- "Remember levitation, when Yoda taught us to focus on small particles?"
"The Shifting Sand meditation. What about it?"
"Well, you were top of the class."
"But how will that help?"
"The door has a magnetic lock. Slide the sand between the frame and the wall, and it'll break the connection." - ―Sifo-Dyas and Dooku, when planning to break into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts
Shifting Sand was a meditation technique used by the Jedi Order. Jedi Initiates were taught the meditation as a way to focus on levitating small particles using the Force. At some point, Initiates Dooku and Sifo-Dyas attended a class on levitation taught by Jedi Grand Master Yoda, where they learned the meditation. Dooku was considered the top of his class.[1]
In 88 BBY,[2] Dooku and Sifo-Dyas broke into the Archive of Forbidden Artifacts, a secret vault of dark side artifacts hidden within the Jedi Archives of the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. At Sifo-Dyas's behest, Dooku used the Shifting Sand technique to slide sand between the door to the vault and the wall, breaking the door's lock and thus allowing the pair entry into the room.[1] In 42 BBY,[2] during an invasion of the planet Serenno by Abyssin mercenaries, Dooku and Sifo-Dyas used the Shifting Sand technique to break into an occupied comm tower on the outskirts of Serenno's capital city, Carannia.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Shifting Sand meditation appeared in flashbacks in Dooku: Jedi Lost, a 2019 audio drama written by Cavan Scott.[1]
Appearances[]
- Dooku: Jedi Lost (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
- Dooku: Jedi Lost script (In flashback(s))