Celestials (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Hostile Species

Full Name

Celestials

Alias

Gods

Origin

Thor: The Dark World

Homeworld

Unknown

Abilities

Nigh-omnipotence

Omniscience
True Immortality
Sentient life creation
Interdimensional travel
Unrivaled cosmic powers
Shapeshifting
Reality Manipulation

Members

Arishem the Judge
Jemiah the Analyzer
Nezarr the Calculator
Hargen the Measurer
Eson the Searcher
Tiamut the Communicator
Ego the Living Planet
Peter Quill
Knowhere
Ego (What If... T'challa Became a Star-Lord?)
Ego (What If... Ultron Won?)
Ego (What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?)
Peter Quill (What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?)
Peter Quill (What If... Ultron Won?)
Peter Quill (What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?)
Various deceased hybrids fathered by Ego

Hobby

Communicating with the Prime Eternal.

Goals

Maintain the life cycle of the universe and the Celestials by any means necessary.

Judge and destroy Earth and humanity if they are not preserving (both ongoing).

Crimes

Mass mundicide

Mass omnicide
Mass murder
Mass genocide
Conspiracy
Brainwashing
Kidnapping
Crimes against the universe

Type of Hostile Species

Immortal Cosmic Entities

“	Ego: I'm what's called a Celestial, sweetheart. Peter Quill: A Celestial, like a God? Ego: Mmm, small 'g', son.	„
	~ Ego and Star-Lord.

The Celestials are major antagonists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are immensely powerful beings led by Arishem the Judge who seek to create and destroy various worlds.

History[]

The Celestials appear mostly in the Guardians of the Galaxy series, but have more recently appeared in Eternals. In the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy, a Celestial being known as Eson the Searcher was briefly shown using the power of an Infinity Stone to wipe out an entire planet civilization, though he would later lose the Stone afterwards. It was also revealed that a dead Celestial avatar's head was used as a mining colony before it became the space colony known as Knowhere (the home of the Collector), though it would later be destroyed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.

In the 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, another Celestial named Ego appeared, revealing himself to be the biological father of Star-Lord. This may imply that Star-Lord is a Celestial hybrid, explaining how he was able to briefly control the power of the Infinity Stone in order to destroy Ronan in the first film. However, Star-Lord soon learned that Ego himself intends to remake the universe in his own image by destroying all existence and that he was responsible for the death of Star-Lord's mother by implanting a brain tumor in her. Fortunately, Star-Lord and the Guardians foiled Ego's plot by destroying Ego's core with a bomb made out of Sovereign Annulux batteries.

In Eternals, it is revealed that the Celestials were responsible for maintaining the cycle of energy that keeps the universe "alive". Arishem had existed prior to the Big Bang, when he created the first Sun. For more Celestials to spawn, entire planets filled of intelligent lifeforms would have to be destroyed in the process named "the Emergence", which requires a population quota to be reached after Arishem had planted a Celestial seed in a planet's core. He engineered the Eternals to help these civilizations advance and protect them from the Deviants, which were also one of his creations. But when a group of five Eternals empathetic towards humanity prevented the Emergence of Tiamut from taking place on Earth, Arishem abducted them for a final judgement on mankind. Jemiah, Hargen and Nezarr also appear briefly in flashbacks.

In Thor: Love and Thunder, two Celestials are seen guarding Omnipotence City as Thor, Jane Foster, Korg and Valkyrie go in.

In What If...?, an alternate Ego approaches Peter Quill and greets him. Ego tries to steal his power from him but T'Challa comes to his rescue and attaches a bomb to Ego, blowing him up.

In another episode, Ego is seen being killed by Infinity Ultron who presumably killed all the other Celestials of that universe as well.

Known Celestials[]

Hybrids[]

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Thunderbolt Ross | Abomination | Kathleen Sparr

Hammer Industries
Justin Hammer | Jack | Hammer Drones

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Adolf Hitler | Roeder | Hutter | Schneider

Dark Elves
Malekith the Accursed | Kurse

Marauders
Duhg | Kronan Marauder

Inhuman Afterlife
Jiaying | Gordon | Calvin Zabo | Raina | Alisha Whitley

Red Room
General Dreykov | Taskmaster | Madame B | Dottie Underwood | Black Widows

IGH
Karl Malus | Miklos Kozlov | Leslie Hansen

Stokes Crime Family
Cottonmouth | Black Mariah | Shades

Maggia
Joseph Manfredi

Zealots
Kaecilius | Lucian Aster

Celestials
Arishem the Judge | Eson the Searcher | Ego the Living Planet | Tiamut the Communicator

Department of Damage Control
Anne Marie Hoag | P. Cleary | Sadie Deever |

Bestman Salvage
Vulture | Tinkerer | Jackson Brice | Shocker | Randy Vale

Berserker Army
Hela Odinsdottir | The Executioner | Fenris Wolf

Sakaaran Guards
The Grandmaster | Topaz | Sakaaran Mercenaries

Fire Demons
Surtur | Fire Dragon

Sambisan Militants
Sambisan Captain

Roxxon Corporation
Peter Scarborough | Terrors

Sarge's Squad
Sarge | Snowflake | Jaco | Pax

Sonny Burch's Gang
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The Coven
Morgan le Fay | Cassandra | Bronwyn

LAF
Batroc the Leaper | Ferdinand Lopez | Gerald Durand | Louie

Soul Eaters
Dweller-In-Darkness

Eternals
Ikaris | Sprite

Deviants
Kro | Enkidu

Disciples of Ammit
Arthur Harrow | Ammit

Clan Destine
Najma | Fariha | Aadam | Saleem

Intelligencia
Leader: Todd Phelps
Wrecking Crew: Bulldozer | Piledriver | Thunderball | Wrecker
Others: Ulysses Klaue | Josh Miller

Talokanil Armed Forces
Namor | Attuma | Namora

Kang's Empire
Kang the Conqueror | Lord Krylar | Quantumnauts

Council of Kangs
Immortus | Rama-Tut | Scarlet Centurion | Mister Gryphon

Salem Seven
Vertigo

Earth-96283
Green Goblin | Doctor Octopus and his tentacles | Sandman

Earth-120703
Lizard | Electro

Earth-29929
Infinity Ultron | Arnim Zola

Earth-10005
Deadpool | Dopinder

Doctor Strange's variants
Strange Supreme | Sinister Strange

Ego's variants
Ego the Living Planet (T'Challa Star-Lord) | Ego (What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?)

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