During the early months of the Clone Wars, Count Dooku and his Dark Apprentice Asajj
Ventress came up with a cunning plan to cripple every single ship in the republic navy fleet
by cutting off their supply to the crucial Tibanna Gas required to run them.
So, I’m going to break down how Asajj Ventress attempted to use this Tibanna Gas to horrifically
murder Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda.
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The story begins in a turbulent asteroid field, where fallen Jedi Master, Count Dooku is explaining
to his Sith assassin, Ventress that Tibanna gas is one of the most valuable resources
for both the separatists and the Republic because of it’s use as hyperdrive coolant.
Dooku goes on to tell Ventress that whoever controls the flow of Tibanna gas will be able
to direct the war and criple the Republic navy and it’s ability to travel between
star systems.
Ventress of course understands that her master is asking that she be the one to lead the
mission to cut the Republic’s supply of Tibanna gas.
Dooku then quickly pulls out of a holo recording of a mining outpost inside of the asteroid
field that they are currently in, which he wants Ventress to destroy.
This tibanna gas facility is actually close to the cold, dry planet Mirial, which is the
homeworld of Barriss Offee and Luminara Unduli.
Dooku tells the dark assassin that there is absolutely no room for error in this mission,
but she quickly smiles at him, saying “I don’t make errors”.
Following this, Ventress places her space suit on and begins to glide through the dark
void of space, with a squad of B-1 battle droids closely flanking behind her.
Not long after, Ventress arrives at the Tibanna Gas Refinery, believing that the republic
won’t even know what him them.
Unfortunately for her however, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Master Yoda and Commander Cody are stationed
very close by and notice the separatist ships.
Commander Cody quickly realises that there’s “no way the separatists should be this close
to our mining installation”, quickly firing a vicious barrage of energy towards them.
As the droid ships begin to flee the area, Cody manages to hit each of them with pinpoint
accuracy, causing Obi-Wan to be incredibly impressed with his work.
Let me know down below if you think Commander Cody would make a good pilot in the Grand
Army of the Republic, because right here he is demonstrating that he has an incredible
aiming ability and piloting skill.
Master Yoda on the other hand is very concerned at what a separatist attack on the Gas refinery
could mean.
Master Yoda of course realises that the droid ships have not travelled to this location
by accident, and goes on to sense an imminent danger approaching in the force.
Because of this, the two Jedi decide to land inside the refinery and inspect the operations
there.
Once they touch down on the large metallic platform, they are greeted by the refinery
foreman and a group of Ugnaught workers.
Kenobi reports that they spotted a small squad of droid ships nearby, and that they are visiting
the refinery to check if everything is in order.
The foreman assures Obi-Wan that everything is fine on his station, and then introduces
him to his own son, Ars Fivvle.
Ars introduces himself to Obi-Wan with a bow, and asks him if he can record their conversations
together for his journal and training purposes.
Obi-Wan gladly agrees to let the young Ugnaught record their dealings, and even compliments
his “smart-looking camera droid”.
The ugnaught then takes Obi-Wan and Master Yoda into a spacious, rocky cavern, where
the main production of the Tibanna Gas takes place.
The Ugnaughts are using creatures called Beldons for their gas production operation.
The beldon creatures release ridiculous amounts of the Tibanna Gas into the air after consuming
the nutrients which float around in the caverns.
This process is what produces all of the Tibanna gas for use in the Galaxy, powering every
Republic and separatist hyperdrive.
And by the way, Tibanna gas was actually the same gas that Luke Skywalker sprayed on his
father in the Empire Strikes back, so it’s actually pretty awesome to get a bit of a
backstory on that.
Moments after the Jedi finish inspecting the beldon creatures, the young Ugnaught’s camera
is violently swung through air, flailing in every direction.
His father however quickly realizes, that the gravity on the station has been turned
off, which sends Obi-Wan, Yoda and the two Ugnaughts flying into the air, rapidly soaring
into the ceiling of the cavern.
In response, Master Yoda looks deeply into the force, and discovers that it is not the
Gravity that is causing this, but instead, has something to do with the Beldon creatures.
