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INTRODUCTION
Asajj Ventress was a Dark Jedi and one of Count Dooku’s most
powerful tools during the Galactic Civil War. However, she did not
start out her life that way as she was once a Jedi Padawan but only
gave into her hate when her Jedi Master was killed. This started her
path down the darkside and becoming a real force within the force.
Dooku trained Asajj for
quite some time before sending her out into the world to do his
will. When she was finally ready to go and battle Anakin Skywalker
Dooku gave her a very special set of lightsabers. These lightsabers
where the weapons of his former padawan Kamari Vossa and could be
joined to form a saber staff.
Asajj would finally lure
Anakin to Yavin IV and there she would battle him to become a full
fledged member of the Sith. It was not to be however with Anakin
wounding her and escaping leaving Asajj to limp back to Dooku.
Something quite odd would come from this battle though and it would
be the obsession Asajj would develop for Obi-Wan Kenobi. These two
would battle each other several times over the course of the Civil
War including a meeting on Titavain IV with Quinlan Vos.
Ventress would follow these
two back to Coruscant and ambush Anakin. They would battle each
other once again with the same result in Anakin getting the better
of the two. In this battle Anakin would get the scar down the right
side of his face and in return Anakin would electrocute Asajj. She
did not die though as was the case from their first encounter.
In her final battle with
Kenobi she was mortally wounded by Anakin. In these moments she told
both Jedi of the separatists’ plans and how to go about defeating
them. With these final words Asajj appeared to die and Kenobi knew
she was not evil but mislead by Dooku. In the end Asajj did not
despite what the two Jedi thought. Kenobi ordered her body taken
away on a medical transport. During the flight Asajj came out of her
Sith trance and had the pilots take her far away from the war, Jedi,
and Dooku. This was the last heard of this once promising Jedi.
Asajj like the other
figures in this line has the usual Regular and Exclusive. The review
of this figure will be for BOTH versions of this Expanded Universe
character.
PACKAGING - 10 for both
Asajj’s box has the new 30th Anniversary design that we’ve been
getting all year. As always it’s as collector friendly as anything
you can find on the market. Like with pretty much every figure in
this line you get the two panels with the figure and accessories.
Inside you also get great information on Asajj’s impact on the Clone
Wars. As with the rest of the boxes you get great shots of the
figure and images from the Clone Wars and the EU Graphic Novels.
With the Exclusive you get the cool sticker letting you know which
one you received, and with the regular you’re missing the sticker.
SCULPTING - 10 for both
The sculpts on these two heads are very well done considering there
is no real person to base them on. The Clone Wars cartoon head has
that great sinister look that you saw on screen during the show. The
realistic head captures a totally different yet sinister feel to
Asajj that you get from reading some of the Expanded Universe
stories. Since you get both heads with the exclusive I found it
quite easy to switch them out. However, I bought both so I could
display the Clone Wars head on my Exclusive and Realistic head with
my Regular.
PAINT - 10 for both
The paint on the skin tone is something that should be easy to
accomplish and was done quite well. Asajj like the rest of the
Aliens has a unique skin design. It’s all white with some black for
the eyelids, around the eyes, and lips. Now, there is a little more
to the realistic portrait. You have the three things I mentioned on
the Clone Wars portrait but you also have the iris if the eyes which
really give the head a since of realism and you also have the
tattoos along the side of her head/cheeks.
ARTICULATION - 10 for both
Unlike with Leia the first female in this line I had no issues with
the body at all. I tried several poses and found them quite easy to
accomplish with this update female body Sideshow has out right now.
As a matter of fact I found posing Asajj to be one of the most fun
figures in this entire line.
ACCESSORIES - 10 for Excluisve 9.5 for regular
You have to give this figure a 10 when it comes to accessories! It
comes with two heads and gives you a ton of different choices for
posing. The Exclusive as I said comes with BOTH heads while the
regular comes with just the Realistic portrait. Both figures come
with a set of lit and unlit curved lightsabers which with a magnet
can form a saberstaff. Asajj also comes with one extra hand for any
poses where she might be using the force and also a robe.
OUTFIT - 9 for both
The outfit is really fantastic. It has some great detailing in it
and just really looks quite nice. The belt while more just for looks
is one of the nicest and most detailed things about her attire.
Where this figure loses a point is the sleeves are a touch too long
and her robe isn’t 110% accurate. She wore more of a cloak than a
robe from all the resource material I can find.
VALUE - 10 for exclusive 9.5 for regular
Both versions of Asajj are $59. For the exclusive this is a really
good deal since you get two figures in one. The regular should be
about $5 or so cheaper since you don’t get the extra head and are
light on the accessories. Asajj is worth plunking down your hard
earned cash for.
OVERALL - 10 for exclusive 9.5 for
regular
The exclusive Asajj is total 10! The poses you can do because of the
body, lightsabers and having two heads makes this one hell of a fun
figure. The regular loses a half point because you just don’t have
as many options because of the head. Either way this figure kicks
ass and is one of the most fun and coolest figures in this line. Get
one or like me and get both!!
RATINGS RECAP
Packaging - 10
Sculpt - 10
Paint - 10
Articulation - 10
Accessories - 10 for exclusive/9.5 for regular
Outfit - 9
Value - 10 for exclusive/9.5 for regular
Overall - 10 for exclusive/9.5 for regular
SPECIFICATIONS
Edition Size of the
Exclusive Asajj Ventress is 2000 and 5000 for the regular.
However, she is sold out in both versions.
PHOTOS
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