A Way Forward

Tales of the Underworld
"A Way Forward"

Season 3

Number 1

Episode information

Story by

Dave Filoni

Written by

Matt Michnovetz

Directed by

Saul Ruiz

Original airdate

April 18, 2025 (Star Wars Celebration Japan)
May 2, 2025 (Fortnite)
May 4, 2025 (Disney+)

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"A Way Forward" is the thirteenth episode of the Disney+ Star Wars anthology series Tales. It premiered on May 4, 2025, and is the first episode of Tales of the Underworld.

Before its official premiere, it was screened for attendees at Star Wars Celebration Japan on April 18, 2025^[1], and later released on May 2 in Fortnite on the Star Wars Watch Party.^[2]

Synopsis[]

Asajj Ventress reluctantly teams up with an unexpected new ally.

Plot[]

After Quinlan Vos and Obi-Wan Kenobi return her body to a burial pool on Dathomir, Asajj Ventress is revived by the spirits of Mother Talzin and the Nightsisters, as Quinlan's love was a gift, presenting her with two paths; she can either stay with her fallen Nightsisters on Dathomir or she can return to the living. She chooses the latter. Years later, Ventress now works as security at a ticket booth for shuttles off a desert world, while wanting to let go of her life as a bounty hunter. She soon encounters a teenage Jedi Padawan who is looking for "the Path", which Quinlan established to help get young Force users to safety. Ventress reluctantly saves him from Stormtroopers chasing him, and helps him reach a ship. She is confronted in the way by a Sith Inquisitor who recognizes her, but the Padawan kills him. Ventress joins the Padawan in his quest before revealing to him who she truly was.

Cast[]

Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress
Tudi Roche as Cort
Daniel Ross as Inquisitor
Barbara Goodson as Mother Talzin
Al Rodrigo as Quinlan Vos
Steve Blum as Smuggler, Stormtrooper
Lane Factor as Lyco Strata

Trivia[]

The beginning of the episode takes place at the end of the Star Wars novel Dark Disciple, and further reveals how Ventress is alive following her previous appearance in The Bad Batch episode "The Harbinger".
- In the book, as Ventress's body enters the waters, the pool turns green, and the voices of the spirits of the deceased Nightsisters are heard, welcoming Ventress back. In the episode, Ventress is suddenly revived by the Nightsisters and emerges from the water seconds after being buried. When she returns to the living, some time has passed.