Neeson played Jinn, mentor to Ewan McGregor 's Obi-Wan Kenobi, in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. Later, the actor returned when the character made voice appearances in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

H e may be ignored by most of the "Star Wars" fandom, but Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) was one of the coolest parts of "The Phantom Menace," the first (or fourth) episode in the "St