Son/Legends

"You are Sith!''" "''Sith? Yes&hellip;and no."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi confronts the Son over his powers

Son was the name of a shapeshifting male humanoid depiction of the dark side of the Force who was part of The Ones, a family of powerful Force-users living on Mortis during the Clone Wars. After the arrival of Jedi Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka Tano, the Son tried to murder the Father and escape from Mortis. He also tried to recruit Skywalker, first by posing as his dead mother, then by direct demand. When these efforts failed, the Son infected Tano with the dark side to use her as a hostage to control Skywalker. When the Jedi tried to use the Dagger of Mortis to kill the Son, he stole it and tried to kill the Father, but accidentally killed his own sister instead. Finally, by showing Skywalker visions of the heinous acts he would commit as Darth Vader, he managed to gain the Jedi Knight's allegiance, only for Skywalker to have his memory erased shortly after. When he tried to murder his father yet again, the Son was horrified to witness the Father impale himself. As he knelt in shock, the Son was fatally stabbed by Skywalker, and died in his father's arms.

Biography
"You look frail, Father.''" "I am not dead, yet." "''Well, perhaps I am tired of waiting!"

- The Son and Father before the former shocks the latter with lightning

Son, a male who could willingly change his shape between his humanoid form and a gargoyle form, lived on Wild Space planet Mortis with his sister Daughter and their father, who were collectively known as The Ones. At some point, The Ones became anchorites on Mortis, shutting themselves off from the rest of the galaxy. Son became the incarnation of the dark side of the Force and Daughter became the incarnation of the light side of the Force, while Father maintained the balance between the two.

Arrival of The Chosen One
When Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano involuntarily arrived on Mortis, Son came into conflict with Daughter, and Father attempted to stop their confrontation.

Son had set a trap for his sister that separated Skywalker from Tano and Kenobi. When night fell on Mortis, he went to Kenobi and Tano and asked them if Skywalker was the Chosen One, the individual who was to bring balance to the Force. The two Jedi prepared to fight, thinking he was Sith. Son ended the fight before it began by deactivating their lightsabers and cryptically saying that he both was and was not Sith. He warned them of the storms on Mortis and flew away.

His work was not done. He went to Skywalker in the shape of his deceased mother, Shmi Skywalker Lars. He used this shape to tell Skywalker to let go of his guilt. When Skywalker revealed that he had a wife, the Galactic Republic senator Padmé Amidala, Son was furious, stating that this was not his destiny and briefly showing his true gargoyle form before departing.

Later on, Son and his sister took their monstrous forms and captured Tano and Kenobi, respectively, on their father's orders. Son and Daughter brought their captives before Father and Skywalker. Skywalker was tasked by Father to save one or the other from death at his children's hands. Refusing to choose, Skywalker used a massive Force wave and disentangled his master and apprentice from the talons of the siblings, ultimately bringing Son and Daughter to their knees. This show of power illustrated to Father that he could trust Skywalker to be the Chosen One and keep his children in balance, as he himself was dying. Skywalker refused however, and boarding his ship with Kenobi and Tano, left Father and his children behind.

His own plans
"We will destroy the Sith! And the Jedi."

- The Son, to Anakin Skywalker

Aboard the ship, Anakin was approached by Son in a dream. Son attempted to seduce Anakin to the Dark Side, proclaiming that together they could destroy both the Sith and the Jedi. Skywalker refused to embrace the Dark Side and quickly awoke.

Moments later, Son infiltrated the ship and kidnapped Ahsoka. Transforming into his gargoyle-form, he took Ahsoka to a high tower, managing to lose Skywalker and Kenobi when their ship crash-landed. In the tower, Son chained Ahsoka up while she was unconscious and transformed himself into a small blue creature. When Ahsoka awoke and struggled to break free, he approached her and told her there was no hope. He then attempted to lure Ahsoka to the Dark Side but she, like her master, refused. Realizing that she was too stubborn to be turned willingly, Son released her from her bindings and bit her on the wrist, poisoning her with the Dark Side. Son transformed back into his human form as Ahsoka slipped into unconsciousness, the Dark Side now consuming her being.

Son later joined Father and Daughter back in the monastery. Father confronted Son and warned him that he was growing stronger with the Dark Side and that if he did not cease his actions then Father would be forced to contain him. Son reacted angrily to this and after a few words, moved to kill Father there and then by shocking him with lightning. Son then transformed into the gargoyle and flew back to his tower. The attack left Father alive, but very weak.

Kenobi, who had separated from Skywalker in order to seek Father's help, witnessed the attack. Daughter came to her father's aide and decided that Son needed to be stopped. She led Kenobi to the Altar of Mortis where the Dagger of Mortis awaited. This dagger was the only weapon strong enough to kill beings as powerful as The Ones. Daughter bestowed the dagger to Kenobi, who was to destroy Son.

Meanwhile, Skywalker reached the top of Son's tower to find his apprentice awaiting him, unaware that she had been corrupted by Son. Ahsoka told her master that if he did not join Son, then she would be killed. Skywalker dismissed the threat, prompting Ahsoka to ignite her lightsaber and attack him. The Son watched the duel from his throne room, but was soon confronted by Kenobi and Daughter. Before any action could be taken, however, Son revealed that he had turned Skywalker and Tano against each other. Kenobi was left with no choice but to run outside and aide his former apprentice, leaving only Son and Daughter.

The Daughter approached her brother once again, plaintively beseeching him to end his evil plan. However, the Son responded violently, lashing out with Force lightning. The negotiations broken down, a duel commenced. Both were equal in power and skill: no amount of the Son's lightning nor the Daughter's telekinesis could gain an edge on the other. In a new permutation of their raw expression of the Force, they entered their savage forms of griffin and gargoyle. Equally matched, they nevertheless persisted, changing in and out of their animal shapes. The battle was forced to a close by a recovered Father who wrested them apart and through a window with the Force.

Son and Daughter crashed down below, where Skywalker, Kenobi and Tano were engaged in battle. Father joined them and again implored Son to stop his actions, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. Son blasted his father with lightning again, bringing him to the brink of death. Kenobi tossed the Dagger of Mortis to Skywalker so he could destroy Son, but Ahsoka intercepted the weapon in mid-air and gave it to Son instead. Having no further use for the padawan, Son released her from his grip, apparently killing her. Enraged, Skywalker lashed out at Son but was easily repelled with the Force. Son then turned his attention back to Father, preparing to kill him with the dagger. As he brought the blade down to strike his father, Daughter threw herself in between them and was mortally wounded. An emotionally distraught Son cried out and fled.

Daughter channeled the last of her life force through Skywalker and into Tano, thus saving her life at the expense of her own. Darkness began to overtake Mortis, and balance was lost. Father proclaimed that war would escalate in the galaxy and the Sith would rise again.

Death
"What if I could show you the future?''" "No! No! Stop it!" "''Know yourself! Know what you will become!"

- The Son and Anakin Skywalker

Unconvinced that Father was able to contain Son by himself, Skywalker followed the instructions of a vision of Qui-Gon Jinn to go to the Well of the Dark Side and learn his fate. Skywalker heeded his old master's advice and rode his speeder bike to the bottom of the Well. There, he encountered the Son. Intent on luring Skywalker to his side, Son went against the rules established by his father and revealed glimpses of Anakin's future. Skywalker was deeply shaken and anguished by the horrific visions, just as Son had expected. He offered to help Skywalker change the future and prevent the evils he had seen. Fearful and desperate, Skywalker agreed.

Shortly afterward, Kenobi arrived, having gone looking for Anakin. To his horror, Skywalker was already poisoned with the Dark Side and allied with Son. Before Kenobi could take any action, Son struck him from behind with lightning. Together, Son and his new ally departed the Well to head for the Jedi's ship. Via comlink, Kenobi warned Tano, who was repairing the ship, of the approaching danger and ordered her to disable the ship. Tano hastily removed a crucial component from the ship's innards and hid as Skywalker arrived. The padawan managed to elude her master and flee with the component. Once Son arrived at the crash site, Skywalker explained that they'd be unable to leave without the stolen part. Son quickly formulated a new plan and flew away in his gargoyle form. Unbeknownst to him, however, Father had been lurking nearby and approached Skywalker. Using his powers, Father erased Son's visions from Skywalker's mind thereby wiping away any recollection of his future and releasing him from the Dark Side's grip. Son's new-found ally was lost.

Son arrived at the crypt which held his sister's corpse... and the Dagger of Mortis. Son professed to Daughter that she was the only one he ever truly loved. He then took the dagger and left. Meanwhile, Father, Skywalker, Kenobi and Tano gathered at the arena where Skywalker's powers had been earlier tested. Together they vowed to stop Son once and for all, but were interrupted when he himself arrived on the scene. Anakin attacked Son but the effort proved futile as Son blocked every strike and tossed the Jedi aside. Obi-Wan and Ahsoka moved to join the fray but were swiftly disarmed and hurled away by the Son. Father intervened and summoned the Dagger of Mortis to his hand. Son scoffed at his father, believing him incapable of striking down his own child. Much to Son's shock, however, Father turned the dagger upon himself and plunged the blade into his own chest. Son rushed to his father's aide, overcome with remorse. Father revealed that as his own life diminished, so too did Son's power. Seizing upon the opportunity, Skywalker impaled Son with his lightsaber, mortally wounding him. Son's sorrow gave his father solace, as it proved something Father continued to believe: there was still good in Son. After hearing his father's warm words, Son died.

Personality and traits
"Do not hate him, Father. It is his nature."

- The Daughter, after the Son stabbed her

The Son was a dangerous being. As he knew that he could not challenge his father, he tried to subtly kill his sister. While Obi-Wan assumed he was Sith, he brought no immediate harm on Kenobi or Ahsoka. The Son was known to be impatient. He also believed the balance was skewed and not in his favor, therefore he sought to influence the Chosen One as fast as he could.

As the embodiment of the dark side of the Force, the Son showed many traits common to Force-users corrupted by the dark side: He was destructive, swearing to destroy Sith and Jedi alike, and attempting to murder his own father, screaming his hatred for the old man. The Son was very self-centered, believing that if he were to escape Mortis, he would bring balance to the Force and the universe. He also considered his father to be selfish for taking too long to die, subsequently plotting to kill him.

The Son had a dangerous attitude, making a violent attempt on his father's life after deciding that the old man was taking far too long to die, and unleashing a severe tantrum after Skywalker refused to turn to the dark side. The Son was also spiteful; He immediately kidnapped Ahsoka when her master refused to join him, and threatened to kill her if he did not submit, having her attack Skywalker when he still refused. Despite his deep corruption by the dark side and willingness to kill his father, the Son still seemed to care for his sister, and was horrified when she sacrificed herself to save the Father, later saying, while he knelt at her grave, that she was the only being he ever truly loved. When the Father stabbed himself with the dagger, the Son was instantly filled with remorse, begging his father not to die, only to curse his father's betrayal after being struck down by Skywalker.

The Son was manipulative as well, attempting to influence Skywalker to join the dark side, first by posing as Skywalker's dead mother, and by showing him visions of his dark future, briefly succeeding in turning the Jedi with the latter tactic. He also managed to manipulate Ahsoka's pre-existing doubts about her master and herself by posing as a small, harmless looking creature, making (apparently) innocent comments on Tano and her situation, allowing him to get close enough to poison her with the dark side, exploiting her vulnerabilities for his own ends. He showed no care for Tano's life after her usefulness to him had ended; He tried to kill her without a second thought.

Powers and abilities
"You don't have the power to keep me here, old man."

- The Son, to the Father.

The Son was a powerful being, displaying the ability to change his shape at will. Among the Son's known forms were his humanoid form, a small dark-colored, buck-toothed creature with large eyes; a monstrous flying creature; Shmi, Anakin's mother; and even Anakin himself. He also showed knowledge of Shmi's manner and habits, perfectly replicating her voice and displaying knowledge of her relationship with her son. The Son was also able to shut down three lightsabers without touching them or apparently affecting the inner workings of the weapons themselves.

The Son also possessed telekinetic powers, proving able to push Anakin Skywalker back several feet, pull lightsabers out of their owners' hands, propel himself several meters into the air before transforming, and force open his sister's tomb. The Son was skilled in the use of Force lightning, using it to attack his father in a sudden burst that left him unconscious for some time afterward, rapidly fire bolts at the Daughter during their duel, and eventually, overpower the Father in a continuous assault. The Son's lightning, unlike that generated by most darksiders, was red.

Although he seemed to focus on offensive uses of the Force, the Son also had considerable skill in more esoteric expressions of his power. He could manifest himself in one of Skywalker's dreams, board the Jedi shuttle without Skywalker, Kenobi, or Tano noticing, and, at the Well of the Dark Side, show Skywalker visions of his future with a great degree of accuracy, suggesting precognitive powers as well. A disturbing, and apparently unique ability of the Son's was the power to "infect" a living being with the dark side of the Force. He did so to turn Ahsoka Tano to the dark side, and place her under his thrall. His control over Tano was so great, that the Son was able to kill her, or at least very nearly do so, with a mere tap on the forehead.

Behind the scenes
The Son first appeared in the The Clone Wars television series. Sam Witwer, who voiced Galen Marek in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed franchise, voiced the Son in a story arc in the series' third season. While assuming the forms of Shmi and Anakin Skywalker, the Son was voiced by Pernilla August and Matt Lanter, respectively.

Trivia

 * There is a small resemblance between the Son and Utapauns, like the extreme large height and the red tear pattern on their face.