Talzin / Legends Mother Talzin , revered by the Frangawl Cult as the Great Mother , was the Dathomirian leader of the Nightsister clans of witches before and during the Clone Wars . The coven was located at a village on the planet Dathomir where they lived in seclusion . She was responsible for the unification of the Nightsister clans after the defeat of Mother Zalem in 31 BBY . Not only did she look after the well - being of the Nightsisters , but she took a special interest in the Nightbrother and Sith Lord Darth Maul . She sent Savage Opress to find his lost brother and bring him back home to Dathomir , where she helped Maul become reborn . Biography . Uniting the Nightsisters . A Dathomirian female , Talzin was a member of the Nightsisters prior to the Clone Wars . While birthing her first daughter , Talzin was struck with a fatal affliction , but was enlightened by the spirits of her culture and survived the incident . She subsequently became a shaman of the Nightsisters and eventually united the various Nightsister covens following the death of Mother Zalem in 31 BBY . Whereas previously , competing Nightsister covens had been ruled by a clan mother and a shaman , Talzin , holding both titles , was able to unite her warring people into a single coven , which thrived into the time of the Clone Wars . Talzin ' s coven also had a close relationship with a clan of Nightbrothers . Mother Talzin was forced to take the infant Asajj Ventress from her mother and give her to the Siniteen criminal Hal ' Sted as payment sometime prior to the Clone Wars in order to protect her clan . Sometime later , Dooku helped Talzin out of some manner of predicament . It is unknown if he was a Jedi Master or a Sith Lord at this stage . Talzin rarely traveled off - world , but when she learned that one of her witches , Kycina , had given up her infant , whom she dubbed Maul , Talzin took a small group of witches and headed for Orsis to find the Nightbrother . She was told by Meltch Krakko , a Mandalorian instructor from the Orsis Academy where to find him . After subduing Maul , she attempted to convince him to return to his home and face the Nightbrother challenges . Maul refused and said that he only answered to one Master , which Talzin thought was the Falleen headmaster , Trezza . After a brief firefight on an orbital station , Talzin was shot in the thigh , and her witches , along with Maul helped heal her until the Zabrak found Darth Sidious . Sidious told Talzin that the body of a fallen Nightsister was on board and that Maul belonged to her . Talzin and her witches boarded the ship and set off for Dathomir where Talzin was able to heal herself . At some point during the Clone Wars , Talzin wrote a short chapter , entitled " Wild Power " , which explained the role of the Nightsisters and their usage of the dark side of the Force in the galaxy . The Clone Wars . The attempt on Dooku ' s life . During the Clone Wars , a wounded Asajj Ventress landed on Dathomir to escape Dooku , who had betrayed her at the Battle of Sullust . Talzin stepped in and prevented the Nightsisters from killing Ventress , revealing that she was in fact one of them , later recounting how her clan had been forced to give up Ventress . After she and her sisters healed Ventress with a spell , she promised to help her in her quest of vengeance against the Count . She introduced her to the two most highly skilled Nightsister warriors , Naa ' leth and Karis , both of whom would aid her in making Dooku pay for his betrayal . Using her magics , Talzin and the Sisters performed a spell to give the three the ability to be invisible to most , as well a special poison dart to Ventress to dull the Count ' s senses . She also handed them each Jedi lightsabers , saying that they should use them if Dooku were to engage them and to believe that they are Jedi mounting the attack . After Ventress ' s failed attempt , Talzin reassured her that she had proved Dooku was vulnerable , and there were other ways of exacting revenge against him . She contacted the Count , and offered him a new assassin to replace Ventress . Although somewhat suspicious at first , Dooku agreed . Dooku himself made a journey to Dathomir , with the ulterior motive of enlisting the Nightsisters in his Separatist movement , though Talzin quickly rejected the prospect , opting to remain neutral in the galactic conflict - - as well as insisting that she was only aiding Dooku because of his help earlier . She promised him a male Zabrak Nightbrother ( while enticing him with the revalation that the new assassin would be linked by blood to the late Sith warrior Darth Maul ) and Dooku left the planet . Ventress met with Talzin shortly afterward , and the clan mother asked Ventress to travel to the Nightbrother village to choose the most powerful male warrior she could find , under the pretense of merely selecting a mate . Ventress soon returned with a Nightbrother in