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Asajj Ventress is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. She is best known for her appearances in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, in which she is voiced by Grey DeLisle and serves as Anakin Skywalker's arch nemesis during the first season. She also appeared in many other Expanded Universe novels, comic books and video games, and will be featured in the upcoming series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This article is about the series. ... Image File history File links Source: http://www. ... Grey DeLisle (born August 24, 1973 in Fort Ord, California) is an American singer, songwriter, and voice actress of Irish, Dutch and Hispanic descent. ... // A dangerous, yet lush world, Ragoon 6 was the location of a Jedi training site. ... Rattatakians, in the fictional Star Wars universe, were a near-human race from the planet Rattatak. ... For other uses, see Female (disambiguation). ... This article is about the series. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Star Wars: Clone Wars (November 7, 2003 - present) is an animated Star Wars television series that chronicles the Clone Wars between the Republic under Chancellor Palpatine and the Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku. ... Grey DeLisle (born August 24, 1973 in Fort Ord, California) is an American singer, songwriter, and voice actress of Irish, Dutch and Hispanic descent. ... Anakin Skywalker is the central character in the Star Wars franchise. ...

Character overview

Ventress is a Dark Jedi, and one of Count Dooku's Force-attuned apprentices. She is a powerful warrior with exceptional combat abilities, and desires most of all to join the Sith order. She has many distinctive Sith tattoos and wields twin red lightsabers. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Count Dooku, also known as Darth Tyranus, is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe and Palpatines apprentice. ... May The Force Be With You redirects here. ... Within the Star Wars universe, the term Sith is used to describe two separate but related groups. ... -1... This article is about the weapon in Star Wars. ...

Background

Ventress' back story is explained in "Hate and Fear", a story from the Star Wars: Republic comic book series. She hails from the planet of Rattatak, and is the daughter of farmers. From a young age, she endures cruel whippings that begin when warlord Osika Kirske kills her parents. Ventress barely escapes with her life and encounters the Jedi Master Ky Narec, who had crashed on Rattatak. Narec and Ventress are both hunted by Kirske, and so he starts training with her in the ways of the Jedi so she can defend herself. Kirske kills Narec before Ventress can become a full-fledged Jedi, however. She develops a deep hatred for the Jedi who had abandoned her mentor and ignored the bloodshed on her planet.^[1] In narratology, a back-story (also back story or backstory) is the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story. ... // A dangerous, yet lush world, Ragoon 6 was the location of a Jedi training site. ... Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). ... A warlord is a person with power who has de facto military control of a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. ... Jedi Knights and Jedi Knight redirect here. ...

Ventress soon becomes a force of authority on her lawless homeworld, defeating most of the remaining warlords and getting her revenge on Kirske. She keeps Narec's lightsaber as a memento.

Clone Wars animated series

Ventress as she appeared in Star Wars: Clone Wars.

In the Clone Wars series, Ventress appears before Count Dooku when he arrives on Rattatak to add it to his Separatist movement. He has also come in search of an apprentice. Ventress defeats every other combatant in a large arena and claims to be a Sith warrior. Though impressed by her victory in the arena, Dooku laughs aside the notion that she is a Sith. The enraged Ventress tries to attack him, but he renders her unconscious with a blast of Force lightning. After she wakes, Dooku abruptly attempts to attack her, but she jumps backwards and ignites her lightsabers. A short duel takes place in Ventress' quarters, but Dooku cuts her lightsabers in half and renders her defenceless. The Count states that it would not be so easy to defeat a Sith warrior, but he is nonetheless impressed with Ventress' abilities. He recruits her by appealing to her hatred of the Jedi. Once he has enticed her into his service, he appoints her commander of his Separatist forces. He presents her with a pair of lightsabers with curved hilts. Dooku's master, Darth Sidious, then reveals himself to Ventress, and personally assigns her to kill Anakin Skywalker. After she leaves, Sidious tells Dooku that her failure is certain, and that she is merely an instrument used to test Skywalker's willingness to release his anger. Image File history File links Source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Source: http://www. ... Star Wars: Clone Wars (November 7, 2003 - present) is an animated Star Wars television series that chronicles the Clone Wars between the Republic under Chancellor Palpatine and the Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku. ... Palpatine is a fictional character in George Lucas science fiction saga Star Wars. ...

