the streets of Anchorhead, for the first time since his death on Naboo.

When Obi-Wan was debating whether to go to Bellessa to rescue Ferus Olin, Qui-Gon promised to watch over Anakin's son.

Personality and traits
Regarded as a maverick by his peers, Qui-Gon Jinn was a wise and faithful—but unorthodox—member of the Jedi Order. He was a proponent of the Living Force concept, and his many attempts to help 'lesser creatures' annoyed his master, Dooku, to no end. Dooku, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Anakin formed a chain of Jedi Masters and Padawans through which passed a rebellious streak, making them a difficulty in the eyes of the Jedi Council. Indeed, his Padawan Obi-Wan suggested that the Council would have invited Qui-Gon to join them, if he would follow the Jedi Code. A distinguished and adept Jedi warrior, Qui-Gon Jinn reflected strength and wisdom.

Qui-Gon came into knighthood during an era in which the Jedi Order was more conservative and committed to a democratic Republic. His commitment to studying the galaxy and interacting with it would prove far-reaching, having a great impact on Obi-Wan and his Padawan Anakin, both of whom would greatly influence the founder of the New Jedi Order, Luke Skywalker.

Qui-Gon was also known for his often-overwhelming compassion for all life forms. This commiseration led to his saving Jar Jar Binks from his punishment at the hands of his fellow Gungans, and contributed greatly to his freeing of Anakin.

He was also a great teacher and mentor, and taught Obi-Wan the Nelvaanian tongue on their journeys across the galaxy, as well as others.

The Jedi Master appeared much younger than his age and had a penetrating gaze. He also had a subtle attention to detail, seen as he could sense mood changes in the people around him and was quite adept at hiding his emotions from other individuals, even other Jedi. His master was often perplexed by his ability to do this even when Qui-Gon was a Padawan.


 * 1) *JA1
 * 2) **He came to the Temple every year only because the Council of Masters asked him to. He would spend a few hours watching the pupils, studying them as if looking for something no one else could see. Then he would leave, empty-handed, to fight the darkness alone.
 * 3) **Windu:"And Qui-Gon Jinn is not ready for another impatient Padawan."
 * 4) **The Jedi was a rebel and a loner, and Obi-Wan wanted to be seen as a rebel, too.
 * 5) **He was a big, powerful man, but his footsteps were soundless.
 * 6) **The Jedi had rough features, but his was a sensitive, thoughtful face.
 * 7) **Qui-Gon sat quietly in the star map room. Among all the rooms at the Temple, this was his favorite.
 * 8) **Qui-Gon smiled. It was the first time Obi-Wan had seen him smile, and he realized that Qui-Gon was not all coolness and judgement.
 * 9) **In his visits to the Temple, Qui-Gon always valued his time spent with Yoda. Now he wished the Master would go away.


 * 1) *LotJ
 * 2) **He was a good listener and people who talked to him revealed more than they intended to
 * 3) **An "irritating" tendency to befriend every scoundrel and vagabond he came across during his and Dooku's travels.
 * 4) **Had a quiet grace and a quality of reserve.
 * 5) **Had so little of the awkwardness of adolescence.

Talents
"Qui-Gon Jinn was perhaps the greatest Jedi alive, a commanding presence at Council, a strong and brave warrior who refused to be intimidated by even the most daunting challenge, and a good and kind man."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

A philosophical warrior, Qui-Gon believed heavily in what he referred to as the "Living Force," a method of focusing on the moment rather than contemplating the Force in all its degrees. For this reason, Qui-Gon could be considered one of the more 'down-to-earth' Jedi of his time, due to his concentration on the matter at hand. It has been suggested that an ability such as this would have been conducive to stopping Palpatine's rise to power; as the Jedi focused on the Separatist threat to the future of the Galactic Republic, they failed to examine the moment more closely. Qui-Gon was also skilled in mind tricks, as was evident when he managed to convince the Gungan leader to let him escape.

In addition to his mastery of the Force, Qui-Gon was also a master in Form IV: Ataru, often having sparred with Master Mace Windu; it is said that neither actually managed to outduel the other. The Jedi lightsaber master who taught Qui-Gon had considered him the best lightsaber duelist he had seen in over 400 years of teaching in the Jedi Order. His deep-rooted strength and compassion was fueled by the Force, and this was reflected in his lightsaber style, a style that needs precision and smoothness of movement. It is interesting to note his choice of Ataru despite sparring with Mace Windu, the creator of Form VII: Vaapad, and being apprenticed to Count Dooku, a master of Form II: Makashi.

