Asajj Ventress/Legends

"I am fear. I am the queen of a blood-soaked planet and an architect of genocide. I have helped to crack the Galaxy in half with this war and conquered every enemy I have ever faced&mdash;including death. All except for you."

- Asajj Ventress to Obi-Wan Kenobi on Boz Pity

Asajj Ventress was a Dark Jedi and one of Count Dooku's Force-sensitive operatives.

Asajj wielded twin lightsabers&mdash;coming from Dooku's former Padawan, Komari Vosa&mdash;given to her by Dooku, lightsabers which were specially modified to connect into a double-bladed lightsaber. When downloaded in Xbox live, her lightsabers are connected together by a fibercord.

Biography
"You are no Jedi, girl. You are simply hatred and bile given form."

- Jedi Master Fay



Asajj hailed from the barbaric planet of Rattatak. She became cold-hearted and merciless from a lifetime of enduring cruel hardships that began when Osika Kirske murdered her parents while she was young. She would later come under the teaching of a Jedi named Ky Narec. The two quickly became favored by the people, until Narec was killed by Osika Kirske before Asajj could become a full-fledged Jedi. Because of this, Asajj was as skilled as any Jedi, but was unable to control her emotions. Asajj soon became a force of authority on her lawless homeworld, defeating most of the remaining warlords and getting her revenge on Osika Kirske. She kept Ky Narec's lightsaber as a memento of the good times with her mentor, and developed a hatred of the Jedi, which she believed abandoned Narec.

During the Clone Wars, Asajj appeared before Count Dooku when he arrived on Rattatak in a quest to recruit new fighters to serve him in the war. At first, Dooku doubted her combat abilities until Ventress threw herself into a gladitorial pitfight, and easily annihilated all her foes. Dooku was impressed with Asajj's talents, but Ventress went too far by declaring herself a Sith, and that Dooku knew nothing of the dark side. Dooku decided to "enlighten" her. After beating her in a sparring duel, Dooku presented her to Darth Sidious, who made Asajj a commander of Separatist forces, and ordered her to kill a certain Jedi&mdash;Anakin Skywalker.

Ventress revealed herself to the Jedi at Ohma-D'un, where she took the head of Master Glaive, injured Zule Xiss and nearly killed Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ventress also showed up during the conflict on Ruul, where Mace Windu was meeting with Sora Bulq and other Jedi who had defected. She killed Mira and made it seem as if Windu had sent her. It was revealed later that she had been working with Bulq, who had turned to the dark side, and the conflict was meant to spread distrust of the Jedi Council.

Kenobi and Ventress met again several weeks later, on Queyta, where Ventress yielded the swamp gas antidote to Kenobi and his strike force. Shortly after battling the Jedi Knight Darrus Jeht in a jungle locale, Ventress was sent to kill Anakin Skywalker, only to be nearly killed by him in a ferocious duel on Yavin IV. Ventress also battled in other events, such as dogfighting Boba Fett and Anakin Skywalker in her Fanblade starfighter over Xagobah.

Although she had been tasked with eliminating Skywalker, Ventress slowly became obsessed with not the boy, but his master&mdash;Kenobi. She and Kenobi squared off at Ord Cestus, and she would capture Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Battle of Jabiim and transport him to Rattatak for interrogation in hopes to give the broken-down Jedi to Count Dooku. However, Kenobi escaped with ARC trooper Alpha-17. Before leaving, Kenobi stole Ky Narec's lightsaber from Asajj, as a personal insult. Asajj later met up with both Anakin and Obi-wan on the planet Vjun, but she ran when faced with the task of fighting both of them.



At the same time as the Battle of Rendili, Obi-Wan discovered the renegade Quinlan Vos aboard the exploration vessel Titavian IV. He had betrayed Dooku's trust, and the Count had sent Asajj and Tol Skorr to eliminate him. Asajj and Obi-Wan battled yet again, this time involving a rancor. Obi-Wan and Quinlan escaped, but Asajj followed Obi-Wan back to Coruscant.

Once there, Asajj decided to fight Anakin first. Ventress fell from a great height, similar to their first duel on Yavin IV, after Anakin overpowered her during a lightsaber battle, during which Asajj left a scar over Anakin's right eye. She survived, but just barely.

Throughout their battles, Obi-Wan had learned more and more of Ventress' past. He concluded that Asajj was misled, not evil, and took it upon himself to find her and bring her back to the light. Anakin was convinced he had killed her and that Obi-Wan was not thinking clearly, but the two uncovered a trail of clues that confirmed her survival and location.

Ventress had been sent to the planet Boz Pity where she was placed in a bacta tank by Count Dooku and given cybernetic modifications, which amplified her rage. When the Republic attacked Boz Pity, Obi-Wan came upon the chamber in which Ventress was contained, and was subsequently attacked by her, who detected him in her trance. She fought against both Kenobi and Anakin, only to be abandoned by Dooku, who ordered some of General Grievous' IG-100 MagnaGuards to kill her as she ran towards Dooku's shuttle.

Enraged and wounded, Ventress tried to kill Kenobi, who was trying to help her, only to be dealt a mortal wound by Anakin. Before Kenobi put her on a ship to Coruscant, as she lay dying, she told him the location of the Separatists' next target and let go of her anger and rage.

However, Ventress did not die, placing herself in a Sith trance, and while on the shuttle, emerged from her trance, and ordered the pilots to take her as far away as possible from the war, Dooku, and the Jedi.

The fate of Asajj Ventress after the fall of the Republic is unknown, although it is known for sure that she survived the Galaxy-wide Clone Wars. She could have possibly been killed during the Great Jedi Purge.

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Behind the scenes

 * Asajj Ventress was voiced by Grey DeLisle in Star Wars: Clone Wars.


 * The design for Asajj Ventress comes from early Attack of the Clones brainstorming sketches by Dermot Power for the design of Palpatine's apprentice that would later become Dooku.


 * Through the Battlefront II new content, Asajj Ventress is available to download through Xbox live, though in the game, her lightsabers are connected together by a fibercord at the hilt.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Jedi: Mace Windu
 * Star Wars Republic: The New Face of War
 * Star Wars Republic 53: Blast Radius
 * Dark Heart
 * The Cestus Deception
 * Star Wars Republic 60: Hate and Fear
 * Jedi Trial
 * Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
 * Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili
 * Rogues Gallery
 * Star Wars: Obsession
 * Boba Fett: Pursuit
 * Star Wars Battlefront II (X-Box Live content)