Quinlan Vos Hailing from the planet Kiffu , Quinlan Vos was a male Kiffar Jedi Master who lived during the final days of the Galactic Republic . He was a maverick within the Jedi Order and garnered a reputation for bending the rules . He was renowned for his retrocognition — perceiving others ' memories when touching objects they had contacted . Due to this ability , Vos was an expert tracker . Many of his missions took him into the criminal underworld . On one such mission he met Aayla Secura and thereafter accepted her as his Padawan . During the Clone Wars , a Hutt crime lord named Ziro escaped imprisonment in the Galactic Republic capital , Coruscant . Vos teamed with Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi to track and recapture him . Finding that Ziro had been freed by bounty hunter Cad Bane , Vos and Kenobi followed their trail to Nal Hutta , the Hutt homeworld , and then eventually to Teth . Here they discovered Ziro had been murdered and subsequently failed their attempt at arresting Bane . Later in the war , Vos partnered with Asajj Ventress , a former dark side assassin . The duo was unsuccessful in their attempt to assassinate Sith Lord Count Dooku , brutal leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . In an attempt to uncover the identity of Dooku ' s master , Darth Sidious , Vos succumbed to the dark side . However , he was brought back by his love for Ventress . During the final days of the war , Vos moved his Republic troops to Boz Pity . After the fall of the Jedi Order , Vos was amongst those the Galactic Empire presumed to have survived the Jedi Purge . Biography . Early life and Jedi service . Quinlan Vos was born on the planet Kiffu in the years prior to the fall of the Galactic Republic . He became a member of the Jedi Order , becoming apprentice to Jedi Master Tholme . Although he was not born in the Jedi Temple , he considered it home for it was where he grew up . He ended and started fights in rooms meant for fighting and in some that were not . He also took sneak naps in the Temple ' s library . Vos eventually rose to the rank of Jedi Knight . Vos gained a reputation as a maverick who did not always follow the rules of Jedi life . He became renowned , however , for his ability to see the memories of other beings simply by touching an object that such beings had come into contact with . This allowed him to develop skills as an expert tracker , and , as a result , often took missions that dealt with the criminal underworld . It was on one such mission that Vos met Aayla Secura , a Twi ' lek who displayed a sensitivity to the powers of the Force . During the mission , Vos rescued Secura from a dangerous area on her homeworld of Ryloth . The maverick Jedi took Secura as his Padawan , and the two formed a close relationship . Secura later became a Jedi Knight . In 32 BBY , Vos was on a mission in Mos Espa , a spaceport settlement on the desert world of Tatooine . Coincidentally , Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn and his Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi , were also on Tatooine ; the two Jedi had chosen to land their vessel , carrying Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo , on Tatooine after it sustained damage while it escaped from the Trade Federation ' s blockade of Naboo . Vos was present to witness one of the earliest meetings between Jinn and Anakin Skywalker , a young Mos Espa slave who Jinn would soon come to believe was the Chosen One destined to bring balance to the Force . The Clone Wars . The hunt for Ziro . In 22 BBY , the Clone Wars were sparked during the Battle of Geonosis . During the Republic ' s war with the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the crime lord Ziro the Hutt was imprisoned by the Republic in the Republic Judiciary Central Detention Center on the capital planet of Coruscant . Ziro ' s crime was to conspire with Count Dooku , a Sith Lord and the political leader of the Separatist Alliance , in a plot to kidnap Rotta , the infant child of Ziro ' s nephew Jabba the Hutt ; the plot was designed to implicate the Jedi Order in the kidnapping and intended death of the Huttlet , in order to convince the Hutt Clan to join the Separatist cause . The Hutt Clan later paid to have the bounty hunter Cad Bane break Ziro out of prison , so the Hutt criminal could be imprisoned by the Hutts and not reveal damaging information he had about the Grand Hutt Council to the Republic . In order to return Ziro to Republic imprisonment , the Jedi Council assigned Vos and Kenobi , the latter of whom had become a Jedi Master , to track the Hutt criminal down and capture him . Before their mission began , Vos met Kenobi and Commander Cody , a clone trooper in the Grand Army of the Republic , at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant . Kenobi suspected that Jabba was behind the escape due to wanting revenge for his son ' s kidnapping , but Vos had information correctly stating that the Hutt Council was involved due to Ziro ' s damning information . The two Jedi left Coruscant and made their way to Nal Hutta , the Hutt homeworld , where Vos correctly believed that Ziro had been taken . Vos and Kenobi arrived on Nal Hutta and landed at the palace of Gardulla the Hutt , where Ziro was being held , and were brought before the Grand Hutt Council . Vos confronted the Council with the theory that they broke Ziro out of prison , a theory that the Hutts expressed offense over , despite its accuracy . As the Hutts spoke to Kenobi , who assured them that they meant no harm to the Council , Vos picked up a glass that Ziro had used and was able to sense his memories , telling him that the Hutt had been in the palace . Vos told Kenobi what he had discovered as the two left the Council chambers and the Jedi made their way into the prison , where they soon discovered that Ziro had escaped . Using Vos ' expert tracking skills , Vos and Kenobi ventured through the swamps of Nal Hutta on the trail of Ziro and his lover , the musician Sy Snootles , who had helped him escape — and , unknown to Ziro or the Jedi , was being paid by Jabba to bring Ziro ' s diary of damaging information to him . Kenobi wondered why Ziro would still be on Nal Hutta , suspecting that the Hutt may have left the planet , but Vos sensed that Ziro was still on the Hutt homeworld . While on the hunt , Kenobi was attacked by a dragonsnake , a fearsome creature that lived in the swamps . The Jedi Master killed the large carnivore , leaving Vos to quip that Kenobi was wasting precious time in the hunt for the Hutt escapee . The trail led the Jedi , who discovered that Cad Bane was also searching for the Hutt , towards the home of Ziro ' s mother , Mama . Vos and Kenobi learned that Ziro had stolen Mama ' s starship and that Bane had arrived soon thereafter and forced her to divulge what she knew about her son ' s activities . Kenobi assured her that he and Vos did not want to kill her son , and she revealed that Ziro was making his way to the jungle planet Teth — where Ziro had hidden his diary . The Jedi arrived on Teth to find Bane standing over Ziro ' s corpse , though , when confronted , the bounty hunter rightly insisted that he was not responsible for the murder . Bane attempted to leave , but Kenobi and Vos fought to capture him for his crimes against the Republic , including holding the Galactic Senate hostage as part of his plot to free Ziro . This led to a fight between the Jedi and Bane , with Bane able to hold his own against the two Jedi . The Jedi chased Bane across large rock formations that were in the area , and at one point the bounty hunter was able to gain possession of Vos ' lightsaber and use it against Kenobi . Bane grabbed Kenobi ' s arm during the fight and electrocuted him , but Kenobi was soon saved by Vos , who used jet boots to fly towards Bane and fight him mid - air . The bounty hunter evaded the Jedi Knight and , despite Vos and Kenobi ' s efforts , flew to his ship and escaped from Teth . Their mission to recover Ziro and capture Bane ended in failure . Yoda ' s vision . Later in the war , Grand Master Yoda set out on a journey to unlock the secrets of immortality , which would allow him to retain his consciousness after death . This journey led him to a mysterious planet , the origin of life itself . He was put through a number of trials by five Force Priestesses , who tested Yoda to determine if he was worthy of their secrets . During the trials , Yoda saw a vision of an idyllic Jedi Order , one that had not become corrupted by years of warfare . Amongst the many Jedi Yoda saw in the peaceful time was Vos , who spoke with Jedi Master Saesee Tiin . The vision ended once Yoda remembered that what he was seeing was not real , but rather an illusion conjured on the Force planet . Successful Partnership . Working with Ventress . Some time later , Vos was on an undercover assignment at Otor ' s Hub . Disguised as " Master Tal " , Vos was tracking Sheb Valaad , an unscrupulous Koorivar merchant who specialized in selling the ill - gotten works and objects of deceased individuals ; some of whom he had arranged to be murdered . Vos ' mission was interrupted by the arrival of the Mahran Jedi Knight Akar - Deshu ( " Desh " ) , who had been sent by the Jedi Council to fetch