Best Star Wars Character of All Time Series (Qui-Gon Jinn Character Analysis) Star Wars Video Essay 

Who's do you believe is the best father figure in Star Wars?

There's another key point I believe you overlooked about Qui-Gon: He NEVER once demands that Anakin join them...he speaks to Shmi privately and honestly about his belief that Anakin is Force Sensitive and then LETS Anakin and Shmi CHOOSE for themselves what to do. Last but not least, when Anakin runs back to his mother as they are leaving Qui Gon allows this to happen. Had Anakin changed his mind at that last moment, I believe Qui Gon would not have interfered.

Qui gon is what I imagine a middle aged Luke to be. He's everything a jedi should be.

Qui Gon is literally my favorite Star Wars character. He is the embodiment of what it means to be a Jedi. A strong, confident, kind person who others can rely on. It makes me sad that we never got much more of him, but I understand why. Palpatine’s plan would have crumbled if Qui Gon had trained Anakin

I love how in the clone wars, anakin always calls obiwan by name but as soon as quigon appears as a force ghost, he imidatly calls him master. After all those years apart, the impact he left on anakin can still be felt

You can learn a thing or two from this character Gui Gon Jin in real life situations period.

I have a feeling that Qui-Gon would have gone back for Anakins mother had he survived. He's the only Jedi that would.

When you think about it Qui-Gon Jinn really is the Main Protagonist of the Phantom Menace. His ability to heavily influence everything around him and do it in a planned strategic way moment to moment really shows how in-tune he is with the force , how persuasive he is, and how Wise he is.

What stands out to me about Qui-Gon, in contrast to all the other Jedi of the prequel era, is that he is truly a man of faith. You don't see a lot of trust in the Force from the others throughout the Clone Wars. The only ones who get close are Yoda and, naturally, his apprentice, Obi-Wan. Only once they've lost everything do they truly understand.

We need a movie for qui gon

Qui-Gon saying to Jar Jar "Don't touch anything." Is for some reason probably my favorite line in the movie. You can just hear in the tone and delivery he's just calling Jar Jar a moron. Gives me a chuckle.

Truly, this is Liam Neeson's best role

There is an interesting theory that says the kyber crystal of Luke's lightsaber in Episode 6 is the same as Qui-Gon's, that Obi-Wan kept the lightsaber of his master and Luke found it in his house when he returned to that place after the death of Obi-Wan. That's a simple, but great theory. The son comes to save his father with the "soul" of his "grandfather" by his side.

Qui Gon is my favorite SW character, he's the embodiment of "Lawful Neutral" he's just no matter what, no matter what is at stake or how it could have bad effects onto him. He's wise, compassionate, thoughtful and most importantly, the most connected being with the Force. Qui Gon is the single best Jedi on the prequels, Yoda could become that only after losing to his blindness

Qui-gon was always my favorite tbh.

Qui Gon was always my favorite Jedi, as well as my favorite character in Star Wars. As I get older, that belief is only reaffirmed.

I think Qui Gon is the most underrated character in this whole franchise. He easily carries the most nuance of all of the Jedi

Wow... I didn't even realize that this video was made by a smaller creator, it's really well edited, great job man.

Fortunately, Obi Wan did pass on Qui Gon’s wisdom. He tells Luke to use the force, to “let go”, which leads to Luke destroying the Death Star. That was partly a victory for the Rebellion, but ultimately, a victory of The Force

I remember how I thought if I would be playing Qui-Gon, I would imagine an idealized priest. Thank you for the video :-)

Qui-Gon Jinn's Personality: Intelligent Wise Kind Caring Patient Compassionate Faithful Moral Headstrong Fatherly Unorthodox Stubborn Maverick

I think the jedi who was the closest to Qui Gon was Ahsoka Tano. She left the "Jedi" order, because it was too deep into cortuption and politics, not caring about individuals... The only 3 characters I know who were the proper Jedi: 1.Qui-Gon 2.Ahsoka (from TCW7) 3.Luke Skywalker (Fully realised in HTE)

Qui-Gon is the Gandalf of the SW universe. Both are masters for a reason in their respective universes too.

Qui Gon Jinn was sadly the only jedy at his time that has really following the will of the living Force. That's why his dead was so tragic - the other jedy was so politically involved, that they had forgotten what it is like to listen to the Force.

Amazing video. You're slept on man, thank you for this hidden gem.

The dual of fates is an exhalent metaphor for the story as a whole, come to think of it. It echoes the fate and cycle from Qui-Gon, Obi, Ani, and Luke. 200/10!

I agree with most you've said, but I think Qui-Gon's death didn't seal Anakin's fate. It, of course, made the dark path closer to Anakin, but I think only with the death of Shmi was Anakin's fate sealed, because it strengthened his fear of losing his loved ones. Of course with Qui-Gon alive, Shmi's death wouldn't have been so harming to Anakin, but I think the real deal with Anakin's problems stands more in his relation with women - his mother and his wife - than with men - Qui-gon, Obi-wan and Sheev -.

