Liam Neeson has criticised his Star Wars death scene, revealing he wanted more from his final showdown. The Naked Gun actor played Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in George Lucas ’s prequel Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) – but his character perished in a lightsaber duel with Darth Maul.

Liam Neeson, who played beloved Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in the first Star Warsprequel film, thinks Qui-Gon’s death in the series was a bit of a letdown. Speaking to GQ magazine while on the press trail for his new film The Naked Gun,