[WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka episodes 1 and 2.]
Because it seems, there’s way more to former Justice of the Peace Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) than meets the attention.
We already knew she may maintain her personal in opposition to a former Jedi, and we found why within the first two episodes of Ahsoka. Elsbeth was a member of the notorious—and wickedly cool—Drive-wielding clan referred to as “Nightsisters.” Her Drive powers have given her the present of prophecy, which definitely is useful as she, Baylan (Ray Stevenson), and Shin (Ivanna Sahnko) seek for Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen). However what’s a Nightsister, and the place have they appeared in Star Wars earlier than?
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Who Are the Nightsisters?
There’s a very good purpose the second episode of Ahsoka was titled “Toil and Hassle.” Canonically, the Nightsisters are also called the Witches of Dathomir. Hailing from the creepy, red-tinted planet Dathomir, Nightsisters skilled from a younger age to change into formidable wielders of the darkish aspect of the Drive. They shaped a matriarchal society of warriors recognized for his or her potential to solid spells, brew potions, perform rituals, and peer into the long run, in Elsbeth’s case. The Nightsisters shared the planet with the Nightbrothers, a bunch of zabraks (the identical species as Darth Maul from Star Wars: Episode 1) whom they acknowledged solely as essential.
Morgan Elsbeth is way from the primary Nightsister to seem on the tv aspect of the galaxy far, distant. In Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a lot of the faction seems as Asajj Ventress (voiced by Nika Futterman) returns to her individuals to persuade them to enact revenge on her former grasp, Rely Dooku. Mom Talzin (voiced by Barbara Goodson), probably the most {powerful} of the Nightsisters and the clan chief, finally gave Ventress an ultra-powerful Nightbrother to help in her quest, which in the end failed. Dooku then despatched Normal Grievous to Dathomir together with his military and destroyed the Nightsisters, save for a couple of survivors. Since Ahsoka takes place lengthy after the Clone Wars, it will appear Elsbeth is a type of survivors; she probably lived on Dathomir when Dooku attacked. When Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) talked about that Elsbeth’s individuals had been massacred through the Clone Wars, she was referring to the deaths of just about the entire Nightsisters.
What Else to Know About Elsbeth
As a fast refresher, Ahsoka and Elsbeth do know one another. They met in The Mandalorian’s “The Jedi,” throughout which Ashoka defeated her in battle, dethroned her as a Justice of the Peace, and requested a query that’s formed a lot of her present thus far: “The place is Grand Admiral Thrawn?”
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