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"It looks like I'm here to rescue you." "When did you become the good guy?" "Don't insult me."

- Asajj Ventress and Obi-Wan Kenobi

Asajj Ventress was a female Dathomirian Nightsister who served as a dark side apprentice and assassin for the Sith Lord Count Dooku during the Clone Wars, before becoming an independent bounty hunter. She was born on Dathomir, from where she was taken by the pirate Hal'Stad to protect her clan. After the pirate's death, she was discovered by a Jedi named Ky Narec and became his Padawan. Nerec was later killed, and Ventress began a path towards the dark side of the Force that led her into the service of the Sith.

As Dooku's dark apprentice and assassin, she carried out a number of missions, battles, and attacks to further the cause of the Sith and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. These included the Battle of Christophsis, the kidnapping of Jabba the Hutt's son, and the Battle of Kamino. Her service often brought her into conflict with the Jedi, including Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.

Ventress' time as Dooku's apprentice ended after the Sith Lord turned against her, having been ordered to kill her by Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith. After Dooku's betrayal, Ventress returned to the Nightsisters on Dathomir and took on a Nightbrother, Savage Opress, to help her destroy the Count who turned against her. Opress became Dooku's new assassin and Ventress intended for him to kill the Sith Lord, but Opress instead betrayed both Ventress and Dooku.

Following Opress' betrayal and the destruction of the Nightsisters by the Separatist Alliance, Ventress became a bounty hunter in pursuit of fortune rather than ideology. She briefly worked with Boba Fett and his team of bounty hunters. Ventress later assisted Ahsoka Tano, Skywalker's Padawan, as the Jedi apprentice made her way through Coruscant's underworld after being framed for the bombing of the Jedi Temple. Towards the end of the war, the Jedi Council recruited Ventress to assassinate Dooku, and she teamed with Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos in a failed attempt to kill the Sith Lord.

Early life
"I remember the day we were forced to give you up to protect the clan. Your sacrifice has never been forgotten."

- Mother Talzin

Asajj Ventress was born on the Mid Rim planet Dathomir many years prior to the fall of the Galactic Republic. She was born into the Nightsters, a clan of witches who lived on Dathomir, where they used their magicks to further their power. When Ventress was a child, a pirate named Hal'Stad, who had dealings with the Nightsisters, came to Dathomir and forced Ventress' mother to give her daughter over to him in order to protect the clan. Ventress was taken from Dathomir and left the life of a Nightsister behind her.

Hal'Stad took Ventress into his custody as a slave and brought her to Rattatak. Some time later, Ha'Stad was shot and killed by Weequay pirates. Ventress was discovered by a Jedi Knight named Ky Narec, who brought Ventress into the Jedi Order and took her as his Padawan. Narec was later killed, sending Ventress into a rage while seeking revenge for her fallen mentor. These raw, powerful emotions led her onto the path of the dark side of the Force.

Ventress' fall to the dark side eventually brought her into the service of Count Dooku, a Sith Lord and the political leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. She became Dooku's dark apprentice and a trusted assassin, and she yearned to become a true Sith. Though the Sith Rule of Two prevented anymore than two Sith Lords existing at one time, Darth Sidious, Dooku's master and the Dark Lord of the Sith, was aware that Ventress served Dooku. The Count of Serenno maintained, however, that he was not attempting to train his own apprentice to destroy the Dark Lord.

Battle of Christophsis
"Ventress. And here I thought this mission would be unpleasant." "The pleasure's all mine, my dear Obi-Wan. I’ve missed you."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Asajj Ventress

Three years before the Republic's fall, the Clone Wars broke out between the Galactic Republic and the Separatist Alliance. As Dooku's assassin, Ventress fought for the Separatists during the war, bringing her into conflict with the Republic and the Jedi Order she once called home. These conflicts included encounters with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Ventress and Kenobi, in particular, developed a flirtatious repertoire in their encounters. Kenobi and Skywalker became two Jedi she hoped to defeat in order to prove herself worthy to Count Dooku and Darth Sidious.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense