Valley of the Spirits



The Valley of the Spirits was home to the Tusken Raider camp that was slaughtered by Anakin Skywalker in 22 BBY.

When his mother died in his arms, Anakin went on a murderous rampage, slaughtering every Tusken in the camp.

During the Galactic Civil War, a Force-sensitive spacer training to become a Jedi used a Force-attuned crystal to speak to a Jedi Master. The Master gave the spacer two tasks to aid in meditation. First, the initiate traveled to a Force nexus on Tatooine, an oasis where predatory creatures and their prey lived as harmonious herbivores. However, soon after, the Jedi Master dispatched the trainee to the Valley of the Spirits, where the same species of creatures were all fighting amongst each other at the ruins of the Tusken camp due to the strong aura of the dark side present there. The spacer was instructed to put the creatures out of their misery.

When the remains of the camp was found by other Tuskens, they believed that a ghost or demon haunted the area and that it had been the cause of death for the other Tusken Raiders. Afterwards they often made sacrifices of objects and organics to satisfy the ghost. They usually sacrificed beasts but in 8 ABY, attempted to sacrifice Kitster Banai, ironically an old friend of Anakin's. Kitster was saved by Han and Leia Organa Solo, also ironically Anakin's son-in-law and daughter respectively.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
 * Tatooine Ghost
 * Star Wars Galaxies