Shifting Mires
The Shifting Mires was a dangerous region of Pasaana's Lurch Canyon. The area contained fields of unstable ground consisting of a black sand which would swallow nearly everything that got stuck in it. Beneath the Shifting Mires were vast mazes of tunnels created by a vexis, which were also home to the native gouge-beetles.
History[]

The Resistance team sinks into the Shifting Mires sinkhole.
Various people fell victim to the sinking fields, often being swallowed and dying from the dangerous fauna or a lack of food and water.[1] Sometime after the Battle of Endor, the Sith loyalist Ochi died of unknown causes in the tunnels after falling into the Shifting Mires alongside his speeder and dagger.[2]
In 35 ABY,[3] a group of Resistance members consisting of Rey, Chewbacca, Finn, Poe Dameron, C-3PO, and BB-8 got caught in the sinking fields and found themselves in the caverns beneath. They retrieved the dagger and had a run-in with a wounded vexis snake. Rey Force healed the serpent, and it gave safe passage to the group.[2]
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Appearances[]
- Shadow of the Sith (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (First appearance)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
Non-canon appearances[]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
- ↑ According to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker take place one year after the Hosnian Cataclysm. Since Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates that to 34 ABY, The Rise of Skywalker takes place in 35 ABY.