History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters

Troubled by Asajj Ventress' growing prowess with the dark side of the Force, Darth Sidious commands Count Dooku to eliminate her. But Ventress survives Dooku's assassination attempt, and the jilted former apprentice vows to take revenge, enlisting the aid of her kinswomen — the mystical Nightsisters — in her sinister scheme. Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters, veils Asajj and her fellow assassins in a cloak of invisibility, and they infiltrate Dooku's palace on Serenno. Though they fail to kill the Count, their use of captured Jedi lightsabers leads Dooku to mistakenly believe that the Jedi have tried to kill him. Interested in protection, he requests a new apprentice from Mother Talzin.

* OffModel: The long skirt Ventress is initially wearing has vanished when the salvagers take her out of the remains of her fighter. This was deliberate as they found it too difficult to animate. [[FridgeLogic Given that she gets a new outfit without a skirt in this episode anyway, wouldn't it have been simpler to just leave it in?]][[invoked]]

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Darth Sidious senses the growing powers of Dooku's assassin, Asajj Ventress' growing powers. He subvertly says the trope, hinting that he would kill Dooku if he was breaking the Rule of Two.

* AnachronicOrder: This episode takes place after ([[SimultaneousArcs or possibly during]]) "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders Senate Murders]]" (2x15), and is the last episode to be aired anachronologically.

Troubled by Asajj Ventress' growing prowess with the dark side of the Force, Darth Sidious commands Count Dooku to eliminate her. But Ventress survives Dooku's assassination attempt, and the jilted former apprentice vows to take revenge, enlisting the aid of her kinswomen -- the mystical Nightsisters -- in her sinister scheme. Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters, veils Asajj and her fellow assassins in a cloak of invisibility, and they infiltrate Dooku's palace on Serenno. Though they fail to kill the Count, their use of captured Jedi lightsabers leads Dooku to mistakenly believe that the Jedi have tried to kill him. Interested in protection, he requests a new apprentice from Mother Talzin.

* TheCorrupter: It is shown that Dooku swayed Ventress to the Dark side while she was vulnerable after her Master's death, playing on her desire for revenge.

* RealityEnsues: Ventress had been built up in previous episodes as utterly loyal to Dooku, but all of that goes out the window in this episode. She once killed an ally just for downplaying her abilities, so she's going to go berserk when someone she saw as a ParentalSubstitute tries to murder her. It doesn't help that she has no way of knowing that Sidious ordered Dooku to do it. As soon as she's recovered, she's not conflicted at all- the only thing she wants is his death.
* {{Revenge}}: Ventress's sole focus after recovering is to avenge herself upon Dooku. As seen during her {{Troubled Backstory Flashback}}s, revenge upon the killers of her parental figures has been a primary motivation for most of her life.

* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Ventress' history (traded away for the survival of her tribe, rescued and trained by a Jedi, and fallen to the dark side and found by Dooku after he was killed) is summarized while she is unconscious and her injuries are treated by the Nightsisters' magick.
* VillainEpisode: Obi-Wan and Anakin appear at the beginning, but the focus is on Ventress's betrayal and revenge.
* VisibleInvisibility: The Nightsisters' potion renders Ventress and her lackeys invisible "to most." To the viewers they appear smoky and indistinct. Their lightsabers are quite visible, but this serves to convince Dooku that they are Jedi.

* ShootYourMate: Sidious orders Dooku to eliminate Ventress because he fears Dooku might try to overthrow him with her help.

After being betrayed by her Master, Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress seeks the aid of her kin in her quest for vengeance.

* CanonImmigrant: Apart from the AdaptationSpeciesChange, Ventress' backstory of having grown up on Rattatak and trained by Jedi Master Ky Narec comes straight from the comics that introduced her.

* EvilVersusEvil: Ventress, Karis and Naa'leth vs Count Dooku.

* HotWitch: None of the Nightsisters seen with uncovered faces are ugly, not even Mother Talzin.
* KickTheDog: Dooku doesn't even tell Ventress the real reason for his betrayal, coldly telling her that she's failed him.

