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- "Many Zabrak demonstrate strength in the Force. By nature, it would seem."
- ―Darth Sidious to his master Darth Plagueis on the Force-sensitivity of Dathomirian Zabraks
Dathomirian Zabraks, also known as Dathomiri Zabraks (shortened as Dathomirians and Dathomiri), were a sentient species native to the Outer Rim Territories planet Dathomir. The creation of the Dathomirian species was the result of hybridization between the Human female members of the Witches of Dathomir and their enslaved Zabrak malelings, and thus they were also known as Human-Zabrak hybrids and Zabrak-Humans. This resulted in the species' prominent sexual dimorphism, with males and females exhibiting different physical characteristics. Generally, females more closely resembled Humans, while on the contrary males mostly resembled Zabraks with cranial horns and no hair. Members of the female sex had paler skin of white or gray varieties, while members of the male sex had red, orange, or yellow skin.
The species originated through an unintentional trade cycle consisting of pirate raids from the planet Rattatak which brought numerous Zabrak pirates to Dathomir. These pirates were captured by the Witches of Dathomir, who bred with them and conceived Dathomirian Zabraks. By the era of the Galactic Republic, the majority of Dathomirian women were members of the Nightsister coven of Dathomir Witches. In Nightsister society, Dathomirian malelings were subservient to the Nightsisters as warriors known as Nightbrothers. Some Dathomirian women, like the witch Magash Drashi, were members of other clans such as the Singing Mountain Clan.
The Sith Lord Darth Maul had been a Nightbrother during his youth, until he was given to the Sith Lord Darth Sidious as an apprentice by his mother Talzin. The Sith assassin Asajj Ventress was given by the Nightsisters to pirates and grew up on Rattatak. During the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Kaleesh General Grievous, leader of the Separatist Droid Army, attacked the Nightsisters who took refuge in their fortress. Grievous wiped out all the Nightsisters except Talzin and Ventress who had returned to the Nightsisters not long before, leaving most of the Dathomirian population dead. It was during this period of time when Maul and his brother Savage Opress cut out a path of destruction across the galaxy. By the Galactic Civil War, the Nightsisters had been reformed by the Dathomirian Gethzerion. Years later, the Dathomirian Kaminne Sihn led the Raining Leaves Clan of witches.
Biology and appearance[]
- "You'll have to do better than that, my pale-skinned friend."
- ―Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to Asajj Ventress on her skin color
Female Dathomirians generally had pale skin.
Dathomirian Zabraks, also known as Dathomiri Zabraks[11] were a sentient species of Human and Zabrak hybrids native to the[2] Outer Rim Territories[13] planet Dathomir.[2] They were often simply referred to as Dathomirians[14] or Dathomiri.[9] Additionally, in reference to their genetic makeup, they were called Human-Zabrak hybrids[2] and Zabrak-Humans.[9] Exhibiting sexual dimorphism, the male and female sexes had different physical traits.[2] Females generally had pale-gray or white skin,[1] while males typically had red,[3] orange, or yellow skin.[4] Unlike members of the male sex, members of the female sex were capable of growing hair atop their heads,[2] in colors such as black,[5] brown,[1] silver,[6] silver-blonde, and white.[1] In general, females could grow eyelashes, while males could grow neither eyelashes nor facial hair in general.[8][15] Typically, while females more closely resembled Humans,[1] males more closely resembled Zabraks, bearing cranial horns[2] which grew during the early stages of development in various numbers and patterns.[8][11] In rarer cases, members of the female sex bore these horns as well.[9] The horns were capable of penetrating skin, such as that of the Tholothian species.[16]
Dathomirian eye colors included blue, green,[5] grey,[1] red,[7] silver, violet,[1] and yellow.[4] All Dathomirians were Force sensitive[14] and had a naturally high pain tolerance.[17] They spoke Galactic Basic Standard and Dathomiri,[1] a language likely derived from the Paecian language of the ancient Paecian Empire.[18]
Society and culture[]
Main articles: - "In the past, other clans integrated their males as servants or slaves, but our Nightbrothers are kept separated until summoned. In their compound, they naturally form a packlike structure and channel their virile energy into combat training."
