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Asajj Ventress

Asajj Ventress is a character in the Star Wars universe, first introduced in the 2003 animated micro-series Star Wars: Clone Wars. Created by Genndy Tartakovsky, she plays a prominent role in the expanded Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, comics, and novels. A versatile and intriguing character, Ventress initially appears as a Sith apprentice and assassin before ultimately transitioning into a morally complex bounty hunter.

Born on the war-torn planet of Dathomir, Asajj Ventress was a member of the Nightsisters, a clan of witches proficient in the use of the dark side of The Force. When she was an infant, Ventress was given to the criminal Hal'sted as a way to save her from her mother's wrath. Eventually, she was discovered by Jedi Knight Ky Narec, who took her under his wing and trained her in the ways of the Force. However, she was taken down a darker path when her mentor was killed, unable to complete her Jedi Training.

Asajj Ventress caught the attention of Darth Tyranus, aka Count Dooku, who saw potential in her power and eventually took her as his Sith apprentice. Dooku trained her in lightsaber combat and the dark side of the Force, molding her into a formidable assassin. During the Clone Wars, she became one of the Confederacy of Independent Systems' most feared agents, going head-to-head with Jedi heroes such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

Despite Ventress's loyalty and skills, her master grew wary of her growing power and ultimately decided to betray her. Ordered by Darth Sidious to eliminate his apprentice, Dooku left her for dead during a mission. However, Ventress survived, vowing revenge against her former master and the Sith.

Having been betrayed by Dooku, Ventress returned to her homeworld of Dathomir and was reunited with the Nightsisters. Under Mother Talzin's guidance, she sought to destroy Dooku. However, her desire for revenge was left unfulfilled as her plans ultimately failed, and the Nightsisters were massacred by the Separatist Droid Army.

Following the tragedy on Dathomir, Asajj Ventress took on a new identity, reinventing herself as a bounty hunter. During this time, she worked alongside other bounty hunters, such as Black Sun member Latts Razzi and exiled Wookiee gladiator Black Krrsantan. Ventress's journey took her on various missions that tested her morals, pushing her towards a more redemptive path, culminating in her forming an alliance with the Jedi Quinlan Vos to assassinate Dooku. However, despite their attempts, Ventress ultimately sacrificed herself to save Quinlan from the dark side and Dooku's wrath, redeeming herself in the process.

Although she began as a villain in the Star Wars universe, Asajj Ventress's evolution into a morally ambiguous and complex character made her a fan favorite. She remains a symbol of resilience and empathy, exploring the potential for redemption in spite of her dark past.

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Mentions on Podcast Episodes:

"I liked it. I liked the three stories. I brought it up because I liked it. I kind of, well, maybe it's just because it was Asajj. Maybe it's just because it was Kai. Like, maybe I was just like, oh, I kind of knew who these people are."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"Yeah, Ventress. I just, without going into any spoilers, you know, I think I've mentioned to you guys before that I'm addicted to gacha games."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"Who's this Jedi woman that you guys are raving about? Ventress?"

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"Eric, do you know is this the same lady that does the voice of Ventress in other medium?"

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"Asajj Ventress is a pretty major character."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"And the other brother felt like he always had to come to his rescue and of course Ventress just got caught in the middle"

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"Abrams, the general real, real, real partner. But I know why you guys are making fun of me. Like, what do I feel? I like it. Yes, I love that voice. I was telling my wife about it. But the way he said, you know, I wish I could remember how to say your first name Ventress anyway, about you still there's still a chance of redemption until this is done. I think that meant both of them."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"Yeah, Kai. Okay. Not real, Abrams. You're thinking of Kai. And for those that are just listening to this Boiling podcast and not worrying about reading this book at any point, Kai is a Jedi that he left the Order. He's one of the Lost 20 or whatever you call them. He left the Order, but ended up, I don't remember exactly how, but he came across Asajj Ventress, and he decided to train her outside of the Order."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"No, it wasn't. And I think that's probably what adds to the mystique of Ventress. Is she a crazy person? And obviously she is. But is that part of it? But also the voices stop when she makes that choice."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"going on here. He was 90 BBY whenever he got taken away to the Jedi and then the story picks up, or the main part of the story where Asajj is, just the part where Asajj is actually hunting down Jinza or finding Jinza is 25 BBY."

11. - (25 BBY) Dooku Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott
"What was the guy from Dooku Jedi Lost that was always talking to Ventress?"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"Well, I know Ventress."

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"I mean, I've always called her Ventress."

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"In my notes, literally I have Asajj and then I have three exclamation points right after it."

16. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S2E16 'Cat & Mouse' & S1E16 'The Hidden Enemy'
"Like the battle versus the war. Like this is the battle, like the battle for this episode is Asajj Ventress and Obi-Wan and Anakin."

16. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S2E16 'Cat & Mouse' & S1E16 'The Hidden Enemy'
"And then Ventress, to really jump ahead, Ventress and Obi-Wan, that seemed more like a proper duel."

17. - (22 BBY) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
"And obviously, obviously Ventress has the hots for him, so, and maybe we'll..."

17. - (22 BBY) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
"And what's the deal with Ventress? And I'm like, well I love these characters but where the heck did they come from?"

17. - (22 BBY) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
"But anyway, getting back to the interaction between Ventress and Obi-Wan, I like the interaction between them."

17. - (22 BBY) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
"yeah, I'm going to go over here and do this. Yeah, if Asajj comes, we're fine. I'm not worried about it."

17. - (22 BBY) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
"Or Jabba sent Bounty Hunters to go rescue Baby Hut from the monastery on Tet with Asajj."

17. - (22 BBY) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
"Yoda and a squad of clones go Red Dawn on Ventress."

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"And then you will see other characters like Ventress, who you kind of know."

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"They head down there and basically Ventress is already there and talking to the king."

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"Yeah. And he knows that Yoda's Yoda's there to protect him against Ventress."

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"I mean, you know, he's no he knows if he if he doesn't decide this, you know, in front of Ventress,"

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"Yeah. Maybe, maybe, maybe he just assumed Ventress would come get him."

22. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E11 / General Grevious - Age of Resitance Comic
"Right, so now we're jumping back in time to I shouldn't say back in time. It's only like four or five episodes beforehand, five episodes beforehand. But we're gonna jump back to season three, episode two, which is our troopers, which is supposedly happens next in BBY order, even though we're still in the year 21 BBY that we're dealing with Asajj again. This episode to me was really cool, just because a I love episodes about Kamino. And I love that. Like I think that's really cool. And I think that really, really makes sense. And I think it's really cool. And I think that's what I'm excited about, is that we're gonna be talking about that. And I think we're gonna be talking about that. Are we gonna be talking about that with some of our other episodes? I mean, to me, I think that's a lot of fun. Yeah, I think it's really cool. I think it's really cool. I think it's really cool. So"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"And then, plus I have in my notes, you get Kenobi versus Grievous, Asajj versus Anakin,"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"And then, yeah, then you have the kiss from Asajj, which was unexpected."

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"And you know, when you see her look up, when you see Asajj look up and see the ship coming to pick her up,"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"In this episode, Detective Padme tracks down crime, Sister Ventress has a bad time,"

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"So what were your feelings on Doku being commanded to kill Asajj?"

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"Well, Asajj was like his, like, protégé. She was Doku's protégé."

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"Yeah, taking you out. I mean, yeah, okay. So, for those that don't know, there's a battle between Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Asajj on a ship."

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"Doku gets the command to say, hey, kill, take Asajj out."

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"So he has his own people fire on his own people's ship to destroy the ship to destroy Asajj."

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"The two Jedi escape. Everyone kind of assumes, I guess, really, that Asajj was dead."

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"Talzin immediately comes out and is telling them, no, no, this is Asajj. We know who she is."

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"I thought the kind of the little bitty backstory you got about Asajj, how she was actually a pupil of what was that guy's name?"

44. - (20 BBY) Clone Wars S2 Episode 15 and S3 Episode 12
"And Asajj Ventress has been framed, almost murdered, by Doku."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"Yeah, totally. I completely agree. It was, um, it was very woman dominated culture. They chose the males, the Zabrak, I think is the name of the species. They chose the Zabrak males specifically for mating purposes. I mean, the women run this planet, it seems like. And what was interesting to me was that Doku doesn't know it, but the person choosing his assassin is Asajj Ventress, who he kicked to the curb."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"And, you know, they get she gathers like six, Savage Ventress gathers like six different people to battle it out, because she needs to choose the best fighter. And he ends up leaving Feral behind and kind of puts himself as tribute to go train."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"And to withstand Doku's training, which he may not have been able to do. I mean, Asajj Ventress is whipping his butt. So it's not like he's got, you know what I mean? He's not, he doesn't have like tons of stamina or anything like that. Okay, so they whip him into shape, he becomes this monster that comes out. And then this, by far the darkest part of the series so far for me."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"I mean, even with Asajj, I don't ever remember an episode where they're plotting to overtake Sidious. You know, he's always been the head guy. And then now Doku is just like, I'm done. I don't we're, we're, we're going all in."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"And maybe he yeah, maybe he sees something with Sauvage that he thinks could lead to that. Whereas he did not see that with Ventress."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"working with them, mostly. I wish that they had shown Ventress in the hallway, you know,"

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"Well, Ventress is a dual wielder."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"So, uh, that, that takes Dooku and Ventress down into a separate area."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17
"And it also makes sense that Ventress would know he would do that, so she would follow him really quickly."

