History JerkassWoobie / StarWarsTheCloneWars

* Asajj Ventress. Even discounting her DarkAndTroubledPast, and though she's amoral, vengeance-obsessed, and indiscriminately violent, she's had a rough go of it. Being constantly set up (and brutally berated for) failure by Dooku, [[spoiler:betrayed on another Sith's whimsical order, failing to gain retribution for that betrayal, and losing everything she ever worked toward and everyone she cared about in a single stroke. Seeing her break down and beg Mother Talzin not to leave her alone is quite the TearJerker.]]

* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother Feral only to be [[spoiler:forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magics. Savage then spent part of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by Separatist droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin and he doesn't even realize it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]

* Boba Fett. He [[Film/AttackOfTheClones watched his father Jango Fett]] get [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Mace Windu and sought [[YouKilledMyFather revenge for his father's death]]. [[spoiler:Even worse, he ends up in a Republic prison for his troubles at a young age.]]
* Asajj Ventress. Even discounting her DarkAndTroubledPast, and though she's amoral, vengeance-obsessed, and indiscriminately violent, she's had a rough go of it. Being constantly set up (and brutally berated for) failure by Dooku, [[spoiler:betrayed on another Sith's whimsical order, failing to gain retribution for that betrayal, and losing everything she ever worked toward and everyone she cared about in a single stroke. Seeing her break down and beg Mother Talzin not to leave her alone is quite the TearJerker]].

* Dogma, who was fanatically backing every one of General Krell's orders [[YesMan to the point of sycophancy]], becomes one at the end of the Umbara arc. He just wanted to be a good soldier, but as a mere rookie at the time of the Republic’s campaign on Umbara, [[spoiler:he was unknowingly played by a manipulative and treacherous commanding officer. Once he finds out the cold truth, he is a very broken man and he gets taken into custody for his complicity in Krell's subterfuge even after putting the bullet in him at the end.]]

* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother Feral only to be [[spoiler:forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magics. Savage then spent part of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin and he doesn't even realize it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]

* Boba Fett. He [[Film/AttackOfTheClones watched his father Jango Fett]] get [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Mace Windu and sought [[YouKilledMyFather revenge for his father's death]]. [[spoiler:Even worse, he ends up in a Republic prison for his troubles at a young age]].

* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]], and spent who knows how long tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler:He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious. Then in ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'', he helplessly watches as his own mother perform a HeroicSacrifice to give him a chance to escape.]]

* [[spoiler:Barriss Offee. She is a young Padawan who is put through several traumas during the course of the war: almost dying, being mind-controlled to the point where she ''wishes'' she was dead, only to come to the awful realization that the war is unjust and that the Republic and Jedi Order have become corrupted. While this doesn't excuse her resorting to terrorism to make a point, it certainly makes her more understandable and sympathetic.]]

* Boba Fett. He [[Film/AttackOfTheClones watched his father Jango Fett]] get [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Mace Windu and sought [[YouKilledMyFather revenge for his father's death]]. [[spoiler: Even worse, he ends up in a Republic prison for his troubles at a young age]].
* Asajj Ventress. Even discounting her DarkAndTroubledPast, and though she's amoral, vengeance-obsessed, and indiscriminately violent, she's had a rough go of it. Being constantly set up (and brutally berated for) failure by Dooku, [[spoiler: betrayed on another Sith's whimsical order, failing to gain retribution for that betrayal, and losing everything she ever worked toward and everyone she cared about in a single stroke. Seeing her break down and beg Mother Talzin not to leave her alone is quite the TearJerker]].
* The Son, [[ObviouslyEvil of]] [[MadeOfEvil all]] [[HumanoidAbomination people]], ends up as one by the end of the Mortis arc. Despite his evil nature, he did still care for his family and is [[spoiler: [[MyGodWhatHaveIveDone horrified]] by deaths of The Daughter and The Father.]]
* Dogma, who was fanatically backing every one of General Krell's orders [[YesMan to the point of sycophancy]], becomes one at the end of the Umbara arc. He just wanted to be a good soldier, but as a mere rookie at the time of the Republic’s campaign on Umbara, [[spoiler: he was unknowingly played by a manipulative and treacherous commanding officer. Once he finds out the cold truth, he is a very broken man and he gets taken into custody for his complicity in Krell's subterfuge even after putting the bullet in him at the end.]]
* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]], and spent who knows how long tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler: He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious. Then in ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son of Dathomir]]'', he helplessly watches as his own mother perform a HeroicSacrifice to give him a chance to escape.]]
* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother Feral only to be [[spoiler: forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magics. Savage then spent part of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin and he doesn't even realize it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]
* [[spoiler: Barriss Offee. She is a young Padawan who is put through several traumas during the course of the war: almost dying, being mind-controlled to the point where she ''wishes'' she was dead, only to come to the awful realization that the war is unjust and that the Republic and Jedi Order have become corrupted. While this doesn't excuse her resorting to terrorism to make a point, it certainly makes her more understandable and sympathetic.]]

