Star Wars: Qui-Gon Jinn's History Explained

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The Star Wars universe contains a truly staggering amount of characters, not all of whom have the luxury of being fully depicted in the limited screen time of a film. Even some characters who are critical to the narrative of a single film might have a full and rich life that couldn't make the big screen.

Qui-Gon Jinn is best known as the wise Jedi Master who trains and watches over Obi-Wan Kenobi as he graduates from Padawan to full-fledged Knight. The Phantom Menace depicts only the final weeks of his life and his tragic death, but the life he led before then paints him as one of the more interesting Jedi in the galaxy.

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Qui-Gon Jinn was born on Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, which also houses the Jedi Temple. As soon as his Force sensitivity was discovered, Qui-Gon was taken from his unnamed parents and introduced to the Jedi Temple as an infant. Qui-Gon was raised by the Heliost Clan, where he was trained in lightsaber combat by Jedi Master Tera Sinube. His training proceeded normally for the first few years of his life. He passed the Jedi trials without issue, became a talented combatant, and grew strong in the ways of the Force. The big shift came when Qui-Gon was twelve years old, and he was assigned to serve as Padawan under Jedi Master Dooku, better known as Count Dooku.

Dooku is best known as the villain of Attack of the Clones and the first act of Revenge of the Sith, but he was once a respected Jedi Master. After being chosen to train Qui-Gon Jinn, he did so with great success. Dooku did eventually turn to the dark side, but Qui-Gon was thankfully spared from all of that negativity. Dooku was a dedicated and wise mentor to his second