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Bloodrite
Legends
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Bloodrites are intense rituals conducted by the Tusken Raiders on Tatooine. To earn full adult status within their tribe, young Tusken hunters must torture a creature to death over a period of weeks. To gain highest status amongst the clan, the tortured creature must belong to a sentient species. The importance of this ritual drives rival Tusken clans to hunt one another during bloodrite season, a time when human settlers and moisture farmers are particularly vulnerable as prized torture victims. Shmi Skywalker fell victim to a Tusken clan's bloodrite ritual in 22 BBY while picking vaporator mushrooms at the Lars moisture farm.
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