Liam Neeson’s Qui-Gon Jinn was one of the most visible faces during the buildup to 1999 Star Wars Prequel Trilogy launcher The Phantom Menace, contemporaneously plastered—like the notorious Jar Jar Binks—across all forms of ephemera, knickknacks, toys, and even Pepsi cans. Yet, despite the character’s key role in a spiritual concept crucial to the Prequel storyline, his presence in the mythology all but vanished after Episode I. However, the upcoming Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series could remedy that—emphasis for now on “could.”
Of course, Qui-Gon was killed at the end of The Phantom Menace, but the idea of Neeson’s onscreen return as the character—presumably as a Force ghost—has been a topic of much speculation ever since. However, for reasons that were never quite confirmed, said return never happened in the follow-up films, leaving one of many cited Prequel Trilogy plot holes.
Interestingly, Neeson was...
Of course, Qui-Gon was killed at the end of The Phantom Menace, but the idea of Neeson’s onscreen return as the character—presumably as a Force ghost—has been a topic of much speculation ever since. However, for reasons that were never quite confirmed, said return never happened in the follow-up films, leaving one of many cited Prequel Trilogy plot holes.
Interestingly, Neeson was...
- 10/22/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
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