Son / Legends The Son , also known as the Fanged God , was the incarnation of the dark side of the Force who resided in the realm of Mortis with his family — a dynasty of immortal Force - sensitive beings who transcended the physical plane of existence . Like the other members of his family , the Son was a shapeshifter who possessed the power to transform into a winged creature that personified his connection to the Force . Together with the Daughter , the embodiment of the light side of the Force , the two siblings shared a mutual enmity for each other and a rivalry that mirrored the two opposing sides of the Force . The Son longed to escape into the galaxy , but his ambitions were hindered by the Father , who sought to permanently bind his children to Mortis where he could maintain balance between the two . During the Clone Wars , a civil war fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the Son saw an opportunity to undermine the Father ' s rule with the arrival of Anakin Skywalker , the prophesied Chosen One . In his desire to escape Mortis , the Son masterminded a plot to turn Skywalker to the dark side as he believed that only the Chosen One could release him from the confines of Mortis . As a result of the Son ' s actions , Ahsoka Tano was briefly corrupted but the Padawan learner ' s fall to the dark side failed to turn Skywalker as he and Obi - Wan Kenobi refused to harm the young learner . Instead , the Son fatally wounded his sister when he attempted to kill the Father with the Dagger of Mortis , an unintentional act that he came to regret . Despite the loss of his sibling , the Son proceeded with his plan to leave Mortis . Through the Son ' s ability to see the future , Skywalker foresaw a series of events — all directly connected to his imminent future , joining forces with the Son in order to end the war . When the Father erased the young Jedi ' s memories of the visions so that the future would proceed without alteration , the Son , once again denied of the chance to leave Mortis , fought with his father and the Jedi in a final confrontation . Much to his horror , the Father ' s suicide robbed the Son of his immortality , allowing the Chosen One to kill the dark one . Biography . Origin . The Son was a physical manifestation of the power of the dark side of the Force and one of three immortal beings known as the Ones . According to Thuruht history , the Son and his family lived long before the formation of the Old Republic ; their earliest sighting was recorded approximately one million years before the Battle of Yavin . As the Son was the embodiment of darkness , his only sibling — the Daughter — existed as a counterpart through her status as the incarnation of the light side of the Force . The patriarch of their dynasty was the Father , a unifying figure dedicated to the preservation of balance between the two opposing aspects of the Force — and by extension , the rivalry between his children . As a member of the Ones , the Son possessed a unique shapeshifting ability that enabled him to transform into a winged creature that personified his personal connection to the Force . The Thuruht held that the history of the Ones , revealed to them through revelations from both the Son and the Daughter , began with the trio ' s residence on a jungle - covered world , located in the Maw section of the galaxy , where they lived together in peace and harmony . However , the tranquility of their realm was destroyed when the Son , in defiance of the Father , drank from the Font of Power , an act that corrupted his nature and recreated him as the essence of the dark side . The fall of the Son was swiftly followed by the Daughter ' s rebirth as the quintessence of the light side , the result of her bathing in the Pool of Knowledge , also in defiance of the Father ' s will . As with the light and the darkness , the two siblings developed a rivalry and competed against one another for dominance , causing them both to divide the planet between their respective dominions . Horrified by his family ' s descent into discord , the Father became the balance of the Force itself through his attempts to curb the growing conflict between his wayward offspring . The remedy to the strife within the Ones presented itself in the person of Abeloth , the Bringer of Chaos and originally a young woman who catered to the needs of the Ones through her role as the Servant . It was not long until she became an honorary member of the Ones through her new role as the Mother . In addition to her close relationship with the Father , the Mother successfully reconciled the siblings and influenced them in restoring their world to its former glory . Under the Mother ' s guidance , the Son channeled his destructive energies through a constructive approach by carving out caves and passages in the walls of their valley . But despite the many years that marked the family ' s reconciliation , the Mother ' s mortality remained in effect and she continued to age while her family remained ageless . Hampered by extreme old age , she could no longer suppress the natural instincts of the Son and the Daughter . Thus , the period of restored happiness was ended by the renewed conflict between brother and sister . The Mother , fearful that the Ones would abandon her , sought to prevent her own death by attaining eternal life . With the Father distracted by the fighting between his children , the Mother drank from the Font of Power and bathed in the Pool of Knowledge , both of which were strictly forbidden by the Father . Through the two power sources , the Mother — now reborn as Abeloth — became a more powerful Force wielder than the Son and the Daughter . In light of the threat that Abeloth posed to the Ones , the Son formed an alliance with his sister and father in their combined efforts to contain Abeloth on their former homeworld . As a result , they were also forced to leave the planet as well , stranding Abeloth in the process while searching for a new home . Knowing that their one - time matriarch posed a threat to both their interests , the Son and his sister temporarily suspended their rivalry in order to prevent Abeloth from escaping the confines of her prison . Locating the Thuruht , a Killik race from Alderaan , the Ones joined the hivemind through the Force . Using the Thuruht as a workforce , the Ones influenced the construction of Centerpoint Station , Sinkhole Station and several other technological wonders , all designed to strengthen the containment of Abeloth . Following the completion of their creations , the Son retreated with his family to Mortis , a realm that transcended the confines of the physical universe where they remained for many millenniums , emerging only to defeat Abeloth whenever she escaped from her prison world . By 24 , 500 BBY , during the early period of the Ancient Republic , the fallen Jedi Knight Xendor discovered Mortis where he encountered the Ones . Through his interactions with the immortal beings , he gathered that they each embodied a certain aspect of the Force — the Daughter personified the light ; the Son was darkness incarnate ; and the Father was essentially the balance that existed between the Force ' s two warring sides . Though he later relayed his discovery of the Ones to Arden Lyn , another former Jedi , Xendor remained firmly committed to the belief system of the Legions of Lettow , a heretical splinter group of the Jedi Order , and dismissed the Ones ' claims as no more legitimate than the other theories regarding the nature of the Force . Arrival of the Chosen One . Although the Father had preserved the balance between the light and dark sides of the Force — in the persons of his offspring — for hundreds of thousands of years , his immortality had begun to fail him , convincing the Father that his own death was imminent . Around the same time , the Clone Wars was being waged between the Galactic Republic and the breakaway Confederacy of Independent Systems . In the midst of the civil war , the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker fought on the side of the Republic and was believed by some within the Jedi Order to be the legendary Chosen One ; a Jedi , born through the Force , destined to restore balance between the light and the darkness . The Father , desperate for a successor , planted an ancient Jedi distress signal in the Chrelythiumn system that drew Skywalker , Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Padawan Ahsoka Tano to the Mortis realm via a monolith - like gateway . While the Daughter remained loyal and subservient to the Father , the Son became intrigued by how the Chosen One ' s arrival presented him with a long - awaited opportunity to escape the confines of Mortis . As the Daughter led the three Jedi to the Father ' s monastery , the Son caused a large rock to collapse on a cliff path , dividing Kenobi and Tano from Skywalker . When the two Jedi returned to the landing site of their Eta - class shuttle , the Son briefly confronted them and eagerly inquired about whether or not Skywalker truly was the Chosen One . Kenobi and Tano ignited their lightsabers , asking him how he knew about the Prophecy . The Son simply said they couldn ' t do anything to stop the future from happening , simultaneously deactivating their lightsabers with a wave of his wand . Kenobi called him a Sith . Son laughed at the notion , which he then confirmed and denied — he embodied the source of the Sith ' s power , but was not actual member . Before leaving them , he warned them that the storms were lethal and they should find shelter . Soon afterward , the Son indirectly confronted Skywalker through an apparition of the young Jedi Knight ' s deceased mother Shmi Skywalker Lars . The spectrum of his mother compelled Skywalker to admit his failings as a son and a Jedi ; the guilt he harbored over the massacre of the Tusken Raiders ; and his fear of loss regarding Padmé Amidala , the woman with whom he secretly entered a forbidden marriage with . At this , his mother ' s appearance transformed into the visage of the Son ' s winged beast form and declared that Amidala was only a distraction that obstructed the Chosen One from the fulfillment of his destiny . In order to determine if Skywalker truly was the Chosen One , the Father created a scenario in which the young Jedi Knight would be forced to demonstrate his powers . To this end , the Son abducted Ahsoka Tano while the Daughter captured Obi - Wan Kenobi . Both were brought to the monastery where the Father