Dathomir/Legends

Dathomir was a low-gravity planet on the Outer Rim, located in the Quelii Sector. It featured three continents, a large ocean, and purple savannas.

Dathomir was once the location of an ancient artifact known as the Infinity Gate. There were only a few of these structures in the galaxy, and the Infinity Gate on Dathomir was the Prime Gate. These Gates were covered by massive pyramid-shaped structures known as the Star Temples. The Star Temples and its associated buildings protected them from intruders. If the gate was ever activated, the planet housing the equipment could be collapsed into the Gate itself, along with the surrounding planets, moons and even suns. They were constructed by the extragalactic reptilian Kwa, whom were Dathomir's first settlers. The Kwa used the Infinity Gate as weapons and as a means of interstellar travel. The Kwa could communicate only with those whose psychic abilities matched theirs.

As the species degenerated for mysterious reasons, the Kwa sealed the Infinity Gate and the Star Temples and set guardians to protect the Temples - whuffa worms with thick hides and an impressive turn of speed.

The descendants of the Kwa, the degenerated Kwi, could not speak as they once had, though they still possessed a collective memory of their former glory, and the importance of the sanctity of the Star Temples. The Kwi were also called Blue Desert People.

Until 2992 BBY, the planet was part of the Paecian Empire. Humans settled on Dathomir when Jedi Knights exiled a group of illegal arms manufacturers. A few generations later, 600 BBY, a rogue Jedi Knight named Allya was banished to Dathomir, and taught the descendants of the arms manufacturers, as well as her own, the ways of the Force. Her descendants also learned how to tame the wild Dathomiri rancors, and used them as mounts.

400 BBY, the Jedi Academy Ship Chu'unthor crashed into a tar pit on Dathomir. All attempts to retrieve it were blocked by the Witches, the Force-using female descendants of Allya. The Witches were divided into clans such as Singing Mountain, Frenzied River, Misty Falls. There was also a dark side clan called the Nightsisters.

In 31 BBY, the remaining Kwi were decimated by the Nightsisters during their attempt to access the secrets of the Infinity Gate. They intended to use the Infinity Gate to destroy Coruscant, though their plot was thwarted by the Jedi Quinlan Vos, who, using his role as Temple Guardian, redirected the deadly wave aimed at Coruscant back at the Infinity Gate. Only the scattered ruins of the Infinity Gate and the Star Temple were left. The Kwi also disappeared into the deserts.

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Emperor Palpatine had constructed a penal colony and orbital shipyards on Dathomir. The minute he heard of the power of Gethzerion, the leader of the Nightsisters, he had all of the ships destroyed to keep her from leaving the planet. Gethzerion and her clan then enslaved the grounded Imperials.

The fabled village of Aurilia was believed to be located somewhere on Dathomir. It was rumored that Force-sensitive individuals, perhaps even Jedi, may have lived here in exile, during the Empire's reign.

Han Solo won the deed to Dathomir from Drackmarian Warlord Omogg in a game of sabacc in 8 ABY. Han's kidnapping of Leia Organa to the planet led to a chain of events that changed Dathomir forever. Luke Skywalker and Isolder followed Solo and Organa to Dathomir and encountered the Kwi, large semi-sentient blue lizards calling themselves the Blue Desert People. These four-meter long creatures aided Skywalker and Isolder for a short while, before returning to their simple existence in the desert. The following conflict resulted in the destruction of both the Nightsisters and Warlord Zsinj. Free from the tyranny of the Nightsisters, several Dathomiri then went on to train with Luke Skywalker at his Jedi Academy on Yavin 4.

Around 23 ABY, a new breed of Nightsisters emerged. Based in the Great Canyon, this clan treated males as equals and had allied itself with the Second Imperium. The best this clan had to offer were sent to the Shadow Academy to train further in the dark side of the Force.

Dathomir fell to the Yuuzhan Vong during their initial attack, where the invaders soon realized that these "Jeedai" were going to be harder to subdue. After the war's end, Jedi Master Streen, with the help of Dathomiri Jedi Kirana Ti and Damaya, attempted to establish a new Jedi Praxeum on Dathomir.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic: Infinity's End
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
 * Young Jedi Knights series