* The Son, [[ObviouslyEvil of]] [[MadeOfEvil all]] [[HumanoidAbomination people]], ends up as one by the end of the Mortis arc. Despite his evil nature, he did still care for his family and is [[spoiler: [[MyGodWhatHaveIveDone horrified]] by deaths of The Sister and The Father.]]
* Dogma, who was fanatically backing every one of General Krell's orders [[YesMan to the point of sycophancy]], becomes one at the end of the Umbara arc. He just wanted to be a good soldier, but as a mere rookie at the time of Umbara, [[spoiler: he was unknowingly played by a manipulative and treacherous commanding officer. Once he finds out the cold truth, he is a very broken man, and he gets taken into custody for his complicity in Krell's subterfuge even after putting the bullet in him at the end]].

* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother Feral only to be [[spoiler: forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magics. Savage then spent part of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin, and he doesn't even realise it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]

* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother, Feral, only to be [[spoiler: forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magics. Savage then a part of the Nightsisters and Brothers arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin, and he doesn't even realise it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]

* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother, Feral, only to be [[spoiler: forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magics. Savage then spends the remainder of the Nightsisters arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin, and he doesn't even realise it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]

* [[spoiler: Barriss Offee]]. She is a young Padawan who is put through several traumas during the course of the war: almost dying, being mind-controlled to the point where she ''wishes'' she was dead, only to come to the awful realization that the war is unjust and that the Republic and Jedi Order have become corrupted. While this doesn't excuse her resorting to terrorism to make a point, it certainly makes her more understandable and sympathetic.

* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]], and spent who knows how long tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler: He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious. Then in ''[[ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir Son Of Dathomir]]'', he helplessly watches as his own mother perform a HeroicSacrifice to give him a chance to escape.]]

* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]], and spent who knows how long tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler: He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious. Then in ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', he helplessly watches as his own mother perform a HeroicSacrifice to give him a chance to escape.]]

* The Son, [[ObviouslyEvil of]] [[MadeOfEvil all]] [[HumanoidAbomination people]], ends up as one by the end of the Mortis arc. Despite his evil nature, he did still care for his family and is [[spoiler: horrified by deaths of The Sister and The Father.]]

* If you thought that Darth Vader couldn't be more of a JerkassWoobie, then wait until you see his adventures as Anakin Skywalker. You can add the deaths of several friends, Clone Troopers, and Jedi alike, [[spoiler: his Padawan leaving the Jedi Order, Fives dying in a vain attempt to expose Order 66]], his relationship with Padmé damaged by the presence of Rush Clovis, him forced to go undercover as a slaver, etc, is it really a surprise he turned out the way he did?

* [[spoiler: Barriss Offee. She is a young Padawan who is put through several traumas during the course of the war: almost dying, being mind-controlled to the point where she ''wishes'' she was dead, only to come to the awful realization that the war is unjust and that the Republic and Jedi Order have become corrupted. While this doesn't excuse her resorting to terrorism to make a point, it certainly makes her more understandable and sympathetic.]]

* If you thought that Darth Vader couldn't be more of a JerkassWoobie, then wait until you see his adventures as Anakin Skywalker. You can add the deaths of several friends, Clone Troopers, and Jedi alike, his Padawan leaving the Jedi Order, Fives dying in a vain attempt to expose Order 66, his relationship with Padmé damaged by the presence of Rush Clovis, him forced to go undercover as a slaver, etc, is it really a surprise he turned out the way he did?

* Boba Fett. He [[Film/AttackOfTheClones watched his father Jango Fett]] get [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Mace Windu, and sought [[YouKilledMyFather revenge for his father's death]]. [[spoiler: Even worse, he ends up in a Republic prison for his troubles at a young age]].

* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]] and spent who knows how long tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler: He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious. Then in ''ComicBook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir'', he helplessly watches as his own mother perform a HeroicSacrifice to give him a chance to escape.]]
* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother, Feral, only to be [[spoiler: forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magicks. Savage then spends the remainder of the Nightsisters arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin, and he doesn't even realise it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]
* [[spoiler: Barriss Offee. She is a young padawan who is put through several traumas during the course of the war: almost dying, being mind-controlled to the point where she ''wishes'' she was dead, only to come to the awful realization that the war is unjust and that the Republic and Jedi Order have become corrupted. While this doesn't excuse her resorting to terrorism to make a point, it certainly makes her more understandable and sympathetic.]]

* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]] and spent who knows how long tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler: He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious]].

* If you thought that Darth Vader couldn't be more of a JerkassWoobie, then wait until you see his adventures as Anakin Skywalker. You can add the deaths of several friends, Clone Troopers and Jedi alike, his Padawan leaving the Jedi Order, Fives dying in a vain attempt to expose Order 66, his relationship with Padmé damaged by the presence of Rush Clovis, him forced to go undercover as a slaver, etc, is it really a surprise he turned out the way he did?