Vos for a new mission . After dispatching Sheb and his henchmen , the two Jedi traveled back to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant . Upon arriving back in Coruscant , Vos learned that he had been assigned on a secret mission to assassinate Count Dooku . The Jedi Council had been spurred into action by Dooku ' s genocidal attack on the Mahran homeworld of Mahranee . Seeking to prevent the further loss of lives , the Council had decided to kill Dooku in order to bring an end the Clone Wars . Vos accepted the mission but insisted on having a partner accompany him . After some discussion , Master Yoda recommended that he team up with Asajj Ventress , a bounty hunter who had once been Dooku ' s dark side acolyte and assassin ; before Dooku cast her aside on the orders of Darth Sidious , the Dark Lord of the Sith . The alliance between Vos and Ventress , forged by the Jedi Council , was designed to bring both the light side and dark side together to kill the Count of Serenno , although the Council did not want Ventress to know she was aiding the Jedi . Vos ' s first challenge was to locate Ventress . He did this by traveling to Level 1313 of Coruscant in order to get information as to her location . While there he spoke with the bounty hunter Boba Fett in a bar who hinted that his former partner was hunting a Volpai named Moregi on Pantora . Traveling to Pantora , Vos joined forces with Ventress to capture the Volpai fugitive . After a series of conflicts and misunderstandings , Vos managed to win Ventress over by using his psychometric powers to find Moregi ' s home . Having captured Moregi , Ventress , believing Vos to be a competent if irritating bounty hunter , agreed to form a partnership . The two spent several weeks aboard Ventress ' s ship , the " Banshee " , training and conducting missions . During a mission on Coruscant ' s Level 1313 , Vos on one occasion saved Ventress ' life by using the Force to knock a blaster out a Weequay thug ' s hand . On their fifth hunt , Vos and Ventress worked together to capture the estranged former first mate of the Blood Bone Order ' s captain Lassa Rhayme . At Quinlan ' s suggestion , Ventress managed to bait the fugitive using her feminine charms . As part of their payment , Rhayme gave them a bottle of Tevraki whiskey , which the two hunters enjoyed together . While drinking , Vos questioned Ventress about her training but she remained tight - lipped . The two hunters also began to develop feelings for each other that went beyond their business partnership . When Ventress made a business trip to Coruscant ' s Level 1313 to make modifications to the " Banshee " , Quinlan took the opportunity to update Master Kenobi about the progress of his mission . Since Vos had established a rapport with Ventress , Kenobi urged his fellow Jedi to find a way to motivate her against Dooku . Vos later learned that Ventress had accepted a new job from the Pyke Syndicate , a drug and spice cartel that was based on the rocky planet Oba Diah . The Pyke Syndicate boss Marg Krim ' s wife Tezzka Krim and their two children Laalee and Vram had been kidnapped by the Black Sun crime syndicate and were being held hostage on the volcanic planet Mustafar . Marg tasked the two hunters with rescuing his family . Traveling together to Mustafar , Vos and Ventress rented two lava flea s and visited a bar called The Last Resort . There , they accosted a Falleen Black Sun guard and forced him to divulge information about the Pyke hostages . Using this information , Vos and Ventress infiltrated the Black Sun fortress through an exposed balcony outcropping . Despite rescuing Laalee and Vram , they were unable to find Tezzka . Pursued by the Black Sun sentries , the two hunters and the children headed back to their lava flea mounts , which were separated by a high cliff . While Ventress with Laalee managed to jump safely onto their lava flea , a blaster bolt hit Quinlan ' s back ; causing Vram to lose his grip and fall into the lava flow . However , Vos used his Force powers to lift the boy to safety before he could touch the lava flow . After returning to the " Banshee " , the two bounty hunters formulated a plan to rescue Tezzka while Ventress treated Vos ' wounds . Using his psychometric powers , Vos touched Laalee ' s locket and discovered that her mother Tezzka was still being held in the fortress . While Ventress entered the fortress disguised as a Pyke Syndicate negotiator , Vos managed to free Tezzka from her cell . Together with Tezzka , Vos rejoined Ventress in the Black Sun leader Ziton Moj ' s throne room where the two hunters assaulted Moj and his men . Having