Asajj Ventress

A cold and deadly dark-side warrior trained by Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress serves as one of the Separatists' most dangerous assassins during the Clone Wars, wielding twin red lightsabers and matching her ferocity against Jedi Knights like Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Asajj Ventress burst onto the Modern Age comics scene in 2003, conjured by the formidable creative duo of John Ostrander and Jan Duursema in the pages of Star Wars: Jedi – Mace Windu — and she immediately carved out a place among the most compelling figures in the Dark Horse Star Wars galaxy. Over nearly two decades, she haunted titles like Star Wars: Republic, Star Wars: Obsession, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, sharing the page with titans of the saga — Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Plo Koon, and Count Dooku — company that speaks volumes about the weight she carries in the story. Few characters who debuted in a single-issue Jedi spotlight managed to echo across 18 years of comics publishing, and Ventress did exactly that, becoming one of the most recognizable and enduring presences of the Clone Wars era in sequential art. If you're building a serious collection of that rich Dark Horse chapter of Star Wars history, she is absolutely essential.