45. - ( 20 BBY ) The Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 15, 16, and 17

Asajj Ventress

"I liked it. I liked the three stories. I brought it up because I liked it. I kind of, well, maybe it's just because it was Asajj. Maybe it's just because it was Kai. Like, maybe I was just like, oh, I kind of knew who these people are."

"Yeah, Ventress. I just, without going into any spoilers, you know, I think I've mentioned to you guys before that I'm addicted to gacha games."

"Who's this Jedi woman that you guys are raving about? Ventress?"

"Eric, do you know is this the same lady that does the voice of Ventress in other medium?"

"Asajj Ventress is a pretty major character."

"And the other brother felt like he always had to come to his rescue and of course Ventress just got caught in the middle"

"No, it wasn't. And I think that's probably what adds to the mystique of Ventress. Is she a crazy person? And obviously she is. But is that part of it? But also the voices stop when she makes that choice."

"going on here. He was 90 BBY whenever he got taken away to the Jedi and then the story picks up, or the main part of the story where Asajj is, just the part where Asajj is actually hunting down Jinza or finding Jinza is 25 BBY."

"What was the guy from Dooku Jedi Lost that was always talking to Ventress?"

"Well, I know Ventress."

"I mean, I've always called her Ventress."

"In my notes, literally I have Asajj and then I have three exclamation points right after it."

"Like the battle versus the war. Like this is the battle, like the battle for this episode is Asajj Ventress and Obi-Wan and Anakin."

"And then Ventress, to really jump ahead, Ventress and Obi-Wan, that seemed more like a proper duel."

"And obviously, obviously Ventress has the hots for him, so, and maybe we'll..."

"And what's the deal with Ventress? And I'm like, well I love these characters but where the heck did they come from?"

"But anyway, getting back to the interaction between Ventress and Obi-Wan, I like the interaction between them."

"yeah, I'm going to go over here and do this. Yeah, if Asajj comes, we're fine. I'm not worried about it."

"Or Jabba sent Bounty Hunters to go rescue Baby Hut from the monastery on Tet with Asajj."

"Yoda and a squad of clones go Red Dawn on Ventress."

"And then you will see other characters like Ventress, who you kind of know."

"They head down there and basically Ventress is already there and talking to the king."

"Yeah. And he knows that Yoda's Yoda's there to protect him against Ventress."

"I mean, you know, he's no he knows if he if he doesn't decide this, you know, in front of Ventress,"

"Yeah. Maybe, maybe, maybe he just assumed Ventress would come get him."

"And then, plus I have in my notes, you get Kenobi versus Grievous, Asajj versus Anakin,"

"And then, yeah, then you have the kiss from Asajj, which was unexpected."

"And you know, when you see her look up, when you see Asajj look up and see the ship coming to pick her up,"

"In this episode, Detective Padme tracks down crime, Sister Ventress has a bad time,"

"So what were your feelings on Doku being commanded to kill Asajj?"

"Well, Asajj was like his, like, protégé. She was Doku's protégé."

"Yeah, taking you out. I mean, yeah, okay. So, for those that don't know, there's a battle between Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Asajj on a ship."

"Doku gets the command to say, hey, kill, take Asajj out."

"So he has his own people fire on his own people's ship to destroy the ship to destroy Asajj."

"The two Jedi escape. Everyone kind of assumes, I guess, really, that Asajj was dead."

"Talzin immediately comes out and is telling them, no, no, this is Asajj. We know who she is."

"I thought the kind of the little bitty backstory you got about Asajj, how she was actually a pupil of what was that guy's name?"

"And Asajj Ventress has been framed, almost murdered, by Doku."

"And, you know, they get she gathers like six, Savage Ventress gathers like six different people to battle it out, because she needs to choose the best fighter. And he ends up leaving Feral behind and kind of puts himself as tribute to go train."

"I mean, even with Asajj, I don't ever remember an episode where they're plotting to overtake Sidious. You know, he's always been the head guy. And then now Doku is just like, I'm done. I don't we're, we're, we're going all in."

"And maybe he yeah, maybe he sees something with Sauvage that he thinks could lead to that. Whereas he did not see that with Ventress."

"working with them, mostly. I wish that they had shown Ventress in the hallway, you know,"

"Well, Ventress is a dual wielder."

"So, uh, that, that takes Dooku and Ventress down into a separate area."

"And it also makes sense that Ventress would know he would do that, so she would follow him really quickly."