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ASAJJ VENTRESS

icked laughter actions of the Separatist leaders. “The Banshee”
peals through Darth Sidious felt that Ventress As a fighter, Ventress cultivates a

W the dark. The was becoming powerful beyond frightening persona. She uses two
lightsabers in an acrobatic and
rustle of fabric,
just a mere assassin, and began

perhaps the threatening the balance maintained ferocious fighting style. As well as
hem of a skirt by the Sith “rule of two.” To test being proficient enough with the

swishing along the ground—or Dooku’s loyalty, Sidious demanded lightsabers to hold her own against
is it just the wind? Then you’re that he eliminate her, destroying Anakin and Obi-Wan, she is also
certain. Two red lightsabers fl ash what stability Ventress had and powerful in the Force, able to choke
through the shadows. sending her on a journey to fi nd both Jedi at once, and apt to end

During the Clone Wars, Asajj allies who would not abandon her. fights with a brutal display of Force
Ventress struck fear into the hearts That series of abandonments power. In hand-to-hand combat
of her enemies. She also used terror continued in the novel Dark she uses body blows and throws,
to her advantage when she became Disciple, in which Ventress and taking advantage of her long limbs
a bounty hunter. A powerful Force Quinlan Vos team up to fi ght and luring the enemy close to her
user, she was nevertheless rejected Count Dooku, only for Quinlan to center of gravity. She also uses the
by both the Jedi and the Sith. edge toward the dark side himself. Force to subtly speed up her attacks
Despite this, by the end of her Ventress’ story is not just about the and predict where an opponent’s
life she had learned how to interact light side and the dark side, but the next move might come from. She is
with people as something other place in the middle. deadly even without her lightsabers.
than targets for her underworld
missions. Ventress’ life confi rms
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what it says in the opening crawl
for Revenge of the Sith. There are
heroes on both sides of war.
Ventress wasn’t introduced
as a hero, however. As a major
antagonist in both the Clone Wars
micro-series and The Clone Wars
television show, she clashed with
Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan
Kenobi thoughout the galaxy.
While the Jedi had their own
interpersonal dynamics—with
Anakin getting used to training
Ahsoka Tano as his Padawan and
Ahsoka learning her own diffi cult
lessons in wartime—personal
struggles were also shaping the
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