Witch

"Take me to Dathomir."
"Now why would anyone want to go there? Nothing there but fog and witches."

―Asajj Ventress and Ratch

Nightsisters, witches of Dathomir who used the dark side of the Force, during the Clone Wars

Witch was a term that designated any female practitioner of magick, such as the Nightsisters of Dathomir. It could also be used colloquially in reference to a very unpleasant woman.

Appearances

The High Republic: The Rising Storm (Mentioned only) The High Republic: Midnight Horizon (Mentioned only) Queen's Peril (Mentioned only) Queen's Peril audiobook (Mentioned only) Obi-Wan and Anakin 2 (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Nightsisters" (First appearance) Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Monster" Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Witches of the Mist" "Bug"—The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Massacre" Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Bounty" Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Brothers" Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Revenge" "Dark Vengeance: The True Story of Darth Maul and His Revenge Against the Jedi Known as Obi-Wan Kenobi"—The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Lawless" (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "To Catch a Jedi" Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Wrong Jedi" Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Disappeared, Part II" "Kindred Spirits" – Star Wars Insider 159 (Mentioned only) Dark Disciple Dark Disciple audiobook Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 1 (Mentioned only) Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 2 Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 3 Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 4 Darth Vader (2017) 7 (Mentioned only) Darth Vader (2017) 10 (Mentioned only) Tarkin (Mentioned only) Tarkin audiobook (Mentioned only) Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple 3 (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s)) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Mentioned only) Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks (Mentioned only) (Used as insult) "Rebel Bluff" – Star Wars Insider 158 (Mentioned only) Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 3 (In flashback(s)) Star Wars Rebels – "Visions and Voices" (Appears as a ghost or spirit) "The Kroolok"—Life Day Treasury (Mentioned only) Aftermath (Mentioned only) Aftermath audiobook (Mentioned only) Aftermath: Life Debt (Mentioned only) Aftermath: Life Debt audiobook (Mentioned only) The Book of Boba Fett – "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa" (Mentioned only) "Tales of Villainy: The Crimson Corsair and the Crime Lords of the Barren Rim"—Star Wars Adventures (2020) 7 (Mentioned only) Join the Resistance: Escape from Vodran (Mentioned only) Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (Mentioned only) Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire audiobook (Mentioned only) Star Wars Resistance – "Kaz's Curse" (Mentioned only) "The Witch & the Wookiee"—Myths & Fables (In flashback(s)) "Bakurat"—Dark Legends (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))

Sources

• Nightsisters in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Dawn of Rebellion
• The Star Wars Book
• Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
• Asajj Ventress in the Databank (backup link)
• Battle Droid in the Databank (backup link)
• Count Dooku in the Databank (backup link)
• Dathomir in the Databank (backup link)
• Dathomirian in the Databank (backup link)
• Nightsisters in the Databank (backup link)
• Old Daka in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

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