Father (Mortis)/Legends

"I am neither Sith nor Jedi. I am much more."

- Father

The Father was a being who was part of The Ones, a family of powerful Force-users on Mortis during the Clone Wars. When the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Ahsoka Tano visited the planet, the Father attempted to stop a confrontation between his children, the Son and Daughter. While attempting to keep peace between them, the Daughter was impaled by the Son, who had the Dagger of Mortis found in the Altar of Mortis. She sacrificed herself to save the Father, bringing unbalance to the Force. With a final confrontation about to be set between the Jedi and the Son, Father decided it was best to remove himself from reality by taking the Dagger away from his Son and stabbing himself with it. By doing this, he removed all power from his Son and Anakin took the chance and impaled the Son with his lightsaber.

Biography
When Anakin approached the Temple of Mortis, the Father offered him a place to stay the night. But when the Son visited Anakin in the form of his mother that night, he assumed it was the old man. Accusing the Father of being a Sith Lord, Anakin held his lightsaber to him. Father merely grabbed the blade and deactivated it. He then discussed the matter of Anakin being the Chosen One. He suggested a test, to which Anakin agreed. Anakin would find out that the test was soon. The Son and Daughter had taken Ahsoka Tano and Obi-Wan Kenobi, respectively. Father had ordered them to kill the Jedi Master and Padawan, and told Anakin to choose who to save. When Anakin defeated them both, Father declared only he and the Chosen One could control both his children. It was then that Father revealed his true purpose: he wanted Anakin to replace him. He revealed that he was dying and only the Chosen One could contain his children when he died. Anakin refused and Father warned him that his selfishness would haunt him and the galaxy. Nonetheless, Father respected Anakin's decision and allowed for him to leave Mortis with his companions.

However, the Son boarded their ship while they were in flight, kidnapped Ahsoka, and forced the ship downward. After poisoning her to the dark side, Son returned to his father's side, who became concerned with his immersion into the dark side. Son blasted Father in back with Force lightning, nearly killing him, just as Obi-Wan arrived to seek the Father's help. Bringing him back inside his temple to recover, Obi-Wan convinced Daughter to help him stop Son before he could escape Mortis and wreck havoc on the galaxy. Reluctantly, Daughter showed Obi-Wan the altar of Mortis containing a dagger that could kill Son.

As the battle between light and dark raged, Father awakened and flew to stop the battle between his children, hurling them amongst the Jedi. Son turned his anger against his father, who was unable to prevail against him in his still-weakened state. Obi-Wan threw the dagger to Anakin, but it was snatched by Ahsoka and given to the Son. Having no further use for her, Son killed Ahsoka by snuffing out her life force and prepared to plunge the dagger into his father, but Daughter leapt between them, taking the blow instead. Screaming with sudden anguish, Son fled the scene.

With Daughter dying, the balance of the Force was upset, and the planet began to descend into darkness. Anakin refused to leave his Padawan behind, however, and Daughter used Anakin as a conduit to channel the last of her life force into Ahsoka, bringing her back to life though leaving her with no memory of what had happened. Father implored the Jedi to leave before Son could take their ship to escape the planet, and warned them that with the balance disrupted, the Dark Side and the Sith will gain the upper hand in the galaxy. Unable to do anything else, the three Jedi left the mournful Father by the side of his daughter.

Father sealed Daughter into a mausoleum with the dagger resting upon her breast. As soon as he closed her tomb, he was approached by Anakin, who desired help in defeating Son. Father refuses him any aid, fearing that Son would use Anakin to further tip the balance of the Force. He advised the young Jedi Knight to look inside himself for answers.

As Anakin tracked Son to the Well of the Dark Side, he was given a glimpse of his dark future and joined Son to prevent it from happening. Father approached Anakin while Son flew off to retrieve the Dagger of Mortis. After telling Anakin that the future is not set in stone, Father erased the vision of Anakin's future as Darth Vader from his mind and convinced him to help him kill the Son. But jedi knight Nadhar Vebb resuced Father and jedi. During second Battle of Makashi Father was killed by undefinited OOM command battle droid.

According to the episode guide for "Ghosts of Mortis," the fact that the Father was the only member of The Ones to fade into the Force upon his death, as did Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, was intentional.

Notes and references
Vater Padre (Mortis) Father