Qui-Gon Jinn

"You are every bit the Jedi, Jinn. How could I not be impressed?"

- Lilith

Qui-Gon Jinn was a male Human Jedi Master who taught Obi-Wan Kenobi as his Padawan. They protected Duchess Satine Kryze together during the Mandalorian Civil War, and Jinn later counseled Obi-Wan over his love affair with the Mandalorian. Mediating the Invasion of Naboo, Qui-Gon discovered Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine, and after spending nights of passion with Shmi Skywalker and Lilith he returned to Coruscant to have Anakin trained as a Jedi Knight. Returning to Naboo, Jinn was killed by Darth Maul but was able to retain his consciousness after death to commune with Kenobi and Yoda in later years.

Early life
"The Force works in mysterious ways, but even it is easier to understand than the heart."

- Qui-Gon

Qui-Gon Jinn, a Human male, was trained as a Jedi by Dooku, who went on to train other Jedi after Jinn. At one point in his life, Qui-Gon felt true love, believing it to transcend pure passion and recognizing the needs and paths of his partner. However, he found the will of the heart to be harder to understand than the mysteries of the Force. He discovered the means to immortality on the Wellspring of Life in the Deep Core, where he was tested by the Force Priestesses. He underwent trials of endurance and of the flesh as the Priestesses showed him visions of lost loves and would-be partners, taking the forms of these beings themselves to physically test their visitor, though Jinn was able to surmount them. He also received training from the Whills that would help him retain his consciousness after death.

As a Jedi Master, Qui-Gon took Obi-Wan Kenobi as his Padawan.

The Mandalorian Civil War
"She cannot lead her people back into peaceful coexistence with the Republic as the consort of a Lost Jedi, and you cannot be together within the Order. Nor would either of you be yourselves without those paths you have chosen to embark on. This does not mean it will be easy. But nor does it mean that you will have to forsake your love&mdash;or forsake ever seeing each other again. And if this seems easy to me, well&mdash;do you think yourself the only Jedi who has ever felt love, Ben?"

- Qui-Gon, to Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Jedi Council dispatched Qui-Gon and his Padawan to protect Duchess Satine Kryze during the Mandalorian Civil War, and the Jedi defended her from mercenaries and bounty hunters until the conflict could be brought to an end. The three went on the run for a year, hiding out in the wilderness and the underworld. Obi-Wan, calling himself Ben Kenobi, protected Satine while Qui-Gon saw to matters in Port Draboon, although the duchess worried he might spend the credit of House Kryze in games of chance. Nonetheless, Jinn left the port on a Balutar and commed Ben while he was tending to Satine's injuries.

Over the course of the months Ben and Satine spent together, Qui-Gon worked out that the two were in love, and informed Obi-Wan as much upon his return to the starport terminal towards the end of the civil war, after Qui-Gon encountered Concordian bounty hunters. Jinn taught Obi-Wan of his own experience with true love, and counseled the younger man on his passions before the two departed.

The Naboo crisis
"You're so deceptive, Shmi. You do know that, don't you? You appear so demure, so maternal. And, yet... so wanton. So wild."

- Qui-Gon Jinn, to Shmi Skywalker

Qui-Gon was sent alongside Obi-Wan to mediate the Naboo crisis involving the Trade Federation, taking transport with Captain Maoi Madakor aboard the Radiant VII, and strove to protect Queen Amidala. He encountered a vergence in the Force while on Tatooine, and discovered young Anakin Skywalker, whom he believed to be the Chosen One intended to bring balance to the Force. Skywalker invited Qui-Gon and his companions to his home, and Jinn grew close to Skywalker's mother Shmi. She teased him by undressing for him, and they spent a night of passion together, making love on her kitchen floor while the household slept. Anakin won the Boonta Eve Podrace the following day, and Qui-Gon secured his freedom from Watto by gambling on the boy's victory though underhanded negotiations.

Qui-Gon came under the influence of the skin trader Lilith to help him pay for his wager with Watto, and agreed to let Lilith requisition him for a night. She bathed and dined Qui-Gon in her villa, though Jinn remained uneasy, and Lilith eventually invited him to bed. She bestowed her sexual experience upon him in exchange for information on the Sith. Bidding farewell to Shmi, Qui-Gon dueled Darth Maul before departing Tatooine, and brought Anakin to Coruscant to be trained as a Jedi Knight. Returning to Naboo, Qui-Gon was slain by Darth Maul, who was subsequently defeated by Kenobi. His dying wish was for Obi-Wan to train Anakin, to which his apprentice agreed, and though Qui-Gon died he was able to retain his consciousness after death due to his training.

Immortality
Able to return as a spirit, Qui-Gon communed with Yoda and Obi-Wan in the time after his death, helping them secure victory over the Sith and leading them to their own immortality in the Force. Obi-Wan was able to retain his consciousness upon death as his master had before him.

Legacy
Following Qui-Gon's death on Naboo, Dooku willingly joined the dark side of the Force, abandoning the Jedi to become the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus.

The spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi appeared to the scavenger Rey aboard the Millennium Falcon during her journey to Ahch-To, and offered her a Force vision of his time with Satine Kryze during the Mandalorian Civil War. Rey observed Qui-Gon imparting wisdom to Kenobi towards the end of the conflict, and learned that many Jedi had felt love and other passions, lending her some resolve over her own desires.

Description
"You clearly love one another. And true love, of the sort you feel, which builds on but transcends pure passion, recognizes the other innate needs and paths of the other."

- Qui-Gon, to Obi-Wan Kenobi on Satine Kryze

A leonine Human male, Qui-Gon had long hair and a bearded face. Receiving a vision of Qui-Gon from the time of the Mandalorian Civil War, Rey compared his appearance to that of Steelpecker on Jakku. He had a deliciously deep voice, and wore the utilitarian brown robes of a Jedi.

A kindly man, Qui-Gon believed the Force, although moving in mysterious ways, was easier to understand than the heart, though he knew of the passions of true love. He maintained a friendly, rebukeless tone with Obi-Wan during his training. He taught his Padawan to keep his awareness open to the beings around him. He was pragmatic towards problem-solving, and sought to bring conflicts to a head. Satine Kryze believed him to be a gambling man who might spend credits in cantinas or on games of chance, and Jinn later gambled on Anakin Skywalker's freedom from slavery.