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[[folder:Asajj Ventress]]
!!Asajj Ventress
!!!'''Species:''' Zabrak (Dathomirian)
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Dathomir
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Do you think you'll still be able to call on the Force even after I've separated your head from your body?"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Remember... you always have a choice to be better. You always have a choice to... to pick the right path. Even if that choice comes a little late."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman, Orlagh Cassidy (''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'')
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jessica Ortiz
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masako Isobe
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfRepublic Age of Republic]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''Literature/KindredSpirits'' | ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]''

-->''"Now you fall. As all Jedi must."''

As an infant from Dathomir, Asajj Ventress was given over to a slaver from Rattatak to spare the rest of the Nightsister tribe from a similar fate. After the slaver was killed in a pirate attack, Ventress discovered her strength in the Force and was taken under the wing of a Jedi Master named Ky Narec. After Narec was killed, Ventress succumbed to the Dark Side, eventually becoming a Sith apprentice and loyal assassin to Count Dooku and serving him during the Clone Wars. However, late in the Clone Wars, Darth Sidious grew concerned by Ventress's growing strength and ordered Dooku to kill her, to which the Count reluctantly complied. Ventress survived the attack and returned to Dathomir, seeking aid in avenging the Sith Lord's betrayal. After a complex series of events that saw the creation (and rebellion) of the monstrous Savage Opress, Dooku ordered an assault that all but destroyed the Nightsisters, leaving Ventress to fend for herself in the galaxy.

She later tried to atone for her actions, getting close to Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, but was tragically killed by her old master.

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[[folder:Asajj Ventress]]
!!Asajj Ventress
!!!'''Species:''' Zabrak (Dathomirian)
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Dathomir
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!!Mother Talzin
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Remember... you always have a choice to be better. You always have a choice to... to pick the right path. Even if that choice comes a little late.[[caption-width-right:300:''"Where one sees failure, others see opportunity."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman, Orlagh Cassidy (''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'')
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jessica Ortiz
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masako Isobe
Creator/BarbaraGoodson
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfRepublic Age of Republic]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''Literature/KindredSpirits'' ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' | ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]''

-->''"Now you fall. As all Jedi must.
''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder Jedi: Fallen Order]]''[[note]]mentioned only[[/note]]

-->''"Our loyalty is reserved only for each other.
"''

As an infant from Dathomir, Asajj Ventress was given over to a slaver from Rattatak to spare the rest The leader of the Nightsister tribe from a similar fate. After the slaver was killed in a pirate attack, Ventress discovered her strength in the Force and was taken under the wing of a Jedi Master named Ky Narec. After Narec was killed, Ventress succumbed to the Dark Side, eventually becoming a Sith apprentice and loyal assassin to Count Dooku and serving him during the Clone Wars. However, late in the Clone Wars, Darth Sidious grew concerned by Ventress's growing strength and ordered Dooku to kill her, to which the Count reluctantly complied. Ventress survived the attack and returned to Dathomir, seeking aid in avenging the Sith Lord's betrayal. After a complex series of events that saw the creation (and rebellion) of the monstrous Savage Opress, Dooku ordered an assault that all but destroyed the Nightsisters, leaving Ventress to fend for herself in the galaxy.

She later tried to atone for her actions, getting close to Jedi Master Quinlan Vos, but was tragically killed by her old master.
whose true motives remain obscure.



