Shifting Sand

Shifting Sand was a meditation technique taught to the Jedi Order's Jedi Initiates that focused on using the Force to levitate small particles. Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas learned the technique, and in 88 BBY they used it to sneak into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts vault in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. The pair again used the technique to break into a comm tower during the invasion of the planet Serenno by Abyssin mercenaries in 42 BBY.
==Description==
Shifting Sand was a meditation technique used by the Jedi Order. Jedi Initiates were taught the meditation as a way to focus on levitating small particles using the Force.
==History==
At some point during the Republic Era, Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas attended a class on levitation taught by Jedi Grand Master Yoda. They learned how to use Shifting Sand in the session, and Dooku was considered the top of his class. In 88 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines Dooku and Sifo-Dyas broke into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts, a secret vault of dark side artifacts hidden in the Jedi Archives of the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. At Sifo-Dyas's behest, Dooku used the Shifting Sand technique to slide sand between the door to the vault and the wall, breaking the door's lock and thus allowing the pair entry into the room. Dooku later recounted the incident to his sister Jenza via holo-letter.
In 42 BBY, during an invasion of the planet Serenno by Abyssin mercenaries, Dooku and Sifo-Dyas used the Shifting Sand technique to break into an occupied comm tower on the outskirts of Serenno's capital city, Carannia. Around 23 BBY, Dooku gave data disks of his conversations with Jenza to his recently recruited Sith assassin—Asajj Ventress—for her investigation into Jenza's location, and she listened to the message mentioning Dooku and Sifo-Dyas using the technique in the Jedi Archives. After Ventress found Jenza, the latter told her of the pair's application of Shifting Sand during Serenno's invasion.
==Behind the scenes==
The Shifting Sand meditation technique appeared in a flashback in the audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, written by Cavan Scott and published on April 30, 2019. The capitalization of Shifting Sand was confirmed by the audio drama's script releaseDooku: Jedi Lost script on October 1 of the same year.
==Appearances==
*Dooku: Jedi Lost 
*Dooku: Jedi Lost script 
==Notes and references==
Category:Meditation