What’s your headcanon for the venommites incident?
Ahhhh ... the venomites. The iconic story never told!
I don’t have a ton of headcanons surrounding the context of this story, but I do have some. I think Draboon is a jungle-life planet, hot and humid, with lots of trees and vines.
We don’t know anything about the incident beyond what is said in “Voyage of Temptation,” but there is one funny thing that is added by the Battlefront game. At 5:08, Obi-Wan says, “Ugh, liking bathing in a lake of venomites . . .”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqozRR6ND0&t=313s
This of course raises the question . . . is that what Obi-Wan and Satine were doing when they were attacked??
I think that Obi-Wan and Satine were in the water. The venomites swarmed and both were probably bitten, but maybe Satine was bitten multiple times or had an allergic reaction, because she passes out. Obi-Wan picks her up and runs, trying to escape and return to where they’ve made camp (which is why I’m going to assume they were bathing with their clothes on. The image of both of sans clothes while this happens is too ridiculous to be taken seriously!).
The event happens as recounted in the episode. Obi-Wan trips and falls, and Satine is further injured when she falls on a rock, though Obi-Wan doesn’t really notice at first because she’s unconscious and he’s desperately trying to get back to camp (that’s how I account for the fact that Obi-Wan doesn’t even remember that Satine has a scar from the incident).
They finally outrun the swarm of bugs, find Qui-Gon and get the hell outta Dodge Draboon, and long after her Jedi protectors leave, Satine remembers the experience every time she sees the scar on her upper leg.
Thanks for the question!