- ―Clan Mother Talzin, Wild Power
The Nightbrothers (one pictured above) were entirely comprised of male Dathomirians
The majority of Dathomirians were affiliated with the Witches of Dathomir,[9] a group of Force-wielders who ruled Dathomir and practiced sorcery[18] in the form of Dathomir Magic.[20] Specifically, the majority were members of the Nightsister coven,[2] who practiced solely using the dark side of the Force.[18] Dathomiri witches kept malelings, a group of males who did not practice magic and were instead used as breeding partners for the witches.[18] Dathomirian malelings were referred to as Nightbrothers and were also utilized as warriors.[4] Dathomirians wore tribal tattoos of a variety of colors on their faces and bodies[19] to symbolize family loyalty, place of birth, or individual personality.[8] The Nightsisters were capable of performing a transformation spell on a Nightbrother, which would increase the Dathomirian's height, muscle, and horn length.[4]
History[]
- "I have learned Ventress has returned to Dathomir. Go there and wipe the witches out. All of them."
- ―Count Dooku, to General Grievous
Origins[]
The unintentional trade cycle that led to the hybrid breeding of the Dathomirian species
Long before the birth of the Dathomirian species, the terms "Dathomirian" and "Dathomiri" were originally used in reference to the culture of Human Witches of Dathomir descended from the Jedi Allya who was exiled to Dathomir. However at some point, a star cruiser from the[2] Mid Rim[21] planet Iridonia crashed on the[2] Outer Rim[22] planet Rattatak, leaving many Iridonian Zabraks stranded. During Rattataki pirate raids on Dathomir, Zabrak pirates were captured and enslaved by the Nightsisters as malelings. The witches discovered that they were genetically compatible with the Zabraks, and isolated them to a smaller region of the planet. The ensuing interbreeding between the two species created the species of hybrids[2] which would become known as Dathomirians.[23]
Dathomirians became integrated into the Dathomirian witch society, with female Dathomirians joining Humans in their witch clans.[2] In the Nightsister clan ruled by the Dathomirian Mother Talzin, the use of "malelings" would be limited only to Dathomirian Zabrak males, called the Nightbrothers. When Talzin united all the Nightsisters into one singular coven, this rule would carry over to the other Nightsisters as well.[19] Over time, the Dathomirians would spread out to other clans as well.[9][24]
Phasing Out[]
A group of Nightsisters surrounded by Separatist droids
In 20 BBY,[25] the Nightsisters were wiped out by General Grievous of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, at the order of Count Dooku. The attack began with a bombing run conducted by Grievous' fleet of the Confederate Navy, drawing out the Nightsisters from their fortress. The following ground assault pitted the Separatist Droid Army against the Nightsisters within the jungles of Dathomir. Even through the resurrection of the witches' zombie Army of the Dead by elder Old Daka, the Nightsisters were forced to retreat and Grievous' army began to march towards the Nightsister fortress. Upon entering the fortress, Grievous killed Old Daka and Talzin escaped by transforming into her spiritual form. Following this, the Nightsisters were destroyed with an infinitesimal amount of survivors.[5] The destruction of the Nightsisters also caused the loss of a massive portion of the female Dathomirian population.[2][5]
Sometime around 18 BBY and 17 BBY,[26] the remaining few Dathomiri Zabrak Nightsisters had lived in conjunction with the mostly Human Nightsisters.[9] By 8 ABY,[27] the Nightsisters had become almost entirely comprised of Humans,[18] with the only known Dathomirian member of the clan left being Clan Mother Gethzerion.[28]
Dathomirians in the galaxy[]
In the galactic community, Dathomiri were renowned for their impressive pain tolerance, their mental discipline,[17] and their single-mindedness. Members of the species were considered proud and confident.[29]
Notable Dathomirian Nightsisters included Mother Talzin,[1] Mother Gethzerion,[28] Old Daka, Talia, Naa'leth,[1] Luce,[5] and Karis.[1] Notable Dathomirian Nightbrothers included Viscus and Feral.[4] Magash Drashi was a Dathomirian Zabrak of the Singing Mountain Clan under the rule of Mother Augwynne Djo.[9] Kaminne Sihn was the Dathomirian leader of the Raining Leaves Clan.[24] In 43 ABY,[30] Sihn led her clan, most notably during a conclave with the Broken Columns Clan headed by Tasander Dest, which also spelled an interaction with members of the New Jedi Order.[24]
The misplaced Nightsister[]
- "She is one of us."
