Quinlan Vos/Legends


 * "I am not part of the dark&mdash;simply deeper in the shadows."
 * &mdash;Quinlan Vos

Quinlan Vos (59 BBY&mdash;) was a Kiffar Jedi Master who hailed from the planet Kiffu. He was the son of Quian and Pethros Vos. With long, dreadlocked hair and a band of pale yellow across his upper face, Vos was gifted with psychometric powers which allowed him to "read memories" from inanimate objects through physical contact. Most Kiffar had this ability to some degree, but Quinlan's latent ability with the Force enhanced his own.

Biography


As a youngling, he trained alongside other Jedi hopefuls such as Siri Tachi, Bant Eerin, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Vos trained as a Jedi under Jedi Master Tholme and later trained Aayla Secura as his own Padawan. As a young apprentice, he fought beside his master in the Stark Hyperspace War, where he became close friends with fellow Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi.



Vos had an ongoing struggle with the dark side of the Force, particularly after he sustained recurrent amnesia after he overdosed on an illegal drug administered by an enemy shortly after the Battle of Naboo. The Sith Lords Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus both showed an interest in him.

A veteran of the Battle of Geonosis, Vos played a major part in the Clone Wars when he infiltrated Count Dooku's inner circle, under strict orders from Tholme and the Jedi Council, and provided valuable information to the Jedi and the Republic. Count Dooku played into Vos' dark side weakness and drew him "closer to the shadows", as Vos himself described it, than he had ever been before.

By 20 BBY, Vos was Dooku's assassin. He had already murdered Senator Viento under the false impression that he was the second Sith Lord as well as Kh'aris Fenn, a traitor to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. To cement his position as one of Dooku's Dark Side Adepts, Tyranus gave Vos the ancient crystal that once powered Darth Andeddu's blade to power his own. Most Jedi, with the exception of Tholme, were convinced that the Kiffar had surrendered to the dark side.



But Vos escaped Dooku's grasp; meeting his childhood friend, Obi-Wan, in a derelict spaceship, they found themselves in opposite sides. But by aiding him escape Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress and Tol Skorr, Vos convinced Kenobi that he still served the Republic. He returned to Coruscant, where he managed to convince the Jedi Council as well. Vos was given time to recuperate and then served as a Senior Jedi General. But Vos had not faced his demons yet; he continued working for the Confederacy in a mad race to uncover the second Sith Lord, who had mistakenly discovered in the face of Separatist Jedi Sora Bulq. On Saleucami, where he fought as part of the Jedi General team that was sent to prevent the Morgukai clones from leaving the planet, he eventually faced his demons, killing Bulq and returned to the light fully again. But not to the Jedi. Vos intended to leave the Jedi Order at the end of the Clone Wars to be with Khaleen Hentz who was pregnant with his child.

Vos was on Kashyyyk when Order 66 was transmitted to the clone commanders throughout the Galaxy. While on the overseer's platform of a Juggernaut, a neighboring tank fired on him and destroyed the tank he had been standing on. Although believed dead, Vos emerged from the explosion badly wounded, but alive.

Behind the scenes
Although Vos was based on a background character from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, he appeared primarily in the Star Wars: Republic and Star Wars: Jedi comic book series from Dark Horse Comics.

He was slated to appear in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, but his scene was cut. Nevertheless, a line of dialogue in the movie, said by Kenobi, still referred to a "Master Vos".

Vos showed up again in the Star Wars Tales comic, Ghost. Quinlan Vos rescued a young Han Solo, who was trying to find a treasure with a map he won in Sabacc, from a swoop gang on Socorro. The swoop gang hunted Quinlan because they believe him to be a Jedi. After Vos' confronted young Solo, he disappears into the shadows, never to be seen again. However, as that Star Wars Tales issue came out when most of Tales was considered to be Infinities, this story is most likely non-canonical.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Republic 17: Emissaries to Malastare, Part 5 
 * Star Wars Republic: Twilight
 * ''Star Wars Republic: Infinity's End
 * Heart of Fire, Part 1 in Dark Horse Extra #35
 * Heart of Fire, Part 2 in Dark Horse Extra #36
 * Heart of Fire, Part 3 in Dark Horse Extra #37
 * ''Star Wars Republic: Darkness
 * Star Wars Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War
 * Star Wars Republic: The Devaronian Version (Part 1: Cover only)
 * Star Wars Republic: Rite of Passage
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic adaptation
 * Star Wars Republic 49: Sacrifice
 * Star Wars Republic 50: The Battle of Kamino
 * Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Jedi: Shaak Ti
 * Star Wars Republic 54: Double Blind
 * Jedi: Aayla Secura
 * Jedi: Dooku
 * Star Wars Republic 63: Striking from the Shadows
 * Star Wars Republic 66: Show of Force, Part 2
 * Star Wars Republic 68: Armor
 * Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Star Wars Republic: Trackdown
 * ''Star Wars Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comic adaptation
 * ''Star Wars Republic: The Hidden Enemy
 * Ghost in Star Wars Tales 11



External link

 * Quinlan Vos at Wizards.com
 * Quinlan Vos at Wizards.com