The Witches of Dathomir were a group of clans who resided on the dark world of
Dathomir in the outer rim, and tapped into a mystical power known as Shadow Magicks,
which in reality was just the force. After learning of these dark magicks on their planet,
the witches soon split into many clans with the Nightsisters rising to be the most prominent and
powerful, becoming the leaders of Dathomir… But what really separated the witches of Dathomir from
the Sith and other dark side using cults was that they never fell to the darkness and never became
slaves to it. They utilized it in their daily life and embraced its power where needed, without
taking things too far… Something which the Sith could never achieve. So, remember to subscribe
and lets break down the Dathomirin Witches mentioned by Boba Fett’s new Rancor Trainer.
Soon after being taught of the magical ichor or dark force that flowed through their planet by an
Exiled Jedi named Master Allya, the witches split into several clans. These were the Nightsister
Clan, led by Mother Talzin, the Singing Mountain Clan, The Blue Coral Divers Clan, and the Howling
Crag Clan. Being an exiled Jedi, Master Allya taught these clans of the dark side of the force
and instilled a deep hatred of the Jedi within them, which carried down for generations.
She also taught the Nightsister clans how to tow the line between using the dark side as a tool,
without allowing it to consume them. As a result, the Dathomirian were capable of loving others and
showing genuine affection for others without any personal gain or thoughts of betrayal.
Although the Jedi texts deep inside the temple vault deny this, it is believed that because
the Witches are born and grow up on Dathomir which is a natural conduit for the dark side,
they have a higher tolerance for it and can channel dark magicks without being corrupted.
On top of this, before they were even allowed to learn the deeper parts of the witch magick
by their clan mothers, each young member was forced to pass a difficult trial. They were
required to utilize the dark side to subdue an ancient aquatic creature on dathomir,
but not go as far as killing it. If the young witch could prove that she had full control
over the dark magick to do this, she would be allowed to continue her journey and delve deeper.
Now interestingly, this ancient aquatic creature was chosen for
the trial because it actually fed off of the dark side magicks used by the witches.
This meant that if the witch went too far into the darkness the beast would itself get stronger. So
it was literally a matter of life or death for them to keep their dark magicks under control.
If the witch was too consumed by the darkside the beast would become strong enough to kill her.
Once a Dathomirian witch passed this great trial though, they performed a ritual with
only a small part of the beast’s body, marking her as a fully grown witch. At this point,
they would have full access to the darkest and most difficult teachings from the clan elders.
Ones that required much more strength and disciple to control, without falling.
Interestingly, near the end of the Clone wars, the nightsister Asajj Ventress was paired up with Jedi
Knight quinlan vos in an attempt to assassinate count dooku. The Jedi council were completely
fed up with the war and wanted to cut the dragon’s head off before more destruction could be caused.
During the mission, Asajj fell in love with Quinlan Vos and eventually attempted to train
him in the dark side. Although, she taught him the Dathomirian Witch version of the Dark Side,
using Dark Magicks and curses, rather than the pure hate fuelled dark side
that the Sith knew. It was of course still the same force, but the way Ventress taught
him would allowed him to partake in the mystic witch magicks on Dathomir.
Unfortunately though they had very limited time to dive into his training on the mission
and Quinlan was eventually captured and tortured. Dooku eventually managed
to convert Quinlan to the Sith version of the darkside, which as you can guess
completely consumed him and made him fall… This deeply angered Ventress as she
considered herself a failure and blamed herself fully. Eventually though Ventress
died after jumping in front of Count Dooku’s lightning to saver her lover Quinlan’s life…
Now this utter control and balance that the Dathomirian Witches showed was the reason
Darth Sidious was so afraid of Mother Talzin and even led him to falsely promise her power.
Sidious was so worried about witch magick and Talzin’s wisdom that he eventually
tracked her down and attempted to end her… IN a way, Sidious’ fear was actually proven
right as his force power was eventually matched when they entered battle and he was
only able to get the upper hand when Dooku entered the fight and assisted Palpatine.
As for sheer power, well the Sith’s teachings clearly had a higher ceiling and could produce
tremendously dangerous force abilities. The Dathomir Witch Magick on the other
hand mostly specialized in illusions and force tricks, rather than offensive powers. Although
it was capable of producing force lightning among its most disciplined and highly skilled witches…
So that is how the Dathomir Witches Mastered the Dark Side in ways the Sith could not.
Nice little connection to the Book of Boba Fett episode 3 and Danny Trejo
mentioning the Witches of DAthomir riding rancors… Thanks so much for watching,
really hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!