Ventress then engages the Republic fighter forces in orbit of Muunilinst and lures Anakin Skywalker into a chase. Ventress and Skywalker go to Yavin IV, and the two fight a fierce battle from the forest to the Massassi temple. Though she initially gains the upper hand in the ensuing lightsaber duel, Skywalker soon calls upon his immense connection to the Force and brutally overpowers her. Only her fall into a deep crevasse saves her life. // M4-78 is the name given to a planet colonised by droids. ... Yavin 4 is one of the many moons of the gas planet Yavin in the Star Wars universe. ... Massassi is a fictional acient culture from the Star Wars saga. ...

Novels

As portrayed in the novel The Cestus Deception, Ventress appears on Ord Cestus during the Bio-Droid Crisis. She is behind the X'Ting criminal Trillot's dealings with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ventress also destroys the Republic Cruiser carrying Barrister Doolb Snoil returning to the Republic; however, Snoil survives. Ventress later challenges Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Master Kit Fisto to a duel. Ventress disarms Fisto, but is then engaged by Kenobi. Their duel leads them into an underwater chamber, and Ventress is forced to escape after Kenobi slices her across her abdomen. She lets loose a smoke bomb and flees back to the Confederacy and Dooku. The Cestus Deception:Summary Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi strides—and soars and plots and duels—again in this stirring new addition to the Star Wars saga. ... Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... Kit Fisto is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ...

Comic books

In the Republic story "The New Face of War", Ventress joins forces with the bounty hunter Durge on the invasion of Naboo's moon, Ohma-D'un. Together they use swamp gas to wipe out the Gungan colony and prepare to launch a biological attack on Naboo. In the ensuing battle with Republic forces, Ventress makes her first public appearance in the war. Ventress kills Jedi Master Glaive in the battle and cuts off his apprentice Zule's left arm. She engages Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the pair are evenly matched. Ventress escapes with Durge after ARC Trooper Alpha destroys their fueling station. For other uses, see Bounty hunter (disambiguation). ... This article is about minor characters in the fictional Star Wars universe who are bounty hunters. ... -1... This article is about Earths moon. ... // The Falleen are a scaled, cold-blooded, reptilian humanoid species with pigmentation that varies with mood, known to be as long lived as the Hutts (the Falleen have an average lifespan of 250 Standard Years) who inhabit and originate from the planet Falleen. ... For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. ...

In Star Wars: Jedi - Mace Windu, Dooku sends Ventress to Ruul to help frame the titular Jedi Master. Ventress briefly confronts Sora Bulq, who had been secretly corrupted by Dooku, as a ruse. Ventress kills Mira in the battle and then engages Sian Jeisel, K' Kruhk, and Rhad Tarn. Ventress single-handedly defeats the three Jedi. After framing Windu for the crime, Ventress corrupts Rhad Tarn. While Tarn fights against Jeisel, Ventress defeats K'Kruhk in combat. Windu's timely arrival saves the Jedi; Ventress finds that she is ill-prepared to fight a being as powerful as Windu, and is forced to flee. Windu redirects here. ...

In the Republic story "Blast Radius", Ventress and Durge again engage the Jedi taskforce in a facility on the planet Queyta. Ventress briefly fights against Kenobi and Fay. Durge kills Jon Antilles and Knol Ven'Nari. After an explosion kills Ven'nari, Durge pushes Antilles into a lava pit. Ventress uses her lightsabers to collapse the ceiling, sending a shower of lava onto Diath's head. Although the Separatists claim a victory, Ventress spares Kenobi's life on orders from Dooku, though she impales Fay in the chest with her lightsabers. Fay gives Kenobi the last of her strength to escape the facility. Look up lava, Aa, pahoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In "The Battle of Jabiim", Ventress captures Kenobi and Alpha from Jabiim and transports them to Rattatak for torture and interrogation. Kenobi and Alpha escape in the following story, "Hate & Fear", and the Jedi Master takes Ky Narec's lightsaber, making their animosity deeply personal. Spoiler warning: // Had Abbadon Had Abbadon is a world with six moons that is inhabited by humans. ... For other uses, see Torture (disambiguation). ...

