Asajj Ventress
taken from the comic cover Republic #60
taken from the comic Jedi: Mace Windu
a native of the planet Rattatak, this woman was a ruthless and
cunning adversary, known for her military expertise and her corrupt
mastery over the Force. Her parents were murdered by Osika Kirske
when she was young, and might have died if not to the sudden
appearance of Jedi Master Ky Narec. Master Narec was stranded
on Rattatak, and discovered her connection to the Force. Cut off
from the Jedi Order, Narec took it upon himself to train Ventress.
After Narec was killed by Kirske, Ventress used her considerable
powers to gain power and authority on her homeworld, and
eventually killed Kirske. She believed that the Jedi Order had
abandoned her teacher to his fate, and she hated them for it. This
hatred gave her a strong connection to the Dark Side of the Force,
which she tapped to kill off the twelve warlords who controlled
various parts of Rattatak. A black tattoo stripe was drawn on her
bald skull for each warlord she killed. She was discovered later by
Darth Tyranus, and was instrumental in his plans to lead the
Separatists to victory. Despite the fact that she was never trained in
the Sith arts, she became one of his most trusted Commanders, and
wielded a pair of curved-handled ligthsabers which were similar to
Tyranus' own weapon. However, each of Ventress' lightsabers could
be attached at the base, creating a double-bladed lightsaber with
blades that extended a slightly different angles. This made the
weapon harder to deflect and counter. When it was learned that Jedi
Master Mace Windu was traveling to Ruul to meet with the dissident
Jedi Master Sora Bulq, Tyranus ordered Ventress to go to Ruul and
kill the dissidents. If cornered, she was to explain that she had been
hired by Master Windu, to help ensure that there would be no
dissention among the Jedi. She managed to injure Master Bulq and
kill Mira, and she openly stated that she hoped Master Windu would
be pleased with her work. She then turned her attention to destroying
Master Bulq's followers, hoping to ensure that the Jedi Order was
discredited. She was unable, however, to defeat Master Windu in
battle, and opted to flee Ruul and fight another day. Ventress later
was teamed with the bounty hunter Durge, during the Separatist
attack on the moon of Ohma-D'un. They had hoped to launch a
second attack on Naboo, after Ohma-D'un was destroyed, but
Republic forces led by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker
interrupted their plans. As Durge tried to reach Naboo, Obi-Wan and
Ventress battled with their lightsabers in the swamps. Their battle
ended in a draw, with Anakin arriving with clone troopers just as
Durge arrived to help Ventress escape. They fled to Queyta, where
they were ordered to secure the antidote to the swamp gas poison
used on Ohma-D'un. Once again, Obi-Wan and the Jedi Knights
confronted them, but Ventress was in control of the antidote by then.
She tried to flee, but was pursued by Obi-Wan and Master Fay. It
was Master Fay who used the Force to hurl shards of glass and
metal at Ventress, catching the Dark Jedi in the throat. Ventress had
no skills in healing, and surrendered the antidote to the Jedi. She
didn't die, however, and stabbed Master Fay as they were fleeing.
Once again, Ventress and Durge fled the Jedi to return to Count
Dooku. As the Clone Wars ground on, Ventress issued substantial
bounties on 82 members of the Jedi Order, all of them without the
consent of the Republic Office of Criminal Investigations, which
allowed every bounty hunter in the galaxy to try and capture them.
This served two purposes. First, it helped eliminate many of the Jedi
Knights. Second, it kept the rest of the Jedi Order busy defending
themselves from bounty hunters while they were trying to bring an
end to the conflict. She nearly killed Anakin Skywalker on Yavin 4
before escaping with her life, then captured Obi-Wan Kenobi on
Jabiim, hoping to present the Jedi Master to Count Dooku as a gift.
However, Obi-Wan managed to escape, taking Ky Narec's
lightsaber with him. The loss of the weapon, which had been a
symbol of Ventress' only guiding example, left her with a broken
sense of loyalty. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Ventress guided
the capture of the Intergalactic Communications Center on
Praesitlyn, only to lose control of it to Anakin Skywalker's daring
rescue operation. Ventress then began pleading with Dooku to take
her as his apprentice, but Dooku refused. He knew that she would
surpass him someday, and her skills only got more powerful the
more she tried to impress him. Her loss of the Last Call and her
failure to capture Yoda on Phindar did little to improve her standing
in Dooku's eyes. After the escape of both Obi-Wan Kenobi and
Quinlan Vos from the wreck of the Titavian IV, Ventress turned to
desparate measures to regain favor with Dooku. She abandoned Tol
Skorr at the wreck and followed the Jedi to Coruscant. There, after
learning the truth behind Skywalker's relationship with Padme'
Amidala, Ventress tried to kill the young Jedi Knight. However,
Anakin's tactics put Ventress off-guard, and he was able to bind her
with a set of electrical conduits, before throwing her off the top of a
building. She was not seen again, although rumors of her came to
Obi-Wan Kenobi through several channels. He continued to chase
down every rumor, until even Anakin Skywalker became concerned
that Obi-Wan was obsessed with killing her. Even after they
discovered that it was Durge who killed Drama Korr, Obi-Wan still
believed Ventress was still alive. He obtained information from
Durge's pilot droid of a trip to Boz Pity, and there Obi-Wan
discovered that Ventress' was being held in a form of stasis. At the
sight of Obi-Wan, Ventress was filled with rage and broke from the
stasis. While fighting with the Jedi Master she was wounded and
Obi-Wan had a chance to reason with her. She led him to believe
that she was injured worse than she was and that she was sorry for
her actions. Once she was put on to the medical ship she took the
ship over and ordered the pilots to take her far away from the Jedi
and Count Dooku.