* AcePilot: While not to the skills of her ''Legends'' counterpart, she does manage to be a pretty skilled pilot, eliminating Obi-wan's ship rather easily.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In ''Legends'', she remains a loyal Separatist agent until near the end of the Clone Wars, when she is crippled by Anakin, turned into a cyborg in an attempt to rebuild her, and ultimately discarded by Dooku, after which she fakes her death and drops out from the war to an unknown fate. In ''The Clone Wars'', and by extension in the canon, she is betrayed in midst of the conflict, joins the Dathomirian Nightsisters, becomes a BountyHunter, and gets killed as an AntiHero after saving her lover Quinlan Vos.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Her character designs in ''Legends'' often highlighted her creepiest, most inhuman traits, with [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars the non-canon micro-series]] even giving her ProphetEyes and a shrieking voice. In ''The Clone Wars'', and by extension the canon, she looks considerably more attractive. Her final story arc in the canon even allows her to grow her hair back and adopt a more attractive, conventionally feminine appearance.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Originally in ''Legends'', Ventress' was raised by parents who tried to rally an army against an invading warlord on Rattatak. This was retconned in ''The Clone Wars'' when she was instead taken from Dathomir as a child and raised as a slave on Rattatak.
* AdaptationalBadass: While she might not be as adapt in Sith magic or piloting as her Legends counterpart, she does manage to nearly kill Luminara, briefly overpower Anakin and Obi-Wan at the same time, and fend off Darth Maul for a while. She's also quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat, which she never showed before.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Prior to ''The Clone Wars'', she was originally a Dark Acolyte in ''Legends'', one of the Force sensitives trained by Dooku to fulfill many functions of intelligence, military command, and Jedi affairs. However, since this faction doesn't exist in ''The Clone Wars'' (and by extension the canon), Ventress is instead referred by everyone as merely "Dooku's assassin". The difference is mostly semantic, as she still does these kind of missions aside from assassinating people, but it also extends to the aesthetics, wearing SpyCatsuit-like attires, using traps and explosives, and acting generally more like a special forces operative than a regular Sith.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** In ''Legends''' Dark Horse comics, she remained with the Separatists until she was betrayed by Dooku, which resulted in her faking her death and dropping out near the end of the war. In ''The Clone Wars'', she is betrayed a lot sooner and gradually turns into an AntiHero BountyHunter after the destruction of the Nightsisters. This ContinuitySnarl was partially patched by Leland Chee, who stated her fate in the comics wasn't canon in ''Legends'' anymore (explicitly applying BroadStrokes to the ''Obsession'' comic, where the only canon events remaining, according to Chee, are that there was a battle in Boz Pity and that Durge was defeated in Maramere). The canon built over this.
** Even more so within canon, as she pulls a full-on HeelFaceTurn, whereas her pre-''The Clone Wars'' self merely ran away from the war, and her post-''The Clone Wars'' self never was followed on due to the Disney buyout (though it would have presumably ended up as portrayed in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'', which was made after abandoned scripts).
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed. The canonical Ventress is much less eloquent and philosophical than her ''Legends'' version, but she is also much less likely to bite off more than she can chew, and never suffers any kind of WorfBarrage at the hands of Grievous, Anakin, and Dooku. The opponents she fights are ones she comes ''very'' close to killing, and those who are above her skill level she plays out plans to weaken or gain the advantage.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed and later subverted. Her appearances in ''The Clone Wars'' and the canon portray her as a complete AloofAlly within the Separatists, as her onscreen missions are almost always solo, she routinely antagonizes her underlings, and part of her CharacterDevelopment is precisely about becoming more of a team player. In contrast, while her ''Legends'' version was admittedly not a party animal either, she regularly teamed up with Durge and had a VitriolicBestBuds relationship with him, was also surprisingly close to her Rattataki lieuetenant Aidus, and got often sent to missions along with other Dark Acolytes. As none of those characters appear with her in canon, she doesn't have a chance to show her social side until she is betrayed and forced to leave the Separatist Alliance, and it is still mostly limited to tagalongs like Ahsoka and Quinlan Vos.
* AdaptationalWimp: {{Downplayed}}. Ventress remains one of the most dangerous Force users during the Clone Wars in canon, but the de-canonization of the ExpandedUniverse cut out several of the great feats she had in ''Legends'', like defeating Plo Koon while half-armed, going toe to toe with [[AcePilot Anakin of all people]] in a starfighter battle, being a nightmare to many Jedi in her missions, and eliminating the remnants of Darth Plagueis' dangerous [[PraetorianGuard Echani Sun Guard]]. Ventress in ''Legends'' also had the uncanny ability to reanimate dead through Sith alchemy, which she lacks in canon.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: Inverted. In ''Legends'', her twin lightsabers used to belong to Komari Vosa, a rebellious former Padawan of Dooku who was hunted down by Jango Fett. In the canon, Vosa doesn't exist, and the lightsabers were presumably built by Ventress herself. Also, in ''Legends'' Ventress was recruited as a ([[SecretTestOfCharacter failed]]) replacement for another acolyte of Dooku, Sev'rance Tann, who is similarly absent from the canon.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Since Ventress in the canon is an assassin and informal apprentice rather than a full-fledged Dark Acolyte, her personality is toned down in accord, becoming cold and reserved and only hamming up when really spurred. In comparison, her personality in ''Legends'' was almost the exact opposite: she tended to be loquacious and unhinged, in the classical Sith tradition, and only dialed it down when feigning serenity or if genuinely moved by something.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** Her FoeRomanceSubtext with Obi-Wan from ''Legends'' gets mostly excised in ''The Clone Wars'', and by extension the canon. In ''Legends'', the two had multiple suggestive moments, Obi-Wan became downright obsessed with the possibility of redeeming her and she with that of corrupting him (their mutual attraction is even explicitly likened to that of Anakin and Padmé), and Asajj had even an instance of WhatIsThisFeeling after one of their encounters. Her fake death and desertion also felt as a possible SequelHook, implying they might meet again someday (and although they did not, Obi-Wan was mentioned in another ''Legends'' work as having been [[TheMourningAfter reminded of her by some flowers]] he found in Tatooine). In canon, Obi-Wan and Ventress do like to invoke romantic subtext during their fights, but this is clearly treated by both as just a twisted joke without any real attraction; Obi-Wan only has eyes for Satine, and Ventress later has her true LoveInterest in Quinlan Vos.