accomplished their mission , the two hunters and Krim ' s family returned to Oba Diah on the " Banshee " . During their journey , Vos and Ventress managed to befriend the two children , who regarded the hunters as their rescuers . Upon returning to Oba Diah , Marg Krim rewarded Ventress with double the pay . As they departed the planet , the two hunters witnessed a fleet of Black Sun starfighter s and " Interceptor " - class frigates exiting hyperspace above the planet . Black Sun had come to settle scores with the Pyke Syndicate in retaliation for the Mustafar rescue . Despite knowing that the Pikes would not stand a chance , Vos wanted to help . However , Ventress knew that they were outnumbered by the Black Sun fleet and took the " Banshee " into hyperspace . Ventress ' Disciple . Reeling from their failed mission , Quinlan revealed to Ventress that he was a Jedi , a fact that she was already aware of ; having observed his unnatural combat prowess and ability to survive even the most lethal incidents as evidence of his Force - sensitivity . With nothing to hide , Vos finally revealed to his true identity and his mission to assassinate Count Dooku . Having come to respect Vos and seeing a potential way to finally get revenge on her former master , Ventress agreed to aid him in his mission , but insisted that assassinating Dooku would not be possible without the aid of the dark side . When Vos found an opportunity to travel to Coruscant , he met up with Master Kenobi in the same seedy Level 1313 bar . Vos informed Kenobi that Ventress was aware of his Jedi identity and that she was willing to help assassinate Dooku . He pointed out that Ventress had Separatist contacts who knew Dooku ' s location . When Vos stated that he trusted the Dathomiri bounty hunter , Kenobi cautioned his fellow Jedi not to trust Ventress due to her manipulative nature . In response , Vos asserted that she had been faithful to him for now . To guide him in his teachings , Ventress took Vos to her former homeworld , Dathomir , a planet that was steeped in the dark side . After landing the " Banshee " , Ventress led Vos to the site of the Nightsisters massacre that General Grievous had instigated the previous year under the orders of Count Dooku . Vos also learned about Ventress ' life story and her desire for revenge against Dooku for the murder of her fellow Nightsisters . After Vos grasped one of the fallen Nightsisters ' energy bows , he experienced a psychometric vision of the Nightsisters massacre and understood Ventress ' pain . Despite his feelings for Ventress , Vos still clung to the Jedi teaching to avoid giving into anger . Knowing this , Ventress tried to get her disciple to embrace his hatred ; arguing that Jedi doctrine would not bring about Dooku ' s demise . During their time on Dathomir , Ventress exhorted the Jedi Master to use his emotions to strengthen his bonds with the dark side . In Vos ' presence , she summoned a snake to slither over her body before crushing its windpipe using a dark side - fueled Force choke . When Vos drew an analogy between Ventress ' struggle with the death of her Master Ky Narec and his Master Tholme , Ventress claimed that Dooku had murdered his master in an effort to fuel his anger towards the Count and the Jedi Council for withholding that information . In truth , Ventress had murdered Tholme under the orders of Count Dooku . Giving into his emotions and his attraction to Ventress , Vos embraced his partner – turned – teacher to signify his rejection of the Jedi doctrine of non - attachment . Vos and Ventress set up camp far from the Nightsister ' s camp after gathering and burying the remains of the fallen Nightsisters . As part of his Dark - side training , Ventress took Vos on frequent climbs to build his strength and agility , hunting trips to make him comfortable with killing , and long runs to build his endurance . As his training progressed , Ventress got Vos to attempt to coax a snake into coiling around him before killing it with the power of the dark side . However , Vos hesitated and he lost control of the snake , which injected him with a powerful hallucinogenic venom that left him in a state of pain . The following morning , Vos had barely recovered from his injuries when Ventress engaged him in a lightsaber duel around the camp and the surrounding forest . During the duel , Vos gave in to his anger . Satisfied with her disciple ' s progress , Ventress decided that the time was right to instruct him in the ritualistic access to the dark side perfected by the Nightsisters . She also briefed Vos about a Nightsister coming – of – age ritual which involved