I think you missed a point about Qui Gon betting with ‘Watto’s Pod’. Anakin raced with W’s pod but it was smashed in a previous race. Anakin has been working on his pod for years and he’s only 9. To me it sounds like Anakin built his own pod (he did build C3PO) rather than taking Watto’s wreck. Watto would more likely salvage or sell his old pod rather than let Anakin ‘steal’ it. There isn’t proof either way, just that I’m pretty sure Qui Gon isn’t betting with Watto’s pod but Anakin’s.

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Qui-Gon was probably the best and most pure character in all of Star Wars. Imagine what things would be like if he survived and was the Grand Master?

Wow, this video is truly awesome. And so is Qui-Gon Jinn!

Excellent analysis and observations, followed by solid, even poetic examples. As an older Star Wars fan, it has felt a bit like vindication that people are finally seeing the value of the characters and the stories created in the prequel series, which I have loved nearly as much as the OG series. And absolutely dead-on point regarding Jar Jar's necessity to Qui-Gon's story arc.

Qui gon was my Favourite as a kid wished we got more of him

"Man, Obi Wan is a savage." Brilliant comment

I didn't like that they killed him off right away. He was awesome and Liam did and outstanding job with the character. Favorite of all time!

God man … his death changed EVERYTHING RIP an absolute beast Him and Mace together felt they for sure could’ve stopped the future from happening 😢

8:01 Wow I don't know why, but I've never made that connection... it does make a ton of sense though, nice job on finding that! 👌

You've got some amazing videos man. Keep it up

GREAT video essay and character study! thank you!!

This is so beautifully and eloquently put. Thank you ❤️

Amazing video once again, you are underrated good man

Fantastic video!

THESE ARE AMAZING VIDEOS! Your channel is so underrated you will go far!

I just finished season one of Kenobi and thank you man for this video. It made me appreciate Qui Gon even more.

This is so good!

Qui-Gon is the person Anakin needed in his life to not fall to the dark side.

I watched the Obi-Wan character analysis videos. He has become my favourite character as a result. I sincerely appreciate the effort you put into the videos. I hope you continue this series soon.

This series deserves 100x more views

Best Jedi ever

Anakin dies after embracing the light side again after years in darkness. his body surrounded & engulfed in the light of the fire, burning & destroying the suit that entrapped him in darkness for decades.

Its funny how they said Anakin was too old to be a Jedi when Eeth Koth a Jedi Master part of the Jedi Council was also too old to be trained and yet he was trained

Great analysis! Make some more. Would be cool if you analyzed MCU or DC characters as well.

"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment. People forget this important truth, and keep seeking other things to accomplish. Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure (Hidden [by the] Leaves). The jedi often seem to take inspiration from the Eastern concept of the warrior monk; so it hardly seems surprising to me that the character who most embodies what the jedi are supposed to be occasionally echoes peacetime meditations on bushidou, at least in part.

Qui gon was the only jedi character I liked from the prequels the man knew what he was doing and his death for me is probably the most important in the whole saga If qui gon wasn't killed by darth maul anikan never would've turned to the darkside

These are excellent well thought out Star Wars videos. I hope we get a Luke, Vader, and Ben kenobi video. I hope we don’t get a Rey Finn or Kyle Rex video.

I wonder what a debate between Qui-Gon and Kreia (or Darth Traya, whichever you prefer) would turn out to be.

I've always felt since the first time I watched TPM that there was something very cool, and reliable and gentle about this character, despite being a kid who didn't understand anything

“The ability to speak does not make you intelligent” - Qui-Gon Jinn

Great video! I wish you included the deleted scene where Qui Gon gives Anakin some words of wisdom after Qui Gon catches Anakin fighting with another kid, Greedo. But, it was a deleted scene, so I understand.

so good

If dooku was able to teach qui gon about the flaws of the jedi and let him think for himself, why was that not translated to obi wan if the public opinion is qui gon would have been the perfect teacher for anakin? obi wan is shown to be by the jedi code all the way, disagreeing with qui gon on a few things in the phantom menace for being somewhat rebellious against the jedi code. On that note, it doesn't seem many of qui gon's traits carried over to obi wan at all. was qui gon a good teacher to obi wan? If I'm missing something and obi wan does have some traits from his master's teachings or there's reason to a lack of traits carried over, I'd love to know.

It's funny I've heard people say they hate any number of other star wars characters. All except qui-gon I have never met any one who hates or even dislikes him lol

he is jedi jesus

I love phantom menace it's my favorite Star Wars film

Really Qui Gon was one of the greatest, the next closest I think would’ve been Eno Cordova, since they had strong connections with the force and focused far more on wisdom and exploring the force and Galaxy than just focusing on fighting

its rare to see videos related to Qui-Gon Jinn the greatest Jedi ever in my eyes🥰👏🏻💁🏻‍♀️💯im glad i found this video and credits to this channel for giving the justice Master Qui-Gon Jinn rightfully deserves 💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Boy... aint you glad Obi Wan Kenobi episode 6 makes this video even more awesome

You should make a case for ray as being the greatest jedi of all time .