tow called Savage Opress , the brother of the Sith Darth Maul , ( whom Talzin encountered years earlier ) . Talzin was quite impressed with Savage ' s physique , referring to him as " strong " as well as a " perfect male specimen " . She cast a spell on Savage , causing him to fall unconscious . Talzin then led her sisters in a magic incantation and used it to enhance the abilities of Savage Opress , amplifying his rage , and his physical appearance , giving him a far more muscular bulk and lengthening his cranial horns - - an additional spell , however , was set in place to ensure Savage would ultimately be loyal to Talzin . As a final test of Savage ' s strength and loyalty , the now - monstrous Zabrak was ordered to murder his younger brother Feral , which he did without remorse . Satisfied , Talzin presented Savage with an enchanted blade and afterward Talzin and two Nightsisters , Talia and Naa ' leth , brought Opress to Dooku via a Separatist shuttle . The Count gladly accepted his new assassin , and Talzin returned to Dathomir . Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi were brought into her village soon after , seeking information on Savage Opress ( who had massacred two Jedi previously ) from the Nightsisters . She initially denied she had any knowledge of Savage ' s whereabouts and claimed the Nightsisters were an outcast society with no relations whatsoever to the male inhabitants of the planet . Obi - Wan rebuked her lie , stating it was a well - known fact that females were dominant on Dathomir and insisting that she disclose any information she had on Savage . Talzin relented , using her crystal ball to view Savage and informing the Jedi he was on Toydaria . After they left in earnest , Talzin met with Ventress and told her that the time to put her plot in motion had come — she would have to confront the Count herself with Savage ' s aid . While Ventress believed Opress needed more training , Talzin assured her that he was indeed ready and additionally , they could not keep him a secret forever . Later , a battle - weary Savage returned , having broken away from his loyalty to Ventress and having escaped from both her and the Jedi . Talzin helped him to his feet and told him she would help him obtain the power he needed . She sent him on a quest to find his brother ( Maul ) who was hiding in exile in the Outer Rim Territories , with the aid of a special talisman . Battle of Dathomir . When Ventress returned after Opress betrayed her , Talzin accepted her and made her an official Nightsister , although she neglected to inform Ventress that Opress had briefly returned . During their celebration , General Grievous , at the behest of Count Dooku , attacked Dathomir to destroy Talzin , Ventress , and the Nightsisters . During the battle , Talzin used her dark powers to destroy numerous battle droids , but retreated from the front lines early on , so as to ask Daka to raise the Army of the Dead , as well as inflict retribution upon Dooku for ordering the assault . Using a lock of Dooku ' s hair , Talzin fashioned a Voodoo doll in the Count ' s likeness , and used it in conjunction with her magic to torture Dooku to the point of near - death . However , Grievous , ordered by Dooku to destroy Talzin , attacked the inner sanctum of the village , where Talzin and Daka were performing their spells , killing the few guards present and murdering Old Daka . Before she could also be executed , Talzin teleported to safety , but with Daka dead , the undead army also perished , and the Nightsisters were virtually destroyed . In the wake of the massacre , Talzin appeared to Ventress , the only other survivor of Grievous ' onslaught , telling her that , although the most recent chapter of Ventress ' life had ended , and that she must seek a new path , her destiny would always be tied with that of the Nightsisters . With that , Talzin disappeared , leaving Ventress alone . The return of Darth Maul . On his mission given to him by Talzin , Savage Opress found Maul living a seclusive life in a cave on Lotho Minor , and she awaited their return to Dathomir where Maul would receive treatment . When Savage and Maul returned to Dathomir , Mother Talzin led them to her village , where she removed Maul ' s spider - like cybernetics and used magicks to create a brand - new pair of cybernetic legs , as well as restore Maul ’ s sanity and memories . When her work was done , she disappeared once again . The Disappeared . In 20 BBY , Mother Talzin gained the allegiance of the Frangawl Cult on Bardotta , who worshiped her as " the Great Mother . " Under her direction , they abducted Dagoyan Masters , draining the Living Force within them into a containment sphere . Talzin later rendezvoused with the cult , who had captured Queen Julia , on Zardossa Stix , she revealed her intention to use a ritual to drain the Living Force from the Queen and absorb it , making her more powerful than