The Keeper The Keeper was a machine with an artificial intelligence located on Keeper ' s World . It was accompanied by four android children . Built by a non - violent civilization to preserve their homeworld in a time of war , the Keeper drew its power from its home planet ' s core , which allowed it to survive long after the people had fled . The Keeper was installed to restore the world to its former status for its makers , so that when they would return years later , the planet would be suitable for them to live on . Shortly after the Battle of Yavin , Rebel Alliance agents Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa landed on the Keeper ' s planet seeking shelter from an Imperial fleet . Battling their way through the wilderness with the aid of their two droids , R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , they stumbled upon the Keeper ' s Temple , and in turn met the Keeper ' s four android children . The Keeper was convinced that the Rebels were of good faith , and decided to help them by forcing the Imperial troops that had landed to flee offworld . Skywalker and Organa then left the Keeper in peace to continue her task of building a civilization . Biography . Creation . At some stage prior to the Imperial era , the people of Keeper ' s World fled from their homes to escape impending destruction in a galaxy - wide war . However , the people were fond of their homeworld , and wished to restore it to its former state . They thus built the Keeper ; a gargantuan machine which drew its power from the planet ' s core . They tasked the Keeper with reshaping its creators ' world so that the planet would be as it was by the time of their return . The Children . The Keeper had been programmed with a mother ' s instinct , and since its work lasted many centuries , it naturally grew lonely . To counter this , it created four android " Children " to provide company . These Children resembled the youths of the Keeper ' s civilization , save for different eyes , and they were imbued with abilities that would allow each one of the four to control a separate element of nature : fire , earth , wind , and water . The children were tasked with aiding the Keeper in reshaping the world — by using each of their powers to their full extent , the Keeper hoped they would be able to recreate a fully functioning ecosystem . When the Keeper and her children recreated the jungles of their world , they also created gargantuan monsters that towered over the trees . The Keeper and the Children used this to their advantage , and employed the creatures as security for their temple . The Keeper maintained the hostile appearance of the planet to ward off any would be intruders , invaders , or any new settlers . Galactic Civil War . Sometime in 0 ABY , Luke Skywalker , Leia Organa , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 — agents of the Rebel Alliance — set out from a rebel base on Yavin 4 to make contact with the second major Rebel base , located in the Akuria system . Due to a poor repair job performed on R2 - D2 following the Battle of Yavin , the astromech droid caused their starship to prematurely exit hyperspace , and , by coincidence , in the middle of an Imperial fleet . However , due to Skywalker ' s Force - enhanced piloting skills , the Rebels were able to temporarily escape capture . His evasive maneuvers caused the Rebel transport to become caught in the gravitational pull of Keeper ' s World , where it was forced to land . In the planet ' s jungles , the rebels encountered a large humanoid monster , part of the hostile environment which served as a defense system for the Keeper and her " Children " . Eventually pursued by an Imperial search party , the rebels entered the Keeper ' s temple , where C - 3PO accidentally triggered one of the Keeper ' s teleportal s . The Rebels were transported to the deeper levels of the Temple . The rebels eventually came across the Keeper ' s " Children " who had assessed that they were of good intent . After the Children had finished demonstrating their powers , they brought the rebels into the core of the temple to meet the Keeper directly . When the Rebels were presented to the Keeper , she was outraged . She had been displeased with the fact that they had learned of the Children , let alone the mainframe itself . Attempting to remedy the situation , the Keeper instructed the intruders by subconsciously beaming content to their minds . The content was a history lesson which outlined the Keeper ' s existence to the foreigners . The situation clarified , the Keeper instigated a groundquake to ward off the Imperial troops , and then allowed the Rebels to leave by repairing their ship . Personality and traits . The Keeper was programmed with a mother ' s sensibilities . Despite all the effort she put into the task , there was no reward for her — at least not one that she could perceive . She felt that her motherly output needed sufficient return , and , at the same time , she decided that assistance was required in her task . She had no time for outsiders and feared that they might damage or even destroy her precious work . Even her homeworld ' s non - violent attitude was imbued in her programming , as she did not directly seek to enter into confrontation with foreigners ; instead , she used nature to ward them off . Behind the scenes . The Keeper was created by Archie Goodwin and first appeared in " Caverns of Mystery ! " , the seventh installment of the comic serial " The Keeper ' s World " . In that story , the Keeper is the key manipulator behind all of the events that take place on the Keeper ' s world . The Keeper ' s first appearance was provided by Tony DeZuniga . To date , " The Keeper ' s World " is the Keeper ' s only appearance .