Star Wars: Jedi Knights #10
A HIGHER PATH
Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn has returned to the planet of Sinsara to confront his past and unlock the mystery of why the enigmatic Corlis Rath seeks his destruction.
Years earlier, Qui-Gon and his master Dooku encountered THE BEHRU, a group of criminals who were terrorizing Sinsara.
As Qui-Gon faces Corlis Rath in the present, he reflects on resolving the conflict with the Behru in the past with a duel of honor where he was forbidden to use the Force in combat….
Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Artist: Madibek Musabekov
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Colourist: Luis Guerrero
Cover artist: Madibek Musabekov
Editor: Mark Paniccia
Publication date: December 17 2025
After ten genuinely engaging and engrossing issues, we reach the finale of Jedi Knights, a series I sincerely wish was an ongoing title given the high quality of scripting, plotting and artwork that has adorned this limited series and populated the pre-Phantom Menace era with plots and threads that other media have laid down (specifically Count Dooku and his wayward teachings), leaving me hoping for more as this and last years brilliant The Living Force from John Jackson Miller have proved there’s as much ground here to cover before Episode 1 as there was in the three years between 2 and 3.
We open on a full-page shot of Qui-Gon, staring up at Corlis Rath (or Davros Hex) who has the high ground, staring silently down as Qui-Gon notes how Rath has been through the Chrysalis, changing his appearance to serve his vendetta, and we step back to the past as a young Qui-Gon fights Rath with his green lightsaber ignited, Dooku telling the impressionable young padawan how anger is a part of being human. We see the fight, Jinn using his Jedi powers, angering the Behru, who’s leader orders the Jedi to be slain for offending them. having slashed at Rath with his lightsaber and carving a slice into his flesh, he offers his hand to help, but in the now Rath reminds him how he stripped him of his honour. He leaps to attack as Qui-Gon turns off his blade, but Obi-Wan is unable to stand by and watch his master be slain, and we see Kenobi and Rath fight a furious battle as we once again step back to the past as a battered Qui-Gon stands shoulder to shoulder with Dooku, the elder master telling his young padawan how he will deal with the situation.
Qui-Gon watches in horror as Dooku moves in, slashing at the front row of Behru, ending them with his blade, Force choking the rest. In the now, Rath gets the upper hand, knocking Obi-Wan down and leaping in for the kill, looking to take Qui-Gon’s apprentice just as Jinn had been when Dooku slaughtered his tribe. At this, Qui-Gon leaps in to block, and here Qui-Gon explains how he was young, stupid, impressionable and following the teachings of a master who had strayed from the path. He tells Rath if he continues down this path of vengeance he’ll be no better than his own master, Dooku – a man without honour.
We once again step back as we see Dooku tell Qui-Gon how his error – Jinn’s error – had caused this, and how Dooku had to sort it, blaming the young padawan and telling him they will never speak of this again as Qui-Gon kneels in shock in the midst of the carnage. In the now he stands before Rath, telling him that he was also stripped of his honour, and asks what now? Rath tells him how the crucible prepares one only for vengeance, and without that he no longer knows who he is, and we watch an incredulous Kenobi watch as they part ways, as Jinn tells him that sometimes the only way to move forward is to leave the past behind.
The Jedi shuttle leaves Sinsara behind as a teenage Kenobi first tells Qui-Gon how he expected him to kill Rath, but then as the situation moved on he could see differently. How not only Rath but Qui-Gon chose a higher path, how Jinn moved beyond the failed teachings of his master Dooku, setting the best example for his own young padawan and becoming an inspiration for the entire order. That’s the final word, a beautiful half-page splash of the Jedi standing behind the shuttle in the foreground, and the end of a very, very impressive series.
As stated before, this highlights just how much mileage there is in the pre-Prequel era timeline, something we could imagine over a number of seasons The Acolyte may have touched upon (from a different point of view, of course). If there’s any justice, then Marvel and Lucasfilm will see just how vital and engrossing this title has been and rectify that, because with Marc Guggenheim on this kind of form and Madibek Musabekov drawing some of the most stunning pages Marvel Star Wars has ever published (we’re talking Doug Wheatley good), it feels like something 2026 would be very much enriched by.
