Duel in the Teth Monastery

"Master Kenobi! Always chasing after Skywalker. How predictable."

- Asajj Ventress

The Duel on Teth was a vicious lightsaber duel that was fought during the Battle of Teth in 22 BBY, between Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Separatist Commander and Dark Jedi, Asajj Ventress.

Prelude
After the Galactic Republic was offered an alliance with the Hutt clans by Jabba Desilijic Tiure, in return for their recovering of his kidnapped son, Rotta, Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, were dispatched to Teth, where clone troopers had tracked the Huttlet. Skywalker's forces engaged in a brief battle with Separatist battle droids, before he and his apprentice rescued Jabba's son.

However, the Jedi suspected this was a trap, designed by Count Dooku to frame the Republic for the Huttlet's demise, and hence cause the Hutt clans to join the Confederacy of Independent Systems; which was proven correct after they were confronted by Dooku's Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress, who saught to destroy the young Hutt. The Jedi escaped with Rotta, while reinforcements arrived under High General Obi-Wan Kenobi, who proceeded to confront Ventress himself.

The duel
"You'll have to do better than that, my darling."

- Kenobi taunts Ventress

As the Jedi Master entered the B'omarr Monastery, Ventress had her bodyguards, two B2 super battle droids fire on him and used the time it took him to destroy them, to flee further into the fortress. As Kenobi searched for his foe, he taunted her; telling the Dark Jedi he could feel her frustration, at failing to capture the Huttlet, through the Force. Ventress leapt from her hiding place, bringing down her two lightsabers atop Kenobi's. The Separatist commander then leapt away from her enemy, before flinging her skirt into the path of the Jedi Master, blocking his sight. Ventress then leapt at him, however, despite the interference he easily parried her blows.

Kenobi again taunted his foe, however, she disarmed him. Whilst Ventress attempted to destroy him, Kenobi held her back, despite being weaponless. Calling his lightsaber back to his hand, the duel continued into the centre of the monastery, both combatants using Force acrobatics to leap and evade eachother. Kenobi leapt atop a bridge, before Ventress followed, and had her slashes continuously parried. Ventress then suprised the Jedi by forming her lightsabers into a saberstaff.

Avoiding his foe, Kenobi leapt out of a window onto another bridge. Whilst the pair did battle atop the bridge, they sensed Skywalker leaving the system; meaning he had successfully escaped with Rotta the Huttlet. Ventress activated a beacon, before a droid controlled ship arrived. Kenobi then watched as his enemy leapt from the bridge onto the safety of the ship and escaped.

Aftermath
While the Battle of Teth was ultimately a victory for the Republic, Skywalker and Tano faced trouble on Tatooine. While attempting to return Rotta to his father, the pair sensed the presence of Count Dooku, who planned to rectify Ventress's failure by killing Rotta, and so split up. Skywalker ultimately confronted the Sith, before escaping. Tano defeated three of Dooku's droid bodyguards and successfully arrived at Jabba's Palace; returning his son to safety.

Though Jabba originally believed the Seperatist fabrication that the Republic was behind his son's kidnapping and attempted murder, a timely communication from Senator Padmé Amidala, which implicated Jabba's uncle Ziro, ultimately absolved Tano and Skywalker, who were scheduled for execution for their percieved part in the plot. Amidala then proceeded to negotiate an alliance between the Republic and the Hutt's, which gave them an advantage in the Clone Wars.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)