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.

Biography
"You grow 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 becoming the incarnation of the dark side of the Force, while Daughter became the incarnation of the light side of the Force. When Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano visited Mortis, Son came into conflict with Daughter, and Father attempted to stop their confrontation.

Son had set a trap for his sister that separated Skywaker from Tano and Kenobi. When night fell on Mortis, he went to Kenobi and Teno 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 then 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 captured Tano and Kenobi, respectively, on their father's orders. They were then ordered to kill them as a test for Skywalker to see which one he would be able to save. But Skywalker stopped them both by tapping into the Force energy present on Mortis, proving that he was the Chosen One. This was actually a test to see if Skywalker was the Chosen One. Skywalker was asked to stay on Mortis to replace the dying Father and maintain the balance between the powers of Daughter and Son. However, Skywalker refused and prepared to depart.

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

- The Son, to Anakin Skywalker

Aboard the ship, Anakin had a dream of the Son trying to seduce him to the dark side although Anakin refused and woke up. The 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 who were chasing him. Over there, he tied Ahsoka up and while she was unconscious, he transformed into a little blue creature. When Ahsoka awoke and struggled to break free, he told her there was no hope and he attempted to seduce her to the dark side but to no avail. He opened up Ahsoka's binders but then, he bit her wrist and she fell unconscious. The Son transformed back into himself and watched as Ahsoka was consumed by the dark side due to the bite.

He then joined Father and Daughter back in the monastery where Father felt that the Son was growing stronger with the dark side. His Father tried convincing him to stop his activities or else he would be forced to contain him. The Son reacted angrily to this and after a few words, he grew impatient and moved to kill Father there and then by shocking him with lightning.

The Father fell down the stairs, right in front of Kenobi who had separated from Skywalker who had gone to find Ahsoka. The Son then transformed into the gargoyle and flew right past Kenobi to the place where he had left Ahsoka. Unknown to him, the Daughter decided that the Son should be stopped once and for all. After she took care of her Father, she led Kenobi to the Altar of Mortis where the Dagger of Mortis was being kept. That dagger was the only weapon strong enough to kill beings as strong as Son. Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker had found Ahsoka but because Ahsoka had been poisoned by the dark side, she attacked Anakin and Anakin was forced to defend himself. The Son was looking at the duel from a high tower where he was confronted by Kenobi and Daughter. However, when Kenobi learned about Anakin and Ahsoka, he rushed outside to aide his former Padawan, leaving only the Daughter with the Son.

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.

The Son eventually had trapped Anakin Skywalker to the Well of the Dark Side where he showed him images of his future in the Dark Side of the Force. He persuaded Anakin to join him, and he set off on his plans to leave Mortis behind. Eventually he had a run in with the Father and tricked him by stabbing himself. Anakin snuck behind him and killed the Son with his lightsaber.

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 is known to be impatient. He also believes the balance is skewed and not in his favor, therefore he seeks to influence the Chosen One as fast as he can.

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. 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.

During the last moments of his life, the Son revealed that he did indeed care for his father. He also mentioned that the only person he ever truly loved was his sister.

Powers and abilities
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 has some telekinetic abilities and can shoot red-tinted Force lightning from his fingertips.

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.