Attack on Dathomir

The **Attack on Dathomir** (also known as the **Battle of Dathomir**) was a huge battle-like attack from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It deals with the Separatist Droid Army invading the planet, Dathomir to wipe out the Nightsisters. The battle takes place in the Season 4 episode, "Massacre."

## History

### Background

It all started with the Nightsisters, a clan of witches from the planet, Dathomir who specialized in using dark magic, they were even all connected with the Force. One of the Nightsisters, Asajj Ventress was recruited by the Separatists to be the apprentice and Sith assassin of Count Dooku. For years Asajj had served Dooku and helped him in his fight against the Republic during the Clone Wars as the Separatists' most dangerous warrior, she even formed a rivalry with General Grievous. Then one day, under orders from his master, Darth Sidious, Count Dooku was ordered to eliminate Asajj as a way to test his loyalty to Darth Sidious who believed that Dooku was going to use Asajj to eliminate him. Although reluctant, Count Dooku did what Sidious told him and left Asajj for dead during a space battle against the Republic. Asajj then fought against Anakin and Obi-Wan on a Separatist command ship then Count Dooku ordered a Tactical Droid on another Separatist ship to attack the command ship. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Asajj all managed to escape in time before the whole command ship got destroyed with Asajj barely making it. As a result of the command ship's destruction, Asajj was thought to be dead but she was rendered unconscious and the remains of her ship were picked up by a scavenging crew. After Asajj woke up, she killed the whole crew, took control of their ship, and returned back to Dathomir where she was healed by the other Nightsisters and their leader, Mother Talzin. Together Asajj, Mother Talzin, and the Nightsisters decided to get revenge on Count Dooku by using a potion to turn Asajj and two Nightsister warriors named Naa'leth and Karis invisible so they could sneak into Dooku's quarters on the planet, Serenno, poison him with a special dart so he couldn't sense them, and then attack him. They were even given Jedi Lightsabers to make it look like their attack on him was by Jedi but Dooku was able to beat them using his Force lightning. After they returned to Darthomir and reported to Mother Talzin about how their attack failed but she claimed that it was good because it showed how Count Dooku was vulnerable and that he would have to find another apprentice to protect himself so Mother Talzin called Count Dooku with a transmission call and offered to give him a new apprentice.

After talking with Count Dooku on Dathomir, Mother Talzin agreed to give him a new apprentice to be his new assassin which would be one of the males on Dathomir who shared the bloodline of Darth Sidious' old apprentice, Darth Maul since he was raised on Dathomir as well. After he left, Asajj recruited a member of the Nightbrothers named Savage Opress who lived on the far side of Dathomir after he completed three tests Asajj set up for the Nigthbrothers. After Asajj brought Savage back to the other Nigthsisters, they used their magic to increase Savage's strength and power which turned him into a murderous warrior who was secretly under Asajj's control and they presented him to Count Dooku. This also attracted the attention of the Jedi after Savage killed two of their own on the planet, Devaron so Anakin and Obi-Wan went to try and stop him who talked to both the Nigthbrothers and the Nightsisters on Dathomir. Then when Savage failed a Separatist mission for Dooku on Toydaria by killing King Katuunko even though Dooku wanted him alive and Savage was punished by Dooku for it by being shocked by Force lighting. Asajj revealed herself to Count Dooku then she and Savage both attacked him on a Separatist command ship but during the fight, Savage broke free from the Asajj's control and betrayed both her and Count Dooku and attacked them but Dooku escaped with Asajj following him. Anakin and Obi-Wan then tried to fight off Savage when they arrived on the Separatist command ship while Asajj fought off Dooku but Count Dooku was able to beat Asajj who later escaped from him in an escape pod then Savage also escaped after beating Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the Droid Army which Dooku sent to kill him. Afterwards, Savage returned back to Dathomir seriously injured and was given a new personnel quest by Mother Talzin to find his long-lost brother, Darth Maul who would help him become strong enough to defeat the Jedi who were now hunting him down. Mother Talzin also gave Savage a magical talisman to act as a compass for his quest to find Darth Maul. As for Asajj, she spent some time in hiding reevaluating herself before eventually returning back to Dathomir but Count Dooku learned of her return to Dathomir and sent General Grievous and the Separatist Droid Army to wipe her and the other Nightsisters out as revenge for their treachery. Meanwhile, Asajj had been baptized by Mother Talzin and the Nightsister to become a full Nightsister with the other Nigthsisters celebrating it.