** She's an UnknownRival to Grievous in canon, which makes her duel with him on Dathomir in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]" more of a business affair that was more personal to him than her. In ''Legends'', she had already faced him along with Durge in the Trenchant space station, a secret test designed by Dooku to prove whether Grievous was worthy or not to lead his army. The encounter ended up on Grievous wiping the floor with both opponents and leaving Ventress in a brief VillainousBSOD, which was implied to play a role in her posterior revenge and defeat of him in Dathomir.
** She's essentially Dooku's surrogate daughter in canon, having found her when she was young and then trained and molded her for quite some years as his personal apprentice, even having grown strong enough attachment to push back against Sidious slightly. In ''Legends'', she was simply one of his many henchmen, someone he discarded without blinking when she failed him one too many times.
** In canon, Ventress has no relationship with Durge, who was re-introduced as a Empire-era bounty hunter unrelated to the CIS. In ''Legends'', they were partners in crime during the Clone Wars (and several scenes implied they were somewhat close).
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Again, within ''Legends''. In the ''Legends'' comic books she originally appeared in, she was a member of the planet Rattatak's indigenous people called Rattataki. In ''The Clone Wars'', she was born as a Nightsister of Dathomir who grew up on Rattatak. The Rattataki themselves would later be [[CanonImmigrant re-canonized]] in the book ''Literature/StarWarsResistanceReborn'' by virtue of being mentioned in the novel.
* AffablyEvil: After abandoning the Separatists, the affability she does show (concern for the other Nightsisters, empathy for Ahsoka, and ultimately her love for Quinlan Vos) appears to be genuine.
* AntiHero: She evolved into one of these after the annihilation of the Nightsisters.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[LampshadeHanging When did you become the good guy?]]\\
'''Ventress:''' Don't insult me.
* TheApprentice: She was the Padawan learner of Ky Narec before her turn to the Dark Side caused by his death and later becomes the apprentice of Count Dooku, although she is not an official Sith apprentice. Darth Sidious suspects Dooku might make her one as she becomes more powerful and thus orders Dooku to kill her.
* AssInAmbassador: When she was sent to bring Toydaria into the Confederacy, Ventress ends up threatening to kill King Katuunko after Yoda survives her ambush.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She is Dooku's apprentice and one of the Separatists' high-ranking commanders, and when she's required to be on the battlefield, she can hold her own against Anakin and Obi-Wan. In fact, after her powers grew as sensed by Sidious, she managed to actually ''overpower them at once'' with Force choking in their last battle, only losing when she was distracted by their ship's shaking.
* BaldOfEvil: Flashbacks revealed that she's not naturally hairless, and only shaved her hair after the death of Ky Narec. It was confirmed by Filoni that she chose this as a way to express her allegiance to the DarkSide and to the Sith and, after leaving Dooku and becoming a bounty hunter, she decided to let her hair grow out. Between that and the destruction of the Nightsisters, she has been slowly turning to good.
* TheBaroness: When she was still part of the Separatists serving under Count Dooku before he betrayed her.
* BeingEvilSucks: She seems to realize that all her hatred and plots of revenge have only cost her happiness and her family, largely deciding to become a bounty hunter rather than participate in the Clone War any further. She would have stayed that way, had it not been for Quinlan Vos and Dooku.
* BerserkButton: Insulting or downplaying her skills. Doing so nearly got Luminara killed, and earned [[TheMole Captain Argyus]] a lightsaber through the back.
* BifurcatedWeapon: In the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], as in the ''Legends'' comics, her lightsabers could be joined at the hilt to form a [[DoubleWeapon double-bladed]] one. Obi-Wan sliced through the hilt to separate them and she's never used the technique since.
* BreakTheCutie: She started out as a girl sold to a slaver as an infant. Then, her owner, who is implied to have been a "decent" one, got killed, and she was taken in and happily adopted by a Jedi Master... then ''he'' got murdered. Alone and driven mad with grief, she turned to the Dark Side and then became an apprentice and assassin to Count Dooku. Then, Dooku betrays and tries to kill her at the behest of ''his'' master. Then, her clan is wiped out in retribution for her surviving the assassination attempt and proceeding to try and pay Dooku back in kind.
* BountyHunter: She temporarily joins Boba Fett's group in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]" and becomes a full-time bounty hunter afterwards.
* CanonImmigrant: She originated from ''Legends''' ''Clone Wars'' micro-series and ''Republic'' comics before becoming a character in the Canon as a result of her appearances in ''The Clone Wars''.
* CatchAndReturn: When she tests the Nightbrother competitors in battle, she catches a spear one of them had thrown at her and throws it back at him, impaling him on it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of seasons three through five, she develops from being Dooku's somewhat underdeveloped and psychotic [[TheDragon dragon]] into a tragic and complex character who can relate to the plight of others. She even delivers a WhatTheHellHero to Anakin on Ahsoka's behalf when the Jedi Order abandoned her.
* CharacterExaggeration: Her portrayal in ''The Clone Wars'', and by extension in the canon, focuses mostly on a single aspect of her ''Legends'' character, namely her job as Dooku's special operations woman. Other facets of her personality, like her role as TheCorrupter towards other Jedi, her aspirations to become a Sith lady, her iron hand reign over Rattatak, and her feelings towards Obi-Wan, are either de-emphasized or downright AdaptedOut. Even her personality gets adjusted to this change, making her taciturn and gloomy, whereas her previous versions could be incredibly talkative and theatrical.
* CleavageWindow: Her first and second outfits have this.
* TheCoatsAreOff: She often removes the skirt of her first outfit, as well as her robe if she wears it.
* CombatPragmatist: Ventress does NOT fight fair, which is part of what makes her such a deadly opponent, as Luminara Unduli almost fatally found out.
* CompositeCharacter: Ventress has elements associated with some characters from ''Legends''.
** In ''The Clone Wars'', Ventress is effectively conflated with Saato, a fellow female Dark Acolyte who was a Dathomirian Nightsister before being recruited by Dooku. Before that, ''Legends'' had established Ventress was a full-blooded Rattataki with no relation to Dathomir.
** Ventress now being CoDragons to Dooku along with Grievous gives her echoes of Sev'rance Tann, another female HumanAlien Dark Acolyte from ''Legends'' who was supreme commander of the droid army before Grievous came along. In fact, the ''Legends'' Ventress was actually recruited by Dooku to serve as a replacement for Tann, but lost this job to Grievous when the latter defeated her and Durge in a test battle. Now in canon, this battle never took place and Ventress is effectively at even ground with him.
** Also, her role of being Quinlan Vos' lover and later redeeming him through love appears to be inspired by the ''Legends'' character Khaleen Hentz.
* CoolHelmet: She gets one in the fifth season so she can operate in Republic space without being arrested for war crimes.
* CoolSword: Her two curved-hilt red lightsabers are no doubt very cool as it allows for more precision and finesse in lightsaber combat. After they get stolen by Barriss Offee, she purchases a standard lightsaber with a rare yellow blade to continue her work as a bounty hunter.
* CorporateSamurai: She works for a conglomerate of corporations and her character is officially inspired by samurai/ninja culture. She wears a hakama and ninja-like inner clothes, uses complex bladework and kicks, sports a shaven haircut, is fanatically loyal to a master, her lightsabers can be used as a light-nunchaku, and her name comes from Asaji of ''Film/ThroneOfBlood'' (and if this is not enough, her appearance in ''Legends''' Xbox ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII'' Live came equipped with light-shurikens).
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Savage Opress, whom she used to try to avenge Count Dooku's betrayal, turned against her after he had enough of her abuse. This also lead to Savage seeking out his brother, Darth Maul, and bringing him back as a threat to the Galaxy.
* CurbStompBattle:
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E1Ambush Ambush]]", Yoda is able to take her lightsabers using the Force, with no effort.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E13Monster Monster]]", she dishes one out to the Nightbrother competitors, but Savage Opress was the only one to come close to matching her.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", after Savage turns against her during their lightsaber duel against Count Dooku, she tries to fight her former Master on her own, but she is defeated. Count Dooku even warns her that without the aid of Savage, she's no match for him.
* DarkActionGirl: She's very sinister and quite dangerous, at least until the end of season four, where she becomes more of a neutral figure (although she's no less dangerous).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's shown in a TroubledBackstoryFlashback that Ventress was [[MadeASlave given away to a slaver]] while she was just a toddler. While this alone would be tragic enough, the guy seemed to have been at least decent to her as she seemed quite upset when she found his dead body. Then, Jedi Master Ky Narec, who found her, [[ParentalSubstitute raised her]], and taught her to use the Force, was killed before her eyes.
* DarkMagicalGirl: She fits the description to a T: she fights for the Separatists to gain Count Dooku's approval, her greatest fear is being left with nothing, and gradually turns away from the Dark Side after Dooku abandoned her. She even helps Ahsoka, her own GoodCounterpart, in exchange for Ahsoka getting her a full pardon, although this ends up being the last time they worked together.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has quite a sarcastic streak, which she takes up a few notches during the fourth season.
* DeathByAdaptation: In ''Legends'', prior the retcons made by ''The Clone Wars'', Ventress [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] before [[PutOnABus disappearing from the galactic scene altogether]] near the end of the war; even after said retcons, her fate was still left unrevealed, assuming she didn't simply live the rest of her life as a bounty hunter. In the Canon (which is revealed via ''Dark Disciple'', the conclusion of her storyline which was meant to be for ''The Clone Wars''), she legitimately dies as a result of doing a HeroicSacrifice.
* DelinquentHair: By the time of ''Dark Disciple'', Ventress has grown a mohawk since her previous appearance in ''The Clone Wars''. In contrast to her brown hair in her TroubledBackStoryFlashback in ''The Clone Wars'', it's white-blond in the novel. However, it is unclear which one is her original hair color and which one was dyed.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Downplayed, as she's more of a tetragonist on ''The Clone Wars''. She has the most extensive character arc besides Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: She dies in Quinlan Vos' arms after saving him, physically and spiritually, from Dooku.
* TheDragon: To Dooku, prior to his betrayal.
* DrowningMySorrows: Following the decimation of the Nightsisters, when arriving on Tatooine, Ventress goes straight to a bar, where she orders a short drink, gulps it down at once, and immediately orders another.
* DualWielding: She uses twin lightsabers.
* EnemyMine: She teams up with Obi-Wan to fight Savage and Darth Maul.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The death of Ky Narec sent her into the Dark Side of the Force. After deciding to fully join the Nightsisters, Ventress comes the closest she has ever been to being happy and having a family since Narec's death. The Nightsister massacre hits her hard and unlike any other time, Ventress [[ItsAllMyFault fully blames herself]]. Oddly, this leads her to becoming more good than evil.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She is appalled when she realizes that the "cargo" she was set to deliver on Quarzite was actually a slave girl. She could relate to the slave and worked to set her free... while ensuring she still received profits from both faking her delivery to Otua Blank and honestly giving her back to her brother.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Anakin. They both used to be slaves on a remote CrapsackWorld, have been rescued by a Jedi who were considered somewhat "rogues" by others, and became the apprentices of a Sith Lord. While Anakin started slipping closer and closer to the Dark Side during the fourth season, Asajj seems to have started to work on a HeelFaceTurn at the end of the same season. They also both die in a similar manner: they're killed by Force lightning in order to save someone they love from their former master.
** She's a counterpart to Ahsoka as well: both of their Masters were Jedi who turned to Dark Side, they both started by using a single green-bladed lightsaber and picked up DualWielding later, and the way the Jedi Council abandoned Ahsoka under pressure from the Senate eerily resembles how Dooku betrayed Ventress on Sidous' orders. They even came to realize that they had rather similar experiences during the fifth season.
* EvilLaugh: She lets out a pretty impressive cackle while fighting Ahsoka and Luminara in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E9CloakOfDarkness Cloak of Darkness]]", as well as while ambushing Maul and Savage in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]".
%%* EvilSoundsRaspy: Ventress has a very low, raspy.
* EvilVersusEvil: Her grudge against Count Dooku, as well as her lasting enmity with Savage Opress.
* FallenHero: Ventress was once a Jedi Padawan who fought to free Rattatak from gangs of ruthless criminals. She turned to the Dark Side after her Jedi Master Ky Narec was killed and she sought revenge.
* FantasticRacism: She hates Weequays for being responsible for the deaths of Hal'Sted and Ky Narec.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Usually, whenever she acts polite, it is a façade that is meant to either mock or deceive.
* FemmeFatale: She is a sultry, gloomy Separatist agent who wears sexy outfits, flirts with her enemies, and is ultimately morally complex.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: She has some chemistry with Obi-Wan, with a lot of mock-romantic dialogue during their battles, although unlike their relationship in ''Legends'', this is more joking than true attraction.
* FragileSpeedster: She's very fast in combat, especially with her acrobatic abilities, but she's far from the most durable force user around.
* FreudianExcuse: Given her DarkAndTroubledPast mentioned above, it's really no wonder Dooku was able to turn her to his side so easily.
* GladiatorGames: ''Dooku: Jedi Lost'' shows that she spent time as a gladiator on Rattatak sometime after the death of her master. That would be where Dooku would eventually discover her.
* HeelFaceTurn: Downplayed. She has this during the fourth season, although it's less of a change in morality and more of a choice to stop actively opposing the heroes. She later has a full-on, though it sadly ends with RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* HeroicSacrifice: She chooses a path that she knows will likely lead to her death in order to redeem Quinlan Vos.
* HighVoltageDeath: Ventress gets blasted to death with Dooku's Force lightning meant for Quinlan Vos.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She refers to Savage as a monster, even though she was responsible for his transformation, and treated him poorly.
* IcyBlueEyes: Her eyes are a very pale shade of blue, although she can be quite hot-blooded and aggressive at times.
* ImportantHairCut: Inverted. WordOfGod said that Ventress shaved her hair as a way of showing [[BaldOfEvil her allegiance to the Sith]]. By ''Dark Disciple'', she stopped doing so as a way of showing that -- at least partially -- she'd turned away from the Sith teachings.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Implied, especially in her duel against Luminara Unduli in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E9CloakOfDarkness Cloak of Darkness]]". When the Jedi master compares her to Dooku, Ventress looks satisfied for a second, clearly rejoicing at the connection, but when Unduli then adds that she is actually a ''sloppy'' version of Dooku, she loses the smile and goes ballistic.
* InformedAbility: Partway through the Clone Wars, Ventress is said to be growing so powerful in her abilities that even ''Darth Sidious'' is beginning to feel threatened by her. But in almost every episode, she [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption fails at her goals]], mostly because of the ForegoneConclusion of events that have already happened in ''Revenge of the Sith''. Even throughout the three-part story arc where this is first mentioned she is shown to be vastly inferior to Dooku's own powers, requiring help from allies in order to even be able to force him to a draw.
* InTheHood: Her early appearances in ''The Clone Wears'', including her introduction in the pilot movie, have Ventress wearing an ample robe with a hood over her face. She drops this over time.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Post-HeelFaceTurn. Ventress is still a jerk, but Anakin couldn't argue with her over how her comparison of how the Jedi Council coldly abandoning Ahsoka with little hesitation was the same of how Dooku abandoned her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she starts out as a murderous assassin, Ventress develops into a snarky and aggressive yet generally alright individual who's willing to help and empathize with others.
* KickChick: Though not as her main strategy, she often uses kicks in her fights, even when wearing her ankle-length hakama.
* KickTheDog: Her treatment of Savage during the Nightsisters and Brothers arc. Having him transformed and brainwashed, forcing him to kill his own brother (who Savage had given himself up to protect), handing him over to Count Dooku for [[TrainingFromHell Sith training]], and constantly berating him when he proves to be no match for Dooku. After all this, it's really no surprise that Savage wants to kill her.
* LaserBlade: She wields two curved-hilt red-bladed lightsabers. Later, after they were stolen by Barriss Offee, Ventress wields a new yellow-bladed lightsaber she acquired from the black market. In the flashback in the "Nightsisters" episode she had a green-bladed lightsaber as a Padawan and used her master green-bladed as well. In the same episode, she also used a blue-bladed lightsaber to try to kill Dooku.
* LastOfHerKind: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]", Grievous's army decimated the Nightsisters, leaving -- ironically -- Ventress and Talzin, the primary targets of the attack, the sole survivors. After ''Dark Disciple'', both her and Talzin are dead.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The fact that Asajj Ventress is a creepy bald woman seems meant to be a sort of surprise in the pilot movie of ''The Clone Wars'', given that she is introduced with a heavy hood (something that she rarely wears in any medium or continuity) and doesn't lose it until it is time to whip out her lightsabers. However, for those who had read the ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'' comics or watched ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', where she had first appeared ''years'' before, this could hardly be a revelation.
* LeanAndMean: She's very thin, to the point her character design in ''The Clone Wars'' looks slightly like a non-HumanAlien, but is no less dangerous for it.
* LimaSyndrome:
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E20Bounty Bounty]]", she comes to sympathize with Pluma Sodi when she realizes how similar their circumstances are and decides to fool her contractor along with letting the girl and her brother go -- for some extra money.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E19ToCatchAJedi To Catch a Jedi]]", she also comes to realize how much she has in common with Ahsoka and in exchange for Ahsoka getting her a pardon for her involvement with the Separatists, she helps the girl prove her innocence.
* MadeASlave: She was given up at birth to a criminal. However, the man who purchased her apparently [[PetTheDog treated her well]] as she seemed genuinely saddened by his death.
* MasterSwordswoman: She's one of only two characters who managed to best General Grievous in a lightsaber duel without resorting to using the Force against him. She was, however, no match for [[AlwaysABiggerFish Count Dooku]] in a straight fight.
* MeaningfulName: Asajj might come from the Sanskrit "assajan", which means wicked, crooked and sinful, all of which fits her role and personality prior to her CharacterDevelopment. Officially, it's also a ShoutOut to Kurosawa's ''Film/ThroneOfBlood'', where Asaji is the name of the film's version of Lady Macbeth. It can also be derived from the Japanese "asahi", meaning "morning sun", reflecting her turning away from the Dark Side.
* MeditationPowerup: During her battle against Anakin and Obi-Wan in Christophsis, she allows herself to reposition and wait for them sitting serenely cross-legged, implying this. It gets subverted, though, because it's revealed she only sat like that to goad them in and then destroy the floor under them with her lightsabers. (The whole stunt might be a reference to her usage of Quey'tek meditation in ''Legends''.)
* MindOverMatter: Just like the rest of the Force-users in the canon, Ventress is telekinetic.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Not that her previous life had been a paradise, but Ventress becomes a much better person after her life takes a ''massive'' turn for the worse.
* MisplacedRetribution: She admits that she blamed the Jedi for "abandoning" Ky Narec when it's possible that they simply didn't know that he was alive. To be fair, Dooku wanted her on his side so he was probably manipulating her emotions.
* MuggedForDisguise: She is attacked by Barriss Offee, who steals Ventress's helmet and lightsabers to pose as her while attacking Ahsoka.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Ventress is able to beat the ever-loving crap out of several Nightbrothers, all of whom have at least fifty pounds of muscle on her, while fighting hand-to-hand.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the Nightsisters are destroyed by Grievous' army, she completely breaks down and blames herself for dragging the clan into her quest for vengeance.
* NeverMyFault:
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters Nightsisters]]", after their defeat at Dooku's hands, Ventress irritably remarked that she had warned the other Nightsisters of Dooku's power, ignoring that she had been defeated by her former master as well.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", she blamed Savage for their combined inability to defeat Dooku, ignoring that she wasn't doing much better against the Count herself.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]", she claims that Savage "rejected [her] guidance". In reality, Savage lashed out at Ventress for her abusive treatment and for continually berating him due to his inability to defeat Dooku. Averted twice later in the same episode, where she blames herself for not only General Grievous' army coming to Dathomir since it was her quest for vengeance against Dooku that led him to seek retribution, but for the annihilation of the Nightsisters.
* OppositesAttract: Quinlan Vos' fun and friendly personality is one of the things that win him the no-nonsense yet usually cold and distant Ventress's love.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her own mother handed her over to a slaver (albeit reluctantly) when she was a toddler and her father was most likely killed according to the tradition, just like the father of Savage and Maul.
* PetTheDog: She returns a girl who had been kidnapped as a bride for a warlord to her brother, though Ventress did insist on being paid for her troubles.
* RapidHairGrowth: She grew her hair back pretty quickly after taking up bounty hunting, if the cover of ''Dark Disciple'' is any indication.
* RunOrDie: Twice.
** First after Savage turned against her during their duel against Dooku, she tried to kill her former Master on her own. Ultimately, she was forced to abandon the fight.
** During the Battle of Dathomir, she was shot by a super battle droid and forced to run to save her life.
* SerendipitousSurvival: In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E1Ambush Ambush]]", Yoda spares her and lets her go free despite having her cornered. Naturally, she goes on to kill more people, but as the installment goes on, she ultimately finds her own way and becomes a SpannerInTheWorks, as written below.
* SheFu: Her unarmed combat style includes lots of acrobatic stunts.
* ShipTease: With Obi-Wan, as mentioned in FoeRomanceSubtext above.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: During her brief team-up with Obi-Wan in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E22Revenge Revenge]]".
-->''[Asajj tosses one of her lightsabers to Obi-Wan]''\\
'''Asajj:''' I want that back.\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' That's fine. Red's not my color.
* SoftSpokenSadist: She often speaks in a gentle, almost purring tone, although it can become harsh and snarling at the drop of a hat and she later drops the "sadist" part ([[AntiHero mostly]]).
* SpannerInTheWorks:
** She ruins Darth Maul's first attempt at vengeance on Obi-Wan, which obviously allows Obi-Wan to do everything important he does later on.
** She also ruins Barriss's plot to frame Ahsoka for the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar, while also indirectly encouraging Ahsoka to follow her own path now that she's been thrown aside by the people she thought she could trust. [[{{Foil}} as she knows from personal experience]]... which ultimately leads to Ahsoka doing everything important she does later on, like becoming an important figure to the Rebellion.
* SpyCatsuit: Her suits, often underneath her robe and skirts, tend to be of this type, only with skin-baring patches.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Quinlan Vos.
* StartOfDarkness: She had a pretty rough life, but the death of her master and [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]], Ky Narec, seems to have been the last straw.
* StatuesqueStunner: Ventress has a height of 1.79 cm[=/=]5'10 and is considered rather attractive by multiple characters. She's also one of the female characters that are [[MsFanservice fanservice]] in ''The Clone Wars''.
* StealthExpert: Aside from her skill in lightsaber combat and Force usage, Ventress is also really good at being sneaky, making her an excellent spy, saboteur, and assassin.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her first attire.
* SurroundedByIdiots: The battle droids are nowhere near as intelligent as Ventress and sometimes serve as a source of her irritation.
* TattooedCrook: She has tattoos on her face and head, and is never what you would call a law-abiding citizen.
* TogetherInDeath: With the other Nightsisters.
* TookALevelInBadass: During the first season, Ahsoka and Luminara together were able to match her and Sidious had no trust in her abilities at all. By time of the third season, she's become strong enough to match Obi-Wan and Anakin despite being injured and for Sidious to consider her a threat.
* TookALevelInKindness: After recommitting herself to the Nightsisters and becoming a bounty hunter, Ventress is much more at peace with herself, changing from a vicious villainess to more of a morally neutral JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* TrainingFromHell: Dooku subjected her to one.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** She severely misjudges how strong Yoda is, and is given such a humiliating defeat it makes her look like barely even a threat in the first place.
** Luminara similarly underestimates Asajj, and thinks she's simply a weak assassin. She nearly loses her life in that very same fight.
* UnknownRival: Grievous considers Ventress to be his rival, and gives her some level of respect while they both serve Dooku, which only turns to hate once she seemingly defects. Ventress for her part, doesn't share the sentiment, though she finds the thought of them being equals amusing.
* UnskilledButStrong: Luminara Unduli calls her Form II amateurish and sloppy, only for Ventress to fire up and defeat her convincingly. Assuming Luminara was not trying to make her lose her focus or just being your typical Jedi ass, her analysis implies Ventress' superb lightsaber skills are a result of sheer Force sensitivity rather than technique, even despite her TrainingFromHell.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her quest for vengeance against Dooku resulted in unleashing Savage Opress into the Galaxy, which ultimately led to the fall of Duchess Satine's pacifist New Mandalorian government.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Her TroubledBackstoryFlashback revealed that she was indeed a sweet kid until her parental figure Ky Narec was murdered.
* TheVamp: Ventress knows that most humanoids find her attractive. By the time of ''Dark Disciple'', she 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 (although it's not shown), whereas the "full-on gambit" is flat-out active seduction and unsubtle flirtation.
* VaporWear: Her SexyBacklessOutfit strongly implies this.
* VillainProtagonist: She begins to become this during the third season and it's played up in the fourth season.
* WellDoneSonGuy: The main reason for her siding with the Separatists seems to have been her desire to prove herself to Count Dooku as a worthy apprentice.
* WhipSword: She uses a SinisterScythe-on-a-chain during the second test of the Nightbrother "competitors" in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E13Monster Monster]]".
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Though she starts off seeming like your typical villainess, it's revealed that she was this all along. She becomes especially sympathetic after Count Dooku, the man who trained her in the ways of the DarkSide and was essentially her surrogate father, betrayed her.
* WorfEffect: She's beaten offscreen by Bariss for her sabers, though this was largely through a sneak attack.
* WreckedWeapon: Downplayed. She used to be able to choose between DualWielding her lightsabers and combining them to make a saberstaff, until Obi-Wan sliced her combined lightsabers at the seam during their duel on Teth. She's never seen using a saberstaff afterwards.
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[[folder:Talzin]]
!!Mother Talzin
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/talzin_sw.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Where one sees failure, others see opportunity."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BarbaraGoodson
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder Jedi: Fallen Order]]''[[note]]mentioned only[[/note]]

-->''"Our loyalty is reserved only for each other."''

The leader of the Nightsisters, whose true motives remain obscure.
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* TheDreaded: Dooku, Sidious, and Obi-Wan are all at least somewhat wary of her. Averted with Anakin.


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* WorldsStrongestWoman: Besides [[PhysicalGod The Daughter]], Talzin is unquestionably the most powerful female alive in the prequel era, and it's really not close.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Savage smiles a grand total of ''five'' times in the installment (although three out of those five were smirks). Every other expression is either neutral, shock or most commonly a belligerent scowl.

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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Savage wears black armor and a red lightsaber fitting for a Sith and a user of the Dark Side.

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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Savage wears black armor and a red lightsaber fitting for his status as a Sith and a user of the Dark Side.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In-universe, Savage Opress was originally "created" by Asajj Ventress and Mother Talzin as an apprentice to overthrow Count Dooku -- a role that Darth Sidious feared Asajj would fill, only that she'd kill ''him'' and rule by Dooku's side. On a meta-level, this is subverted; his character originally seemed to be created in order to fill the gap that Darth Maul created, but instead allowed the character to serve as a focal point that would allow for Darth Maul's canonical return -- all of which was done by the end of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In-universe, Savage Opress was originally "created" by Asajj Ventress and Mother Talzin as an apprentice to overthrow Count Dooku -- a role that Darth Sidious feared Asajj would fill, only that she'd kill ''him'' and rule by Dooku's side. On a meta-level, this is subverted; his character originally seemed to be created in order to fill the gap that Darth Maul created, left, being a tattooed Zabrak with a double-bladed lightsaber, but instead allowed the character to serve as a focal point that would allow for Darth Maul's canonical return -- all of which was done by the end of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc.
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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy millennia ago, but also spanned ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'', where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history, and were only founded by a rogue Jedi about 600 years ago.

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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy millennia ago, but also spanned ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'', where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history, and were only founded by and their origins could be traced to a rogue Jedi who was sent to Dathomir about 600 years ago.
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* CanonImmigrant: The first Nightsister originated in the direct-to-TV movie ''Ewoks: Battle for Endor'' (but wasn't identified as one until later), and the culture (and the planet Dathomir) originated in the ExpandedUniverse novel, ''The Courtship of Princess Leia''. After the 2014 reboot, none of those appearances are part of the new canon. It was also established the Nightsisters were a RenegadeSplinterFaction opposed by the the other Witches of Dathomir, and while the rest of Dathomir's witch clans would be re-canonized by the short story "Bug", they have yet to be prominently featured in the current canon.

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* CanonImmigrant: The first Nightsister originated in the direct-to-TV movie ''Ewoks: Battle for Endor'' (but wasn't identified as one until later), and the culture (and the planet Dathomir) originated in the ExpandedUniverse novel, ''The Courtship of Princess Leia''. After the 2014 reboot, none of those appearances are part of the new canon. It was also established the Nightsisters were merely a RenegadeSplinterFaction opposed by the the other Witches of Dathomir, and while Dathomir. Although the rest of Dathomir's fact other Dathomiri witch clans exist would be re-canonized by the short story "Bug", with several from ''Legends'' being mentioned, they have yet to be prominently featured in the current canon.



* DeathByAdaptation: In the ''Legends'' continuity, the Nightsisters survived past the Galactic Civil War (and ironically, were introduced into ''Star Wars'' lore in that era). In the canon, it would seem the Nightsister culture was killed off before the Clone Wars ended, with there being few survivors by the time of the Rebellion. [[spoiler:However, ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}''' reveals that there are a few exiles thriving on the extragalactic world of Peridea.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Asajj Ventress can gather a dozen or so male Dathmoirians, torture them, beat them senseless, and kill most of them without any pushback from anyone in the social order.