* If you thought that Darth Vader couldn't be more of a JerkassWoobie, then wait until you see his adventures as Anakin Skywalker. You can add the deaths of several friends, Clones and Jedi alike, his Padawan leaving the Jedi Order, Fives dying in a vain attempt to expose Order 66, his relationship to Padme damaged by the presence of Rush Clovis, him forced to go undercover as a slaver, etc, is it really a surprise he turned out the way he did?

* ''The Son'', [[ObviouslyEvil of]] [[MadeOfEvil all]] [[HumanoidAbomination people]], ends up as one by the end of the Mortis arc. Despite his evil nature, he did still care for his family and is [[spoiler: horrified by deaths of The Sister and The Father.]]

* Asajj Ventress. Even discounting her DarkAndTroubledPast, and though she's amoral, vengeance-obsessed, and indiscriminately violent, she's had a rough go of it. Being constantly set up (and brutally berated for) failure by Dooku, [[spoiler; betrayed on another Sith's whimsical order, failing to gain retribution for that betrayal, and losing everything she ever worked toward and everyone she cared about in a single stroke. Seeing her break down and beg Mother Talzin not to leave her alone is quite the TearJerker]].

* Boba Fett. He [[Film/AttackOfTheClones watched his father Jango Fett]] get [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Mace Windu, and sought [[YouKilledMyFather revenge for his father's death]]. Even worse, he ends up in a Republic prison for his troubles at a young age.

* Asajj Ventress. Even discounting her DarkAndTroubledPast, and though she's amoral, vengeance-obsessed, and indiscriminately violent, she's had a rough go of it. Being constantly set up (and brutally berated for) failure by Dooku, betrayed on another Sith's whimsical order, failing to gain retribution for that betrayal, and losing everything she ever worked toward and everyone she cared about in a single stroke. Seeing her break down and beg Mother Talzin not to leave her alone is quite the TearJerker.

* ''The Son'', [[ObviouslyEvil of]] [[MadeOfEvil all]] [[HumanoidAbomination people]] ends up as one by the end of the Mortis arc. Despite his evil nature, he did still care for his family, and is [[spoiler: horrified by deaths of The Sister and The Father.]]

* Dogma, who was fanatically backing every one of General Krell's orders [[YesMan to the point of sycophancy]], becomes one at the end of the Umbara arc. He just wanted to be a good soldier, but as a mere rookie at the time of Umbara, he was unknowingly played by a manipulative and treacherous commanding officer. [[spoiler: Once he finds out the cold truth, he is a very broken man, and he gets taken into custody for his complicity in Krell's subterfuge even after putting the bullet in him at the end]].
* Darth Maul may be a brutal sadist who slaughters innocent people, but you can't help but feel for him when he's left a broken, psychotic wreck, especially since he was trained as Sith from birth, was cut in [[Film/ThePhantomMenace half by Obi-Wan]] and spent more than a decade tormenting on a LandfillBeyondTheStars. [[spoiler: He's then helpless to prevent his brother from being killed and he himself is tortured by Darth Sidious]].

* Dogma, who was fanatically backing every one of General Krell's orders [[YesMan to the point of sycophancy]], becomes one at the end of the Umbara arc. He just wanted to be a good soldier, but as a mere rookie at the time of Umbara, he was unknowingly played by a manipulative and treacherous commanding officer. Once he finds out the cold truth, he is a very broken man, and he gets taken into custody for his complicity in Krell's subterfuge even after putting the bullet in him at the end.

* ''The Son'', [[ObviouslyEvil of]] [[MadeOfEvil all]] [[HumanoidAbomination people]] ends up as one by the end of the Mortis arc. Despite his evil nature, he did still care for his family is [[spoiler: horrified by The Sister's death, and even the death of The Father.]]

* Savage Opress. He gave himself up to Ventress to protect his brother, Feral, only to be [[spoiler: forced to kill Feral while under the Nightsisters' control]]. And this is ''after'' being mutated into a hulking monster by their magicks. Savage then spends the remainder of the Nightsisters arc being trained (read as: [[ElectricTorture tortured]]) by Dooku, constantly berated by Dooku and Ventress, being thrashed around by two more skilled and experienced warriors, being repeatedly shot by battle droids, and ending up with almost everyone against him with very little hope of being able to fight off all of his enemies. To top it all off, he's ''still'' being manipulated by Mother Talzin, and he doesn't even realise it. Even when he's reunited with his only surviving brother, Darth Maul, he's still not treated well and is only used for muscle. His villainous actions may lead to some overlap with JerkassWoobie. [[spoiler:Savage's [[AlasPoorVillain death]] only serves to solidify this status. Savage isn't even concerned about his own death; his only regret is that he was an unworthy apprentice to his brother.]]