During the Cold War era, Jedi Master Eriz Vossan came to Tatooine as part of a cultural immersion experience with the native Jawas that was made by the Jedi Order. However, he was one of a number of Jedi that fell to a dark plague created by Vivicar. This experience led him to become obsessed with finding the ultimate warrior species who were able to survive in the harsh environment of Tatooine. Eventually, he went to the Sand People Carving and examined the murals whereupon he concluded that the Tusken Raiders were the ultimate survival warrior race. He came to believe that their belief in being strong by sacrificing the weak was a policy that needed to be adopted by the Galactic Republic in order to defeat the Sith Empire.