Great Battle In the Keshiri religion , the Great Battle was the eons - long clash between the enemy races known as the Skyborn and the Otherside in the stars above the planet Kesh , mirroring the Hundred - Year Darkness conflict between the Jedi Order and its Dark Jedi brethens . Riding colossal crystal uvak beasts , the Skyborn ultimately achieved victory , although not before being wounded by the Otherside . The injured Skyborn dripped blood onto Kesh ' s oceans , creating all of the world ' s landmass . Eventually , the Great Battle came to be revered as one of the main facets of the mythology of the Keshiri species . Prelude . According to the Keshiri religion , in the ages before the dawn of the Keshiri civilization , two races came into being — the benevolent Skyborn and the nefarious Otherside , who came " from below . " Eventually , the Skyborn and the Otherside came into conflict with one another , and they met for battle in the stars above the planet Kesh , which was then entirely covered by roiling black seas . The battle . The Skyborn came into battle riding gigantic crystal uvak beasts against the Otherside , and the Great Battle , as it came to be called , raged for eons . Eventually , the Skyborn vanquished their enemies and were victorious , although they were wounded during the fighting . Drops of Skyborn blood fell onto Kesh ' s oceans , creating new land . Aftermath . The Keshiri species eventually evolved on Kesh , living on the same landmass that was supposedly part of the Skyborn . At some point , a group of uvak - riders known as the Neshtovar brought back the knowledge of the Great Battle from Kesh ' s Cetajan Mountains , and the tales of the Skyborn and the Otherside became the center of the prevalent Keshiri religion . The common tale of the Great Battle stood up somewhat to scientific criticism , as the lands of Kesh that had been mapped by 5000 BBY showed a highly irregular and asymmetrical coastline — reinforcing the belief that the land had been formed from dripping Skyborn blood . In 5 , 000 BBY , geologist Adari Vaal discovered evidence contradicting the account of the Great Battle , and she began teaching students that the Keshiri landscape had in fact been formed naturally by lava flow . Vaal was called to testify before the Neshtovar , who had by then become the ruling council of Kesh . Vaal was accused of heresy and spreading lies about the Great Battle . Shortly afterward , Vaal discovered a group of crash - landed Sith in the Cetajan Mountains , who claimed to be the Skyborn and took their place as rulers of the planet . By 4985 BBY , the myths of the Skyborn and the Otherside , and therefore the Great Battle , had been all but eliminated from Keshiri life by the Sith , in favor of earlier tales of the Protectors and the Destructors . Behind the scenes . The Great Battle was given its first , and so far only , mention in the " Star Wars " canon in John Jackson Miller ' s 2009 eBook , " " . In 2012 , Troy Denning ' s novel " " confirmed the canonical existence of the Protectors and Destructors , the successors to the Skyborn and the Otherside . As the Protectors and the Destructors constantly warred , the possibility that the Great Battle may have been an actual event occurs — however , as the full extent of the connection between the Protectors / Destructors and the Skyborn / Otherside stories has not been fully fleshed out , it is impossible to say for certain .