Quinlan Vos - My New Favorite Star Wars Character

Quinlan Vos. Because he’s a bad-ass Jedi — more so than Mace Windu, even. Or, what the hell? More so than Shaft (“John Shaft” ). I can totally picture Quin parking his Mobquet Flare-S swoop bike (he doesn’t have a swoop in Republic but he should) in a prominent spot on the Jedi Temple’s landing platform, then swaggering into the Temple, dressed not in Jedi robes, but in his Guardian armor. Then the theme from Shaft plays in the background (this is the Temple, after all, so this could be a Force occurrence): *funky guitar riff — wicka-wicka-wank, wicka-wicka-wicka-wank* Mace - “You see Master Vos is a bad mother — (Yoda - shut your mouth).” So, can ya dig it?

He walks the fine line between light side (LS) and dark side (DS), which is a great struggle to watch/read. This dichotomy makes the character more than 2-D, and perhaps more believable. Jedi are not infallible, and his characterization really shows this. In addition, I like the added dimension John Ostrander provides by having Quin basically deluding himself into thinking that he hasn’t gone DS, that he’s still working undercover. He’s a brooder, and in many ways that I won’t go into right now, a Byronic hero. I like Byronic heroes. And, OMG, he’s sooooo hot. I mean, for a comic book character. Is that weird? I’m turning into a fangirl, I think, which seems a bit silly for someone my age, but so what? What do I care? The guy’s hot, what do you want? Jan Duursema’s a great artist. Besides, he reminds me very much of the “bad boys” I used to date back when I dressed like Khaleen Hentz — hot pants, fishnets, all that.