Liam Neeson Isn’t A Fan Of Qui-Gon Jinn Death In ‘Star Wars’: “I Thought My Death Was A Bit Namby-Pamby…Hardly A Master Jedi”

“Star Wars” alumni Liam Neeson is out promoting his new “Naked Gun” soft-reboot (currently in theaters) and is sharing his problems with his Jedi Master death scene in George Lucas‘ prequel installment, “The Phantom Menace.”

Speaking with GQ Magazine, Neeson thought it was a little silly that he played a legendary and skilled Jedi Master who was killed so easily, which echoes a lot of the sentiments and complaints when the movie was first released in 1999.

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“I thought my death was a bit namby-pamby. I’m supposed to be a Master Jedi. My character fell for that. ‘Oh, I’m going for your face! No, I’m not, I’m going for your stomach.’ ‘Oh, you got me!’ Like, oh please. Hardly a Master Jedi….But still, it was great,” Neeson told GQ of his opinion on the Jedi’s death.

Easily, the aforementioned scene is the best action sequence of the messy prequel, as Qui-Gon Jinn (Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) have an epic duel against Darth Maul, who is also dispensed rather quickly and sadly wasn’t resurrected until the animation push to flesh out the Clone Wars era. Maul is making a grand return with a new solo animated project titled “Shadow Lord,” heading to Disney+.

In retrospect, a lot of the prequel stories, and even with The High Republic series “The Acolyte,” seemed to explore the hubris of the Jedi that directly contributed to their downfall.

While Neeson reprised the fallen Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series, the Irish actor has since downplayed and closed the door to ever returning to the franchise anytime soon.

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Below is the full exchange between Neeson and GQ, which you can watch for yourselves.