Published: December 17, 2025
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Written by: Marc Guggenheim
Artist: Madibek Musabekov
Colour Artist: Luis Guerrero
Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles
Cover Artist: Madibek Musabekov & Jesus Aburtov
The synopsis;
THE SAGA OF CORLIS RATH CONCLUDES!
• What secret lies in Qui-Gon’s hidden past?
• QUI-GON must finally confront CORLIS RATH – and his memories!
• And will OBI-WAN be able to help his master when it matters most?
• The great mystery of the fan-favorite series revealed at last!
The review;
I’ll have a blue Christmas without you… maybe I shouldn’t start singing but it’s certainly how I feel. After only ten issues, Jedi Knights is coming to an end. It’s something I can’t quite believe, but maybe I should leave my sorrows to the end of the review. I have not been quiet in terms of saying that this is my favourite Star Wars comic series out and is certainly in my top ones of all time. Writer Marc Guggenheim has created a fantastic series that feels like the old Saturday morning cartoons I use to watch in the nineties. Some issues are part of an over-arcing plot, others are one-shots that seem to hit home every, single, time. This series has got better, and better. With Guggenheim has been artist Madibek Musabekov, whose artwork has soared. Guggenheim has given Musabekov the space to really show just how incredible artwork can be. I’m probably sounding like a broken needle on a record, but issue three, where every page is a full panel spread was one of the highlights of the series that I just keep coming back to. And it is ending… Before I delver into that, let us see what this finale brings up…
The story sees us back on Sinsara with Qui-Gon facing off against Corlis Rath. Throughout the story we are here in the present but also seeing the past, when Qui-Gon was fighting as a padawan, with his master present. There is fighting, some fantastic action scenes. While I don’t want to sidestep these, what this whole comic is about is relationships. It’s about the relationship between Dooku and Qui-Gon and between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan; how one directly affects the other. It is this insight that this entire series has done so well, and I wish we could have seen more on screen.
Qui-Gon is pivotal in all of this. He is trained by Dooku, and it is training that is flawed. We know now that Jinn will eventually become one of the most powerful of Jedi ever, figuring out how to transcend death. Yet his training was less than perfect. Qui-Gong talks to Corlis Rath about breaking the cycle that forms part of this whole arc. But this isn’t really the cycle that we – as the reader – are most interested in. It is how does Qui-Gong break the cycle of the bad training. It is very similar to abuse in families, where if one child suffers abuse, they are more likely to do that to their own children. And make no mistake, Qui-Gong is abused by Dooku. Dooku trains him incorrectly, he teaches him that anger can be used, something we know starts the Jedi down a dark path. But Dooku then blames Qui-Gon for the actions he must take in this story. They were dark! I was very surprised with how far Guggenheim and Musabekov go, but it really hits home when Dooku takes out the tribe in a blink of an eye. But Qui-Gon, as he has grown older, wiser – he has learnt from those mistakes. He doesn’t blame others, but sees that what is done is done, that we have to learn and move on. It is absolutely why he becomes such a wise Jedi.
Before I go onto the rest of the story, I need to comment on the artwork. There are some deep conversations happening here, some dark moments that Musabekov captures perfectly. The wiping out of the tribe, it’s shocking but it’s the reaction of Qui-Gon, his facial expression, the almost casual expression of Dooku as he is doing it, that adds such gravitas to the situation and sells it to the reader. There are some gorgeous full-page spreads here, but what comes through in this comic is the faces. Those expressions that show the shock, that show the pain and that show the acceptance. Dooku is pure evil, masked, but somehow Musabekov is able to capture all that with his artwork. It is not easy but pays off beautifully.
We then come to Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon. Because through all of this, Qui-Gon is older, wiser and can stop making the same mistake. His padawan is happy to do it again. You can see him go against Qui-Gon’s plans of now violence and throws himself in. It’s the mistake Qui-Gon made. He tries to stop Kenobi, but it is too late. Yet unlike Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan has had a good teacher, one who continually tries to do the right thing. Unlike a young Qui-Gon, Kenobi fights with honour, and I think it works so well that Guggenheim gives us this comparison. That with the right teacher, with the right mind set, you can become a better Jedi. What I also like to see is that Obi-Wan can see how wise Qui-Gon is, how knowledgeable he is and doesn’t take it for granted. He understands that Qui-Gon is different from other Jedi, that there is a wisdom that is derived from mistakes made, rather than just following a code correctly from the start.
For me, this whole story arc has constantly made me think of the time during Attack of the Clones when Dooku tells Obi-Wan that Qui-Gon would never have gone along with everything is he had known the truth. When we hear that Dooku was his master and knew his student, you can’t help but question if Dooku is right. Yet here, Guggenheim is very clearly saying that Dooku did not know his student. He kept him on a very tight leash, abused him and thought he could control him. Instead, what we see is a master who has broken free of his chains, learnt from his mistakes and become a better Jedi because of it.
This is a phenomenal comic to end the series on. There is some action, but this is a far more profound ending than just having action. This about seeing someone rise from their past and make a brighter future. It’s a triumph of the highest magnitude. A great note to end on but a very bittersweet end. This series has shown again, and again – and it’s only ten comics – that it can keep raising the bar, trying new things and giving us new things to think about and understand. The potential here is insane for more stories, one-shots and basically anything the Guggenheim can think of. To end it after such a short time seems absolutely absurd and I really am shocked that it is being pulled. This series has shown that with the right team – and believe me Guggenheim and Musabekov are one of the very best – you can create something truly magical and engaging. This is a series that has had no low points and is the epitome of a great run. I just wish it didn’t have to end so soon. I have a feeling this is a series that will be talked about for a long, long time.
Availability;
Star Wars: Jedi Knights is an ongoing series published by Marvel Comics. This issue retails at $4.99 and is available online from Amazon (comiXology) and your local comic book store.
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