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“A COLD-HEARTED HARPY”
                  Clockwise from
                  right: An attempted
                  takedown of Count   Not every character in Star Wars will experience an
                  Dooku; the mysterious,   arc, but when characters are used over an extended
                  alluring Ventress;   number of stories across multiple mediums, arcs can
                  Ventress battles Ahsoka   emerge. Asajj Ventress was a compelling presence.
                  Tano; proving a match   She had an air of mystery and danger. She dueled Jedi
                  for Anakin Skywalker.    standouts, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
                                with confidence, delivering biting banter. A female

                                warrior fighting Jedi men hinted at chemistry similar

                                to ill-fated relationships that have arisen over the
                                centuries in literature. While professional creators
                                bounced Obi-Wan or Anakin against Asajj like fl int to
                                rock, fandom took those sparks and fanned the
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                                flames. While Ventress created electricity in stories   KATIE LUCAS SET OUT TO CREATE E

                                from Gendy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars to Jedi Trial
                                                                             A STORY WHERE ASAJJ VENTRESS
                                and Obsession, her personal story consisted mostly   A   S T O R Y   W H E R E   A S A J J   V E N T R E S S
                                of being an adversary.
                                                                                FINALLY  “OWNS HERSELF.”
                                  Asajj Ventress’s arc started to shine during the   F I N A L L Y     “ O W N S   H E R S E L F . ”
                                Star Wars: The Clone Wars television show when
                                writer Katie Lucas developed a fondness for the
                                character. In an interview with ComicBook.com
                                discussing the second trilogy of episodes she wrote
                                for the series, Lucas revealed, “I’ve really fallen for
                                Ventress, and here the audience gets to learn a lot
                                about her history. She’s an extremely complicated
                                character.” Calling Ventress a “cold-hearted harpy,”
                                Lucas set out to create a story where she fi nally
                                “owns herself.” With her powers growing, Ventress
                                becomes seen as a threat to Sidious’s machinations
                                and her mentor, Count Dooku is ordered to kill her.
                                Inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tank Girl,
                   GET TO KNOW ASAJJ VENTRESS
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                  THE FORMER SITH ACOLYTE-TURNED-BOUNTY HUNTER PLAYS KEY ROLES IN SOME OF THE MOST ST
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                  EXCITING EPISODES OF STAR WARS:THE CLONE WARS. HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND HER: FIND HER:
                                                                                                  (Season 1, episode 9
                  “The Hidden Enemy” (Season 1, episode   “Ambush” (Season 1, episode 1)  “Cloak of Darkness” (Season 1, episode 9) )
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                  16) & Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie)   Ventress attempts to intimidate the   Ventress liberates Nute Gunray from
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                                                                                                      nd duels Ahsoka
                  Asajj Ventress duels Obi-Wan Kenobi   Toydarian King Katunko from allying   Republic imprisonment, and duels Ahsoka
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                  and Anakin Skywalker as she sets in   with the Republic, but her efforts are   Tano and Luminara Unduli to a stalemate
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                  motion the events leading to the Battle   thwarted by Yoda.       in her escape.
                  of Christophsis, then faces off with the
                  two Jedi again after she has kidnapped
                  Rotta the Huttlet in a plot to turn Jabba
                  the Hutt’s forces against the Republic.
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