For some unknown reason, they are now releasing poisoned Tibanna gas.
Of course, we quickly discover that the Asajj Ventress was behind this, as part of Count
Dooku’s original plan.
Ventress and her squad of B-1 Battle droids are stationed in a nearby rocky cavern, where
she Orders her forces finish distributing the poisonous spores which are causing the
Beldon creatures to release the extremely toxic gas.
We then cut straight back to the two Jedi, where Obi-Wan realizes that whatever is polluting
the air is making everything much lighter, causing them to drift slowly upwards.
Before Obi-Wan can finish his sentence however, he is rapidly plunged towards the ground,
only stopping himself from hitting it with the force, moments before it was too late.
Yoda quickly realizes that this poisonous gas is only affecting certain parts of the
cavern, unevenly.
As Ventress and her top B-1 Battle droid witness this, the droid says in a sad tone “whoops.
There goes my promotion”.
Ventress then hits the clankah over the head, but only seconds later, obi-Wan spots them
and calls to Master Yoda for assistance.
As Obi-Wan rushes steadily towards Ventress, he ignites his icy blue blade, just as she
does the same with her blood red curved blades.
The three blades immediately come together and clash with a horrifying screech, as Ventress’
droid forces are decimated from behind.
As this is happening, the floating Master Yoda manages to connect with the beldon creatures
through the force, commanding them to destroy the poinsious spores in the air.
Surprisingly, Master Yoda also seems to communicate in normal galactic basics with the creatures
through the force, instead of his usual, reversed sentences.
How cool is that!
Yes, these are only thoughts through the force, but that is still awesome!
As more of the horrifically toxic spores are removed from the air, it becomes incresaingly
difficult for Obi-Wan and Ventress to continue their fierce battle.
Because they can’t directly fight eachother anymore, Obi-Wan begins taunting Ventress,
saying “I could never see much point in using two lightsabers… it seems a bit too
flashy to me”.
Eventually however, their conversation is interrupted once more, as Master Yoda’s
connection with the beldons becomes so great that he is able to make them completely clean
the air of any toxic particles, sending Kenobi and Ventress plummeting towards the rocky
ground once more.
After this happens, Ventress knows that she has failed her mission and more importantly
failed her Master, Count Dooku.
She quickly rushes out of the rockery caverns, with her luminous red blade still ignited,
intensely frustrating Kenobi.
A very short time later, Commander Cody arrives to meet Obi-Wan and Master Yoda, reporting
that he scanned the asteroid field for Asajj Ventress’ escape ship, but unfortunately,
was not able to find anything.
Obi-Wan quickly takes responsibility for her escape, saying “It’s my fault Master Yoda.
I had her and I lost her”.
Master Yoda is of course very forgiving however, telling Obi-Wan not to be so hard on himself,
because even he could not foresee that Ventress would escape without her ship.
The two then deem the day a successful one because they were able to remove the poisoned
Tibanna Gas and ensure that the Republic would have enough fuel to last for many more years.
Obi-Wan then tells Master Yoda that he is very impressed by how he was able to command
the beldons to absorb and destroy the Poisonous spores, calling it an elegant solution to
a tricky problem.
Finally, Yoda imparts one final lesson onto Obi-Wan for day, telling him that all Jedi
must employ the resources around them if they are to win the Clone Wars.
We then cut straight back to Asajj Ventress, just as she returns to her Master, Count Dooku
to report on her horrific failure at the Tibanna refinery.
Count Dooku is absolutely enraged at her failure, telling her that it was a simple plan.
Dooku then becomes so infuriated with Ventress that his sith eyes begin to glow a deep orange
and red… a very rare occasion for Dath Tyrannus.
Dooku finally tells Asajj Ventress that his patience, and the patience of his Master,
which is of course Darth Sidious, is not infinite.
To end the story, Ventress apologies profusely to the Count, and promises that the next time
she meets Kenobi, or any other Jedi for that matter, she will be more than prepared to
fight and kill them if necessary.
So that is the story of how Asajj Ventress attempted to brutally murder Obi-Wan Kenobi
and Master Yoda with a toxic version of the very important Tibanna gas.
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