challenged Skywalker to choose which one was to be spared . Although he was torn by indecision and conflicted by the knowledge that either choice sentenced the other to death , Skywalker used his fear and desperation as amplifiers for his powers . Through the Force , he telekinetically freed Kenobi and Tano before forcing the Son and the Daughter to their knees in submission . The show of power was enough to convince the Ones that he was in fact the Chosen One , but Skywalker refused to remain on Mortis as the Father ' s successor . He instead returned with his former Master and Padawan to their shuttle and attempted to leave the Father and his children behind on Mortis . The Son ' s machinations . As the Jedi trio attempted to depart from Mortis , the Son devised a strategy to enter the physical plain of existence , primarily through the Chosen One whom he intended to corrupt with the power of the dark side of the Force . Approaching Anakin Skywalker in a dream , the Son took the Chosen One ' s form and offered to form an alliance with him , with their objective being peace and stability throughout the universe . When Skywalker refused to submit to the dark side on the grounds that he would never join the Sith , the Son ' s original form became enraged and claimed that they would destroy the Sith and Jedi alike . Shortly after Skywalker awoke from the dream , the Son boarded the shuttle and abducted Ahsoka Tano , intending to use her as a catalyst for Skywalker ' s fall to the dark side . After imprisoning Tano within his tower , the Son — disguised as a seemingly harmless creature — confronted the Padawan over her inner fears and doubts . However , Tano refused to give in to her anger and remained convinced that her Master would come to her aid . Seeing that she would not turn on her own volition , the creature bit Tano ' s arm , infecting her with the dark side so that she would become completely subservient to the Son . With Tano firmly placed under his control , the Son deployed the Padawan to the tower ' s courtyard where she awaited Skywalker ' s arrival . When Tano showed him her confidence , the Son infected the Padawan and clouded her mind with the Dark Side . No longer restrained by her Jedi upbringing , Tano became consumed with a hatred over her insecurities and low self - esteem , all of which had been developed through her fear that she was never fit to be the apprentice of the Chosen One . Following his capture of Tano , the Son traveled to the monastery where he consulted with the Father during the Daughter ' s meditation . The Father accused his son of interfering with the will of the Force and also sensed his deeper immersion within the dark side . The Son dismissed the Father ' s lecture and asserted that while his power continued to grow , the Father became older and even more frail . In response , the Father threatened that the Son would be contained through force if he did not disengage from his plans to leave Mortis . The Son , no longer willing to tolerate the Father ' s control over his life , attacked him with Force lightning and proclaimed his absolute hatred for the being who had long since hindered his desire for freedom . Transforming into his beast form , the Son returned to his tower where he anticipated the imminent battle between Skywalker and his fallen apprentice . The Son reveled in Tano ' s fury , sensing the rage and frustration that she had suppressed and kept hidden from her Master . While Skywalker and Tano dueled in the courtyard , the Daughter and Obi - Wan Kenobi confronted the Son in his throne room , shortly after they had retrieved the Dagger of Mortis , the only weapon that possessed the power to either control or kill the Ones . However , Kenobi was forced to help Skywalker against the corrupted Padawan learner , leaving the Daughter to stand against her brother alone . Beseeching him to abandon the dark side , the Daughter ' s efforts were rebuffed by the Son who refused to allow her to interfere with his plans . The two proved evenly matched against one another ; neither could gain the decisive advantage despite the Son ' s mastery of Force lightning or the Daughter ' s proficiency in telekinesis . They remained deadlocked in a stalemate even in their beast forms , until the recovered Father arrived and forced them out into the courtyard . Declaring the Father to be weak and irrelevant , the Son retaliated with a Force lightning attack to which the Father attempted to absorb and deflect . His power diminished , the Father ' s control over the Son was broken , causing him to fall in defeat as the Son increased his lightning attack in its intensity . With the Son distracted by his attack on the Father , Kenobi and Skywalker intended to kill him by using the Dagger of Mortis , but were prevented from doing so when Tano stole the weapon and presented it to the Son . Reveling in his apparent triumph , the Son tapped Tano on the forehead , causing her to fall into a near - death state . With the Father at his mercy , the Son raised the dagger to kill him , but unintentionally stabbed his sister in the back as she moved to shield their father from the blade with her own body . The Son was shocked by what had transpired . In spite of his existence as the incarnated