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Swamp world · Outer Rim · O-6
Dathomir
A misty world under a dull red sun, home of the Nightsisters and their dark Force magick.
- Region
- Outer Rim
- Grid
- O-6
- Sector
- Quelii
- System
- Dathomir
- Suns
- 1
- Moons
- 4
- Climate
- Humid, misty, red-lit
- Terrain
- Forests, mountains, swamps, thorny vines
- Inhabitants
- Nightsisters, Nightbrothers, Nightsister zombies
Overview
Dathomir is a dark, humid world on the Outer Rim, lit by the dull red glow of its sun, Domir[5]. Under a blood-red sky, green mist drifts between forests, swamps and mountains, thorny vines tangle the ground, and twisted trees hang with cocoon-like pods.
It is the home of the Nightsisters, a coven of Force witches whose magick ties them to the planet's strange, dark life[1]. Their spiritual leader is Mother Talzin, and they keep Zabrak men, the Nightbrothers, as warriors and servants[2][3]. The witches can even raise their dead, and the zombies they wake rise to fight for the clan[1].
In the Clone Wars the Nightsisters sold their services to powerful clients such as Count Dooku[1]. Several well-known characters come from the planet, among them Maul, Asajj Ventress and Morgan Elsbeth, as well as the Nightbrother Savage Opress[1][7][8][9].
Who lives here
Nightsisters
Force-sensitive witch clans who ruled the planet in the Clone Wars. They weave Force magick and sell their services to powerful clients[1].
Nightbrothers
Zabrak males kept as warriors and servants by the Nightsisters. Savage Opress and Feral both came from their ranks[3].
Nightsister zombies
Dead Nightsisters raised by magick. They hang in pods in the trees and can rise to fight when the witches need them[1].
Role in the galaxy
Dathomir is where Star Wars keeps its witches. The Nightsisters are a clan of Force-sensitive women whose magick draws on the planet's own life, a tradition quite separate from the Jedi and the Sith[1]. In the Clone Wars they sold their services to powerful clients such as Count Dooku, and their spiritual leader was Mother Talzin[1][2].
The planet appears in The Clone Wars, Rebels, Tales of the Empire, Tales of the Underworld and the first season of Ahsoka[1][6]. Characters raised on Dathomir, including Maul, Asajj Ventress and Morgan Elsbeth, carry that haunted, magick-soaked background with them into stories far from home[7][8][9].
Chronicle
Events are in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you open them — or mark the title as watched on the timeline, and they open by themselves.
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≈ 21 BBY
Mother Talzin turns the Nightbrother Savage Opress into a powerful warrior and sends him to Count Dooku. The Nightsisters later help Asajj Ventress take revenge on Dooku[1].
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≈ 20 BBY
The Clone WarsTales of the Empire
Spoiler · The Clone WarsShowYou've watched it
General Grievous leads a Separatist droid army onto Dathomir and slaughters the Nightsisters. Talzin dissolves into green mist and escapes to the spirit world[1].
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≈ 20 BBY
Spoiler · Tales of the EmpireShowYou've watched it
The first episode of Tales of the Empire replays the massacre through the eyes of the young Morgan Elsbeth. She survives only because the nearby Mountain Clan rescues her[6].
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Reign of the Empire
Spoiler · Tales of the UnderworldShowYou've watched it
In Tales of the Underworld, Quinlan Vos and Obi-Wan Kenobi bring Asajj Ventress's body to Dathomir, where Mother Talzin revives her at a price[6].
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≈ 2 BBY
Spoiler · Star Wars RebelsShowYou've watched it
Maul takes Ezra Bridger to the ruined Nightsister altar. The spirits of two fallen Nightsisters wake and attack, but Ezra destroys the altar and the spirits lose their power[1].
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9 ABY
Spoiler · Ahsoka — Season 1ShowYou've watched it
Grand Admiral Thrawn returns with the Great Mothers and his fleet, and the finale of Ahsoka season 1 ends with his Star Destroyer heading for Dathomir. Earlier, the Great Mothers give Morgan Elsbeth dark markings and the Blade of Talzin, before she falls to Ahsoka[4].
Heroes from Dathomir
Maul
born here
A Zabrak warrior and a native of Dathomir, best known as the Sith apprentice Darth Maul[7].
Asajj Ventress
born here
Born on Dathomir, and later healed and sheltered by Mother Talzin's Nightsisters, a clan that becomes her allies in the Clone Wars[8].
Mother Talzin
home world
Spiritual leader of the Nightsisters during the Clone Wars. Dathomir is her homeworld, and she guides the witches who live there[2].
Morgan Elsbeth
born here
Born a Nightsister on Dathomir, she later becomes a magistrate on Corvus and turns up in The Mandalorian, Ahsoka and Tales of the Empire[9].
Savage Opress
born here
A Nightbrother who becomes a powerful warrior through Mother Talzin's magick, and one of the notable natives of Dathomir[1].
Where to see Dathomir
Every film, series and game in the timeline where Dathomir appears, in watch order.
Filmed on Earth
Dathomir was created in the studio and with visual effects — there is no real location to visit.
Did you know?
Questions about Dathomir
Who lives on Dathomir?
The Nightsisters live on Dathomir, a clan of Force-sensitive witches, together with the Zabrak Nightbrothers they keep as warriors and servants. Their dead can also rise as zombies[1][3].
Where is Dathomir in Star Wars?
Dathomir is a planet on the Outer Rim, orbiting a dull red star called Domir. Its sky glows red, and green mist drifts through its forests and swamps[5].
Nearby worlds
Sources
- Dathomir - StarWars.com Databank
- Mother Talzin - StarWars.com Databank
- Nightsisters: Terrifying Tales from the Witches of Dathomir - StarWars.com
- Ahsoka Analyzed: Part Eight - StarWars.com
- Dathomir system - Wookieepedia mirror
- Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld - Wikipedia
- Maul — StarWars.com
- Asajj Ventress — StarWars.com
- Morgan Elsbeth — StarWars.com