Some info gathered with permission from:
CUSWE
cunning adversary, known for her military expertise and her corrupt
mastery over the Force. Her parents were murdered by Osika Kirske
when she was young, and might have died if not to the sudden
appearance of Jedi Master Ky Narec. Master Narec was stranded
on Rattatak, and discovered her connection to the Force. Cut off
from the Jedi Order, Narec took it upon himself to train Ventress.
After Narec was killed by Kirske, Ventress used her considerable
powers to gain power and authority on her homeworld, and
eventually killed Kirske. She believed that the Jedi Order had
abandoned her teacher to his fate, and she hated them for it. This
hatred gave her a strong connection to the Dark Side of the Force,
which she tapped to kill off the twelve warlords who controlled
various parts of Rattatak. A black tattoo stripe was drawn on her
bald skull for each warlord she killed. She was discovered later by
Darth Tyranus, and was instrumental in his plans to lead the
Separatists to victory. Despite the fact that she was never trained in
the Sith arts, she became one of his most trusted Commanders, and
wielded a pair of curved-handled ligthsabers which were similar to
Tyranus' own weapon. However, each of Ventress' lightsabers could
be attached at the base, creating a double-bladed lightsaber with
blades that extended a slightly different angles. This made the
weapon harder to deflect and counter. When it was learned that Jedi
Master Mace Windu was traveling to Ruul to meet with the dissident
Jedi Master Sora Bulq, Tyranus ordered Ventress to go to Ruul and
kill the dissidents. If cornered, she was to explain that she had been
hired by Master Windu, to help ensure that there would be no
dissention among the Jedi. She managed to injure Master Bulq and
kill Mira, and she openly stated that she hoped Master Windu would
be pleased with her work. She then turned her attention to destroying
Master Bulq's followers, hoping to ensure that the Jedi Order was
discredited. She was unable, however, to defeat Master Windu in
battle, and opted to flee Ruul and fight another day. Ventress later
was teamed with the bounty hunter Durge, during the Separatist
attack on the moon of Ohma-D'un. They had hoped to launch a
second attack on Naboo, after Ohma-D'un was destroyed, but
Republic forces led by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker
interrupted their plans. As Durge tried to reach Naboo, Obi-Wan and
Ventress battled with their lightsabers in the swamps. Their battle
ended in a draw, with Anakin arriving with clone troopers just as
Durge arrived to help Ventress escape. They fled to Queyta, where
they were ordered to secure the antidote to the swamp gas poison
used on Ohma-D'un. Once again, Obi-Wan and the Jedi Knights
confronted them, but Ventress was in control of the antidote by then.
She tried to flee, but was pursued by Obi-Wan and Master Fay. It
was Master Fay who used the Force to hurl shards of glass and
metal at Ventress, catching the Dark Jedi in the throat. Ventress had
no skills in healing, and surrendered the antidote to the Jedi. She
didn't die, however, and stabbed Master Fay as they were fleeing.
Once again, Ventress and Durge fled the Jedi to return to Count
Dooku. As the Clone Wars ground on, Ventress issued substantial
bounties on 82 members of the Jedi Order, all of them without the
consent of the Republic Office of Criminal Investigations, which
allowed every bounty hunter in the galaxy to try and capture them.
This served two purposes. First, it helped eliminate many of the Jedi
Knights. Second, it kept the rest of the Jedi Order busy defending
themselves from bounty hunters while they were trying to bring an
end to the conflict. She nearly killed Anakin Skywalker on Yavin 4
before escaping with her life, then captured Obi-Wan Kenobi on
Jabiim, hoping to present the Jedi Master to Count Dooku as a gift.
However, Obi-Wan managed to escape, taking Ky Narec's
lightsaber with him. The loss of the weapon, which had been a
symbol of Ventress' only guiding example, left her with a broken
sense of loyalty. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Ventress guided
the capture of the Intergalactic Communications Center on
Praesitlyn, only to lose control of it to Anakin Skywalker's daring
rescue operation. Ventress then began pleading with Dooku to take
her as his apprentice, but Dooku refused. He knew that she would
surpass him someday, and her skills only got more powerful the
more she tried to impress him. Her loss of the Last Call and her
failure to capture Yoda on Phindar did little to improve her standing
in Dooku's eyes. After the escape of both Obi-Wan Kenobi and
Quinlan Vos from the wreck of the Titavian IV, Ventress turned to
desparate measures to regain favor with Dooku. She abandoned Tol
Skorr at the wreck and followed the Jedi to Coruscant. There, after
learning the truth behind Skywalker's relationship with Padme'
Amidala, Ventress tried to kill the young Jedi Knight. However,
Anakin's tactics put Ventress off-guard, and he was able to bind her
with a set of electrical conduits, before throwing her off the top of a
building. She was not seen again, although rumors of her came to
Obi-Wan Kenobi through several channels. He continued to chase
down every rumor, until even Anakin Skywalker became concerned
that Obi-Wan was obsessed with killing her. Even after they
discovered that it was Durge who killed Drama Korr, Obi-Wan still
believed Ventress was still alive. He obtained information from
Durge's pilot droid of a trip to Boz Pity, and there Obi-Wan
discovered that Ventress' was being held in a form of stasis. At the
sight of Obi-Wan, Ventress was filled with rage and broke from the
stasis. While fighting with the Jedi Master she was wounded and
Obi-Wan had a chance to reason with her. She led him to believe
that she was injured worse than she was and that she was sorry for
her actions. Once she was put on to the medical ship she took the
ship over and ordered the pilots to take her far away from the Jedi
and Count Dooku.
Some info gathered with permission from:
CUSWE