With Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 releasing as the final ever episode of the Clone Wars,
many of us were disappointed that the ending of Asajj Ventress’ intriguing story was
not told.
So what exactly happened to Asajj Ventress after the Events of Clone Wars Season 7 and
the last time that we saw her.
I’m going to break down the FULL Story of the Dark Disciple novel, which illustrates
Ventress’ complete journey after her last appearance in the show.
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Following Asajj Ventress’ assistance to Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker in helping
to clear her name after her exile from the Jedi order, Ventress left the Core Worlds
of the Galaxy and came into the possession of a gunship that she called the Banshee.
How cool is that name for a ship.
She continued her bounty hunting ways, running most of her business operations out of the
Banshee.
Shortly after acquiring her new ship, Ventress also acquired a new Yellow bladed lightsaber
on the black markets, to replace her old red lightsabers that were stolen by Barriss Offee.
After re-equipping herself with the yellow lightsaber and running her bounty hunting
operation out of the Banshee for a few months, she gained strong reputation within the Bounty
Hunting community and was even given the nickname “the Bald Banshee”.
Because of her new found fame among the bounty hunters of the Galaxy, she quickly gained
the attention of notorious young Bounty Hunter, Boba Fett - Who I definitely don’t need
to explain the backstory of.
She also became familiar with the well known criminal syndicate, the Pykes and became an
associate of Fife - Who we’ve seen in both Clone Wars Season 7 and the Son of Dathomir
comic series.
Following this, she took various missions, including encounters with antiques dealers,
smugglers and pirates, including the infamous Hondo Ohnaka.
On a cargo escort mission carrying Antiques for the dealer Sheb Valaad, the Banshee was
attacked by Hondo and his Ohnaka Gang.
The Banshee was left in a completely crippled state, when a second group of pirates known
as the Blood Bone Order arrived on the scene to investigate.
The Blood Bone Order was led by Pantoran Pirate Lassa Rhayme, who decided it was necessary
to tow the Banshee in for repairs and take Ventress into her infirmary to recover after
the incident.
The two eventually decided to team up and, with Rhayme taking the Cargo for herself,
and allowing Ventress to deliver on her original mission.
After a fierce fight with Onhnak’s crew over the Cargo, Ventress and Rhayme eventually
came out on top, humiliating Hondo.
Rhayme eventually offered Ventress a spot in her crew because of her incredible fighting
ability and quick wits, but she declined the offer because she wanted to choose her own
path, alone.
Now that the connective tissue between the Clone Wars series and Dark Disciple is covered,
lets get deep into the events of Dark Disciple.
The story begins on the planet Mahranee, where Count Dooku is laying a brutal siege to the
planet.
Jedi General Chubor was ordered to contact Dooku by Hologram to plead with him to stop
the attacks on Mahranee.
Dooku however knew that this conversation was being broadcast to the entire Jedi council,
and used the opportunity to kill a huge amount of lives on the planet, as the Jedi council
watched on, blaming them for the countless lives lost.
This pushed the council to make a very morally questionable decision to send an assassin
after Dooku and end the War right then and there.
Master Mace Windu, who of course is the architect of the plan, agrees with Obi-Wan Kenobi that
Quinlan Vos should be sent to kill Dooku.
Quinlan Vos then disguises himself as a man simply named Tal, along with fellow Jedi Knight
Akar Deshu.
He is briefed on the mission, and agrees to on the condition that he is accompanied by
someone not involved with the Jedi order.
Master Yoda recommends that Vos is joined by Nightsister, Asajj Ventress because of
her detailed knowledge of Dooku, as his former apprentice.
Vos then travels to Coruscant’s level 1313, where he meets with bounty hunters Bossk and
Boba Fett.
Boba tells Vos that Ventress took a job on the planet Pantora, chasing down a well known
fugitive.
This allows Vos to travel to pantora, where he accidently allows Ventress’ target to
escape, but they do eventually join forces.
Following this, Vos meets up with Ventress in the Banshee, where he continues to keep
up his false identity as a bounty hunter.
Ventress reluctantly agrees to accept Vos as a partner, spending the next two weeks
together training and conducting several hunts, usually involving underworld contracts and
outlaw hits.