- ―Mother Talzin to the Nightsisters, upon Ventress' return to Dathomir
Asajj Ventress battling Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker on Yavin 4
Asajj Ventress was born to her Nightsister mother, but was given to the Siniteen pirate Hal'Sted by Mother Talzin for the protection of the clan. Hal'Sted brought Ventress to Rattatak. She was raised by Hal'Sted[1] and the Rattataki family of the Ventressess,[31] however Hal'Sted was killed in war. The Weequay who killed him were about to attack Ventress before she was saved by Jedi Ky Narec.[1] Narec and Ventress became heroes of Rattatak,[31] until Narec was killed by a Weequay raider. Eventually, Ventress became under the tutelage of Count Dooku.[1] Ventress became an assassin of the Sith, taking part in the Clone Wars under the command of the Separatists.[32] She had numerous encounters with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.[33][34]
At one point, Dooku had been ordered by his master Darth Sidious to wipe out Ventress. However, Dooku's efforts failed, and in search of revenge Ventress returned to Dathomir to request assistance from the Nightsisters.[1] After a failed assassination attempt on Dooku,[35] Grievous was sent to Dathomir to wipe out the Nightsisters in the Battle of Dathomir.[5] After the Battle of Dathomir, Ventress had turned to a life of bounty hunting. She joined a group of fellow bounty hunters hired by Belugan Major Rigosso on the world Quarzite to deliver a chest safely to Lord Otua Blank. Ventress discovered the chest contained Pluma Sodi of the Kage Warriors, a group who opposed the rule of Lord Blank. Sympathizing with the girl's story and finding it similar to her own, she opted to save the girl and instead place the young hunter Boba Fett in the chest instead. She acquired the credits she was owed and left Quarzite.[36] Near the end of her time as a bounty hunter, she hunted down Skywalker's Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano who recently had been framed for bombing the Jedi Temple's hangar. Tano struck a deal with Ventress that if she helped the Padawan clear her name, Ahsoka would help her get a pardon from the Galactic Senate, and the two agreed. However, Skywalker arrived at that moment and believing it was Ventress who framed Tano, he caused Asajj to run off.[37] Skywalker returned later however, and interrogated Ventress who provided Skywalker with information to clear Ahsoka's name.[38]
Sometime later, she returned to the leadership of the Sith and membership of the Separatists under unknown circumstances.[39] During her lifetime Ventress had often been incorrectly referred to as a member of the Rattataki species.[31] Rattataki had pale skin[40] like female Dathomirians,[1] and Ventress had spent several years time on Rattatak.[31]
The Nightbrothers Two[]
- "You instructed me to keep an eye out for beings who might prove helpful. I found such a one on Dathomir not a year ago. A male Dathomiri Zabrak infant."
- ―Darth Sidious to Darth Plagueis after finding the young Dathomirian boy Maul
The ruthless Darth Maul, apprentice to Darth Sidious
The famous Sith Lord Darth Maul was believed to be a full-blooded Zabrak, though he was in fact a Dathomirian.[41] As a boy, he was taken by the Dark Lord of the Sith Sidious from his mother Talzin[42] due to his powerful connection to the Force.[11] Over the years Darth Maul became a weapon of the Sith,[43] carrying out various missions for his master.[44][45] In 32 BBY,[46] with the Sith ready to reveal themselves to the Jedi, Maul engaged Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi on the planet Tatooine, as well as during the Battle of Naboo. While inside the Plasma Refinery Complex within the city of Theed on the planet Naboo, Maul stabbed and killed Jinn with his lightsaber. However, Kenobi was able to defeat the Sith by slicing him in half. Maul fell down into a melting pit, presumed dead.[3] However, Maul had survived his supposed death, living in the depths of the junk world Lotho Minor. Maul fashioned himself a spider-like apparatus in order to allow him to move around, but over time his want for vengeance drove him insane.[47]
Thirteen years later,[48] Asajj Ventress required an assassin for her revenge against Dooku. Talzin and the Nightsisters offered Dooku a Sith apprentice in Savage Opress,[4] the brother of Maul. Ventress used her control over Savage in order to attack Dooku. However, Opress snapped and Ventress' control over him stopped. Escaping, Opress returned to Dathomir where Mother Talzin revealed to Savage that he had a brother, Maul, and gave him a talisman to help him find him.[35] Opress tracked Maul to Lotho Minor, finding him with a broken mind.[49] He brought Maul back to Dathomir where Mother Talzin restored his mind and replaced his six-legged apparatus with two metal legs fashioned from the droid parts left over from the Battle of Dathomir.[50]
The two Dathomirian brothers: Maul (front) and Savage (back)
