Otherside In the Keshiri religion , the Otherside were the enemies of the Keshiri gods , the Skyborn . Said to have come " from below , " the Otherside engaged in a Great Battle with the Skyborn in the stars above the planet Kesh in ancient times . The Otherside were defeated in the clash , but not before they wounded the Skyborn — injured , the Skyborn spilled blood onto Kesh ' s oceans , creating all of the world ' s landmass . The legend of the Otherside continued to be told on Kesh for ages , and members of the Keshiri species were always warned to hate the Otherside . Along with the Skyborn , the Otherside were eliminated from Keshiri mythology after the arrival on Kesh of a group of crash - landed Sith in 5000 BBY , who did away with those stories in favor of earlier tales of the Protectors and the Destructors . Mythology . The Otherside were a group of deities depicted in the mythology of the Keshiri religion , native to the planet Kesh . The Otherside , who came " from below , " were said to be the nefarious enemies of the benevolent Skyborn , and their conflict eventually led to a calamitous battle in the stars above Kesh . The Great Battle , as it was known , lasted for eons — although the Otherside wounded the Skyborn , their opponents won the battle . Drops of Skyborn blood fell onto the seas of Kesh , creating all of the planet ' s landmass . In the ages afterward , the Otherside were regarded as the source of all evil on the planet Kesh , and heresy against the Skyborn was said to be glorification of the Otherside . As such , the Keshiri regarded it as the will of the Skyborn that they were to hate the Otherside . Among the uvak beast - riding ruling council known as the Neshtovar , falling from one ' s mount was to be claimed by the Otherside . History . By 5000 BBY , the worship of the Skyborn , and as a result , the hatred of the Otherside , was a dominant facet in Keshiri daily life . Tradition held that in ages past , the uvak - riding Neshtovar brought the knowledge of the Otherside and the Great Battle to the masses from the Cetajan Mountains . Although faith in the Keshiri religion was prevalent , by 5000 BBY the Neshtovar still had not hammered down exactly who or what the Otherside were . That year , geologist Adari Vaal was brought before the Neshtovar to testify about the veracity of her controversial teachings of the formation of Kesh ' s landmass , which conflicted with the common Keshiri religion . There , Neshtovar leader Izri Dazh accused her of glorifying the Otherside with her supposed heresy . After harassment by other Keshiri , Vaal fled into the Cetajan Mountains , where she found a group of crash - landed Sith who claimed to be the Skyborn returned to Kesh . After taking control over Kesh , the Sith did away with the use of the terms " Otherside " and " Skyborn " in favor of earlier tales of the Destructors and Protectors , respectively . Behind the scenes . The Otherside were first mentioned in John Jackson Miller ' s 2009 eBook , " " . They were also referred to in one of " Skyborn " sequels , " " . Although the existence of the Destructors , the later counterpart of the Otherside , was confirmed as true by Troy Denning ' s 2012 novel " " , the full extent of the connection between the Otherside and the Destructors has not been revealed , so it is not known whether or not the Otherside actually existed in the " Star Wars " universe .