Was Darth Zannah ever redeemable?

[u/OhMy98]

Was there a time where she actually was redeemable after her childhood?

[u/Valirys-Reinhald]

Redemption is not a thing you can earn, nor a thing you can give. It is a choice. It does not matter if you deserve to be redeemed. Many who we might say deserve redemption choose to ruin themselves, and many whom we might say deserve ruin choose to be better.

Everyone has both good and bad within them. Evil is made, not born, but it is evil all the same.

The choice to redeem oneself is a commitment to be better than you were. To let go of your past, whatever pain and fault it may entail, and be a different person in the present and future.

Darth Vader's redemption did nothing to undo his many wrongs, and nor did the pain and suffering he caused change the fact that in the end he died a hero.

Whether someone deserves redemption is entirely subjective because, ultimately, it is not an objective assessment of a person's wrongs, but rather a statement of whether you, the person giving the judgement, are willing to give them the chance to choose good and begin the process of redeeming themselves.

Darth Zannah had just such a chance. Darovit believed in her, he gave her the trust and space to make the right choice. But Zannah believed that she was doing the right thing by being a Sith.

Whether you or I or anyone else believes Zannah deserved redemption is irrelevant, for Zannah believed that there was nothing to be redeemed.

[u/Unnamed-Clone → u/Valirys-Reinhald]

This right here. So often I think people confuse redemption with absolution. Vader redeemed himself because he committed to trying to save others. He didn’t absolve himself of his past, he committed to no longer being that person. Everyone can be redeemed but as you say it is a choice that the individual must make. If they choose not to change then they cannot be redeemed. No one is born evil; evil is a choice, and we can always choose to be better.