10 Star Wars Characters More Important Than You Realised

Casual Star Wars fans may not know the name Quinlan Vos, though they might remember the distinctive-looking individual hanging out in the background during Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best) and Sebulba's (Lewis MacLeod) confrontation on Tatooine in The Phantom Menace.

At this point in time, the character didn't have any, well, character, but because he caught the eye of many fans watching the movie, he was given a name and a wider backstory in various Legends stories, such as Star Wars: Republic.

Long story short, Quinlan Vos was a Jedi Master with the ability to perceive people's memories by touching objects they'd made contact with, making him an extremely skilled tracker.

In the canon novel Dark Disciple, it's revealed that Vos teamed up with Asajj Ventress on a mission to assassinate Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) - a mission which of course failed.

Vos has also appeared in an episode of The Clone Wars, and has been referenced in both Revenge of the Sith and the recent Obi-Wan Kenobi series, the latter seemingly confirming both that he did indeed survive Order 66 and has been helping smuggle Jedi and Force-sensitive children to safety.

That's quite the fleshed-out story for a cool-looking guy seemingly just chilling out during The Phantom Menace.