Dark disciple is a young adult novel featuring asajj ventress and quinlan vos, released july 7, 2015. I wonder if that is the determining factor in whether or not someone enjoys this book. Basically, quinlan vos works with asajj ventress on an undercover jedi mission to assassinate count dooku in o. Clone wars season 7 sees maul repair his lightsaber with. Asajj ventress has appeared in the following books.
With del reys recent announcement of a novel featuring asajj ventress and quinlan vos, it seems like i got my wish. The two fell in love, and ventress trained vos in the ways of the dark side, but cautioned him only to use it as a weapon to kill dooku. Honestly, this book is emotionally charged like no other star wars novel thats been released in the new canon. Aug 03, 2015 anyway, as the subject line reads, anyone read the new quinlan vos asajj ventress book titled dark disciple. Apr 10, 2019 the love story that develops between vos and ventress felt a little rushed to me, it could have been fleshed out just a little bit more, but perhaps that is just publishers keeping the book to under 400 pages.
Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Trying to kill each other and flirting at the same time. Dec 10, 2016 we last see asajj ventress in the season 5 final of the clone wars. Count dooku vs sora bulq, quinlan vos and asajj ventress. I only ask because i consider myself a pretty huge quinlan vos fan and i still love watching the filoni clone wars series. Asajj ventress novel announced at sdcc 2014 mynock manor. Later in the war, vos was tasked by the jedi council to assassinate count dooku with the aid. A new life after misery, a star wars fanfic fanfiction. Asajj ventress was a dathomirian female who, at various points throughout her life, was a slave, a jedi padawan, an assassin of the sith, a nightsister and a bounty hunter. Dark disciple is a canon novel starring asajj ventress and quinlan vos, written by christie golden for release by del rey on july 7, 2015. I dont even know what the plot will be, but i can imagine my own for now based on the series and the comics yes, i know.
The jedi order partnered former master quinlan vos with ventress to assassinate count dooku. Asajj ventress, former sith apprentice and skilled assassin, was grumbling irritably because she felt so useless. Star wars the phantom menace the vintage collection quinlan vos figure. Del rey books just announced a brand new novel featuring unfinished scripts from star wars. This book is a continuation of the clone wars tv series. It is based on scripts written for eight unproduced episodes from what would have been seasons 7 and 8 of star wars. Aug 12, 2018 no matter how much she had done to help the jedi in the recent past, ventress was an unknown quantity who still had badly needed information about one of the jedi orders biggest targets. Early in her life, her coven was forced to surrender. An adventure teaming shadowy jedi quinlan vos and former sith acolyte asajj ventress together. A jedi with a sarcastic sense of humor and a reputation for not playing by the rules, quinlan vos was an expert tracker renowned for his ability to read memories from objects people handled. Asajj ventress cw vs quinlan vos rots battles comic vine.
In the final decades of the galactic republics reign, ventress was born into a clan of forcesensitive nightsister witches led by mother talzin on the planet dathomir. Later in the war, vos partnered with asajj ventress, a former dark side assassin. No one of them had ever been as exasperating as quinlan vos. An unused the clone wars story arc, this story focuses on a mission starring asajj ventress and quinlan vos as they try to take down count dooku.
One of the finest star wars books ive ever read, i took my time to savor all the juicy details. Although this arc released as a novel, they showed us some unfinished animation from it. This video is her animated story, from her birth to her heroic and sad death. Can he take them out or are his servants superior as a team. A new dawn panel at san diego comiccon 2014, del rey books announced a new novel featuring asajj ventress and quinlan vos. In dreadnoughts of rendili, ventress and fellow dark jedi tol skorr fight obiwan and quinlan vos on titavian iv. In the final decades of the galactic republics reign, ventress was born into a clan of forcesensitive nightsister witches. Dark disciple story reels with asajj ventress, quinlan vos and dooku with subtitles. Quinlan vos is a kiffar jedi master and the son of kiffu guardians quian and pethos vos. Quinlan vos had saved his friend obiwan from a lot of troubles.
Asajj ventress and quinlan vos novel synopsis making star wars. Maul has fused the yellow lightsaber of fallen sith apprentice asajj ventress, to the one half that remains of his original lightsaber. Ventress does not fight fair, which is part of what makes her such a deadly opponent, as luminara unduli almost fatally found out. The plot of the book follows the adventures of quenlin vos and asajj ventress during a fateful campaign against count dooku. Jul 26, 2014 at the san diego comiccon del rey panel titled star wars. Though jedi distrust for the cunning killer who once served at dookus side still runs deep, ventresss hatred for her former master runs deeper. The essential quinlan vos comics the star wars report. The clone wars and starring exsith bounty hunter, asajj ventress, and the unorthodox jedi quinlan vos, this new star wars tale of love and.
Ventress and vos have a cool and compelling dynamic, and are used to. A new dawn, referring to both the book and new storytelling era it kicks off, a brand new novel was announced based off unaired scripts from the clone wars animated show, the novel stars asajj ventress and quinlan vos, authored by christie gold. We locate that with quinlan vos, that falls in love with the enigmatic and exotic asajj ventress in star wars. It is expected to hit bookstores everywhere summer 2015. A powerful force warrior with exceptional combat abilities, she wields dual curved lightsabers that can attach together and form a double. Is quinlan vos more powerful than sith lords darth maul and. Jul 25, 2014 why did they change quinlan vos love interest from khaleen hentz to asajj ventress. In the clone wars, her role of being quinlan vos lover and later redeeming him through love appears to be inspired by the legends character khaleen hentz. And not only that, asajj ventress and quinlan vos are set to star in it. The jedi council sent him on a mission to assassinate count dooku, during which vos fell in love with the assassin asajj ventress and was forced to learn the ways of the dark side of the force. Quinlan vos using his darkside skill to tam beasts which he learned from asajj ventress and dooku in dark disciple shown in star wars. The novel is part of the clone wars legacy multimedia initiative, since it is based on an eightpart story arc that was scripted for the star wars. Dark disciple is a lot of things, but in the end, its a painful, rapturous story. Keep in mind, this book is based off of eight scripts for episodes of the clone wars that were never completed due to the shows cancellation.
Quinlan vos was a kiffar jedi master with a reputation for not following the rules and skill at undercover operations. Asajj ventress and quinlan vos novel synopsis the wookiee. He was an expert tracker and joined obiwan kenobi in the hunt for ziro the hutt during the clone wars after he escaped from prison. Asajj ventress and quinlan vos have a lot of history in the old expanded universe. Asajj ventress and quinlan vos take centerstage in the new star wars novel, which returns to the clone wars era.
The books audio edition is narrated by marc thompson. Dark disciple, the new novel by christie golden that was adjusted from 8. She fought equally against obiwan, held her own against anakin skywalker multiple times feats of both are a huge list completely above quinlan. Dec 19, 2016 thanks for the a2a, i happened to read christie goldens novel dark disciple, which is based on eight unproduced the clone wars scripts. Get up to speed on asajj ventress and quinlan vos, the unlikely antiheroes of star wars. Asajj ventress once was trained under a jedi named ky narec prior to the events from the clone wars. Jul 26, 2014 i was too excited to even attempt to wait making a trailer for this book. Based on a series of scripts originally written for the unaired seventh season of star wars. So the council makes the bold decision to bring both sides of the forces power to bearpairing brash jedi knight quinlan vos with infamous onetime sith acolyte asajj ventress. Written by christie golden, the novel will be based on the unfinished scripts of the emmy award winning series star wars. Pure lightsaber duel between quinlan vos and asajj ventress. Quinlan vos was a male kiffar jedi master who lived during the final days of the. Despite her antagonistic history, she is a complex character who slowly but steadily develops into the moral antihero during the 4th season of the clone wars. Dark disciple is a canon novel starring asajj ventress and quinlan vos, written by christie.
The clone wars, is being written by christie golden. The story follows quinlan vos as he is assigned a task by the jedi council to recruit asajj ventress to help kill count dooku. When a mission to capture vos, lead by former sith assassin asajj ventress, fails, the republic send smiths third army to capture the renegade and assassinate the separatist leader, count dooku. Thats like if han solo got married to another woman in the sequel trilogy. What happened to asajj ventress after the clone wars. When vos fell to the dark side completely under dookus influence, ventress vowed to save him. Dark disciple story reels with asajj ventress, quinlan vos and. Jedi master quinlan vos is chosen for this surprising mission and the councils orders get even stranger as vos is ordered to team with former sith acolyte asajj ventress in order to end dooku. I was more upset about dookus portrayal than i was about quinlan s, obviously because i havent seen much of vos before, other than reading his wookieepedia article. Focusing on asajj ventress and quinlan vos, and written by chritie golden, the novel will be based on the unfinished stories from the emmy award winning animated series star wars. Ventress vs quinlan vos is not an even split in the dueling.
After helping ahsoka tano prove her innocence over the bombing of the jedi temple, ventress le. Character profile for asajj ventress from dark disciple star. With quinlan and asajj at the core of this book, a lot rides on how attached readers are to their backstories. Jul 07, 2015 asajj ventress and quinlan vos take centerstage in the new star wars novel, which returns to the clone wars era. Aug 05, 2014 for me the book on the top of that list was a novel featuring my favorite expanded universe character, quinlan vos. Dark disciple story reels with asajj ventress, quinlan vos. I was too excited to even attempt to wait making a trailer for this book. A new dawn panel at san diego comiccon 2014, del rey books announced a new novel featuring asajj ventress and. Obiwan kenobiasajj ventress works archive of our own.
A powerful dark jedi and force warrior with exceptional combat abilities, she wields dual lightsabers with curved handles. Benjamin hart our friends over at making star wars have alerted us to a a synopsis posted by jedi bibliothek for the upcoming, and so far unnamed, novel featuring asajj ventress and quinlan vos. Mos eisley station asajj during cw specifically after she was dismissed by dooku quinlan during rots when order 66 went down b. Mar 12, 2020 dark disciple story reels with asajj ventress, quinlan vos and dooku with subtitles. In an effort to gain that information, the jedi sent jedi master quinlan vos undercover in search of ventress. May 17, 2018 jedi bibliothek recently discovered more details about the newly announced star wars novel coming out on july 7, 2015. Dark disciple is a star wars novel by christie golden. Anyone read the new quinlan vos asajj ventress book. Asajj ventress is a major antagonistturnedantiheroine in the star wars franchise. Asajj ventressquinlan vos works archive of our own. Dec 09, 2014 asajj ventress and quinlan vos strike back. The clone wars and starring exsith bounty hunter, asajj ventress, and the unorthodox jedi quinlan vos, this new star wars tale of love and loss, betrayal and redemption is being produced in creative collaboration with the lucasfilm story group and dave filoni, supervising director of the clone wars and executive producer of star wars rebels.
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