Xanatos

Xanatos was a failed Jedi and the first Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn.

Biography
While still a Padawan learner, Qui-Gon discovered Xanatos when the boy was but three years of age. Impressed by his Force-potential, Qui-Gon decided, after some brief hesitation, to bring Xanatos to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for training. In doing so, Xanatos was taken away from the two things he loved most at an early age: Crion, his father, and Telos, his home planet.

After achieving knighthood going on solo missions in a matter of five years, Qui-Gon took Xanatos to be his second Padawan. Qui-Gon trained Xanatos for a number of years going on various missions, though Xanatos tended to be aggressive, which concerned the Jedi Council. As a final test for Xanatos, Yoda sent the two back to Telos, where the planet was in a brutal civil war, started by Xanatos' corrupt father Crion&mdash;governor, or more like dictator, of the planet.

After Qui-Gon was forced to kill Crion, Xanatos turned to the dark side, picked up his father's burnt ring and pressed it to his cheek. The half-circle scar became his "trademark" and the symbol for Xanatos' company, the Offworld Corporation. He would present trouble for Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the decades preceding the Battle of Naboo. He eventually committed suicide on Telos by jumping into a pool of acid, rather than be captured by his former master.

Later, Kenobi encountered his son Granta Omega.

Behind the scenes
Xanatos and his father Crion's last name is unknown, but some fans have been known to use "Omega", from Xanatos' son Granta Omega. However, this assumption is not explicitly supported.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice series