Quinlan Vos meanwhile is a bit more complicated. There was simply too much potential with Ventress to not ever see her again, making it very satisfying to have her take the spotlight in such a big way again here. On The Clone Wars, Asajj Ventress’ path from sadistic villain, to betrayed disciple seeking revenge, to bounty hunter and then to maybe, just maybe, someone finding her own heroism was one of the show’s best overall story arcs. And of course, they still have an incredibly dangerous mission ahead of them, if he can lure her into helping him with it… The choices for the two main characters in Dark Disciple are very strong for different reasons. Soon the two become a formidable duo, while Vos begins to feel an undeniable attraction to Ventress that is at odds with his Jedi nature. Pretending to be a fellow bounty hunter, Vos works to gain Ventress’ trust, while also attempting to gain information from her.

However, when it’s suggested that Vos could use help from someone with inside knowledge of Dooku’s operations, he ends up tracking down none other than Asajj Ventress – Dooku’s disciple-turned-enemy. Suffice to say, this is not a decision made lightly (nor with everyone onboard with it). Written by Christie Golden, the book follows what happens when the Jedi Quinlan Vos is tasked with a decidedly un-Jedi like mission – to assassinate Count Dooku. With that show somewhat infamously cut short, it’s no secret many huge storylines were in the works, in various stages of production, when the show ended, and following the Son of Dathomir comic - plus a couple of storylines released in rough, animatic form - this is the second time we’re getting to see one of these stories completed in another medium. Dark Disciple is specifically based on eight scripts for unfinished episodes of The Clone Wars.

But It’s also really nice to see that yes, The Clone Wars era is still one that can be explored from time to time and has stories worth telling and characters we can and should get more follow-up on.

I’ve been loving the vast majority of what Lucasfilm has given us in the past year, under Disney, with Rebels and those aforementioned comics and books proving Star Wars is in good hands. All of which is my lead up to saying that the new Star Wars novel, Dark Disciple, offers a welcome return to The Clone Wars era.

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