Separatist POV: Asajj Ventress Character Discussion on JD Maul Blog

JD Maul Blog Q1) What are your feelings about Asajj Ventress?

Seppie POV: I like her! She is a strong female character and a skilled lightsaber duelist. She holds her own as a Dark Side Acolyte

JD Maul Blog Q2) What are your opinions on how things went with her character in Season 3 of the Clone Wars? What about her being reveled to be a Nightsister?

Seppie POV: The season 3 backstory show written by Katie Lucas was enthralling. She was betrayed by Darth Tyrannus (Count Dooku) who had been ordered by Darth Sidious (Palpatine) to get rid of her. She returned home to her Nightsisters and her "Mother" Talzin - the coven of witches that practiced the Dark Side. Seeing that these Dark Sided women survived without much Sith interference, from a female perspective, it was interesting tosee how intricate their practices and beliefs were. What I like was she had supporters as Nightsisters in those episodes

JD Maul Blog Q3) What are your hopes for her Character development and her sisters going into the Season 4 finale?

Seppie POV: So for Asajj, they have pretty much sealed her fate to make her no longer relevant. My hope is the Lucasfilm revisits that concept, because it would be nice to see a Sith-Lord-like kinds of abilities in women. But something tells me much like Season 4 has been that all major Confederacy of Independent Systems' villains have been strategically terminated

JD Maul Blog Q4) Do you think Dooku thought of her as a serious apprentice and intended to use her to overthrow Palpatine? If not should he have?

Seppie POV: I think at the very beginning with the true animated Clone Wars episode when they first introduced her, he never really liked her. He did not ever think he could use Asajj to take over Palpatine

JD Maul Blog Q5) What do you think her future will be giving up the ways of the sith and joining the Nightsisters? And do you think she will killed off?

Seppie POV: If she doesn't get killed by the end of this Season, then she'd be going back to the Nightsisters. I hope she does not get killed, but something says she will.

JD Maul Blog Q6) How do you think she will play into the story of Darth Maul and Savage Opress?

Seppie POV: No. Savage Opress is 1) searching for his brother and caring for him in some way, if he doesn't kill him first. Then 2) he wants to learn more as to how to use the Force.

JD Maul Blog Q7) Do you think Dooku regrets betraying Ventress? What would you do in Dooku’s place? Betray Ventress or betray Sidious? Would you like to see her survive the Clone Wars and show up in the live action series?

Seppie POV: Asajj Ventress' ending? Hmm? In the comics she appears to be mortally wounded, but she goes into a deep healing trance and wakes up aboard a ship and forces the pilots to take her to another planet. I thought it was Dathomir, but I am unsure. Overall, I would like her to go to the Unknown Regions and meet up with like the Chiss, oddly enough. If Asajj survives the Clone Wars, I think there is a place for her in the live action series.

JD Maul Blog Q8) Lastly, if Katie Lucas asked you to write Asajj Ventress’s ending, what would it be?

Seppie POV: No Dooku is a Sith, they have no regrets. It was owed to the Dark Side of the Force. It judges. A Sith just wants to control it. Dooku knew that his current list of acolytes were not powerful enough to overthrow Sidious. Sidious, of course, proved too powerful in the Dark Side of the Force.

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Asajj Ventress Character Discussion

Something About Masters and Their Origins

The new "Star Wars: Clone Wars" episode entitled, "Escape from Kadavo" premiered today.

Here is the show on Master Toons:



The overall episode was really good in terms of entertainment value. Throughout this arc, it shows the boyish playfulness of being a Skywalker. The sleight of hand and going by the see of one's pants. There was a lot of that done by Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.

There was a showing of the horrors of enslavement from the perspective of Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi. It is when he realizes his actions were meant to defeat his soul. But what is bad about doing that to Force Users are when they are adults, they can use powers in the Force that are utterly destructive.

Which actually came as a shock to the Zygerrian Queen, Miraj Scintel, that ultimately the people that kept her in power, not the Confederacy of Independent Systems--but actually the Sith--who only desired annihilation of the Jedi. It is that "sleight of hand" tricks that Queen Miraj Scintel failed to see and her arrogance until her very last breath which was reminiscent of "Return of the Jedi" movie.

