Brad Rau and Jennifer Corbett talk to ComicBook.com about the decision to bring back Asajj Ventress for the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
What makes Asajj Ventress’ return surprising is she supposedly died in the 2015 novel Star Wars: Dark Disciple while working with the Jedi to take out Count Dooku. So what will Ventress’ role be in Star Wars: The Bad Batch? We checked in with the show’s producers to find out.
ComicBook.com spoke to Star Wars: The Bad Batch producers Jennifer Corbett and Brad Rau to talk about the final season, where the topic of Asajj Ventress came up. “Without spoiling too much, we have a storyline that requires someone,” Jennifer Corbett said. “And she was the best fit for what we needed. But, again, Brad [Rau] and I don’t make these decisions. It’s very much a conversation, and when Ventress was put on the table we were very excited about it because we’re big fans of that character, and we wanted to honor what her character was in Clone Wars, while also honoring Dark Disciple.”
Brad Rau responded, “Once we knew we could use this character that we love so much, we immediately were doing lots of research. We went back to unfinished arcs from The Clone Wars that were actually the inspiration for the novel, Dark Disciple, and there were designs created, including her hairdoo, which is so cool, and her lightsaber and the color of the lightsaber. So we honored that for when she shows up in our storyline. We can’t go into all of the details, but we can say the answers to your questions – and we know a lot of fans are asking questions – will be answered. They may not all be answered in The Bad Batch, but rest assured, the connections are all there and they will be told. So just hang tight.”
Stream the final season of The Bad Batch on Disney+ now.
