History Literature / DarkDisciple

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It was released on July 7, 2015.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Ventress dies on Christophsis, the same place she was chronologically first introduced in the new canon.]]

!!Due to its nature as a sequel, spoilers for ''The Clone Wars'' will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

!!Due to its nature as a sequel, spoilers for ''The Clone Wars'' will be left unmarked.

The plot of ''Dark Disciple'' is based on eight unproduced scripts written by Katie Lucas from the ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' series that were written but not animated before the series 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".

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* CaughtOnTape: Ventress lies to Vos, telling him that Count Dooku [[spoiler:killed his Jedi Master, Tholme]]. When Count Dooku [[spoiler:captures Vos, after hearing this from Vos, he plays a holorecording showing that it was Ventress who did the deed.]]
* DeathByAdaptation:

* DeathByAdaptation: In the Legends canon, Vos's master Tholme survived the Clone Wars, but in this book he's a PosthumousCharacter.

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler: Ventress dies on Christophsis, the same place she was chronologically first introduced in the new canon.]]

The plot of ''Dark Disciple'' is based on eight unproduced scripts written by Katie Lucas from the ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' series that were written but not animated before the series 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''".

!!Due to its nature as a sequel, spoilers for ''The Clone Wars'' will be left unmarked.

* ActionGirl: Ventress, naturally, and Latts Razzi.

''Dark Disciple'' is a ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' novel by Christie Golden which focuses on an alliance between the failed-Sith acolyte turned bounty hunter Asajj Ventress and maverick Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, who has been ordered by the Jedi Council to assassinate Count Dooku in the hope that his death will bring a swift end to the Clone Wars. This radical act is prompted by the near-genocide of the Mahran at Dooku's order. During their mission, Ventress and Vos will have to struggle with their differing ideologies and growing feelings for one another as they seek a way to finish Dooku once and for all.

* FemmeFatale: Ventress knows that most humanoids find her attractive, and has no qualms about using this as a weapon while working on a job. She even has two different tactics: the "nod-and-wink" is supposedly more subtle (altough it's not shown), whereas the "full-on gambit" is flat-out active seduction and unsubtle flirtation.

* 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 Nighsister Fortress on Dathomir (a place strong with the Dark Side).]]
* ImportantHairCut: Inverted. WordOfGod said that Ventress shaved her hair as a way of showing [[BaldOfEvil her alligence 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.

** Their first quary, Moregi, was a Volpai who was married to a Rodian woman.

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'''''Dark Disciple''''' is a ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' novel by Christie Golden which focuses on an alliance between the failed-Sith acolyte turned bounty hunter Asajj Ventress and maverick Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, who has been ordered by the Jedi Council to assassinate Count Dooku in the hope that his death will bring a swift end to the Clone Wars. This radical act is prompted by the near-genocide of the Mahran at Dooku's order. During their mission, Ventress and Vos will have to struggle with their differing ideologies and growing feelings for one another as they seek a way to finish Dooku once and for all.

!!This novel contains the following tropes:

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Ventress dies on Christophsis, the same place she was chronologically first introduced in the new canon.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Dooku will survive Ventress and Vos' assassination attempt, since he dies at Anakin's hands in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Vos will likewise survive since he's mentioned in that film commanding a clone unit on Boz Pity.

* OfCorsetsSexy: During their assassination attempt of Dooku, Ventress and Vos had to infiltrate a high class gala event. Ventress' choice of disguise was a [[http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/open-uri20150608-27674-quxex3_fe7fa5be.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C2160%2C1396 pair of highheels, fishnet stockings, a long skirt...and a ''very'' sexy corset]], that left Quinlan speechless.

** Quinlan and Asajj 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 Quinlan and Asajj leave the system with their payment and kill Krim's family anyway]].
** Being a Force user herself, it's very obvious to Asajj that Quinlan is a Jedi despite the latter's early efforts to not pass as one.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Ventress shoves Quinlan out of the way and takes Dooku's lethally intense Force Lightning for him.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: The Mahran have a stinger that contains a poison guaranteed to kill its target. However, the act of simply unsheathing the stinger reduces the Mahran's life expectancy to mere minutes, as the poison it contains will also be released into the Mahran's bloodstream and travel to their heart.
* TeachHimAnger: Both Ventress and Dooku approach training Quinlan in the Dark Side of the Force, by helping/forcing him to embrace his rage.