killing and harvesting the body parts of the Sleeper , a large crustacean creature that inhabited a series of pools near the Nightsisters ' village . To prepare for this test , Vos had to train underwater in the ocean s of Dathomir without the use of any breathing equipment or ocular aids . As his training progressed , Vos also continued his romantic relationship with his teacher – and – partner . While dining over burra fish stew , Ventress asked him about what they would do after they had killed Dooku , Quinlan stated that he would not be returning to the Jedi Order after they had completed their mission . Shortly later , they were contacted by Ventress ' informant , the Gossam Sumdin , who informed her that Dooku was planning to visit Raxus soon . Before the duo proceeded with their mission , Ventress tasked Vos with his final trial : the murder of the Sleeper . Despite some initial hesitancy , Vos managed to kill the Sleeper by crushing it with the power of the dark side while visualizing the creature as Count Dooku . After committing the deed , Vos affirmed his love for Ventress and destroyed his comlink — his sole link to the Jedi . Together , the duo then proceeded with their mission to kill Dooku . Taking on Dooku . Having completed his training , Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress finally set out on their mission . They left for the Confederate capital , Raxus , where they rendezvoused with Ventress ' secret contact Sumdin in Raxus ' capital Raxulon . Vos was horrified when Ventress murdered Sumdin with her lightsaber . In response to Quinlan ' s protests , Asajj responded that he could not let compassion or any loose ends stop him from carrying out their mission . Vos accepted Ventress ' reasoning and used his anger to fuel the mission that lay ahead . The two would - be assassins planned to ambush Dooku at a formal gathering in Raxulon . The Confederacy was conferring the Raxian Humanitarian Award on Count Dooku , who would also give a patriotic speech in order to boost morale among the local population . After the speech , the two assassins devised a plan to confront the Count alone . While Ventress contacted Dooku and told him to meet her alone at the overlook , Vos ambushed General Grievous and his battle droids in order to prevent them from assisting Dooku . After locking Grievous in a chamber , Vos proceeded to join Ventress in carrying out their mission . The two assassins engaged the Separatist leader in a lightsaber duel but were unable to match Dooku ' s mastery of the dark side . During the fight , Dooku knocked out Asajj by hurling her against a wall . While parrying with the Sith Lord , Dooku attempted to sow discord between Vos and Ventress by claiming that he would be a far better teacher than Ventress . In the end , Dooku managed to overpower Vos and knock away his lightsaber . Shortly later , General Grievous arrived with battle droid reinforcements and drove Ventress away . Defeated and having failed his mission , Vos attempted to goad the Count into killing him . However , Dooku had other plans for his Jedi captive and instead knocked him unconscious with Force lightning . The last thing that Vos saw before falling unconscious was the sight of Ventress fleeing Dooku ' s battle droids thus leaving him in Dooku ' s captivity . Agent of the dark side . Following Quinlan Vos ' capture , he underwent extended torture and psychological manipulation at Dooku ' s palace on Serenno . Sensing the darkness already growing within him , the Sith Lord sought to manipulate Vos into becoming his latest apprentice and a tool against the Jedi . Vos initially held out against his captor until Dooku revealed that Ventress had been responsible for the death of his former master , Tholme . Quinlan initially refused to believe Dooku ' s account until the Count gave him Tholme ' s lightsaber . Using his psychometric powers , Vos discovered that Dooku had been telling the truth . With his trust in his former lover broken , Vos succumbed to the dark side and agreed to become Dooku ' s apprentice . Despite aligning with Count Dooku and the Separatists , Vos secretly planned to use Dooku to get to his mysterious master Darth Sidious and to eliminate the Sith once and for all . Meanwhile , Ventress launched a desperate rescue mission to Serenno with the aid of her former bounty hunting allies . While the bounty hunters distracted Dooku ' s droid sentries , Ventress made her way into Dooku ' s prison and managed to find Vos ' cell . However , Vos overwhelmed by Dooku ' s mind games and his hatred towards Ventress , lashed out at his would be rescuer , revealing himself to