Quinlan Vos
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| Star Wars character | |
| Quinlan Vos | |
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| Position | Jedi Master, Republic General |
| Homeworld | Kiffex |
| Species | Kiffar |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 1.86 meters |
| Affiliation | Jedi Order |
| Portrayed by | Not applicable |
Quinlan Vos is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.
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[edit] Traits
Vos is a near-human Kiffar Jedi Master, hailing originally from the planet Kiffex. He has long, dreadlock-like hair and a band of pale yellow across his upper face. He has the the power of psychometry, which allows him to read "memories" from inanimate objects through physical contact. He was a student under Qui-Gon Jinn for a time (as his lightsaber design demonstrates - Quinlan's lightsaber looks nearly identical to Qui-Gon's, and the blade color is the same). Quinlan finished his training as a Jedi under Jedi Master Tholme. He later trained Aayla Secura as his own Padawan. Quinlan has a long history of struggle with the dark side of the Force, particularly after sustaining permanent amnesia after a drug overdose administered by an enemy. When Quinlan was young, his parents were killed by the vampiric Anzati. Later, on the planet Kiffex, Secura became entranced by an ancient Anzati Dark Jedi. After the Battle of Geonosis, he left the Jedi Order and joined the Separatists. Aayla, heartbroken and angered decided to search for him. However, Master Tholme would not allow it.
Quinlan Vos was promoted to Jedi Master in the graphic novel Rite Of Passage. He was elevated to Master at the same time as his Padawan Aayla Secura became a Jedi Knight. In addition to his Jedi training, Count Dooku and Sora Bulq trained him in Sith Force powers. According to Jan Duursema, his primary fighting style is Form IV (Ataru), with some training in Form II from Dooku, and Form VII (Vaapad) from Bulq.
[edit] Name
The name "Quinlan" is an anglicised form of the Irish name Caoindealbháin, which is both an Gaelic male first name and a surname. Its compounds are caoin - denoting beauty, gracefulness - and dealbh, meaning form or shape. Quinlan can therefore be taken to denote "fitness" and "strength" in the context of "well-shaped" and "athletic". Quinlan Vos is drawn as a highly muscled human-looking male. The inital compound of the anglicised form, quin, is derived from the ancient Gaelic personal name, Conn (hence surnames such as Quinn). However Conn and caoin are not synonomus; the former is a name, the latter a descriptive term. While not a common first name these days, it is still a popular surname since the Quinlan family line still continues, especially in Cork, Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford, though they may be two or more unrelated families bearing the same or similar name.
[edit] Character history
[edit] Clone Wars
Quinlan played a major part in the Clone Wars by infiltrating Count Dooku's Inner Circle and giving information to the Jedi. Dooku eventually led him to the dark side by revealing to him that his great-aunt had betrayed his parents to the Anzati. Quinlan killed his great-aunt on his homeworld, and was accepted fully into Dooku's command and shortly worked as a triple agent against the Republic. He assassinated a corrupt Republic Senator, Viento, on the belief he was Sith, and battled K'Kruhk, injuring him in the process. In the end, however, it turned out that Vos had been loyal to the Republic all along, although in order to completely infiltrate Dooku's Inner Circle he had to fool even those on the Republic's side into thinking that he was allied with Dooku, and committed many evil deeds in the process. During the Battle of Saleucami, Quinlan revealed his true loyalties, overcoming Dooku's temptations to truly turn him to the dark side and killing the Dark Jedi Sora Bulq. He believed that Darth Maul and Dooku were apprentices to the true Dark Lord of the Sith, and it was this Sith Lord who was responsible for the Clone Wars. He believed that if he could uncover the identity of this Sith Lord and kill him, he could end the war and atone for his misdeeds.
Shortly afterward, Quinlan's lover Khaleen Hentz told him that she was pregnant. Quinlan told Khaleen to go to the far edges of the galaxy where she and their unborn child would be safe, and promised that once the Clone Wars were over he would leave the Jedi Order and find her. This revelation sets up the possibility of a powerfully Force Sensitive offsping.
Returning to the Republic, Quinlan was given command of a battalion of Clone troopers, and moved his troops to Boz Pity. This is mentioned by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge of the Sith when news of the events concerning the Clone Wars is heard at the Jedi Temple. In the comic book novelization of Episode III, Quinlan is on Kashyyyk riding on top of a Clone Turbo Tank when Palpatine issues Order 66 to the Clone troopers throughout the galaxy, causing them to turn on their Jedi Generals. Another tank fires at the one Quinlan is riding on, and he is presumably killed in the fire.
Quinlan Vos escaped into the woods of Kashyyyk, eluding the clone troopers. He clung to his training as a Jedi through his pain, using lessons taught by Yoda, Mace Windu, and Count Dooku to overcome his clone opponents. He was eventually tracked by Captain Fei, who told Quinlan that if he didn't come out of hiding, Fei would call in an airstrike and kill himself, Quinlan, and the neighboring Wookiee village. Quinlan made up his mind that he could not run and hide, and that he would never track down the second Sith Lord. His destiny was to stop Fei and protect the innocent Wookiees. It was rumored that Quinlan jumped from his perch, lightsaber in hand, and Fei shot him in the stomach with his blaster rifle. (This was never confirmed by Lucas, however.)
Another story is that Villie soon came looking for Quinlan and found him on the ground, the dead Fei a few feet away. Soon after this, a squad of clone troopers came through the woods, and found Villie apparently burning Quinlan's body. Villie claimed to have killed the Jedi himself, though the body was actually that of Fei. As the clone troopers left, Villie muttered under his breath, "All debts paid, Jedi."
In a cave on Kashyyyk, Khaleen and her baby had met up with Jedi Masters Tholme and T'ra Saa, along with some Wookiees. Khaleen was watching a holocube from Vos, explaining his feelings for her, when suddenly he walked in, and told her himself. She had feared that he was dead, as had they all, but due to Villie's trickery Quinlan had snuck off-planet and been healed. Khaleen falls into his arms, then presents their child to Quinlan. Quinlan paints the child's face with the same markings as his own, and proclaims to the baby that he will be raised in the Light, and the Darkness will never touch him.
[edit] Ghost
Quinlan Vos briefly appeared in the comic book Ghost, which took place about 10 years before the Battle of Yavin. A teenage Han Solo met Quinlan while looking for a map. Just then, bounty hunters appeared, and Han was pushed into a Sarlaac. Quinlan used his Force powers to rescue him. Vos looked considerably older and war-scarred when Han encountered him.