Qui-Gon had a vast knowledge of the architecture of many capital ships and large transports, and understood their abilities and vulnerable points, including the engineering and structure of the Trade Federation's landing craft. Because of this knowledge, both Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were able to sneak onto separate ships and stow away until they reached the swamps of Naboo.

Note to early life (Qui-Gon had seen the giant trees in the Silver Forest of Dreams on the planet Kubindi)
 * 1) *JA 1
 * 2) **Qui-Gon Jinn was a powerful Knight, one of the best
 * 3) **Sensed that Obi-Wan was in danger aboard the Monument.
 * 4) **Controlled draigon with the Force

Behind the scenes
As revealed in The Art of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Lucas conceived Qui-Gon's character during pre-production of The Phantom Menace. This is shown by concept art where Obi-Wan is shown alone in the Federation ship and while meeting Jar Jar. Even when Qui-Gon was conceived, Lucas toyed with making him the younger Jedi, as shown in concept art depicting Obi-Wan as an old man.

Qui-Gon Jinn was portrayed by Liam Neeson in The Phantom Menace. His voice was used briefly in Attack of the Clones, and was provided by Fred Tatasciore for Star Wars: Clone Wars. Qui-Gon was voiced by James Warwick in the game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

Qui-Gon's voice was set to appear in Revenge of the Sith, and Neeson had hinted at involvement in early 2005. The scene was cut, however, and Neeson was never recorded. The scene between Yoda and Qui-Gon can be still be read in the film's screenplay and the novelization. Qui-Gon was also mentioned in the video game platform and Gameboy Advance/Nintendo DS versions of the Revenge of the Sith game.

There was some confusion as to how many apprentices Qui-Gon had during the course of his career. All sources agree that he trained Xanatos and then Obi-Wan, but there is also the occasional reference to a Padawan before Xanatos. This discrepancy was solved in the Qui-Gon's Databank entry, where it is stated that "Qui-Gon obsessed over his failure for years, dismissing his earlier successes as a teacher and often referring to Xanatos as his "first" apprentice".

There is a rumor circulated among Star Wars fans claiming that a piece of fabric seen draped across some furniture in Obi-Wan Kenobi's hut in A New Hope is actually the gray poncho worn by Qui-Gon Jinn during his visit to Tatooine in The Phantom Menace. Whether the costume designers of Episode I intentionally fashioned Qui-Gon's poncho to resemble this obscure piece of cloth is highly dubious and remains unconfirmed.

In the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game, if you enter MAVERICK as a cheat code, you can play as Qui-Gon Jinn.

TPM game presents a different variant of QG's wager with Watto. Unlike the movie, Watto agrees to bet with QG only if the latter bet 50 peggats. In order to find the money, QG must contact Jabba the Hutt, who pits the Jedi against Jabba's Champion