now be an agent of the dark side . Heartbroken , Ventress was forced to leave Serenno empty handed . Now Dooku ' s servant and consumed by the dark side , Vos began a new life as the deadly Separatist agent , known to the galaxy as ' Admiral Enigma ' . For several months , Vos utilized his familiarity with the Republic military to orchestrate a series of victories , quickly becoming one of the the Confederacy ' s most feared operatives . Recognizing that the Jedi Order would soon discover the truth of Enigma ' s identity , Vos and his new master orchestrated a plan . As anticipated , the Jedi Order , teaming up with Ventress , launched a mission to capture Enigma and hopefully rescue Vos . After fighting Dooku , the strike team discovered the former Jedi battered and broken in a prison cell aboard Enigma ' s flagship . While rescuing Vos , Asajj saw his eye s flash brightly and realized that he had joined the dark side . Despite Ventress ' s protestations to the contrary , Vos ' s former Jedi allies believed his deception and welcomed him back to the Order . Returning to the light side . However , Vos ' quick reintroduction into the Jedi Order simply acted as a means to an end . To prove his loyalty to Dooku , Vos sabotaged a Jedi operation to salvage supplies including medications , weapons , ship - repair parts , and foodstuffs that were being stored in a Separatist supply storage base . Vos planted several Republic - issue bombs in the asteroid base before the Jedi and Republic could salvage the supplies ; effectively denying them to the Republic ' s people and war effort . Later , Vos leaked intelligence about a joint Republic - Jedi military operation against a Separatist listening post on Vanqor to Dooku . This enabled the Separatists to evacuate the base before Republic forces arrived . While Vos professed shock and ignorance at the failure of these operations , several of his Jedi colleagues particularly Master Windu came to suspect that he was secretly working for Dooku . After some debate among the Jedi Council , Master Yoda ultimately discerned that Vos had indeed fallen after interacting with the former Jedi personally . As a final test of faith , the Jedi Council once again tasked Vos with the assassination of Dooku . Vos , seeing this as an opportunity to defeat Darth Tyranus and learn the identity of his mysterious master Darth Sidious , accepted the mission . Prior to embarking on the mission , Vos took the opportunity to reconcile with Ventress , asking her to follow him secretly on his mission . Unknown to him , the Jedi Order , expecting deception , sent Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker , and Vos ' Mahran friend , Desh , to trail him aboard Dooku ' s dreadnought . Infiltrating the Separatist warship , Vos quickly defeated Dooku and demanded an audience with Darth Sidious before both Sith were promptly captured by the Jedi . Vos tried to protest his innocence but was ignored by Kenobi , who felt hurt by his friend ' s betrayal . Kenobi and Skywalker brought Vos and Dooku aboard the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Vigilance " where they were surrounded by two dozen armed clone troopers led by Commander Cody . While being led to the ship ' s brig , Vos was confronted by his old friend Desh , who was hurt by his betrayal . Under the pretext of wanting to talk to Desh , Vos lured his former friend to approach him and then used the Force to levitate his lightsaber . Vos then used Desh ' lightsaber to break Dooku ' s bonds and the two dark siders attacked their clone and Jedi captors . Vos engaged in a lightsaber duel with Desh while probing his thoughts . Vos quickly realized that the Mahran planned to sacrifice his own life to kill Vos by breaking his own wrist to release venom from his stinger into Desh ' s bloodstream . Vos managed to dodge Desh ' s stinger and hurled him straight at Kav Bayons , killing the other Jedi Knight . As Desh succumbed to his own poison , Vos spared his former friend the agony of a painful death by killing him with his lightsaber . Meeting up with a horrified Ventress in the ship ' s hangar , Vos and Dooku fled aboard the " Banshee " and attempted to reach Dooku ' s dreadnought . However , they were shot down by the " Vigilance " and crash - landed on Christophsis . Vos and his companions survived the crash but sustained various wounds . Pursued by Republic forces , a wounded Dooku guided both Vos and Ventress to a Separatist stronghold . On the way , Ventress questioned Vos about his collusion with Dooku . Vos tried to assure her that he had plan and told her to trust him . As promised , Dooku attempted to