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| Battle of Dathomir | |
| Type: | Fictional event |
| Category: | Battle |
| Continuity: | Star Wars |
| Dates: | 20 BBY |
| Locations: | Dathomir |
| Participants: | Grievous; Daka; Asajj Ventress; Talzin; Morgan Elsbeth |
| Appearances: | "Massacre" |
The Battle of Dathomir is a fictional event takes place within the canonical continuity of the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It is one of the many battles that took place during the Clone Wars and was first chronicled in the "Massacre" episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in February, 2012.
History[]
In 20 BBY, Darth Sidious became concerned that Force user Asajj Ventress, who was a student of his co-conspirator Count Dooku was becoming too powerful. Fearing that Dooku might use Ventress to make a power play against him, he instructed Dooku to have her eliminated. Dooku sent General Grievous and his Separatist forces to Dathomir to elminate Ventress, who had at this point, had become one of the Nightsisters.
General Grievous began with an orbital assault using Vulture-class starfighters and droid bombers to bomb the Nightsisters' sanctuary to force them out in the open. Afterward, they began a land assault, which included squads of B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, and IG-100 MagnaGuards. The Nightsisters defended themselves by using the Chant of Resurrection, to raise an Army of the Dead. Grievous' forces succeeded in killing the Dathomirian witch Daka, whose magic had been used to develop their undead army.
General Grievous' goal was to commit genocide against the Nightsisters. Grievous personally fought against the Nightsisters, slaying a Dathomorian named Selena. Selena's daughter, Morgan Elsbeth, managed to escape. Swearing vengeance against the Confederacy, Morgan ultimately joined the Galactic Republic during the time when it had been re-organized as the First Galactic Empire.
Notes & Trivia[]
- Star Wars was created by writer, director and executive producer George Lucas. It first captured the imaginations of movie goers in May, 1977 with its inaugural installment, which has since come to be identified by its full title, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The movie led to two sequels, a prequel trilogy, a third trilogy, several spin-off films, and numerous television programs, animated projects, novels, comic books, and video games, as well as developing into a merchandising giant.
- This event is also known as the Dathomir Massacre, or Massacre at Dathomir.
See also[]
Media
The World of Star Wars
Star Wars miscellaneous
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Massacre (1st appearance)
- Star Wars: Tales of the Empire: The Path of Fear
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Bounty (In flashback only)