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| Weapon : melee : lightsabre QUI-GON JINN'S LIGHTSABRE "I can only protect you. I can't fight a war for you" - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace |
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| DATA Type: Jedi lightsabre Design: Qui-Gon Jinn Affiliation: Jedi Order (Qui-Gon Jinn) Blade: green RELATED PAGES - Qui-Gon Jinn - lightsabre - Form IV |
Qui-Gon Jinn's lightsabre is typical of the intricate and elaborate designs found throughout the Jedi Order during the time leading up to the Clone Wars. Qui-Gon has become an expert swordsman with his green-bladed lightsabre. Qui-Gon followed the Jedi custom by constructing a lightsabre similar in style to that of his Master, Dooku, who wielded a more traditional blade before opting for his trademark curved hilt. Jinn's weapon has a scalloped handgrip, underneath which lie multiple power cells. Simpler designs use only one, large power cell within a solid handgrip. Qui-Gon's lightsabre was constructed using the exquisite materials found in the Jedi Temple, and the completion of this symbolic weapon proved that Qui-Gon had developed his sensitivity to the Force. The lightsabre is activated by a prominent red button a third of the way down the hilt, while a charging port towards the bottom allows Qui-Gon to connect his weapon to a power source for recharging. Qui-Gon believed that a lightsabre must always be well-maintained, and chided his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, when he carelessly shorted his lightsabre's circuits in the swamps of Naboo. Qui-Gon wielded his lightsabre in combat for decades, and though few Jedi fought lightsabre-to-lightsabre in the age of the blaster, he became skilled in the art of dueling. Qui-Gon was taught lightsabre dueling as part of classical Jedi training, and these skills were furthered by Dooku's own expertise in the classic style. Whereas Dooku became a master of the elegant Form II, Qui-Gon was a proponent of the more athletic Form IV, and continued to practice this style, with the aid of the Force, well beyond middle-age. Sadly, Qui-Gon's master swordsmanship found its match in the vicious Darth Maul. Qui-Gon was barely able to escape the Sith Lord's unexpected attack on Tatooine, and he and Obi-Wan were later confronted with Maul's double-bladed lightsabre on Naboo. The Sith split Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan up, and battled Qui-Gon alone. Despite the elder's skill, Maul's youth and agility proved stronger, and Qui-Gon was struck down. Obi-Wan almost met his end on Naboo, after losing his lightsabre in a melting pit. Hanging over the edge of the pit, Obi-Wan called Qui-Gon's lightsabre to his hand, and sliced the Dark Lord in two with his fallen Master's blade. Though the eventual fate of the Sith-slaying weapon remains unknown, it is likely that Obi-Wan kept Qui-Gon's lightsabre as a memento of his former Master's life. Source: The Phantom Menace, Episode I Visual Dictionary _____________________________________________________________________________ -- Multimedia -- Image Gallery: Qui-Gon Jinn |
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