** [[spoiler: The Black Sun kills the children that Vos and Asajj had rescued from their clutches, along with their family.]]
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Master]]: Invoked. Ventress tells Quinlan that Dooku killed his Master Tholme, to make his rage help him embrace the Dark Side. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it was Ventress herself who killed Tholme- after Tholme had surrendered to her, no less. When Quinlan found out, he was ''very'' upset.]]

* PragmaticHero: Mace Windu decides that the easiest way to end the war is to assassinate Count Dooku, a decision which he considers pragmatic and the only way to prevent millions of more deaths. Several Jedi consider this course of action to be very close to straying to the Dark Side of the Force.

** [[spoiler: After betraying them twice and still being under the Dark Side's influence despite turning away from it, the Jedi Council puts Quinlan 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 Asajj Ventress's body, but with Obi-Wan's supervision.]]

** Aleena Jedi Master Chubor, who's killed in the first chapter when Count Dooku destroys the refugee fleet he is commanding.

* WouldHurtAChild: Count Dooku orders a refuge fleet destroyed despite the fact it is full of innocent refugees, including many children.

* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Master]]: Invoked. Ventress tells Quinlan that Dooku killed his Master Tholme, to make his rage help him embrace the Dark Side. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it was Ventress herself who killed Tholme- ''after Tholme surrendered to her''. When Quinlan found out, he was ''very'' upset.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The Sleeper is a [[TimeAbyss very ancient]] creature that has been living in the depths of the Nightsister Fortress since before the clan was formed. Until Vos got a clear view of the Sleeper and killed it, previous Nightsisters' RiteOfPassage involved going into the pool where it rested and claiminga piece of it, but each had contradictory explanations of what it looked like. The only thing they could agree on was that it was terrifying. The Sleeper's also implied to be able to see through the Force.
* EnemyMine: The Jedi Council decides to send Vos to ally with ex-Sith acolyte Ventress in order for him to stand a chance of getting close to Dooku and killing him.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: During Ventress' and [[spoiler:Boba Fett's team of bounty hunters attempt to rescue Vos, Fett and his team managed to somehow defeat and subdue Count Dooku, although he escapes before they can kill him.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: In the Legends canon, Vos's master Tholme survived the Clone Wars, but in this book he is a PosthumousCharacter.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Ventressm who has always been cool and distant with everyone, even her fellow Nightsisters to a degree, gradually opens up and grows very fond of Vos, eventually falling in love with him.

* EldritchAbomination: The Sleeper is a [[TimeAbyss very ancient]] creature that has been living in the depths of the Nightsister Fortress since before the clan was formed. Until Quinlan Vos got a clear view of the Sleeper and killed it, previous Nightsisters' RiteOfPassage involved going into the pool where it rested and claiminga piece of it, but each had contradictory explanations of what it looked like. The only thing they could agree on was that it was terrifying. It is also implied to be able to see through the Force.
* EnemyMine: The Jedi Council decides to send Vos to ally with ex-Sith acolyte Asajj in order for him to stand a chance of getting close to Dooku and killing him.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: When Vos can't stand lying to Ventress anylonger and reveals that he's a Jedi, Ventress replies that she had already figured it out; even though Vos mostly refrained from using the Force, there were a few instances - such as his impossibly quick reflexes, or surviving jumps that would've killed a normal human - that gave him away.

* FemmeFatale: Ventress knows that most humanoids find her hot, and has no qualms about using this as a weapon while working on a job. She even has two different tactics: the "nod-and-wink" is supposedly more subtle (altough it's not shown), whereas the "full-on gambit" is flat-out active seduction and unsubtle flirtation.
* FinalSolution: Count Dooku orders the genocide of the Mahran after they refused to join the Confederacy and provide them with the rich resources found on their planet. The Separatists subsequently invade their homeworld of Mahranee, destroy their cities, and annihilate the refugee convoy that attempts to flee the planet. The remaining Mahran on the planet go into hiding with the occupying droids having orders to shoot them on sight. The majority of the Mahran still alive are those who were off-planet when the invasion occurred.
* ForegoneConclusion: Dooku will survive Ventress and Vos' assassination attempt, since he dies at Anakin's hands in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Vos will likewise survive since he is mentioned in that film commanding a clone unit on Boz Pity.
* 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 has 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 Asajj Ventress's body to the Nighsister 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.
** Their first quary, Moregi was a four-armed, multi-eyed alien, and he was married to a Rodian woman.
* IntroOnlyPointOfView: The first half of chapter one is from the viewpoint of Ashu-Nyamal before the ship she is on is destroyed by Count Dooku's fleet.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: During Ventress' and [[spoiler:Boba Fett's team of bounty hunters attempt to rescue Vos, Fett and his team managed to somehow defeat and subdue Count Dooku, although for some reason they do not kill him]].

