Corlis Rath

No. I am your father!

Warning! This page contains spoilers from Jedi Knights 9. Caution is advised.

Master Qui-Gon, more to say, have you?

It is requested that this article, or a section of this article, be expanded.

See the request on the listing or on this article's talkpage. Once the improvements have been completed, you may remove this notice and the page's listing. The following needs expanding on: all sections

"I've never even met him before. I don't know why he's seeking vengeance."

―Qui-Gon Jinn about Corlis Rath^[6]

Corlis Rath, also known as Davros Hex, was a Sinsaran male who lived during the late Republic Era and tried to assassinate Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.

Biography

Meeting Qui-Gon Jinn

Davros Hex was a Sinsaran male individual from the world Sinsara, who lived during the late Republic Era. He was associated with a bandit group on Sinsara known as the Behru, or later as "The Banished". After the Behru had raided the local villages for a considerable time, the Sinsarans called for the help of the Jedi and Master Dooku and Padawan Qui-Gon Jinn were sent to deal with the issue. After arriving on Sinsara, the Jedi met the Behru at their base, but were unsuccessful at negotiating and were forced to retreat. Being of the opinion that their situation had confronted the limitations of the Jedi Code, Dooku urged his apprentice to change to a more violent strategy. Upon their return to the bandits, Jinn, who had studied on the Sinsaran culture's sense of honor, proposed a duel between himself and the Behru's leader. The conditions being, if Jinn lost, the Jedi would leave Sinsara, but if the Sinsaran lost the Behru would stop their raids. The leader agreed to the duel, but refused to fight "children" and instead put forward Davros Hex as a surrogate.^[1] During the ensuing fighting Jinn slashed a wound into Hex's chest with his lightsaber while his Master tried to stop him.^[6]

In the following decades, Hex began using the name Corlis Rath and altered his appearance, with Jedi librarian Jocasta Nu suspecting that he underwent the highly dangerous Sinsaran ritual known as "Chrysalis", something which would also explain his superior fighting skills.^[1] At some point, a hologram of Corlis Rath was included together with his name in the Jedi Archives.^[2]

Attempts to assassinate Qui-Gon Jinn

"What is your quarrel with me? Why are you hunting me? I don't even know you, Corlis Rath. Oh yes, since last we fought, I've learned your name. What I haven't learned is why you want me dead. The first time I even met you was on Vekura. Why are you doing this? Why?!"
"Sinsara."
"What--? What did you say?"

―Qui-Gon Jinn and Corlis Rath during their duel on Mina-Rau^[4]

Corlis Rath attacks Qui-Gon Jinn on Vekura

Between 40 BBY and 34 BBY^[7] during the Invasion of Syrinx Prime, Rath attacked Jinn – now a Jedi Master – on the planet on Vekura. Jinn and fellow Jedi Knight Berem Khana were on their way to their shuttle to return to Syrinx Prime after they had unsuccessfully tried to negotiate a ceasefire with the Vekuran general Lafco. Rath jumped at Jinn and tried to stab him^[3] with two energy-edged blades,^[6] and when Khana tried to assist Jinn, Rath propelled him back against a tree with a small^[3] concussive-based weapon^[5] on his right upper arm. Eventually Jinn managed to Force push Rath against a boulder, but before Jinn could remove Rath's mask and question him, he activated a smoke grenade and fled.^[3]

Back in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Bhana showed Jinn a microdust transmitter sown into his robe that his attacker must have used to track him. Meanwhile Jinn's Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi got a Force vision of Rath killing Jinn^[3] and, after investigation in the Jedi Archives, found out his identity and showed his master the hologram of Rath, who didn't recognize him.^[2] Fellow Padawan Tensu Run began tracking Rath. Together with Jinn, Run tried to meet with an informant named Aquint Garva on the moon K'shar, but found Garva to have already been murdered by Rath.^[6] At some point later, Jinn was on a mission on the planet Nar Shaddaa together with fellow Jedi Master Shaak Ti, when he sensed the presence of Rath, who was surveilling them from atop the roof of a nearby building, but didn't make a move to attack them.^[8]

To lure out Jinn, Rath poisoned and killed the Jedi Master Fondar Etzis with a fast acting toxin,^[4] emubara,^[9] on the agriworld of Mina-Rau. Arriving on Mina-Rau as part of an honor guard with fellow Master Mace Windu and Knight Aayla Secura, Jinn put together that Etzis had been murdered and sensed the assassin's approach when he finally revealed himself, whereas Windu and Secura were caught off guard and knocked out via darts. Rath dueled Jinn's lightsaber with his blades^[4] in a challenging battle^[9] and revealed his vendetta against the Jedi had something to do with Sinsara, something that shocked Jinn and gave Rath and opening to stab him through the chest.^[4] Jinn was left poisoned but was saved from death by Windu and Secura, who made their way to Sinsara to recover the antidote.^[9]

After his recovery, Jinn recognized Corlis Rath as Davros Hex. Having researched how he could have altered his appearance in the Jedi Archives, Jinn, accompanied by his Padawan Kenobi, traveled to Sinsara to confront Rath once and for all.^[1]

Personality and traits

Corlis Rath had light-colored skin^[3] and yellow-colored eyes. He had a personal vendetta against Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn^[4] and tried to kill him, but used only non-lethal weapons against other enemies.^[3]

Skills and abilities

Rath was skilled in the use of dual blades, able to push Qui-Gon Jinn on the defensive during their fight.^[3] During their duel on Mina-Rau, Rath showed extraordinary jumping abilities comparable to these of Force-sensitives.^[4]

Equipment

During his duel with the young Qui-Gon Jinn, Rath wore only dark pants and boots.^[1] During his later hunt for Jinn, Rath used two two energy-edged blades,^[6] as well as smoke grenades,^[3] a concussive-based weapon,^[5] and poison darts,^[4] and wore mostly black clothing going up to his head, with red parts around his upper arms, and he concealed his face with a red metalic mask and a grey goggles.^[3]

Behind the scenes

Corlis Rath first appeared in first issue of the 2025 comic series Star Wars: Jedi Knights, written by Marc Guggenheim and drawn by Madibek Musabekov and Luis Guerrero,^[3] which was released on March 5, 2025.^[10] He serves as the primary antagonist^[11] of the first arc of Jedi Knight,^[12] tying together the different individual stories of the series. He was first revealed during its announcement in October 2024.^[11]