Reborn, Maul and Savage led a rampage throughout the galaxy with the goal of exacting revenge against the Jedi. Their excursions led them to various worlds such as[47] Orto Norwe,[51] Pleem's Nexus,[47] Paklan[52] and Moorjhone.[53] He encountered various Jedi such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bruu Jun-Fan and Tatsu,[47] and additionally fought Asajj Ventress.[50] Upon taking over the Ohnaka Gang of Weequay pirates, Maul and Savage once again encountered Kenobi, this time alongside Jedi Master Adi Gallia. During their confrontation, Opress killed Gallia and in retaliation Kenobi cut off Savage's arm. Maul and Opress escaped in an escape pod, injured and exhausted.[16] Drifting aimlessly in space, their escape pod was eventually found by the Mandalorian splinter group Death Watch, headed by Pre Vizsla and his second-in-command Bo-Katan Kryze. Taken back to the Death Watch camp on the swamp moon Zanbar, Savage was given a new cybernetic arm and Maul new cybernetic legs. Maul and Vizsla discussed their mutual distaste for Kenobi and the Jedi and decided to form an alliance to take over the planet Mandalore and kill Kenobi. Realizing that their alliance alone would not be enough, Maul created the Shadow Collective, comprising of the Dathomirian brothers and Death Watch, as well as various criminal organizations such as the Pyke Syndicate, Hutt Cartel, and Black Sun. Finally ready to take over Mandalore, Bo-Katan and Vizsla secretly plotted to kill Maul after they have taken over the planet.[54]
Savage Oppress, who was killed by Darth Sidious
After gaining control over Mandalore, Vizsla and Maul fought in the Mandalorian throne room. Maul beheaded Vizsla with his own weapon and caused Death Watch to split into factions, with some staying loyal to Maul and others detesting his rule.[55] The civil war on Mandalore attracted the attention of the Jedi, however they chose not to act until the Senate decided. Kenobi went to Mandalore anyway and watched as Maul killed Kenobi's lover and former Duchess Satine Kryze, and the Dathomirian had Kenobi locked up. Maul's former master Darth Sidious sensed a disturbance in the Force, so he travelled to Mandalore. Sidious fought both Maul and Savage, killing Savage but sparing Maul.[56] Maul was brought to a Separatist prison on the planet Stygeon. After being broken out by the Shadow Collective, a war was launched between the Separatists and Shadow Collective, leaving Talzin dead and the Shadow Collective disbanded.[57][58] After his eventual death, Maul was revived by the Prophets of the Dark Side Sith cult. The cultists had believed that Sith Lord and apprentice to Sidious, Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker, would never be able to reach his full potential. Thus, Vader and Maul met on the moon Kalakar Six, where Vader killed Maul and the cultists.[59]
Behind the scenes[]
Appearances, naming, and retcons[]
- "Why the males of Dathomir are horned Zabraks and the females are smooth-skinned humanoids is something I chose not to address, though I believe the official retcon is that the Dathomiri are a hybrid species descended from both humans and Zabraks."
- ―Daniel Wallace in his online endnotes for Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
Gethzerion's appearance in The Courtship of Princess Leia retroactively marks the first appearnance of the Dathomirian species
Dathomirians first appeared in the 1994 novel The Courtship of Princess Leia, written by Dave Wolverton. Originally, all the Witches of Dathomir in the book were stated to be humans,[18] until the 2012 reference book The Essential Reader's Companion, written by Pablo Hidalgo, retconned the Nightsister Gethzerion to be of the Dathomirian species.[28] Several other characters appearing in early sources were later identified as Dathomirians. Featured in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace,[3] Darth Maul was referred to as an Iridonian Zabrak by a variety of sources.[61] Asajj Ventress was originally stated to be Rattataki[31] since her debut in the Star Wars: Clone Wars series.[62] Both of these characters were rectonned as Dathomirians during the airing of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series.[2]
Prior to these retcon, the species first appeared in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars season three episode "Nightsisters,"[1] released on January 7, 2011.[63] The release of the subsequent episode to "Nightsisters" titled "Monster," in January 14, 2011,[63] introduced the Dathomirian males which were described as having been the people from which Darth Maul came.[4] After the release of the episode, Maul's StarWars.com Encyclopedia entry established him as a Dathomirian as well.[41] Having appeared in seasons one and two of The Clone Wars, certain reference books released during the seasons stated that Ventress was Rattataki.[64][65] However, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia, released closer to season three in June 21, 2010,[66] only lists Ventress' species and homeworld as "Unknown."[67] "Nightsisters" confirmed Ventress as Dathomiri, not Ratattaki.[1]
Unlike the several other preceding character encyclopedias, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia (pictured) opted not to state Asajj Ventress' species, perhaps signaling the forthcoming retcon.
Released prior to "Nightsisters," the article "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Nightsisters but Were Afraid to Ask," published in the 122nd issue of the Star Wars Insider magazine[2] on December 14, 2010,[68] goes into specific detail on the retcon that created the Dathomirian species. It also tackles the sexual dimorphism within the species, albeit without ever providing the hybrids a name.[2] In his online endnotes for his 2013 reference book, the Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side, author Daniel Wallace stated that he deliberately chose not to address the sexual dimorphism present in the Dathomirians, but was aware of the official retcon as outlined in Star Wars Insider.[60]
The species was identified as Dathomirians in the accompanying StarWars.com Clone Cards for Asajj Ventress, Naa'leth, Talia, and Talzin, released in conjunction with "Nightsisters."[6][69][70][71] They were first referred to as Dathomiri Zabrak in the short story "Restraint,"[10] written by James Luceno and published in the second edition of the novel Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter[45] on December 27, 2011.[72] The term Dathomiri was first used in the fifteenth issue of the sixth volume of the Star Wars Comic UK magazine, published by Titan Magazines[73] in December 2010.[74] They were identified as Dathomirian Zabraks in the twenty-eighth issue of the same series[75] published on December 15 2011.[76] "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Nightsisters but Were Afraid to Ask" was the first source to use the species name, Human-Zabrak hybrids.[2] The 2013 novel The Last Jedi, written by Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, followed this by identifying the species with the term Zabrak-Human.[9]
Distinction between Humans and Dathomirians[]
Fate of the Jedi: Backlash, which features Kaminne Sihn and her family
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Nightsisters but Were Afraid to Ask" states that the Nightsisters were comprised mainly of Dathomirians.[2] However, as it is speculation to place a Witch of Dathomir in the Dathomirian species instead of identifying them as a pale-skinned female Human as originally depicted in The Courtship of Princess Leia and several other sources, this article only pertains to individuals confirmed as being a member of the species. Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry's reference book The Essential Atlas states that Humans made up 97% of the population of Dathomir and other species made up 3% of the population.[77] However, The Essential Atlas was released in 2009,[78] a year prior to the Dathomirian retcon in 2010.[2][68] This article assumes that this information was retconned as well.
The 2010 novel Fate of the Jedi: Backlash, written by Aaron Allston, features Kaminne Sihn and several members of her family. The listing of Kaminne Sihn as "Dathomiri" in the books Dramatis Personae section can be deduced to refer to her species and not her culture, given that it lists the species for all other characters in the list. The rest of her family members—her father, mother, sister Olianne Sihn, oldest sister, and niece Sesara Sihn—are not explicitly stated to be Dathomirian. Due to the nature of the Dathomirians as hybrids, either both of Kaminne's parents are Dathomirian, or one is Human and the other is Zabrak. The latter of the previous options, coupled with the fact that the book does not state whether Kaminne's sisters are full-blooded siblings or half-blooded siblings, means that neither of her sisters nor her niece can be assumed to be Dathomirian. Thus, Kaminne is the only character in Backlash who is verifiably Dathomirian, and this article will not include any of the members of her family.[24]
Design and development[]
Males[]
- "I originally had the horns growing through the skull, but George liked a raised area around them better. I thought of them as weapons; and they do actually look like shark's teeth."
- ―Nick Dudman, on his design for Dathomirian horns
McCaig's final concept for Maul, with wire-feathers instead of horns
The look of the Dathomirian species was first brainstormed in the developmental phase of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. When Star Wars creator and film director George Lucas asked artist Iain McCaig to draft conceptual designs for a Sith Lord, McCaig arrived at several notable designs. After experimenting with Rorschach patterns for facial tattoos and scars in several "evil senator" designs, McCaig finally arrived at his design for the character who would eventually become Darth Maul during the scripting process.[80]
The artist envisioned that Maul would have a face resembling that of "flayed flesh," noting that the pattern of his visage would resemble that of a human face without the skin. Iain also took inspiration from aposematism and African tribal paint, specifically finding the use of shiny, blood-red pigment terrifying. Combining these concepts, Maul's facial features and skin color were crafted.[81]
In McCaig's original concept, the protrusions on the top of Maul's head were originally[81] stiffened[82] feathers rooted in his flesh with wire.[81] These black feathers were inspired by Native American prayer totems.[80] He envisioned that every morning, Maul would bind the feathers into his head. However, the feathers were misinterpreted by Lucasfilm Creative Effects Supervisor Nick Dudman as biological horns.[81] George Lucas briefly considered making Maul, and thus all his features, female.[82] During the production portion of filming for The Phantom Menace, the original horns designed by Dudman were intended to grow through Maul's skull, but Lucas instead suggested that the horns were instead protruded from a slightly raised area. Dudman envisioned the Dathomirian horns as weapons similar in appearance to shark teeth.[79] The makeup designers crafted the horns themselves out of rubber, and used alcohol-based pigments for Maul's Dathomirian skin and tattoos.[83]
The design and likeness of Darth Maul would serve as the template for the other male Dathomirians introduced in The Clone Wars.[4] Once Feral's model was created for "Monster," his build and likeness were used for the other Nightbrothers.[84]
Females[]
- "The original Ventress design proposed for Episode II was this sort of pale-faced, vaguely samurai-looking female character, that was similar to another design for Episode I for a Sith Witch. And, neither of those designs made it into the live-action films but they were both interesting concepts and added to George's huge pile of interesting artwork for future use. Ventress was now officially a Nightsister herself, which gives you an instant history that hadn't been there in the past and sort of meant that the way she looked made sense."
- ―Kilian Plunkett, Lead Designer for The Clone Wars
Iain McCaig's "Sith Witch" concept art (above) was one of several scrapped designs used to create the character of Asajj Ventress.
The origins of the design for female Dathomirians also trace back to The Phantom Menace. When Lucas asked McCaig for a design for the Sith Lord who would later become Maul, he instructed McCaig to draw his "worst nightmare." From this instruction, he drafted a concept of a white-skinned humanoid with red hair titled "Sith Witch," which was deemed too scary and was scrapped.[80] McCaig described this design as a "lifeless face pressed against the window," and with the appearance of something between dead and alive.[81]
During the conceptual portion of the succeeding film, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, concept artist Dermot Power crafted several designs for a "Sith Warrior." These drawings depicted a female humanoid with white skin, blue highlights, smaller skin markings, and a samurai build. Some designs kept this character bald, while others opted to place a helmet or cloak upon her head to obscure her features.[85]
Dermot Power's Episode II concept art for a "Sith Warrior"
Lucasfilm concept artists noticed the similar appearance of the two concept designs, and combined them into the character of Asajj Ventress.[84] For her debut in 2003's Clone Wars, the design team opted to take these concepts and slim down Asajj's structure, with the goal to make her more skeletal like.[86]
For Ventress' reintroduction into 2008's The Clone Wars, concept artist Alex Woo made several tweaks to her design to make her appear more seductive. Even prior to the official retcon, Woo decided to change Ventress facial tattoos[87] in order to make them look similar to those of Darth Maul.[88] The show's later introduction of the Nightsisters as Ventress' people thus took the vague features of her appearance and implemented them into the rest of the female Dathomirians.[84] Mother Talzin in specific, was inspired by McCaig's second "Sith Witch" concept for Episode I,[89] a design which already shared many biological features with Ventress' designs.[80]
Non-canon depictions[]
Jedi Master Garfield during the 195 BBY school year
The non-canon Star Wars: Jedi Academy series, written by Jeffrey Brown,[90] introduced two new Zabrak characters, Jedi Master Garfield and Jedi Padawan Cyrus. While the skin color of Cyrus and Garfield were indecipherable from the contents of the book itself, the cover depicted the two with red skin and Dathomirian characteristics. In the series however, Cyrus and Garfield both bear facial hair,[91] a trait which Dathomirians of the male sex are stated in official Star Wars Legends material to be incapable of growing.[8] Master Garfield taught at the Jedi academy in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant between the[91] 196 BBY and 194 BBY school years.[92] Garfield taught many students such as Cyrus and Roan Novachez, the latter of whom personally trained under Garfield.[91] Cyrus personally trained under Jedi Master Yoda,[93] and was briefly known for bullying other students alongside Iridonian Zabrak Cronah.[91]
Other non-canon Dathomirians included a descendant or clone of Maul proposed as the main character of Red Fly Studio's cancelled video game Battle of the Sith Lords,[94][95] and the character avatar Maulkiller in the 2010 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. A clone created using the genetic material of the Dathomirian Maul and Human Galen Marek, Maulkiller maintained much of the appearance of a Dathomirian Zabrak, albeit with grey skin and gold eyes.[96]
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