the Jedi and Sith combined . However , Jedi Master Mace Windu and Representative Jar Jar Binks were hot on their trail and arrived at the temple . Talzin engaged the Jedi with a lightsaber conjured from spirit ichor but her distraction allowed Binks to free Julia , disrupting the ceremony . The Gungan also accidentally destroyed the containment sphere , causing a massive explosion that killed all the cultists . Her plan in ruins , Talzin dissolved into mist and vanished . Personality and traits . Mother Talzin claimed that the Nightsisters were loyal to nobody except each other , and she taught the other Nightsisters to only focus on themselves and their sisters . Talzin was quite maternal towards Asajj Ventress , even giving her a hug when she returned to Dathomir , showing that she really did consider herself a mother to the rest of the Nightsisters . She was not afraid of war , and comforted Ventress when the younger Nightsister blamed herself for bringing the Separatists to Dathomir , and also defended her fellow Nightsisters with her magic . However when Talzin realized that the Nightsisters were going to lose the battle , she fled . Although she cared about her fellow Nightsisters , Talzin was also rather sadistic and seemed to enjoy torturing Count Dooku . She was also quite sexist , knowing that females were the dominant gender on Dathomir . She saw Savage Opress as little more than a tool , though she did help Savage find his long lost brother , Darth Maul . Talzin ' s voice was both deep and eerie , backed up with an otherworldly echo . As a shaman , she acted as a conduit and a mouthpiece of the Spirits , channeling their dark and ancient energy through her gestures and her voice . Powers and abilities . Mother Talzin was an extremely powerful witch and a master of dark magic . She often led the rest of the Nightsisters through incantations , such as when she transformed Savage Opress , and when she made Asajj Ventress into an official Nightsister , as well as when she was able to disguise Asajj Ventress and two other Nightsisters from Count Dooku ' s detection , transforming them into Ghostly versions of their true forms . She was also one of the few shaman capable of creating objects from spirit . Talzin was capable of using her powers to torture Count Dooku using a lock of Dooku ' s own hair even though the Count was on a completely different planet at the time . She was even capable of appearing in more than one place at a time , as shown when a ghostly vision of her appeared from within Dooku ' s chest , although Talzin ' s physical body was still on Dathomir . She also displayed the rare ability to teleport , transforming into smoke and vanishing when General Grievous had her cornered , as well as materializing and disappearing from wisps of green mist before Savage Opress after he returned to Dathomir . However , this appeared to cost Talzin her physical body , as there were several instances where parts of her appeared transparent and she constantly exuded a greenish mist . In combat , Talzin was capable of creating a green protection bubble capable of blocking blaster fire . She was also able to launch Force lightning at the opponent whilst maintaining the shield at the same time . Unlike many other Force Lightning users , Mother Talzin ' s Force lightning was green . It was also very powerful , able to destroy a B - 1 battle droid in one hit . She could also conjure fear - casting illusions . She was also able to create a lightsaber - like sword conjured from spirit ichor and hold her own against Mace Windu , who was a renowned Jedi Master and master of a deadly and powerful form of lightsaber combat few encountered , let alone practiced . Though she never used telekinesis in combat , Talzin was a powerful user of telekinesis , able to lift many types of objects with ease as well as levitate herself , though the full extent of the latter is unknown . She could also incinerate or form objects with her magic , as she was able to melt the silver orb that contained Count Dooku ' s lock of hair , as well as create a drinking cup for Dooku when he visited her . She could even set things on fire simply by using her magics , as shown with the large pot that contained Count Dooku ' s Voodoo doll . Although Talzin was extremely powerful , she asked one of the elder Nightsisters to use a resurrection spell , showing that she may not have mastered the ability to resurrect the dead . Behind the scenes . Mother Talzin is voiced by Barbara Goodson . When Goodson auditioned for the part , she was told that the creative staff of " The Clone Wars " wanted a " Romanian witch " type of voice . Because of that , Goodson ' s ensuing vocal performance was inspired by the late actress , who notably took part in various classic - era horror movies . Talzin ' s look was based on the " Nightsister Sith witch , " an unused piece of concept art from for what would become Darth Maul .