provide Vos with an audience with his master , but the conversation was cut short by an assault launched by the Republic military . After an artillery blast left Ventress wounded , Dooku seized the opportunity to kill both of his former apprentices in one fell swoop . However , in a moment of self sacrifice , Ventress dove in front of a lethal blast of Dooku ' s force lightning , saving her lover from certain death . Enraged and broken by her sacrifice , Vos defeated Dooku in a fit of passion . Before striking the killing blow , Vos experienced a final moment of clarity and spared the Sith Lord ' s life . Ventress spent her final moments in her lover ' s arms declaring her devotion to him even in death and reassured him that the path to redemption was not outside his reach . Dooku ultimately escaped in the chaos of the battle , but Vos ' s actions of mercy were witnessed by Obi - Wan Kenobi . Following the battle , Vos was taken into custody and imprisoned in the " Vigilance " brig . Heart - broken by the death of his lover Ventress , Vos did not resist his Jedi and Republic captors . During a hearing at the Jedi Council , Vos confessed that he had fallen to the dark side as part of his plan to find the identity of Dooku ' s secret Sith master Darth Sidious . Believing that the Jedi decision to resort to assassination was a moral failure , Kenobi advocated for Vos ' s reinstatement in the Jedi Order , which was granted by the Council although Vos was placed under surveillance until he could earn back their trust . Kenobi and Vos attended Ventress ' s funeral on Dathomir , where Vos buried her in the traditional way of her people . Final battles . The last days of the Clone Wars saw Vos leading military forces in the Grand Army of the Republic . After the fall of the planet Saleucami , Vos moved his troops to Boz Pity . Vos would then join the fight on Kashyyyk , strategizing alongside the Wookiee Chief tain Tarfful . Shortly thereafter , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine — secretly Darth Sidious — transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire , the Jedi Order was destroyed , and the Clone Wars came to an end . Vos , however , was listed among the presumed survivors of the new Galactic Emperor ' s Jedi purge . Personality and traits . Quinlan Vos was a human / Kiffar male with black hair , brown eyes , and tan skin . He had yellow tattoo s on his face and left arm . Vos wore clothing that differed from typical Jedi apparel , including black garb while on Tatooine . During the hunt for Ziro , he wore a traditional Jedi tunic , but it was sleeveless and was complimented by armor on his shoulder and lower arms . Vos displayed a sarcastic personality and was known as a maverick who did not always follow the rules of Jedi life . He displayed these tendencies while working with Kenobi to find Ziro , cracking jokes and preferring to stick to his own methods for operating on a mission , including his confrontational tone with the Grand Hutt Council . As a teacher , he formed a close bond with his Padawan , Aayla Secura , who had to learn to let her master go in order to move on with her life as a Jedi Knight . While working undercover , Vos encountered the dark sider Asajj Ventress and developed a rapport with her . Due to his undercover skills , the Jedi Council handpicked him for a mission to assassinate Count Dooku in an effort to end the Clone Wars . Despite Vos ' love and affection for Ventress , he was uneasy with her bloodlust and violence . Vos ' determination to complete his mission led him to acquiesce to Ventress ' request that he train under her instruction in the dark side of the Force . While Vos was later overcome by hatred towards Ventress for murdering his late Master Tholme , he still loved her enough to reconcile with her . Vos ' love for Ventress led him to resolve to leave the Jedi Order after he had completed his mission to kill Dooku . Though Vos had apprenticed himself to Count Dooku and inflicted considerable damage on the Republic and Jedi , his main motivation for joining the dark side was to uncover Dooku ' s hidden master Darth Sidious and destroy the two Sith Lords once and for all . Despite going over to the dark side and causing harm to the Jedi and the Republic , Vos still had feelings for his former colleagues . On one occasion , Vos ' friendship with the Jedi Knight Desh led him to give him a merciful death after the latter had poisoned himself in an attempt to recapture Vos . Later , Vos ' love for Ventress gave him the strength and will to return to the light side and the Jedi Order . Powers and abilities . Quinlan Vos was renowned