At any rate what is the Confederacy of Independent Systems point of view:

Why use sentient being slaves when there are droids? They can easily be manipulated and do things without questions.

Aside from all the CIS characters who are always cast as villains seem to die at someone's hands that is either Jedi or Sith, the fact remains their permanence reigns in what is really going on--The Sith want power and they are using both the Republic and the CIS to add a false war. How many CIS leaders had an inkling of that occurring?

The Jedi has their suspicions. But did any non Force User have suspicions? Someone in the CIS HAD to know besides, our top characters that get dealt with in Revenge of the Sith.

Again, the CIS gets blamed for actions really taken over by a wayward Sith led Republic. What is surprising is no one thought none the different. I would expect that from the Jedi, but now the CIS, too? GEEZ!



As an aside: I would like to thank Lucasfilm and the Clone Wars showing this episode of how humiliating slavery is. And the "good" that the Jedi are supposed to do. As a roleplayer who was bullied in protesting any "slave girls" or "slave trade" specific sites for sexual RP, I think Lucasfilm added what the horrors really are when one is enslaved. Thank you for adding to the canon.

From the Seppie POV: TCW Epi 4.11 - Kidnapped

The running synopsis says:

Zygerrian slavers are behind the sudden disappearance of an entire colony of people on the planet Kiros. As Anakin and Ahsoka rush to defuse a series of bombs planted by the slavers, Obi-Wan must fight with their imposing leader.

The episode is listed here

POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!

In the beginning, Count Dooku, the head of state of the Confederacy meets the Kiros Togrutans who say they are a peaceful people. Count Dooku reassures them, they wish for peace, too. But he uses only what a Force Using Sith would do...The Sith Mind Trick or Force Subjugate -- basically making individuals do what one wants them to do.

It was not obvious.


Then the Zygerrian Slave Empire was introduced as a part of the Star Wars TCW canon. The Zygerrians look like "cats" in TCW, but on Wookieepedia, they appear more human who speak in Easter European accent. They dress like nobility in uniforms and numerous pets. They are stuck on what the Jedi did to them years ago and they are out for revenge. They want to re-introduce the slave auctions.

The parallels for what happened in real life are amusing to say the least.

The Confederacy of the Independent States in the United States during its Civil War, was NOT just about Slavery. It was about ECONOMICS. The Northern States could not compete economically with the Southern States due to the kinds of products and labor they had -- products like sugar and invariably slave labor. But no one really cared about the slaves, except for abolitionists at the time.

If Jedi are abolitionists in the Clone Wars, then why are they not stopping all of enslavement in the galaxy? How could they? They would have enforced the known laws of the Republic and stopped it with their Force Powers, some of those that grazed the Dark Side...

Zygerrian Slavers seem to be more about immolating new slaves than indoctrinating ones from birth. Beating down a new slave is a turn on for people. It is sick and twisted, but for some reason, it is like breaking in a new wild horse. The triumph of dominance. Guess the Zygerrians got off on that? With tropical pets they had, it would seem they specialized in exotic slaves that could be domesticated by warped torture.

What does this have to do with the Separatists? Nothing.

Because watching this episode shows an "Anakin" having another one of his outbursts regarding his "slave" past. But what it neglects is really discussing his "slave" future as Darth Vader except in a snippet pan out comment by Yoda.

There is another possibility, why would the Separatists who have millions of droids at their disposal WANT organic sentient being slaves?

Therein lies the discrepancy, the Separatists who hold true to the Separatist ideals do not want organic sentient being slaves. They enjoy their droid slaves. Droids are after all mechanical, therefore, disposable. No one feels bad for a broken down machine. But connecting with another organic sentient being within a Force powered universe is well, heart-wrenching. Not to mention this happens in real life. One would have to be a sick and twisted being to get off on connecting Force-prescient beings, torture and abuse them, to bend them to their will...

Then, that is what Sith do... And the lead Sith in this picture is none other than --Palpatine or Darth Sidious. The misery of others drives the Dark Side Force Powers. And now this "slave story arc" seems to be a REPUBLIC fabrication to blame the CIS for slavery!

But EVERYONE will blame the CIS for wanting slaves! The lies told by a wily old, benevolent Supreme Chancellor. That is a master plan of the Sith. Treachery. And not even the Jedi can foresee this one.

This story arc will be interesting to say the least.