One time, Vos even saved Ventress’ life by using the force to knock a blaster off
an enemy’s hand, allowing Ventress to blast him.
Throughout the various missions and time spent together, Vos continues to try to get information
about her training with Count Dooku out of her but she remains tight-lipped.
It was at this point that Quinlon Vos and Asajj Ventress began to develop feelings for
eachother.
Any time that Ventress would leave Vos alone to conduct repairs on the Banshee, he would
sneak away to discreetly contact Obi-Wan Kenobi and give him progress reports about the mission.
Kenobi continued to urge him to find a way to make the plot to kill Dooku work.
After this, Ventress accepted a job from the Pyke Syndicate, who you would know if you
watched the Matrez sisters arc of the Clone Wars, but I don’t blame you if you skipped
that one.
They were a powerful spice cartel that was based on Obah Diah, and led by Marg Krim.
Krim tasked Vos and Ventress with rescuing his wife and children, who had been brutally
kidnapped by the Black Sun syndicate.
The two hunters travelled to the Black Sun homeworld of Mustafar, where they were able
to infiltrate the Black Sun fortress.
They managed to rescue Krim’s two children, but were unable to find their mother.
As they were fleeing the fortress with the children, Vos was hit in the back with a blaster
bolt, causing him to drop the Pyke child over the lava flow below.
Fortunately, he was able to levitate the boy using the force, saving his life.
After saving the life of the child, Vos was able to use his psychometry force power to
touch the child’s locket, revealing the true location of his mother.
Using this information, they were able to rescue Krim’s wife, to which he was extremely
grateful and offered Ventress double the pay for her work.
As the two were leaving Obah Diah after receiving their reward, Black Sun Syndicate ships exited
hyperspace immediately and were preparing to settle scores with the Pykes.
Being burdened with the guilt of being unable to protect Krim’s family, Vos revealed that
he was in fact a Jedi to Ventress, but she had already put that fact together based on
his previous usage of the force.
Vos revealed his true intentions about killing Dooku to Ventress, but she was not angry whatsoever,
even seeing the mission as an opportunity to get back at the master who once betrayed
her.
Ventress warned Vos that this task would not be possible without tapping into the evil
dark side of the force, but Vos was willing to accept the risk.
Kenobi cautioned Vos about the Dark Path that he was following, but Vos ignored it and began
his training in the Dark Side.
To begin their training, Ventress took Vos to Dathomir, which was extremely strong in
the Dark Side.
Vos learned about her entire history, including her enslavement, apprenticeship under the
Jedi order and her apprenticeship to Count Dooku.
Quinlan Vos became Asajj Ventress’ Dark Disciple, which again is the title of the
book.
As his training in the Dark Continued, his love for Ventress continued to grow, but he
was pushed further and further into the Dark by her.
She even told him that his former Master, Tholme was killed by Dooku, when in reality
- it was Ventress who committed the action.
Vos continued his rigorous training, exposing him to the culture of the nightsisters, while
simultaneously boosting his strength, endurance and force powers.
I really wish this arc did get animated, because this scene is absolutely incredible to think
about.
As the final part in his training, Vos was ordered to kill a near-extinct crustacean
creature that inhabited a series of pools near the former Nightsisters village.
He was successful in this trial, completing his Dark Side training.
The two then travel to the planet Raxus, where they believe Dooku will be making an appearance.
Ventress brutally kills the informant that gave her the information about Dooku’s location
when they arrive on the planet, very similarly to what Cassian Andor did in Rogue One.
Dooku arrives on Raxus, but is accompanied by General Grievous.
Once there, Ventress confronts her former master and challenges him to give her a fair
fight later in the night, to which Dooku agrees.
Of Course, Dooku does not honor the agreement, quickly contacting Grievous to be ready with
reinforcements at their meeting location.
Before he can arrive at the location however, Dooku is ambushed by Vos, who engages in a
fierce lightsaber battle with him.
Dooku taunts Vos about his sudden dealings in the Dark Side of the force, and he quickly
defeats him with force lightning.
Vos is taken prisoner by Dooku, while Ventress escapes.
Following this, Vos is transported to Serenno, homeworld of Dooku, where he is locked in
a cell and tortured repeatedly by Dooku.
Because of his long absence from communication with the Jedi council, they become extremely
worried that he has either died or fallen completely to the Dark Side.