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* DeathByAdaptation: In the ''Legends'' continuity, the Nightsisters survived past the Galactic Civil War (and ironically, were introduced into ''Star Wars'' lore in that era). In the canon, it would seem the Nightsister culture was killed off before the Clone Wars ended, with there being few survivors by the time of the Rebellion. [[spoiler:However, ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}''' ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' reveals that there are a few exiles thriving on the extragalactic world of Peridea.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Asajj Ventress can gather a dozen or so male Dathmoirians, Dathomirians, torture them, beat them senseless, and kill most of them without any pushback from anyone in the social order.



* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy, but ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'', where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history.

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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy, galaxy millennia ago, but also spanned ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'', where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history.history, and were only founded by a rogue Jedi about 600 years ago.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''[[AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost Dooku: Jedi Lost]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfRepublic Age of Republic]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' | ''Literature/KindredSpirits'' | ''Literature/DarkDisciple''

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* GutturalGrowler: Not as extreme as some examples of this trope, but it's definitely present.



* EvilSoundsRaspy: Ventress has a very low, raspy, and sinister voice that borders on GutturalGrowler.

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* WreckedWeapon: Downplayed. She used to be able to choose between DualWielding her lightsabers and combining them to make a saberstaff, until Obi-Wan sliced her combined lightsabers at the seam during their duel on Teth. She's never seen using a saberstaff afterwards.
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* TheApprentice: She is Count Dooku's, although she is not an official Sith apprentice. Darth Sidious suspects Dooku might make her one as she becomes more powerful and thus orders Dooku to kill her.

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* TheApprentice: She is was the Padawan learner of Ky Narec before her turn to the Dark Side caused by his death and later becomes the apprentice of Count Dooku's, Dooku, although she is not an official Sith apprentice. Darth Sidious suspects Dooku might make her one as she becomes more powerful and thus orders Dooku to kill her.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In ''Legends'', Dathomir was a gloomy, terrestrial planet colored in greens, blues, grays and sometimes red. Here, the entire planet is constantly covered in red sunlight.

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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy, but ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'' , where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history.

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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy, but ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'' , ''Legends'', where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history.
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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy, but ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]]]] This is in contrast to ''Legends'' , where they were pretty much only based on Dathomir their entire history.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the ''Legends'' continuity, the Nightsisters survived past the Galactic Civil War (and ironically, were introduced into ''Star Wars'' lore in that era). In the canon, it would seem the Nightsister culture was killed off before the Clone Wars ended, with there being few survivors by the time of the Rebellion. [[spoiler:However, ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}''' reveals that they are still thriving on their original extragalactic homeworld of Peridea.]]

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* DeathByAdaptation: In the ''Legends'' continuity, the Nightsisters survived past the Galactic Civil War (and ironically, were introduced into ''Star Wars'' lore in that era). In the canon, it would seem the Nightsister culture was killed off before the Clone Wars ended, with there being few survivors by the time of the Rebellion. [[spoiler:However, ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}''' reveals that they there are still a few exiles thriving on their original the extragalactic homeworld world of Peridea.]]



* DyingRace: Subverted. After General Grievous' attack on the Nightsisters and a later attack on the Nightbrother village, both clans were left with very few survivors. However, the short story "Bug" reveals that there are other separate witch clans on the planet like in ''Legends'', such as the Singing Mountain Clan, which means the species itself is not on the verge of extinction. [[spoiler:''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' would also reveal that the Dathomiri weren't originally from Dathomir, originally coming from the extragalactic world, Peridea, and at least a few of them are still thriving there after the Empire's fall.]]

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* DyingRace: Subverted. After General Grievous' attack on the Nightsisters and a later attack on the Nightbrother village, both clans were left with very few survivors. However, the short story "Bug" reveals that there are other separate witch clans on the planet like in ''Legends'', such as the Singing Mountain Clan, which means the species itself is not on the verge of extinction. [[spoiler:''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' would also reveal that the there are Dathomiri weren't originally from Dathomir, originally coming from the extragalactic world, Peridea, and at least a few of them are still thriving there after ''outside'' the Empire's fall.known galaxy, with a few exiles on Peridea.]]
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* CoolSword: Her two curved-hilt red lightsabers are no doubt very cool as it allows for more precision and finesse in lightsaber combat. After they get stolen by Barriss Offee, she purchases a standard lightsaber with a rare yellow blade to continue her work as a bounty hunter.
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* InformedAbility: Partway through the Clone Wars, Ventress is said to be growing so powerful in her abilities that even ''Darth Sidious'' is beginning to feel threatened by her. But in almost every episode, she [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption fails at her goals]], mostly because of the ForegoneConclusion of events that have already happened in ''Revenge of the Sith''. Even throughout the three-part story arc where this is first mentioned she is shown to be vastly inferior to Dooku's own powers, requiring help from allies in order to even be able to force him to a draw.
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* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: The Nightsisters once held the world Arcana. In the New Republic era, the only remnant of this is some ancient ruins and some very ominous statues. And after Morgan Elspeth's [=HK-87s=] are done, not even that.

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* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: The Nightsisters once held the world Arcana. In the New Republic era, the only remnant of this is some ancient ruins and some very ominous statues. And after Morgan Elspeth's Elsbeth's [=HK-87s=] are done, [[SaltTheEarth not even that.]]
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* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: The Nightsisters once held the world Arcana. In the New Republic era, the only remnant of this is some ancient ruins and some very ominous statues. And after Morgan Elspeth's [=HK-87s=] are done, not even that.


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* VestigialEmpire: As shown gradually in ''Ahsoka'', the Nightsisters are a far cry from their glory days, an empire that not only spanned the galaxy, but ''galaxies''. By the time of the Clone Wars, they're reduced to one planet, and some ruins here and there. [[spoiler:There's also the ones on Peridia, three witches living in exile on a single -- albeit well-fortified -- mountain.]]

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