### The Battle

The Separatist fleet arrives at Dathomir and begins attacking with Vulture Droids then General Grievous dispatches the Droid Army from the Separatist ships to attack the Nightsisters by burning a path through the forest and right to their temple. The Nightsisters prepare to fight off against the Droid Army but despite their magical power and weapons, the Nightsisters are outnumbered and no match against the Droid Army with Asajj claiming that they would need an army of their own to fight them off. So Mother Talzin goes to speak with Old Daka the oldest and wisest member of the Nightsisters to get help while Asajj leads the other Nightsisters to fight off the Droid Army using her Lightsabers but then General Grevious sends out some tanks to attack them. Mother Talzin then meets up with Old Daka in a secret cave within the temple to help the Nightsisters fight off the Droid Army who uses a magical green mist to bring back all the dead Nightsisters from their burial pods as zombies to be their own army. The Dead Nightsisters tear up the Droid Army and they cannot be defeated since they are already dead so every time the Droid Army shoots them down the Dead Nightsisters keep getting back up again. During the fight, Asajj is able to get control of the tanks which the Nightsisters use to fight off the Droid Army and get to General Grievous then Mother Talzin decides to end the fight by killing Count Dooku. To do that, she uses a lock of his hair to make a voodoo doll of Count Dooku which she uses to torture him from Serenno with a big burning cauldron. The Nightsisters are able to break the Droid Army and reach General Grievous' ship where Grievous arrives with some Bodyguard Droids and Asajj makes a deal with him. They will both fight each other with their Lightsabers where if Asajj wins General Grievous and the Droid Army will leave but if Grievous wins the Nightsisters will surrender then they both begin to fight each other. Asajj is able to beat General Grievous but he has the Droid Army attack her but the Nightsisters attack them and save Asajj who later gets to safety then Grievous is overwhelmed by the Dead Nightsisters but he is able to beat them. Meanwhile, Count Dooku realizes what Mother Talzin is doing so he calls General Grievous and orders him to stop Mother Talzin before she kills him by following the green mist trail to Old Daka's secret cave. General Grievous then leads the Droid Army to the Nightsisters' temple where they fight off every Nightsister that comes their way. Mother Talzin then magically appears out of Count Dooku's body through the voodoo doll and tries to get him to stop the attack and withdraw the Droid Army so she will stop torturing him but Dooku refuses so Talzin continues torturing him. Eventually, General Grievous finds Mother Talzin and Old Daka in the secret cave after having Commando Droids blow it open where Grievous kills Old Dak which also destroys the Dead Nightsister army, allowing the Droid Army to completely wipe out the Nightsisters. Grievous also stops Mother Talzin from torturing Count Dooku by spilling the cauldron she was using on Dooku's voodoo doll but Mother Talzin escapes.

### Aftermath

As a result of the Separatist Droid Army's attack, the Nightsisters are now completely wiped out with Asajj and Mother Talzin being the only survivors of the attack then Asajj left Dathomir and traveled around the Galaxy alone until she became a bounty hunter. As for Savage, he eventually found Darth Maul on the junk planet, Lotho Minor where he had become mentally broken. Savage brought Darth Maul back to Dathomir where Mother Talzin restored his mind and legs with parts from the Droid Army. With that, Maul and Savage decided to work together to get revenge on the Jedi that Maul hatted the most for cutting off his legs, Obi-Wan Kenobi. This eventually led to the Siege of Mandalore then after that, the Nightsisters' temple on Dathomir became Maul's new home during the reign of the Empire.

## Belligerents

### Nightsisters

* Mother Talzin
* Old Daka
* Asajj Ventress
* Naa'leth
* Karis
* Luce
* Other Nigthsisters
* Dead Nigthsisters

### Separatists

* General Grievous
* Bodyguard Droids
* Vulture Droids
* Commando Droids
* Super Battle Droids
* Battle Droids

## Videos

Dooku Orders Grievous To Attack Dathomir -HD-Grievous Massacres the Nightsisters -4K HDR- - Star Wars- The Clone Wars
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