Here’s everything you need to know about the Nightsisters of Dathomir from Star Wars in under a minute! They were just one of many clans of witches on their homeworld. How they came to the planet is shrouded in mystery, but it would appear the Dathomirian people first arrived to the planet after taming purrgil and using them to travel from the planet Peridea in a completely different galaxy. There they learned to wield magick, an aspect of the dark side that they connected with through the magical, green ichor that was abundant on Dathomir. They also tamed the mighty rancors that were native to the planet, using them as mounts. For a time, a Great Mother named Talzin unified her people into a single clan, and they grew in power on their planet. But she sought more power under the tutelage of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who instead took her son as his apprentice. After Maul’s supposed death and miraculous return, she worked towards revenge, failing to assassinate Sidious and his new apprentice, Tyrannus, several times. Eventually the Sith Lords grew tired of her plots and during the Clone Wars sent General Grievous to massacre the Nightsisters. They were nearly wiped out, and Talzin herself was killed soon after, but still some survivors like Merrin or Morgan Elsbeth remained. And the Great Mothers’ return to Dathomir could signal a new golden age for the witches… #starwars