Meanwhile, Asajj Ventress travels to Chalmun’s Cantina on Tatooine, where she hires Boba
Fett, Bossk, Latts Razzi, Highsinger and Embo for a rescue mission for her captured lover.
Back on Serenno, Dooku is able to turn Vos against Ventress after he shows him a hologram
of his master’s death, confirming that he was not the one to commit the killing, but
instead, was Ventress.
The bounty hunters arrive shortly on Serenno to rescue Vos, but are unsuccessful as his
rage for Ventress’ betrayal overcomes him and causes him to attack them.
Shockingly, Ventress witnesses Vos join Count Dooku as his newest Sith apprentice.
This right here is another thing I would have absolutely loved to see on screen.
After this, Ventress is left absolutely distraught, and travels back to Coruscant where she informs
Kenobi about Vos’s fall to the Dark Side.
During Ventress’ time back in the Coruscant underworld, Vos became Dooku’s Right hand
man in the Sepratist hierarchy and gained the nickname, Admiral Enigma.
Desperate to bring Vos back to the Jedi Order, they offered to pardon all of Ventress’
crimes against them and the Republic in exchange for his return.
She accepted the offer and joined the Jedi rescue team alongside Kenobi To find him.
Following a massive battle with Dooku and his droids, Ventress and the Jedi rescue team
managed to find Vos and free him from his cell aboard a Dreadnought.
After discovering him, Ventress lashes out at Vos, but is held back by Kenobi.
The Jedi then rescue Vos and transport him back to the Jedi temple on Coruscant aboard
the Banshee.
Upon arrival at the temple, Master Yoda pardons Ventress for her crimes against the Republic.
At this point, none of the Jedi really believed that Vos had switched sides to join the separatists.
Following that, Vos takes part in a mission to steal supplies from a separatist asteroid
base, alongside Kenobi, Akar Deshu, Skywalker and Commander Cody.
The mission is ultimately unsuccessful, with all of the supplies being destroyed.
After that, Vos again takes part in a mission with the same Jedi, this time at a separatist
listening post.
They discover that the post was abandoned before they even arrived, throwing deep suspicion
onto Voss.
The Jedi realise that he is the reason for the past two failed missions, and seek to
test his loyalty, by again asking him to kill his now master, Count Dooku.
The council even instructs Kenobi to execute Vos on any sign that he is still loyal to
Dooku.
Vos and Ventress then travel to Christophsis aboard the Banshee, where they board Dooku’s
dreadnaught.
Vos engages Dooku in a lightsaber Duel, but fails to kill him and instead forces Dooku
to lead him to his master, Darth Sidious.
Skywalker and Kenobi realize that Vos truly has turned to the Dark, and are forced to
arrest him.
The two are no match for Cody however, as they quickly escape their imprisonment with
Ventress, onto the Banshee.
In the escape, Vos also kills his former friend Jedi Master Desh.
Following that, they continue their escape aboard the Banshee, but it is damaged and
forced to crash land on Christophsis.
As the Jedi search for the fugitives, Kenobi tells Ventress about Vos’ turn to the dark
once again, and encourages her to turn him over.
Meanwhile, Mace Windu then orders Kenobi and Skywalker to execute them on sight.
The three darksiders escape to a separatist outpost, where they are bombarded by Republic
forces.
As Vos admits his full turn to the Dark Side, Dooku attacks Vos with Force lightning, but
in a selfless act of sacrifice, Ventress shoves Vos away and takes the full force of Dooku’s
attack.
This kills Ventress, leaving Vos to reconcile his relationship with her, while Dooku is
able to make a swift escape.
Wow honestly, what a story.
That’s just so good, I really love that story.
Following these events, the Jedi council pardoned Vos for his turn to the dark side and the
killing of his fellow Jedi, because their initial plan for Dooku was not the Jedi way.
Kenobi then accompanied Quinlan Vos to Dathomir, where they buried Ventress, on her home planet.
They laid Ventress to rest in a dark pool near the abandoned Nightsisters village, where
her body turned green as a symbol of the Force Mystics of Dathomir.
And that was the full Story of Asajj Ventress in Dark Disciple.
I know I had to cut a lot of details to fit the story within a suitable time frame, but
all of the key details are included.
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