Qui Gon is such a beast. I never really thought about it much as a kid, but he literally just does whatever he wants and it's so cool. Great video, dude. Are you planning on making one for Anakin?

I wonder if he survived to The First Order how would he deal with young Ben Solo Skywalker in that time .

"Poor Watto" He was a slavelord..

Why would Palpatine send Maul to (seemingly) kill Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan on Tatooine? Would he have then kidnapped Anakin or what? Did Maul know about Sheev’s plans for Anakin?

He's a true Jedi

He is the master I would’ve wanted. If he lived 100% we wouldn’t of gotten Vader. If the sequels went wth a pure good Luke then he should’ve been like qui gon.

How do I like a video twice?

They call him Qui-Gon Jinn, cuz he's always drinking Gin

Quigon, The optimistic gambler

If Qui Gon survived his fight with Maul, he could start up a grey Jedi council with the help of Dooku and will drag Obi Wan and Anakin along with him

When watcing the movie you could sense that Qui-Gon was special compared to the rest of the order

Qui Gon is like the Jiraiya of StarWars.

My favorite characters in the Star War Saga is Obi-Won, Hans Solo, Yoda, Darth Vader

Probably the most disgusting thing I read in the Darth Plagueis book was the fact that unless a Senator or high official in a Republic World petition's the Jedi, they don't help anyone. If a person can reach a Jedi and ask for help, the Jedi should help them.

Quinogon

What if Anakin DID NOT drop?

IMO Qui-gonn did not achieve "immortality". Imagine if you were sitting around thinking about something, and you started to day dream about "i wonder what so and so would say" and then you recieved an answer in your head. Not somebody elses voice, but not your voice either. What I believe master jinn did was pass on a technique to help jedi attune to his way of thinking philosophy etc so that they could "call upon his essence" so to speak. Once jinn returned to the force he was one with the force. But the force used his "image". Jinn didnt really do anything to change events or seek anything personal in the afterlife. It's more like he taught the ability to commune with "him" to yoda etc. How to call out to the force, and honestly have a convo with somebody that doesnt exist bc they are once again part of THE ONE. It's like the difference between having an imaginary convo with a dead person and actually having that convo; meaning the respones are legit. But it's not jinn going out of his way to speak, its the force using his form. Like the difference between a sith ghost on korriban and what jinn accomplished. He returned to the force, lost his own person hood, but still taught those who still lived to talk to "him". The point here is that the ability to speak to a "dead person" and the ability to speak to the living force is the same philosophically and jinn taught the rigid jedi of his time a technique to converse with the living force using whatever avatar was appropriate to them personally atm. So imo jinn did so, so much more than become immortal in the grand scale of things.

yeah thats me alright

"Who's the best?... I believe there are quite a few." *proceeds to explain a few in 15 min each, then spends 4 whole videos on Palpatine alone* ... No, Sir, you do not believe there are a few best characters. You believe there is only one.

So you are saying that the two best Jedi are Qui gon Jinn and Luke Skywalker

I probably would have ended jarjar, I was tired of him after 3 min

Qui gon jin sees the bigger picture, unlike the other jedi who get involved (breaking jedi code by interference) they get involved with the Senate the Republic instead of just keeping to the true original jedi way of the force and peacekeepers , as qui gon jin always does. Obi wan is overrated Luke barly gets by with the skin of his teeth either by escape running away or the help of others but qui gon jin keeps true to the name jedi. They call him a grey jedi but that's only because the purpose of the jedi has been manipulated, be it by the Senate the council the republic completely detached from the jedi order / code , he's the only one who actually keeps to the true original pure meaning of the jedi code

honelsty i think anakin wouldn of turned evil if qui gon was there cause we know obi wan failed anakin as he even says it himself

Qui gon jin sees the bigger picture, unlike the other jedi who get involved (breaking jedi code by interference) they get involved with the Senate the Republic instead of just keeping to the true original jedi way of the force and peacekeepers , as qui gon jin always does. Obi wan is overrated Luke barly gets by with the skin of his teeth either by escape running away or the help of others but qui gon jin keeps true to the name jedi. They call him a grey jedi but that's only because the purpose of the jedi has been manipulated, be it by the Senate the council the republic the politics they completely detached from the jedi order / code jedi's true purpose, he's the only one who actually keeps to the true original pure meaning of the jedi code

I'd argue Qui Gon is a grey jedi. He doesn't fear the dark side but he isn't tempted by it. If Qui Gon killed Darth Maul, he would have trained Anakin, and Anakin would be able to see through Palpatine's malicious intent and brainwashing tactics.

Excuse me hi and I’m sorry - from my point of view which perhaps no one will agree, quigon needs to be Anakins father, not his father figure, even it means without being his Jedi master.

They should retcon qui gon as sith.. he cheats uses the force to gamble knows everything. In his 15 minutes of screen time. Steals child. Insists on training when everyone says no. Maul kills him like anakin kills dukoo. It would make more sense if he was a turn coat too.