Second Battle of Dathomir

For other uses, see Battle of Dathomir.

Concurrent

Second Battle of Dathomir

Outcome

Confederacy of Independent Systems/Sith victory^[2]
- Death of Mother Talzin^[2]
- Maul retreats with his Mandalorian super commandos^[2]
- The Nightbrother village is destroyed,^[4] so the Nightbrothers are forced to retreat to another village^[5]
End of the Campaign against the Shadow Collective^[2]

Combatants
Confederacy of Independent Systems^[2] Sith^[2]	Shadow Collective^[2]

Commanders
Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious^[2] Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Tyranus^[2] Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies General Grievous^[2]	Mother Talzin†^[2] Maul^[2] Rook Kast^[2] Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Tyranus (briefly, under Talzin's control)^[2]

Strength
2 Sith Lords^[2] Darth Sidious^[2] Darth Tyranus^[2] 1 cyborg general^[2] 1 Star Courier^[2] Scimitar^[2] Multiple Lucrehulk-class freighters^[2] Multiple Munificent-class star frigates^[2] Multiple Dual Hemisphere-Omni Support Vessels^[2] Multiple C-9979 landing craft^[2] Many battle droids^[2]	1 renegade Sith Lord^[2] 1 Nightsister Mother^[2] 1 Kom'rk-class fighter/transport^[2] Nightbrother^[6] Multiple Mandalorian super commandos^[2] Rook Kast^[2]

Casualties
	1 Nightsister Mother^[2] Mother Talzin^[2]

"My Lord—forgive me. Maul has once again slipped through my grasp."
"No, Count—everything happened as foreseen. This was a difficult piece to maneuever, but now it is in place. Maul's future has been erased, while ours is more certain than it has ever been."

―Count Dooku and Darth Sidious^[2]

The Second Battle of Dathomir^[7] was a battle fought during the Clone Wars on Dathomir between the combined forces of the Sith and the Confederacy of Independent Systems; and the renegade Sith Lord Maul and Mother Talzin. The battle began after Maul brought the captive Sith Lord Count Dooku to Dathomir, so Talzin could drain the Count's life force and use it to return her previously-destroyed physical form. Darth Sidious was able to trace the location of Dooku, his apprentice, and traveled with General Grievous to Dathomir to rescue Dooku and defeat their enemies.^[2]

Sidious and Grievous arrived to confront Maul and Talzin, the latter of whom had used her magick to take control of Dooku's body. This led to a lightsaber duel, in which Sidious quickly gained the upper hand against the Talzin-controlled Dooku. Talzin appeared in the flesh, returned to her physical form, and held off a Force lightning assault from Sidious and, eventually, Dooku. Talzin sacrificed her own life to allow Maul to escape, as Grievous fatally stabbed the Dathomir witch through the chest while Maul fled from Dathomir. The Separatists, meanwhile, also attacked Maul's Black Sun and Pyke Syndicate allies, leading the mercenaries to end their alliance with Maul—effectively destroying the Shadow Collective. Though Maul escaped, Sidious believed his former apprentice's defeat eliminated his future, while securing the future of the Sith.^[2]

Aftermath

Sometime between 19 BBY and 5 BBY,^[8] when Maul explored planets in search of advantages,^[9] one led him to a Sith castle on the planet Damanos. He was approached by a vision of Grievous, who had been slain by their mutual enemy Obi-Wan Kenobi^[10] during the Battle of Utapau in 19 BBY.^[11] During their conversation, "Grievous" taunted Maul, asking if he remembered their last encounter: when he murdered his beloved mother.^[10]