- "Great Mothers, I shall once again require the aid of your dark magick."
"The thread of destiny demands it, Grand Admiral." - ―Grand Admiral Thrawn and Klothow
The Great Mothers were three Dathomirian Nightsisters who allied themselves with Imperial Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo. Their names were Klothow, Aktropaw, and Lakesis, and they were practitioners of dark magick, claiming to be able to read the threads of fate and destiny.[2]
History[]
- "I see what once was the great Witch Kingdom of the Dathmiri. The existence of the Great Mothers confirms this."
- ―Baylan Skoll
Operating from a fortress on the extragalactic planet Peridea, the Great Mothers[4] were three Nightsister[1] witches who were descended from the fallen Witch Kingdom of the Dathmiri. The Witches were aware of the Jedi Order and hostile to it.[2] Eventually, the Witches were found and awakened by the exiled Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn,"[4] who allied with the Witches in the hope of escaping exile back to his galaxy.[2] They helped Thrawn's forces survive on Peridea.[5] In return for reaching out to Thrawn's former accomplice Morgan Elsbeth, the Witches, along with a gathering of cargo from their catacombs, were promised passage to the galaxy along with Thrawn's forces.[2]
Baylan Skoll and his apprentice, Shin Hati, also suspected that the three wanted to leave Peridea to flee a power greater than their own.[2] Following their escape from Peridea, the Witches and the rest of the Chimaera's personnel made their way to the planet Dathomir with the collected cargo.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
The Great Mothers first appeared in "Part Six: Far, Far Away," the sixth episode of the Ahsoka television series.[2] In Greek mythology, the Fates were three goddesses who read and determined destiny by spinning, measuring, and cutting the threads of fate. Their names were Clotho, Atropos, and Lachesis,[6] names similar to those of the Great Mothers.[2]
Appearances[]
Ahsoka — "Part Six: Far, Far Away" (First appearance)- Ahsoka — "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness"
- Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
Sources[]
Ahsoka Analyzed: 5 Highlights from "Part Six: Far, Far Away" on StarWars.com (backup link)- Ahsoka Extras: "Part Six: Far, Far Away" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Aktropaw (Nightsister) Life-Size Cardboard Cutout on advancedgraphics.com (archived from the original on October 5, 2023)
- Klothow (Nightsister) Life-Size Cardboard Cutout on advancedgraphics.com (archived from the original on October 5, 2023)
- Lakesis (Nightsister) Life-Size Cardboard Cutout on advancedgraphics.com (archived from the original on October 5, 2023)
- Our Favorite Scary Star Wars Stories to Thrill You This Halloween Season on StarWars.com (backup link)
Great Mothers' Fortress in the Databank (backup link)- The Great Mothers in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aktropaw (Nightsister) Life-Size Cardboard Cutout on advancedgraphics.com (archived from the original on October 5, 2023)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Ahsoka — "Part Six: Far, Far Away"
- ↑ Great Mothers' Fortress in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ahsoka — "Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord"
- ↑ The Great Mothers in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Fate on www.britannica.com: "Fate, […] in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and suffering. […] From the time of the poet Hesiod (8th century BC) on, however, the Fates were personified as three very old women who spin the threads of human destiny. Their names were Clotho (Spinner), Lachesis (Allotter), and Atropos (Inflexible). Clotho spun the "thread" of human fate, Lachesis dispensed it, and Atropos cut the thread (thus determining the individual's moment of death)." (archived from the original on June 9, 2023)