for his psychometry , the ability to sense the memories of other beings by touching objects that they had come into contact with . This allowed the maverick Jedi Knight to become an expert tracker , which he utilized by taking on missions that delved into the galaxy ' s criminal underworld . His dealings with criminals gave him an understanding of how the underworld operated , which helped him to deduce the true nature of Ziro ' s escape from Republic imprisonment and how the Hutt Council factored into the situation . Later , Vos used his psychometric powers to examine his late master Tholmes ' lightsaber ; which allowed him to identify Asajj Ventress as his master ' s killer . As a Jedi Master , Vos was well versed in lightsaber combat and wielded a green - bladed lightsaber . During the hunt for Ziro , he displayed a prowess with a lightsaber , teaming with Kenobi to take on the infamous bounty hunter Cad Bane . Vos was also able to levitate objects and people with his Force powers . On one occasion , he levitated the Pike child Vram from a lava flow on the volcanic planet of Mustafar , saving the boy from serious burns or death . Under Ventress ' tutelage , Vos learned how to tap into the power of the dark side of the force . On one occasion , he was able to fight even though he had been bitten by a poisonous snake . Later , he was able to levitate and kill the Sleeper , a large crustacean creature , by harnessing the dark side . While Vos was proficient enough to use the Force hide the fact that he had embraced the dark side , he was unable to deceive everyone . His lover Asajj recognized his dark side alignment after noticing that his eyes flashed with hatred . Later , Yoda was able to discern during a private conversation with Vos that the Master had indeed turned to the dark side . Despite embracing the dark side , Vos was able to return to the light due to his love for Asajj Ventress . Behind the scenes . Quinlan Vos was based on a background character who appeared in the streets of Mos Espa in the 1999 film , written and directed by " Star Wars " creator George Lucas . The character was created , based on this appearance , by author John Ostrander and artist Jan Duursema . Ostrander created the character ' s name by patterning it off of Qui - Gon Jinn ' s name , as Ostrander wanted a name with the same number of syllables . Vos went on to prominently appear in a number of " Star Wars " Legends stories , including " " . The background character was officially retcon ned as being Vos in the official " Star Wars " canon . The character , as fleshed out in the Expanded Universe , eventually caught Lucas ' eye . The director was intrigued by Vos and decided to include him in the 2005 film . The character was scripted to appear on the planet Kashyyyk , the Wookiee homeworld , during the execution of Order 66 , but the scene was cut before the scene was shot or an actor was cast . An animatic featuring Vos was developed , however , that featured him with a squad of clones on a HAVw A6 Juggernaut at the time of Order 66 . Another A6 approaches Vos and his squad and proceeds to fire at the Jedi ' s tank , resulting in the crew ' s demise . Ultimately a passing reference to the character remained in the final film . Vos later appeared in " Hunt for Ziro , " the ninth episode of the of the animated television series " " , in which he was voiced by Al Rodrigo . Vos was previously slated to appear in the episode " Bombad Jedi , " where where he would have been working undercover and using his Force abilities to help Jar Jar Binks appear to be a Jedi . His appearance was cut because , at the time , the production had a limited ability and limited amount of time with which to create new character models . Although " Hunt for Ziro " was Vos ' only appearance on " The Clone Wars " , he was slated to be part of a number of episodes featuring a team - up between him and Asajj Ventress . The episodes , eight in total , formed a single story arc and were written by Katie Lucas . The character was slated to receive a new design for the episodes , which would have seen him wearing a darker set of armor , including twin blaster pistol s , described by the production as " Quinlan Vos B Bounty Hunter Disguise . " Though the eight episodes were never completed due to the show ' s cancellation in 2013 , the episodes , including Vos ' role as a main character in the arc , formed the basis of the novel " Dark Disciple " . The novel allowed for a greater exploration of the characters , including the psychology of Vos and Ventress . " Dark Disciple " , written by Christie Golden , was released on July 7 , 2015 .