Viewed as a maverick even by his friends, Quinlan Vos spent much of his time investigating the various activities of the galaxy's criminal underworld, a job he was uniquely suited for due to his rare psychometric ability, Order 66. To that end, here are the biggest ways in which a Quinlan Vos return has been teased in the Star Wars canon.

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6 Dark Disciple- Quinlan Vos' Missing Clone Wars Arc

Corruption To The Dark Side and Romance With Asajj Ventress

Unfortunately, Quinlan Vos was only in one single episode of The Clone Wars, assisting his longtime friend Obi-Wan Kenobi in his mission to track down Ziro the Hutt. That said, Quinlan Vos was meant to have his very own 8-episode where he was controversially tasked by the Jedi Council to assassinate Count Dooku at the height of the Clone Wars to prevent further loss of life. This arc was instead reworked into the novel Dark Disciple by Christie Golden.

After being given his dark mission by the Jedi, it was suggested that Vos should find and forces with Asajj Ventress, Dooku's former apprentice whom he rejected. After earning her trust, Ventress agreed to help and train Vos in the ways of the dark side which she believed would be the only way to kill Dooku. However, Vos' dark training backfired when he and Ventress finally faced Dooku. Vos was captured, tortured, and subsequently manipulated into becoming Dooku's new agent iral Engima, though this was secretly Vos' means of discovering the identity of Dooku's master Darth Sidious.

Regardless of the initial performance involved, Vos genuinely fell into the dark side and his role as iral Enigma over time. To that end, Vos was only brought back to the light through Ventress who sacrificed herself to save him from a blast of Dooku's Force lightning. As such, Quinlan was allowed to re the Jedi Order though his actions were monitored for quite some time in the aftermath. Regardless, the opportunity to finally tell Vos' story and romance with Ventress on-screeen in a new Star Wars project could be very exciting.

5 Quinlan Vos Was On Kashyyyk During Revenge of the Sith

Deleted Scenes Would Have Featured Vos With Yoda and Luminara

Although he was not featured on-screen in the final cut of Revenge of the Sith itself, Quinlan Vos was a key Jedi general during the Battle of Kashyyyk alongside Jedi Masters Yoda and Luminara Unduli after he and his forces were relocated from their campagin on the planet Boz Pity. Although an actor was never cast, original animatics revealed that Vos would have been present aboard one of the Republic's Juggenaut Turbo Tanks which were dispatched to defend the Wookiee's coastal city of Kachirho.

Order 66 also took place during this battle at the end of the Clone Wars. To that end, it would be very exciting to see a future Star Wars project showcasing Vos' unseen role on Kashyyyk, as well as his ultimate survival on the Wookiee homeworld once his troopers turned on him.

4 Darth Vader Confirmed Quinlan Vos Survived Order 66

List Of Order 66 Survivors

Although Vos' final fate following Order 66 was left a mystery for several years, it was finally confirmed in 2017's canonical Darth Vader series that the Jedi Master survived and was actively being hunted by Emperor Palpatine's Imperial Inquisitors during the Dark Times of the Empire's reign. His name was featured along with a collection of other Jedi survivors which could be translated from the galactic basic alphabet known as Aurebesh. However, Vos never made an appearance in the series, leaving the door open for a future Star Wars project to finally give Vos the return and spotlight he deserves.

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3 Luke Skywalker Found Evidence Vos Was A Jedi Survivor

Secrets of the Jedi

Published by Lucasfilm as an in-universe record and guide about the Jedi Order written by Luke Skywalker, Marc Sumerak's Secret of the Jedi book featured a key section about Quinlan Vos. Apparently during his travels after Return of the Jedi to find any relics and past texts about the Jedi Order, Luke Skywalker found evidence contradicting the records claiming Vos had died during Order 66. However, there's nothing in the Star Wars book to suggest that Luke and Quinlan ever met face to face.

2 Obi-Wan Kenobi's Quinlan Vos Easter Egg

Working With The Hidden Path

More recently, 2022's Obi-Wan Kenobi series features a key Easter egg referencing Quinlan Vos. Having discovered the secret network known as the Hidden Path which helped Force-senstives and their families evade the Empire, Obi-Wan and young Princess Leia were given their . As seen in Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3, Obi-Wan sees a wall bearing the names of those who'd come through the same secret hideout before, including none other than Quinlan himself. It was then confirmed that Vos often helped smuggle Force-senstivie children to safety. Beyond his name, Quinlan had also written a key piece of wisdom:

Out of all the names on the wall, Obi-Wan was struck the most seeing Quinlan's and the confirmation of his survival. After all, Kenobi and Vos had been good friends having grown up together in the Jedi Temple, and Obi-Wan was instrumental in convincing the Jedi Council to give Vos a chance at redemption following his dark side fall, rightly arguing that the Jedi Council should have never turned Quinlan into their assassin to begin with. Although an Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2 is unlikely, an appearance from Vos and his work with the Hidden Path would be quite fitting.

1 Asajj Ventress' Bad Batch Return

A Good Sign For Quinlan's Return

Although the end of Dark Disciple seemingly featured Ventress' death and funeral on Dathomir following her sacrifice to save Vos, the former Sith assassin is featured The Bad Batch season 3's first trailer. According to surprising director Brad Rau, Asajj Ventress' resurrection will apparently align with the events of Dark Disciple, creating the strong implication that the waters Ventess' body was placed in was imbued with the magicks of the Nightsiters. To that end, one can only hope that Ventress and Quinlan Vos will reunite either in The Bad Batch season 3 or in another Star Wars project.