The way Qui-Gon Jinn explained the nature of the Force in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn’s explanation of the Force in The Phantom Menace has been among the most scrutinized in all of Star Wars. This was because of the controversial use of Midi-Chlorians to explain how Force s interacted with the Force. It also revealed Qui-Gon’s almost scientific perception of the Force, the true significance of which only became obvious after his death when he managed to manifest as a Force Ghost. Of course, Qui-Gon was not the first Jedi to have achieved this feat, but it was nevertheless an extremely difficult task as he had to effectively deny the Will of the Force. In this way, a scientific understanding of the Force could have been useful in making a complicated concept more tangible and therefore easier for him to achieve.
Qui-Gon's Force Lesson May Explain A Revenge Of The Sith Mystery
One of the surprises of aside from the removal of Pe’s rebellion subplot, was the absence of Liam Neeson’s Qui-Gon Jinn. Instead, his presence was limited to Yoda mentioning to Obi-Wan Kenobi that Qui-Gon had found a path to immortality. This message from Qui-Gon was originally supposed to take place onscreen, with his ghostly voice explaining how he retained his consciousness through death. However, the scene was cut, most likely due to pacing issues and the movie’s runtime.
This was later rectified in the final arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 6 when Yoda was taught how to become a Force Ghost by Qui-Gon. Interestingly, Qui-Gon did not take physical form in these scenes either, which placed him at odds with other Obi-Wan Kenobi series showed, Qui-Gon was eventually able to take physical form as a Force Ghost but Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and Anakin Skywalker all managed to take physical form relatively soon after their deaths. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this difference may be explained by the unique way that Qui-Gon understood and manifested his use of the Force.
Why So Many Jedi Think Of The Force So Differently
Charles Soule’s Force could be seen differently by each Jedi. As Soule put it, "What [Avar Kriss] heard as a song, Elzar Mann saw as a deep, endless, storm-tossed sea. The Wookiee Burryaga was a single leaf on a gigantic tree with deep-dug roots and sky-high limbs.”
In this way, during Star Wars' The High Republic era, each Jedi had different ways of thinking about the Force and different strengths deriving from their connection to it. As a result, there was more scope for individualism in the time of The High Republic than in the periods that followed. That spirit did still exist in the form of Qui-Gon Jinn, which as Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace made clear was the reason he was not on Star Wars' Jedi High Council. Additionally, it would also be conceivable that while his scientific perception of the Force helped him recognize the path to immortality, as an adherent to the Living Force, defying the Will of the Force could have been harder. In this way, it made Qui-Gon Jinn's feat more impressive while also potentially explaining his struggles to take physical form as a Force Ghost.
