Celestial

The Celestials were ancient entities in the Force, the energy field that existed in all things, whose true nature could not be understood by the mortals of the universe. The Force was influenced under the Celestials' dominion, and three of them were known to have manifested into physical beings known as the Ones, Force wielders who were made up of the Father, the Daughter, and the Son.

The Daughter and the Son embodied the Force's light side—life and harmony—and the dark side—death and chaos—respectively. The Father's duty as the Keeper of the Balance between the warring siblings was alleviated when they brought a mortal Servant into their family, eventually becoming the Mother. However, the Mother was fearful of being abandoned as she aged amid the ageless Ones, and committed the Forbidden—drinking from the Font of Power, granting her immortality, and swimming in the Pool of Knowledge. However, the power overwhelmed the woman, corrupting her into a powerful dark side entity known as Abeloth, the Bringer of Chaos.

In order to contain Abeloth's chaotic influence that inflicted terror and destruction upon both the creations of the light and dark sides, the Daughter and the Son united as the Architects to design Centerpoint Station, which was constructed by the Killiks while they were granted usage of the Force by the pair. The giant tractor beam built the Maw to contain Abeloth on her planet in a prison surrounded by black holes and hidden by Sinkhole Station. Centerpoint was also used to create the Corellian system, and was one of many large artifacts that was believed to have been made by the Celestials throughout the galaxy, long before the dawn of the galactic community and even the Rakatan Infinite Empire.

All traces of them disappeared by 30,000 BBY, and what little was known of the Celestials came from xenoarchaeology, as well as the memories of the isolated Killik Thuruht hive. Some among the Jedi and the Sith alike incorrectly theorized that the balance between the light and dark sides of the Force were actually under the guidance of the Celestials.

During the Clone Wars, which was part of a series of conflicts between the Jedi and the Sith, Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One who was destined to bring balance to the Force, was lured to the Ones' residence on Mortis in order to replace the Father; however, the mission resulted in the deaths of the Ones by the Dagger of Mortis, the only object that could destroy the otherwise immortal beings. The Ones' deaths and the ongoing Jedi and Sith wars allowed Abeloth to take advantage of the imbalance in the Force and, after Jacen Solo inadvertently caused the destruction of Centerpoint Station in his attempt to change the future where the Sith ruled the galaxy, free herself from the confines of the Maw to terrorise the galaxy. Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order was nevertheless able to learn about the Celestials and eventually defeat Abeloth in 44 ABY.

Text and facts from the “Celestial/Legends” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.