* ParentalSubstitute: Jedi Master Ky Narec for Ventress. It appears she considered Dooku as such, too.
* RealityEnsues: Ventress had been built up in previous episodes as utterly loyal to Dooku, but that all goes out the window in this episode. She once killed an ally just for downplaying her abilities, so she's going to go berserk when someone she saw as a ParentalSubstitute tries to murder her. It doesn't help that she has no way of knowing that Sidious ordered Dooku to do it. As soon as she's recovered, she's not conflicted at all- the only thing she wants is his death.

* ShootYourMate: Sidious orders Dooku to eliminate Ventress, because he fears Dooku might try to overthrow him with her help.

* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Ventress' history (traded away for the survival of her tribe, rescued and trained by a Jedi, and fallen to the dark side and found by Dooku after he was killed) is summarized while she is unconscious and her injuries are treated by the Nightsisters' magic.

* OffModel: The long skirt Ventress is initially wearing has vanished when the salvagers take her out of the remains of her fighter. This was deliberate as they found it too difficult to animate. [[FridgeLogic Given that she gets a new outfit without a skirt in this episode anyway, wouldn't it have been simpler to just leave it in?]]

* {{Shoutout}}: To the original Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}} when the tactical droid says "By Your Command" in her monotone.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Ventress's history (traded away for the survival of her tribe, rescued and trained by a Jedi, and fallen to the dark side and found by Dooku after he was killed) is summarized while she is unconscious and her injuries are treated by the Nightsisters' magic.

%%* WitchSpecies: The Nightsisters.

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* RealityEnsues: Ventress had been built up in previous episodes as utterly loyal to Dooku, but that all goes out the window in this episode. She once killed an ally for downplaying her abilities, so she's going to go berserk when someone she saw as a ParentalSubstitute tries to murder her. It doesn't help that she has no way of knowing that Sidious ordered Dooku to do it. As soon as she's recovered, she's not conflicted at all- the only thing she wants is his death.

* RealityEnsues: Ventress, who once killed an ally for downplaying her abilities, is going to go berserk when someone she saw as a ParentalSubstitute tries to murder her. It doesn't help that she has no way of knowing that Sidious ordered Dooku to do it. As soon as she's recovered, her prior loyalty to Dooku goes out the window, and she wants nothing but his death.

* {{Shoutout}}: To the original {{Battlestar Galactica}} when the tactical droid says "By Your Command" in her monotone.

* BadassGrandpa: Dooku manages to fight off the Nightsisters while blinded. In his ''pajamas'', no less.

!!This episode provides examples of:

->''"The swiftest path to destruction is through vengeance."''

* EvilVersusEvil: Ventress, Kaleeth and Nareeth vs Count Dooku.

* ParentalAbandonment: Ventress was handed over to a slaver by her own mother; her father presumably was killed by tradition before her birth.
* ParentalSubstitute: Jedi Kyle Narec for Ventress. It appears she considered Dooku as such, too.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Dooku's stated reason for abandoning Ventress to die, though the truth is quite the opposite: she has become too powerful and effective to be compatible with Sidious's paranoia.

* AmazonBrigade: The Nightsisters

* EvilVersusEvil: Ventress, Kaleeth and Nareeth vs Count Dooku

* WitchSpecies: The Nightsisters.

* AnachronicOrder: This episode takes place after ([[SimultaneousArcs or possibly during]]) ''Senate Murders'' (2x15), and is the last episode to be aired anachronologically.

* HotWitch
* {{Matriarchy}}
* ParentalAbandonment: Ventress was handed over to a slaver by her own mother, her father presumably was killed by tradition before her birth.
* ParentalSubstitute: Kyle Narec for Ventress. Also it appears she considered Dooku as such too.
* {{Revenge}}
* ShootYourMate: Sidious ordered Dooku to eliminate Ventress, because he feared Dooku might would try to overthrow him with her help.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Ventress had some while being unconscious and her injuries treated by the Nightsisters' magic.
* VillainEpisode
* VisibleInvisibility

* YouHaveFailedMe: Dooku to Ventress, 'tho under the orders of Sidious.

!!Tropes

* WitchSpecies: The Nightsisters.