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Skeletor
Keldor, also known as Skeletor, (/ˈskɛlətɔːr/) is a supervillain and the main antagonist of the Masters of the Universe franchise created by Mattel, serving as the archenemy of his nephew He-Man and usually depicted as a skull-faced, blue-skinned sorcerer. In the franchise's storyline, Skeletor seeks to discover the secrets of Castle Grayskull, which he believes will allow him to conquer the planet of Eternia and the universe, and become the titular Master of the Universe.
The first minicomics that accompanied the 1981–1983 line of Masters of the Universe toys presented the earliest version of continuity, which had several differences from the continuity of the Filmation cartoon and the minicomics that complemented it. He-Man was depicted as the champion of a tribe of stone-age jungle-dwellers, and there was no royal court of Eternia, King Randor, Queen Marlena, or Prince Adam.
Skeletor was originally an inhabitant of another dimension until he was transported to Eternia during "The Great Wars" when a hole opened in the dimensional wall, and seeks to reopen the rift so that his race can invade and conquer Eternia. To do so, he seeks the powers of Castle Grayskull, a fortress in Eternia said to contain great powers. Along the way, Skeletor becomes smitten with the Goddess (a prototype for Teela), and seeks to make her his bride to help him in his conquest plans.
In the 1980s series, Skeletor is a former pupil of Hordak, high-ranking commander of the Evil Horde. When Hordak invaded Eternia and kidnapped the baby Princess Adora from the palace, Man-At-Arms and the Royal Guard captured his apprentice, Skeletor, and forced him to divulge the whereabouts of his master, who had retreated to his base of operations, Snake Mountain. After being cornered, Hordak escaped to Etheria with Adora through a dimensional portal. Skeletor, left behind by Hordak, set about raising an army of minions of his own, becoming ruler of Snake Mountain. He seeks to conquer the fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers, and conquer Eternia and the universe. His other goal is to take revenge on Hordak and overthrow Horde Prime in his bid to conquer the universe. Despite this, his plans are often foiled by He-Man or She-Ra, as well as the incompetence of his minions and of himself.
In addition to the main series, he appeared in the spin-off series She-Ra: Princess of Power, the theatrical film He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword, and the primetime Christmas special He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special. In these appearances, he is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer.
In the 1986 minicomic "The Search for Keldor", Skeletor is implied to be Keldor, King Randor's long-lost brother, as he attempts to stop Prince Adam and Randor from searching for Keldor. According to King Randor, Keldor disappeared years ago after, in his pursuit to master magic, an experiment went wrong and transported him to another dimension. In order to uncover what happened to Keldor, Randor and the Sorceress attempt to look through a space-time rift that opens once a year.
However, because the original toyline ended before the story could be resolved, this has not been confirmed. Steven Grant, the writer-for-hire of the minicomic, stated in a he-man.org interview that "As far as I remember, Keldor was Skeletor… But, I don't think that was ever going to be revealed… I seem to remember it as one of those things Mattel came up with out of the blue… Slur Keldor and you end up with Skeletor… His back-story wasn't really worked out. Some sort of evil cosmic energies altered him. I think they were going for a Darth Vader thing, but it was a tack-on… The main idea was that if they found out Skeletor was Keldor, they'd be able to find out what had changed him and might find some way to reverse it."
In the Masters of the Universe Classics toyline, he is Randor's half-brother, whose mother was a member of the Gar race, and was ousted from the royal castle due to his Gar heritage. While roaming Eternia in search of knowledge, he learned the Dark Arts from Hordak and sought to unite Eternia by ruling it himself. After battling Randor and losing, he turned to his mentor, Hordak, to survive and was merged with an entity known as the Demo-Man, becoming Skeletor.
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Skeletor
Keldor, also known as Skeletor, (/ˈskɛlətɔːr/) is a supervillain and the main antagonist of the Masters of the Universe franchise created by Mattel, serving as the archenemy of his nephew He-Man and usually depicted as a skull-faced, blue-skinned sorcerer. In the franchise's storyline, Skeletor seeks to discover the secrets of Castle Grayskull, which he believes will allow him to conquer the planet of Eternia and the universe, and become the titular Master of the Universe.
The first minicomics that accompanied the 1981–1983 line of Masters of the Universe toys presented the earliest version of continuity, which had several differences from the continuity of the Filmation cartoon and the minicomics that complemented it. He-Man was depicted as the champion of a tribe of stone-age jungle-dwellers, and there was no royal court of Eternia, King Randor, Queen Marlena, or Prince Adam.
Skeletor was originally an inhabitant of another dimension until he was transported to Eternia during "The Great Wars" when a hole opened in the dimensional wall, and seeks to reopen the rift so that his race can invade and conquer Eternia. To do so, he seeks the powers of Castle Grayskull, a fortress in Eternia said to contain great powers. Along the way, Skeletor becomes smitten with the Goddess (a prototype for Teela), and seeks to make her his bride to help him in his conquest plans.
In the 1980s series, Skeletor is a former pupil of Hordak, high-ranking commander of the Evil Horde. When Hordak invaded Eternia and kidnapped the baby Princess Adora from the palace, Man-At-Arms and the Royal Guard captured his apprentice, Skeletor, and forced him to divulge the whereabouts of his master, who had retreated to his base of operations, Snake Mountain. After being cornered, Hordak escaped to Etheria with Adora through a dimensional portal. Skeletor, left behind by Hordak, set about raising an army of minions of his own, becoming ruler of Snake Mountain. He seeks to conquer the fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers, and conquer Eternia and the universe. His other goal is to take revenge on Hordak and overthrow Horde Prime in his bid to conquer the universe. Despite this, his plans are often foiled by He-Man or She-Ra, as well as the incompetence of his minions and of himself.
In addition to the main series, he appeared in the spin-off series She-Ra: Princess of Power, the theatrical film He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword, and the primetime Christmas special He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special. In these appearances, he is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer.
In the 1986 minicomic "The Search for Keldor", Skeletor is implied to be Keldor, King Randor's long-lost brother, as he attempts to stop Prince Adam and Randor from searching for Keldor. According to King Randor, Keldor disappeared years ago after, in his pursuit to master magic, an experiment went wrong and transported him to another dimension. In order to uncover what happened to Keldor, Randor and the Sorceress attempt to look through a space-time rift that opens once a year.
However, because the original toyline ended before the story could be resolved, this has not been confirmed. Steven Grant, the writer-for-hire of the minicomic, stated in a he-man.org interview that "As far as I remember, Keldor was Skeletor… But, I don't think that was ever going to be revealed… I seem to remember it as one of those things Mattel came up with out of the blue… Slur Keldor and you end up with Skeletor… His back-story wasn't really worked out. Some sort of evil cosmic energies altered him. I think they were going for a Darth Vader thing, but it was a tack-on… The main idea was that if they found out Skeletor was Keldor, they'd be able to find out what had changed him and might find some way to reverse it."
In the Masters of the Universe Classics toyline, he is Randor's half-brother, whose mother was a member of the Gar race, and was ousted from the royal castle due to his Gar heritage. While roaming Eternia in search of knowledge, he learned the Dark Arts from Hordak and sought to unite Eternia by ruling it himself. After battling Randor and losing, he turned to his mentor, Hordak, to survive and was merged with an entity known as the Demo-Man, becoming Skeletor.