Dark Disciple

"Ventress had become one of the most interesting characters&hellip; we had all this material, we had all these designs&hellip; This is based on scripts we had written with George Lucas&hellip; I'm super excited about this book."

- Dave Filoni

In Summer 2015, Del Rey will release a Star Wars novel starring Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos. The novel, written by Christie Golden, will be based on scripts that would have been used in the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but were not produced prior to the show's cancellation. The novel will skew towards adult readers.

Development
The novel was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2014, in Del Rey's Star Wars panel that prominently featured the novel A New Dawn. It was revealed to be written by Christie Golden, and will be based on scripts written with George Lucas for the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars prior to its cancellation. According to Jennifer Heddle, the novel will skew towards adult audiences, with Pablo Hidalgo noting that the novel can explore the characters in deeper ways than the television series was able to. The first illustration was also developed as conceptual art for the animated series.