* RedShirt: Two Jedi redshirts bit the dust during the story.
** Aleena Jedi Master Chubor, who is killed in the first chapter when Count Dooku destroys the refugee fleet he is commanding.
** Chagrian Jedi Knight Kav Bayons, who is introduced late in the book [[spoiler:and killed within a few pages when Quinlan Vos and Count Dooku escape from Jedi custody]].
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Ventress shoves Quinlan out of the way and takes Dooku's lethally intense Force-lighting for him.]]

* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Master]]: Invoked. Ventress tells Quinlan that Dooku killed his Master Tholme, to make his rage help him embrace the Dark Side. [[spoiler:As it turns out it was Ventress herself who killed Tholme- ''after Tholme surrendered to her''. When Quinlan found out, he was ''very'' upset.]]

* EldritchAbomination: The Sleeper is a [[TimeAbyss very ancient]] creature that has been living in the depths of the Nightsister Fortress since before the clan was formed. Until Quinlan Vos got a clear view of the Sleeper and killed it, previous Nightsisters' RiteOfPassage involved going into the pool where it rested and claiming and claiming a piece of it, but each had contradictory explanations of what it looked like. Th only thing they could agree on was that it was terrifying. It is also implied to be able to see through the Force.

** Quinlan and Asajj 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 and kill Krim's family anyway]].

** [[spoiler: After betraying them twice and still being under the Dark Side's influence despite turning away from it, the Jedi Council puts Quinlan Vos on temporary probation and under surveillance even though they are willing to give him a second chance at redemption.]]

* EverybodyKnewAlready: When Vos can't stand lying to Ventress anylonger and reveals that he's a Jedi, Ventress replies that she had already figured it out; eventhough Vos mostly refrained from using the Force, there were a few instances - such as his impossibly quick reflexes, or surviving jumps that would've killed a normal human - that gave him away.

* OfCorsetsSexy: During their assassination attempt of Dooku, Ventress and Vos had to infiltrate a high class gala event. Ventress' choise of disguise was a [[http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/open-uri20150608-27674-quxex3_fe7fa5be.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C2160%2C1396 pair of highheels, fishnet stockings, a long skirt...and a ''very'' sexy corset]], that left Quinlan speechless.

* KarmaHoudini: Vos turns to the dark side, commits some heinous (offscreen) acts and yet gets off the hook with an "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry"?

* AdaptationDistillation: The novel is essentially an adaptation of Quinlan Vos's storyline from the ''ComicBook/{{Republic}}'' comics, just condensed and with some rather major divergancies.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Ventress who has always been cool and distant with everyone, even her fellow Nightsister to a degree, gradually opens up and grows very fond of Vos, eventually falling in love with him.
* 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.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: When Vos can't stand lying to Ventress anylonger and reveals that he's a Jedi, Ventress replies that she had already figured it out, for eventhough Vos mostly refrained from using the Force, there were a few instances -such as his impossibly quick reflexes, or surviving jumps that would've killed a normal human- that gave him away.
* FemaleGaze[=/=]MaleGaze: Ventress and Vos mutually check-out eachother before they decide to partner-up.

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

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Obi-Wan worries about what the war is doing to the Jedi Order's morality is extremely concerned that the Jedi are close to doing this by authorizing an assassination.
* KarmaHoudini: Vos turns to the dark side, commits some heinous (offscreen) acts and yet gets off the hook with a "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry"?
* LeParkour: Moregi used a lot of leaps jumps and short-cut while trying to shake off Ventress and Vos, and ultimately succeeded doing so, eventhough they themselves were pretty good in it as well.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Windu's justification for suggesting the assassination of Dooku is that, by doing so they could save millions.
* OfCorsetsSexy: During their assasination attempt of Dooku, Ventress and Vos had to inflitrate a highclass gala event. Ventress' choise of disguise was a [[http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/open-uri20150608-27674-quxex3_fe7fa5be.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C2160%2C1396 pair of highheels, fishnet stockings, a long skirt...and a ''very'' sexy corset]], that left Quinlan speechless.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Ventress shoves Quinlan out of the way and takes Dooku's leathally intense Force-lighting for him.]]

* TeachHimAnger. Both Ventress and Dooku approaches training Quinlan in the Dark Side of the Force, by helping/forcing him to embrace his rage.