Asajj Ventress
Asajj Ventress was born in 50 BBY.
Asajj Ventress is best known as Count Dooku's twin-bladed assassin during the Clone Wars, and later as one of the war's most unlikely redemption stories. Given away as an infant by her Nightsister clan, she grew up a slave on Rattatak until the stranded Jedi Knight Ky Narec rescued her and trained her as his Padawan. When pirates killed him, she turned to the dark side, took the planet from its warlords, and caught Dooku's eye. As his Sith acolyte she led Separatist forces, framed Obi-Wan Kenobi on Cato Neimoidia, killed Jedi Master Tholme, kidnapped Jabba's son Rotta, and fought Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker again and again. Dooku abandoned her on Darth Sidious's orders. She went home to Dathomir, helped Mother Talzin plot against him and trained Savage Opress, then watched Grievous slaughter her sisters. After that she drifted into bounty hunting and made uneasy alliances: she saved Kenobi from Maul and helped Ahsoka Tano clear her name. In 19 BBY she and Quinlan Vos tried to assassinate Dooku and fell in love along the way. When Vos slid to the dark side, she gave her life on Christophsis to save him, and that sacrifice brought him back. Talzin's magic later returned her to life. In the Imperial era she went back to bounty hunting, helped the clone Omega on Pabu, and then left her old life behind until the young Jedi Lyco Strata pulled her into new adventures.
- Homeworld
- Dathomir
- Species
- Zabrak
- Force Sensitive
- Yes
50 BBY - Birth on Dathomir
Born into Mother Talzin's Nightsister clan.
~50 BBY - Given to Hal'Sted
To protect the clan, Talzin has Asajj's mother surrender the infant to the Siniteen criminal Hal'Sted, who takes her as a slave to Rattatak.
44 BBY - Found by Ky Narec
Hal'Sted dies during a pirate uprising. Asajj, now six, shows her Force power by hurling away a Weequay attacker, and the stranded Jedi Knight Ky Narec takes her on as his Padawan.
~34 BBY - Death of Ky Narec
After about ten years defending Rattatak together, Narec is shot dead by pirates. Asajj kills his attackers with his lightsaber and turns to the dark side.
~34 BBY - Conquest of Rattatak
She wages a war of vengeance against the warlords and takes the planet for herself, but her attempt on Osika Kirske fails and she is forced to fight as a gladiator.
23 BBY - Acolyte of Count Dooku
Dooku kills Kirske and recruits her. She pledges herself to him on Serenno, receives her curved red lightsabers, and becomes a Separatist commander.
~23 BBY - Killing of Jenza
On Dooku's orders she tracks down his sister Jenza, kills the Republic Intelligence officer Raz Fellidrone, and then kills Jenza herself.
22 BBY - Cato Neimoidia
Sent as the Separatist emissary, she frames Obi-Wan Kenobi for a bombing, manipulates the young guard Ketar Nor, and duels Anakin Skywalker while trying to lure away the initiate Mill Alibeth.
22 BBY - Execution of Tholme
She defeats Jedi Master Tholme in battle and executes him against Dooku's orders, then brings his lightsaber to the count as a trophy.
22 BBY - Battle of Christophsis
She commands the Separatist invasion, turns clone Sergeant Slick into a traitor, and duels Kenobi and Skywalker to cover the arrival of droid reinforcements.
22 BBY - Kidnapping of Rotta
She abducts Jabba's son and holds him on Teth to frame the Jedi, then loses to Skywalker at the monastery and again on Tatooine.
~22 BBY - Rescue of Nute Gunray
She frees the captured Viceroy from Republic custody aboard the Tranquility, fighting Luminara Unduli and Ahsoka Tano.
~21 BBY - Infiltration of Kamino
During the Separatist assault on the clone homeworld, she steals DNA data and fights Kenobi and Skywalker.
~21 BBY - Betrayed by Dooku
On Darth Sidious's orders, Dooku abandons her to die after a failed mission. She survives and goes back to the Nightsisters on Dathomir.
~21 BBY - Plots against Dooku
With Mother Talzin she tries to assassinate Dooku, then trains Savage Opress and plants him with Dooku as a Nightsister pawn.
~20 BBY - Massacre of the Nightsisters
Grievous's army wipes out her clan. Ventress survives and leaves Dathomir to wander the galaxy.
~20 BBY - Bounty hunter
She works as a bounty hunter, including a job with Boba Fett's crew. She also saves Kenobi from Maul and Savage Opress above Raydonia.
19 BBY - Helping Ahsoka Tano
She helps the fugitive Ahsoka Tano hunt for the real Jedi Temple bomber.
19 BBY - Quinlan Vos
The Jedi Order sends Quinlan Vos to work with her on killing Dooku. She teaches him the dark side and they fall in love, but the attempt on Raxus Secundus fails.
19 BBY - Rescue of Vos
She teams up with Kenobi and the Jedi Council to rescue Vos from Dooku, then sees that he has fallen to the dark side.
19 BBY - Death on Christophsis
During the second battle of Christophsis she takes a lightning attack from Dooku that was meant for Vos. She dies having embraced the light, and her death brings Vos back from the dark side.
19 BBY - Resurrection
Vos and Kenobi return her body to Dathomir. In the spirit world, Talzin's voice offers her life again at the cost of her heart's desire, and she accepts.
~18 BBY - Encounter on Pabu
Back to bounty hunting under the Empire, she briefly helps the clone Omega on Pabu and teaches her about the Force.
Imperial era - Security guard
She leaves her old life for a quiet job as a security guard on a remote asteroid.
Imperial era - Allied with Lyco Strata
She helps the young Jedi Lyco Strata escape stormtroopers and an Inquisitor, then goes on further missions with him.