Silas Carson appeared a number of times in Episode I The Phantom Menace, but even fans with sharp eyes were hard-pressed to recognize his repeat performances. Carson was Nute Gunray, the leader of the Neimoidian Trade Federation, Ki-Adi-Mundi, the "tall-headed" member of the Jedi Council, and also the co-pilot on the ill-fated Republic Cruiser that ferried the Jedi to their meeting with the Trade Federation at Naboo.

In Attack of the Clones, Carson reprised his roles of Viceroy Gunray and of Jedi Knight Ki-Adi-Mundi. Carson, through the character of Mundi, found himself traveling out of the Jedi Council chamber and into the arena, to act out some Jedi fighting action in the Battle of Geonosis.

Carson's character of Ki-Adi-Mundi has received plenty of action in the Expanded Universe as well. The far-reaching adventures of the Cerean Jedi Knight have been chronicled in Star Wars comic books by Dark Horse. In addition to the two Star Wars prequel films, Carson has appeared in the film Fever Pitch, and in the television shows Supply & Demand, and Cold Lazarus.