Asajj Ventress

Key events in Asajj Ventress's story

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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.