History Literature / DarkDisciple

* ImportantHairCut: Inverted. WordOfGod said that Ventress shaved her hair as a way of showing [[BaldOfEvil her allegiance to the Sith]]. By this book, she stopped doing so as a way of showing that -at least partially- she turned away from the Sith teachings.

* StarCrossedLovers: Ventress and Vos go through some major hardships [[spoiler: and ultimately Ventress ends up killed by Dooku.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: When Dooku gives his acceptance speech of the CIS Humanatirian Award, he points out how the Republic uses an army of slaves. Quinlan, despite being aware that the latest atrocity Dooku commited was all-out genocide, is quite disturbed to realise, he's right. What Quinlan is not aware of, is that it was [[{{Hypocrite}} Dooku]] who placed the order to create said slave army in the first place.

* ShoutOut: a clone helping Anakin pursue Dooku [[spoiler: and Vos and Ventress]] to Christopsis is named [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Threepwood]].

** Similarly, [[spoiler:Ventress]] is still alive in the Legends Continuity (where she went into exile). [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch Maybe ...]]]]

** Similarly, [[spoiler:Ventress]] is still alive in the Legends Continuity (where she went into exile). [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch Or maybe not.]]]]

** Similarly, [[spoiler:Ventress]] is still alive in the Legends Continuity (where she went into exile).

* HeroAntagonist: Mace Windu serves this role. While Dooku is the true Big Bad, Windu attempts to have Vos and Ventress killed with Dooku.

** There is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkPx3Bn2dh4 animatic]] of what the scene would've been like.

* CallForward: When Ventress brings Vos to Dathomir to train him, she reflects that Dooku will only be killed by someone with hatred in their heart. [[spoiler:While it doesn't end up being Ventress or Vos, in the end, [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Dooku will indeed be killed by someone with enough hatred to match his]].]]

* CallForward: When Ventress brings Vos to Dathomir to train him, she reflects that Dooku will only be killed by someone with hatred in their heart. [[Spoiler:While it doesn't end up being Ventress or Vos, in the end, [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Dooku will indeed be killed by someone with enough hatred to match his]].]]

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Ventress dies on Christophsis, which is the same planet where she was chronologically first introduced in the Canon.]]

** What little description we get makes it sound like a house-sized mantis shrimp, which... [[KillerRabbit/RealLife well, fair enough.]]

: ShoutOut: a clone helping Anakin pursue Dooku [[spoiler: and Vos and Ventress]] to Christopsis is named [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Threepwood]].

* RealityEnsues:
** Vos and Ventress rescuing Marg Krim's wife and kids from Mustafar doesn't solve his problems with Black Sun, as they were merely holding them hostage and threatening to kill them to get Krim to merge the Pyke Syndicate with Black Sun. In fact, leaving Ziton Moj alive [[spoiler: just prompts him to send some of his thugs to Oba Diah just as Vos and Ventress leave the system with their payment and kill Krim's family anyway]].
** Being a Force user herself, it's very obvious to Ventress that Vos is a Jedi. Despite his best efforts to suppress his Force abilities, his inexplicably quick reflexes and surviving landings that would kill a normal person (especially in fight or flight situations) give him off.
** [[spoiler: After betraying them twice and having only recently turned away from the DarkSide of the Force, the Jedi Council puts Vos on temporary probation and rehabilitation even though they are willing to give him a second chance at redemption. They let him go to Dathomir to return Ventress's body, but under Obi-Wan's supervision since [[ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere it's a known Dark Side hotspot]].]]

** Quinlan Vos, a Kiffar, and Asaj Ventress, a Dathomiri Nightsister, fall in love with each other through the events of the novel.

The plot of ''Dark Disciple'' is based on eight unproduced scripts written by Katie Lucas from ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' that were written but not animated before the installment was canceled. The eight scripts were divided into two four-episode arcs that would have been part of seasons 7 and 8 of the installment. The episode titles would have been "Lethal Alliance", "The Mission", "Conspirators", "Dark Disciple", "Saving Vos, Part I", "Saving Vos, Part II", "Traitor", and "The Path".

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, the Jedi Council has come to accept that Quinlan Vos has been redeemed, but that doesn't change the fact that he's caused so much irreparable damage - and the deaths of many, including his long-time friend Desh - while he was under the Dark Side's influence, and Vos is very much aware of this. As such, he's put under surveillance and rehabilitation to make sure he doesn't betray them again, especially when he goes to return Ventress's body to the Nightsister Fortress on Dathomir (a place strong with the Dark Side).]]

** Quinlan Vos, a Kiffar, and Assaj Ventress, a Dathomiri Nightsister, fall in love with each other through the events of the novel.

** Being a Force user herself, it's very obvious to Ventress that Vos is a Jedi despite the latter's early efforts to not pass as one.
** [[spoiler: After betraying them twice and still being under the Dark Side's influence despite turning away from it, the Jedi Council puts Vos on temporary probation and under surveillance even though they are willing to give him a second chance at redemption. They let him to go to Dathomir to return Ventress's body, but with Obi-Wan's supervision.]]

The plot of ''Dark Disciple'' is based on eight unproduced scripts written by Katie Lucas from ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' that were written but not animated before the installment was canceled. The eight scripts were divided into two four-episode arcs that would have been part of seasons 7 and 8 of the series. The episode titles would have been "Lethal Alliance", "The Mission", "Conspirators", "Dark Disciple", "Saving Vos, Part I", "Saving Vos, Part II", "Traitor", and "The Path".

* DelinquentHair: Ventress has grown a mohawk since her last appearance on ''The Clone Wars''. In contrast to her brown hair in her TroubledBackStoryFlashback in the series, it's white-blonde in the novel; however, it is unclear which one is her original hair color and which one was dyed.