Waru

Waru was an extra-dimensional being who arrived in the Galaxy's dimension through a strange occurrence of a crystallizing star, causing disturbances in the Force. The being appeared on the asteroid prison Crseih Station sometime before 14 ABY.

While on the asteroid, Waru met up with Lord Hethrir. Together, Hethrir and Waru made a deal concerning Waru's passage back to his own dimension in exchange for Waru's help in obtaining complete mastery of the Force. After this pact was made, Hethrir began training and sacrificing Force-sensitive children under the guise of the Empire Reborn, a cult designated to restore the Galactic Empire. Waru also made a name for himself on Crseih Station. After healing a group of creatures, a cult formed around the extra-dimensional blob. He would heal certain beings who asked; however, every time he healed, he lost energy and had to regain it by killing another. Waru and his followers explained this occurrence off as "accidental" or that the patient was too weak for Waru to treat.

Eventually, Hethrir brought Waru Anakin Solo, whom he believed would be the last necessary sacrifice for Hethrir to fulfill his end of the bargain. This plot was stopped, however, by the visiting Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, as well as Leia Organa Solo who had been tracking the kidnapped children through space.

In 14 ABY, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and a purple-colored C-3PO visited the planet to investigate a possible lead on a candidate for Luke's Jedi Praxeum. Meanwhile, the Solo children, Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin had been kidnapped by Lord Hethrir to be sacrificed to Waru, and Leia Organa Solo, Chewbacca, and R2-D2 were attempting to find the abducted children. All three groups met at the Altar of Waru, where Luke, Leia, and Chewbacca fought Waru and Hethrir for young Anakin.

He was blob-shaped and covered in golden scales, but when the scales were exposed, there was an appearance of raw flesh that oozed.

Travel through dimensions
"My name is only Waru, though some call me 'teacher'. It is the only honorific I esteem."

- Waru

Waru lived in a dimension alternate to the dimension the galaxy existed. Though little was known of this dimension, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker hypothesized that Waru's original home applied to the laws of what he coined the "anti-Force" - the polar opposite of the Force. Likewise, Waru's own history was largely a mystery.

At an unknown period of time prior to 14 ABY, Waru was transported from his unknown homeworld (and dimension) by the acts of a dying star, due to a rare process where the dying star crystallized. This caused a large enough disturbance in the Force to teleport a being, Waru in this case, between dimensions. Waru's journey was also made possible by the sacrifices made by the Procurator of Justice, a Firrerreo trained by Darth Vader as an apprentice named Hethrir. After the journey, Waru somehow ended up upon Crseih Station, which was in close proximity to the crystal star.

Contact with Hethrir
"Something strange is happenning at Crseih Station. Something strange, and I don't know what it is."

- Luke Skywalker

Waru met with Lord Hethrir between his arrival at Crseih and 14 ABY. The two made a deal: Waru would reveal and teach everything that the Force contained, thus granting complete mastery of the Force to Hethrir. In exchange, Waru wished only for a way to escape back to his own unknown dimension, which he hoped to accomplish by consuming a being with a large amount of Force-sensitivity present within. Hethrir believed it was possible for the trans-dimensional being to reveal the fullness of the Force, as he performed every act toward that goal, but it was unknown if Waru actually held the power, or was merely bluffing.

To acquire energy inside the alien universe he had found himself in, Waru had to annihilate the Force he found within the universe with the anti-Force of his own universe. To fuel Waru's need to ingest beings for their energies, Hethrir trained and brought up Force-sensitive Humans and aliens, as well as harvest those without Force potential. Hethrir would use these groups for two different purposes: those able to use the Force would comprise the Empire Reborn, which was set up to restore the Galactic Empire to its former status in the Galaxy; those without Force abilities he would feed to Waru to sustain him until he could find one gifted enough in the Force he could sacrifice. Waru accepted this agreement between the two of them, and remained on Crseih station as Hethrir gathered.

Altar of Waru
"Waru, help us! Waru, heal my child, heal my egg-sister, protect my hearth-friends from the curse laid upon them!"

- The throng of supplicants appeal to Waru

While stationed on Crseih Station, word leaked about Waru's healing abilities after he had successfully recovered an unknown creature from an unknown ailment. Soon after, a cult had been formed around Waru and his powers, with its own internal hierarchy. Different individuals acted as street merchants, who would roam the large streets in search of beings who they could convince to visit Waru.

Humans and aliens alike flooded to the Altar of Waru, where they would stand for hours, even days, with their sick and those in pain, hoping that Waru would gaze upon their respective groups. This gaze would signify a call to the stage, where Waru would perform the ceremony of healing. Once selected, the company of beings would approach altar, where a request would be made. Waru would then attempt to heal the creature.

In order to maintain the charade of his power and to keep those watching under his control, Waru would often sustain those who he treated. However, Waru's power could only go so far until draining his own life force. To keep his vitality, he would have to kill and consume the life force of a being searching for the complete opposite. Waru was able to pass this off as an accident, or lay the blame on the individual he had attempted to heal, claiming they were too weak or too far gone for him to work any cure. The families of the victims always accepted this when it happened, and mourned openly onsite, which Waru more often than not joined. This too was mainly an act to ensure Waru's credibility to the masses who believing in him.

Shortly before the arrival of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, a Human female named Xaverri met with the enigmatic healer. Along the process of several days, Xaverri befriended Waru, and Waru allowed her to join him alone after services. She did not buy into his display of power, and instead was looking for his true reason to exist in such a manner aboard the station.

A lost Jedi Knight?
Around 14 BBY, Luke Skywalker, a Jedi Master looking for new students to train in his academy, traveled, along with his friend and brother-in-law Han Solo and the 3PO-series protocol droid C-3PO, to Crseih station, as the Jedi had learned of a possible Jedi presence aboard the research station.

Appearances

 * The Crystal Star
 * The New Rebellion
 * Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur