Skirmish in the Dathomir landing meadow

"Attack! Enemies ahead and to the rear!"

- Dresdema, ordering the Nightsisters to attack the Sith

In 43.5 ABY, Sith apprentice Vestara Khai&mdash;the sole survivor of a Sith strike team&mdash;made her way to the planet Dathomir, where she sent a hypercomm message to her Sith Order, so they could retrieve her. On Dathomir, she came into contact with the dark side Nightsisters. She convinced them that they should team up with the Sith so the factions could share their powers with each other, however, Khai simply intended for them to become Sith. When a group of shuttles arrived on Dathomir under the command of Sith Lord Vius Gaalan, Khai ordered for the Nightsisters to convene in a meadow. Approximately 24 Nightsisters arrived with at least 18 rancors to await the Sith's arrival. When Gaalan landed and revealed his presence, however, the Nightsisters felt betrayed&mdash;in their culture, women were superior to men, and the idea of being in league with a man disgusted them. Their leader, Dresdema called for them to attack, but they were outflanked by 7 more Sith. Their powers proved to be no match for the Sith, who quickly killed the rancors and incapacitated the Nightsisters, loading them into a shuttle and taking them to meet up with a larger Sith force in orbit over Dathomir. Although many of the Nightsisters still esisted, the Sith planned to break their will and turn them into Sith.

Meanwhile, on Dathomir, Jedi Luke and Ben Skywalker, along with Dyon Stadd, arrived on the scene and confronted Gaalan and two Sith Sabers who had remained behind to retrieve Khai.

Appearances

 * Backlash