form of the dark side , he still loved the Daughter . Enraged over the setback , the Son shifted back into a gargoyle and flew away from the tower . As her last act before dying , the Daughter successfully aided Skywalker in his attempt to save Tano from death . The future revealed . Unconvinced that the Father was able to contain the Son by himself , Anakin Skywalker followed the instructions of a ghostly apparition of Qui - Gon Jinn and journeyed to the Well of the Dark Side where he was confronted by the Son . Not wishing to fight , the Son offered to share his knowledge of the future with Skywalker . The initial visions that he shared frightened and confused Skywalker , but the Jedi Knight ' s attempts to resist the visions , in which he saw the outcome of the war and his own dark destiny , proved futile . The Son , stripping the future away , allowed the Chosen One to see himself as Darth Sidious ' s apprentice , hunting down and murdering members of the Jedi Order ( including child Initiate s during the of the Jedi Temple ) , choking Padmé Amidala with his own hands , his defeat in battle against Obi - Wan Kenobi , the destruction of Alderaan via the original Death Star , and ultimately his future as a broken Sith Lord reconstructed with extensive cybernetic replacements and a pressurized suit of armor . The Son ' s tactic succeeded in rendering Skywalker emotionally vulnerable and far more susceptible to the allure of the dark side . Now aware of Sidious ' s imminent rise as Emperor in a period of wide - spread suffering and destruction , Skywalker agreed to bring the Son to the galaxy so that together they might prevent the very future Skywalker beheld in vision . Believing that the Jedi Order would obstruct his ability to change the course of history , Skywalker renounced his ties to the Jedi and willingly embraced the Son ' s power and promise . Death . Obi - Wan Kenobi , rushing to the Well of the Dark Side to aid Skywalker against the temptations and power of the Son , discovered , however , that his former apprentice had already made his choice and turned to the dark side . Using Kenobi ' s distraction to his advantage , the Son attacked the Jedi Master with Force lightning before disappearing . The two Jedi , having resisted the Son ' s attack , made their way to the shuttle . Even so , their efforts to return to the known galaxy had been obstructed by Ahsoka Tano . Leaving the shuttle ' s control system sabotaged , Ahsoka retreated to the monastery , but was followed there by her Master and Obi - Wan . By the time the Son arrived , it became clear to him that escape would be impossible as long as the Father continued to live . The Son had instructed Skywalker to remain with the shuttle while he searched for the Father , unaware that the Father was using the diversion as an opportunity to erase the Chosen One ' s memories of his dark visions , to ensure that the future would unfold naturally , unmarred by the Son ' s interference . Now finding the Father , along with Skywalker , Kenobi and Tano at the monastery , and ignoring the Father ' s final plea to abandon the dark side , the Son fought and overpowered all three Jedi with ease . In order to bring an end to the conflict and the Son ' s schemes , the Father took the Dagger of Mortis from him and stabbed himself through the chest . Much to the Son ' s surprise , his own connection to the Force was tied to the life of the Father . With the Father fatally wounded , the Son lost his powers and immortality , allowing Skywalker to strike down the now mortal Son with his lightsaber . With his last breath , the Son accused the Father of treachery before succumbing to death . Legacy . Upon the Jedi trio ' s return to the galaxy , an official report was filed on the encounter with the Ones on Mortis — one that remained dormant within the Jedi Archives for decades , until it was rediscovered in 44 ABY by Luke Skywalker , the son of the Chosen One and the Grand Master of the New Jedi Order . Through the report , augmented by information from the Thuruht hivemind , Skywalker came to believe that his father ' s refusal to remain on Mortis ( and thereby restore balance ) caused a chain of events that hurled the galaxy into an unprecedented period of chaos and disorder , primarily through the disruptive events that followed the Clone Wars and the birth of the Galactic Empire , such as the Galactic Civil War , the Yuuzhan Vong War , the Swarm War and the Second Galactic Civil War — all of which occurred on a galactic scale in less than a hundred years ' time . Anakin Skywalker ' s legacy with regard to the Ones of Mortis touched also his direct descendant , Sith Lord Darth Caedus . As a result of Caedus ' s actions , Centerpoint Station was inadvertently destroyed , allowing Abeloth to escape into the galaxy without interference from the Ones . In light of the threat that Abeloth posed to the Jedi and the Sith , both Orders effectively replaced the Daughter and the Son in their capacity to hold Abeloth at bay , culminating in the defeat of the Bringer of Chaos during her battle with Luke Skywalker and Darth Krayt of the One Sith . Personality and traits . The Son was the personification of the power of the dark side . From the Daughter ' s point of view , her brother could not be anything other than manipulative , deceitful , resentful and homicidal because his personality was a reflection of the nature of the dark side of the Force . Throughout the centuries , the Son was grudgingly subservient to the Father ' s will , but a lack of independence caused him to resent the control that the Father exerted over his life . Longing to be free with the full power of the dark side at his command , the Son was initially content to bide his time until the Father ' s immortality faded , leaving the latter powerless to further restrain the Son . The only times he would willingly work with his Father was when fighting Abeloth . Regardless of the Son ' s affiliation with the dark side , he remained emotionally attached to the Daughter , the only one he ever loved . However , in spite of the Son ' s affinity for his sister , the Daughter was also a source of her brother ' s hatred due to her status as the embodiment of the light side . He did not hesitate to attack her whenever he felt provoked into doing so . Nevertheless , her unexpected death at his hands deeply affected the Son , causing him to mourn the loss of his sister in secret . Aside from his anger and lust for power , the Son showed himself to be a patient and calculating individual , as well as a meticulous schemer who sought to utilize every advantage at his disposal . By abducting Ahsoka Tano and stating his intentions to leave Mortis , the Son baited his enemies into a trap that was designed to bring him the Dagger of Mortis and the Father in one place ; the only setback in his plan was the Daughter ' s interference in the Son ' s attempt at committing patricide . He was also subjected to occasional fits of rage and impetuousness whenever he encountered obstacles to his ambitions , such as when Anakin Skywalker initially refused to join him and when the Father made clear that the Son would never be allowed to enter the physical universe . Much like Darth Sidious , the Son saw himself and the dark side as the natural remedy to a galaxy that was falling increasingly into a state of anarchy and chaos . He firmly believed that the power of the dark side was capable of forging a new and everlasting era of order and tranquility that he and the Chosen One could establish a balance throughout the universe , but only through full submission to the dark side . Powers and abilities . While the Son ' s powers were directly from the dark side of the Force , much like the Sith Lords themselves , his connection to the Force existed on a level beyond the domain of the Sith . Given his existence as a manifestation of the dark side , and combined with experience that stretched over eons of time , the Son ' s proficiency with the power of the dark side was virtually unmatched by any other Force - user with the exception of his family members . The Son was highly skilled in Force lightning which he held as his primary form of attack ; unlike most wielders , the Son ' s Force lightning was red . He also proved himself to be a skilled practitioner in several variations of telekinesis , an area that only the Daughter and the Father rivaled him in . An immortal and indestructible being , the Son was immune to the attacks of mortal individuals ; only a handful of individuals , such as the Father , the Daughter , Abeloth , and the Chosen One were capable of being a challenge to the Son in battle . Like the rest of the Ones , the Son wielded the ability to transform his appearance into virtually anything he wanted . Aside from his primary humanoid form , the Son favored the appearance of a large , winged gargoyle which he utilized for purposes of combat and travel . He also took on the forms of Shmi Skywalker , Anakin Skywalker , and a diminutive creature during the Jedi ' s stay on Mortis . His ability to use the offensive applications of the dark side notwithstanding , the Son was also able to channel the Force in less combative ways . The range of his more passive uses of power included his self - manifestation within one of Skywalker ' s dreams , the ability to appear and disappear at will without alerting others to his presence and a unique capacity to literally infect an individual with the dark side ' s influence — a power which gave him an enhanced measure of control over Ahsoka Tano ' s mind . In the Son ' s form as the Fanged God , he was so powerful that channeling his power could burst minor blood vessels in the physical bodies of his followers and pawns , raising telltale bruises on their cheeks and around their eyes . It was also said that he was the one who conjured up the Wild Hunt each year on Dathomir for the Nightsisters . It was said that he could also seep through the borders that separated his realm from the physical realm though it does not take much of his effort to do so . Behind the scenes . The Son first appeared in the Mortis story arc of the in the television series " " . The Son was voiced by Sam Witwer , who previously voiced Galen Marek in " The Force Unleashed " and would go on to voice Darth Maul . The Son was also voiced by Pernilla August ( while masquerading as Shmi Skywalker ) , Matt Lanter ( while masquerading as Anakin Skywalker ) and Ashley Eckstein ( while possessing Ahsoka Tano ) .