I was looking at the picture and if you look Quinlan is doing all the holding, her hand in around his waist and the other flung behind her so it was obviously a shock to her.

It gave me hope that he actually cared and that he loved her, not just cause he could use her.

As an aside, the panel that made me seriously gasp and made my jaw drop, was the one in Star Wars?Jedi: Count Dooku, when Quin suddenly seizes Khaleen and kisses her. For one thing, I so did not expect it, but also because I could identify with Khaleen. But again, not Quin.
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I would think that part of the Jedi students? education would include a lecture on the birds and the bees, and puberty. Just like in seventh grade health class. :p

But I agree that, to a certain extent, the students are pretty sheltered before they become Padawans and go on official missions.

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In Jude Watson?s Legacy of the Jedi, the students go on a?oh, what do they call that?the recreational type?treasure hunt(?). The students are very familiar with Coruscant, at least the areas near the Temple. So I would think that they?re allowed some freedom to explore the city on their own, but I know that in other SW literature, of which I can?t think of an example at the moment, some of the Jedi reflect on their safety and shelter from the outside world in the Temple.

Maybe they get the standard lecture about the birds and the bees and the temple and it is up to the master how much else they learn.

I tried the panel with the saber pointing at Khaleen’s chest several different ways. Full figures, CU with saber at her throat. None of those was satisfactory. I felt like including their faces distanced the reader from any immediate danger. Faces let us know it’s someone else in danger–not ourselves. Taking away the faces objectifies the characters for the viewer–their identities become an abstraction. They could be anyone. And putting the focus on a saber a hair’s breath away from somene’s heart makes us draw a breath. It takes us to the moment. It’s dangerous. I wanted the viewer to feel like the saber could be pointed at them.

I thought about the other implications, but the final image worked on so many other levels that I felt it had to stay as it was.

As for the rest. The level of Khaleen and Quin’s relationship is really up to the reader to decide. Jedi are not allowed marrige or attachments, but they are not celibate. Interesting too–do Jedi padawans have to deal with some of the issues of growing up that ‘normal’ kids have to deal with? Part of becoming a Jedi is learning to set the world aside and learning to focus on the moment. I would think exposing padawans to the realities of the world would have to be part of their training.

However, if or when they do it, I think it would be cathartic for Khaleen, but I’m not sure what it would mean for Quin, if anything. It wouldn’t mean that he loves her, and maybe it would be just another DS act. The result of such a union could only devastate Khaleen, I think.