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Get the inside scoop about the fan favorite Dathomirian apprentice and assassin, straight from the voice of Ventress, Nika Futterman

By Brandon Wainerdi

Dooku’s dark disciple is back and, of course, she’s bringing her iconic voice actor along with her.

Ever since 2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie, Asajj Ventress has been brought to life by the incredible Nika Futterman. Futterman, who has voiced many characters in the galaxy, including Shaeeah Lawquane and Sy Snootles, has always felt especially connected to the Sith apprentice, as she relates to StarWars.com: “I feel like I have become her. We are one.”

But since the end of The Clone Wars, Ventress did not appear again in the animated shows for many years. “I was under the covers for ten years, crying, saying, ‘Why did it end! We didn’t even finish my story!’” Futterman says.

One of the ways that fans experienced some “closure” for her character’s story was in the acclaimed Star Wars: Dark Disciple, a canon novel written by Christie Golden and based on eight, never released Clone Wars episodes. The book traced the relationship of Ventress and Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos, and ended with Ventress sacrificing herself for the greater good. But now she’s back… and Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld will help explain how…

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