In "Dreadnoughts of Rendili", Ventress and another Dark Jedi, Tol Skorr, fight Obi-Wan Kenobi and Quinlan Vos on Titavian IV. Kenobi unleashes a rancor to distract Ventress, but she manipulates it via the dark side. Kenobi fights Ventress after killing the rancor, but Kenobi escapes with Vos before the duel is settled. Separatist leader General Grievous arrives to rescue the two Dark Jedi, shaming Ventress in the eyes of her master, Dooku. Quinlan Vos is a fictional character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, featured primarily in the Star Wars: Republic comics book series. ... For a definition of the word rancor, see the Wiktionary entry rancor. ... General Grievous is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. ...

Ventress then travels to Coruscant to kill Vos and Kenobi. During the mission, she discovers Anakin Skywalker's secret marriage to Senator Padmé Amidala. Enraged, Anakin engages Ventress. During the duel, Ventress scars Skywalker's face, but she is once again overpowered and suffers another huge fall. Republic Intelligence assumes that she is dead. Coruscant (pronounced //)[1] is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ... Padmé Amidala is a fictional character in George Lucas science fiction saga Star Wars. ...

"Obsession" marks her final appearance in both Republic and Star Wars media. Ventress survives her encounter with Anakin Skywalker on Coruscant, but is badly injured. She is sent to Boz Pity, where Dooku places her in a bacta tank and fits her with cybernetic modifications. One month later, Kenobi infiltrates the facility. Ventress wakes up and subsequently attacks him. She fights against both Kenobi and Skywalker, only to be abandoned by Dooku, who orders an IG-100 MagnaGuard to kill her as she runs towards Dooku's shuttle. Enraged and badly wounded, Ventress tries to kill Kenobi as he tries to help her. Skywalker slashes her from behind, mortally wounding her. As she lays dying, she tells him the location of the Separatists' next target. Believing Ventress to be dead, Kenobi puts her on a ship bound for Coruscant. // Aargau is one of the Deep Core Worlds, and is the headquarters of the Bank of Aargau, which is owned by the Confederacy of Independent Systems ally, the InterGalactic Banking Clan. ... The following is a list of substances, including food and drugs, found in the fictional series Star Wars. ... Cybernetics is a theory of the communication and control of regulatory feedback. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with IG-100 MagnaGuards. ...

However, Ventress survives by placing herself in a Sith trance. While on the shuttle, she emerges from her trance and orders the pilots to take her as far away as possible from the war, Dooku, and the Jedi. She is seen a month later at the battle of Xagobah. An altered state of consciousness is any state which is significantly different from a normative waking beta wave state. ...

The Clone Wars series

Ventress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Ventress can be seen in the first trailer of the new 3D CGI animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. She appears to have a double-bladed lightsaber (like the one Darth Maul used) instead of the twin lightsabers she usually wields. Computer-generated imagery[1] (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media. ... Darth Maul is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ...

Video games

Ventress in Star Wars Battlefront II

Ventress is a downloadable character in the Xbox version of the video game Star Wars Battlefront II. In Battlefront II, she has two curve-handled lightsabers, but unlike the Clone Wars series, they are connected by a fiber-cord. The character selection screen lists the weapon as "Linksabers". Image File history File links Ventressbft. ... Image File history File links Ventressbft. ... Star Wars: Battlefront II is a video game set to be released in November of 2005 for PC, Xbox, PSP, and PlayStation 2. ... For the Xboxs successor, see Xbox 360. ... Star Wars: Battlefront II is a video game set to be released in November of 2005 for PC, Xbox, PSP, and PlayStation 2. ...

Character origins

Episode II concept art

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Before the character of Count Dooku was developed, the Art Department for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones developed a female Sith as the film's villain, as seen in concept art by Dermot Power in The Art of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.^[2] Film poster for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) is the fifth Star Wars science fiction movie released and the second part of the prequel trilogy which began with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Dermot Power is an illustrator, comic book artist, and movie concept artist. ...

Juno Eclipse

The Expanded Universe resurrected the idea as one of Dooku's underlings who could appear more frequently throughout the Clone Wars. The nameless Separatist Commander was dubbed Juno Eclipse, but this name was rejected as "not villainous enough", and she was renamed Asajj Ventress.^[3] (The name Juno Eclipse was later recycled for use in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.) Juno Eclipse is a character in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...

References

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External links

• Asajj Ventress in the Star Wars Databank
• Asajj Ventress on Wookieepedia, a Wikia wiki