Appearances

 * Legacy of the Jedi
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dark Rival
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Mark of the Crown
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Defenders of the Dead
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Uncertain Path
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Captive Temple
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Day of Reckoning
 * The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Fight for Truth
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Shattered Peace
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Deadly Hunter
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Evil Experiment
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Dangerous Rescue
 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: Deceptions
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Ties That Bind
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Death of Hope
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Call to Vengeance
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Threat Within
 * Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers
 * Secrets of the Jedi
 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express
 * Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War 1
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War 3
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War 4
 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul 1
 * Episode I Adventures 1: Search for the Lost Jedi / Game Book
 * Episode I Adventures 2: The Bartokk Assassins / Game Book
 * Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul / Game Book
 * Episode I Adventures 4: Jedi Emergency / Game Book
 * Star Wars: Obi-Wan
 * Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace video game
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace PhotoComic
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace book-and-record
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Mighty Chronicles adaptation
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace Movie Storybook
 * Episode I Adventures 13: Danger on Naboo / Game Book
 * Star Wars Adventures 11: Danger on Naboo / Game Book
 * Episode I Adventures 14: Podrace to Freedom / Game Book
 * Star Wars Adventures 12: Podrace to Freedom / Game Book
 * Episode I Adventures 15: The Final Battle / Game Book
 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
 * Star Wars: Episode I Obi-Wan's Adventures
 * Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles
 * Star Wars: Episode I Racer
 * Star Wars Episode I: I Am a Droid
 * Star Wars Episode I: I Am a Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode I: I Am a Queen
 * Star Wars Episode I: I Am a Pilot
 * Star Wars: Jar Jar's Journey
 * Star Wars Manga: The Phantom Menace
 * Episode I: Anakin Skywalker
 * Episode I: Queen Amidala
 * Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace ½
 * Podracing Tales
 * A Queen's Diary
 * Anakin's Race for Freedom
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Anakin to the Rescue
 * C-3PO's Big Adventure
 * Catch That Pit Droid!
 * Dangers of the Core
 * Darth Maul's Revenge
 * Droid to the Rescue
 * General Jar Jar
 * Gungan Trouble!
 * Jedi Escape
 * Obi-Wan's Bongo Adventure
 * Meet the Jedi High Council
 * Podrace!
 * Save Naboo!
 * Sith Attack
 * Watch Out, Jar Jar!
 * Star Wars: Invasion of Theed Adventure Game
 * Lightsaber Battle Game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Episode I: Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker
 * Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier
 * Star Wars: Republic 7: Outlander, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Star Wars: Republic 41: The Devaronian Version, Part 2
 * Rogue Planet
 * Jedi Quest: Path to Truth
 * Anakin: Apprentice
 * Jedi Quest 1
 * Jedi Quest 3
 * Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
 * Outbound Flight
 * Jedi Quest: The Trail of the Jedi
 * Jedi Quest: The Dangerous Games
 * Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth
 * Jedi Quest: The School of Fear
 * Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap
 * Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth
 * Jedi Quest: The Changing of the Guard
 * Jedi Quest: The False Peace
 * Jedi Quest: The Final Showdown
 * The Approaching Storm
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 2
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 3
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones PhotoComic
 * Episode II: Attack of the Clones Storybook
 * Precipice
 * Most Precious Weapon
 * Star Wars: Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino
 * Star Wars: Republic 51: The New Face of War, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Republic 53: Blast Radius
 * Storm Fleet Warnings
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars PhotoComic
 * Shatterpoint
 * Jedi: Count Dooku
 * Star Wars: Republic 62: No Man's Land
 * Changing Seasons
 * Jedi Trial
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Star Wars: Republic 69: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Republic 70: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 2
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * The Clone Wars: Wild Space
 * The Clone Wars: No Prisoners
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Siege
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels
 * The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars 10: Hero of the Confederacy, Part 1
 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Star Wars: Obsession 5
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 4
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith PhotoComic
 * Star Wars Dark Times 2: The Path to Nowhere, Part 2
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * The Last One Standing
 * Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
 * Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
 * The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
 * The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
 * The Last of the Jedi: Underworld
 * The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo
 * The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web
 * The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire
 * The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception
 * The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning
 * A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker
 * The Force Unleashed novel
 * Star Wars: Empire 1: Betrayal, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Empire 4: Betrayal, Part 4
 * Resurrection
 * Rebel Force: Hostage
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Revelation
 * Invincible
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Outcast
 * A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker
 * The Force Unleashed novel
 * Star Wars: Empire 1: Betrayal, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Empire 4: Betrayal, Part 4
 * Resurrection
 * Rebel Force: Hostage
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Revelation
 * Invincible
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Outcast
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Outcast

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Old Wounds
 * Star Wars: Visions of the Blade
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game
 * Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope 3
 * Perfect Evil
 * Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back 4
 * Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back 4

Need checking

 * Anakin's Pit Droid
 * Jar Jar Binks (book)
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (video game)
 * Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Mighty Chronicles)
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (video game)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Movie Storybook

Magazines to check
Insider #33-current Star Wars: The Official Figurine Collection

Scratchpad

 * 1) *Intro
 * 2) *Biography
 * 3) *P&T
 * 4) *P&A
 * 5) *Relationships
 * 6) *BTS
 * 7) **Non-Canon appearances

Cats
Category:Humans Category:Jedi Guardians Category:Males Category:Pilots Category:Post-Ruusan Jedi Masters

Image repository
Category:Images of Qui-Gon Jinn