Editing Killiks (section)

==History==
The Killiks were an ancient species in the Pre-Republic era who originated from their spawnworld of [[Alderaan]]. They were known to have shared the galaxy in these early times with numerous other races such as the [[Celestials]], [[Gree]], [[Kwa]], [[Sharu]], [[Columi]], [[Taung]] and [[Human]]. These original insectoid inhabitants of Alderaan spread across their planet and enter neighboring star systems millennia before the foundation of the Republic. Prior to 35,000 BBY, a spectacularly powerful Celestials were dominant in the galaxy and conscripted the insectoid Killiks as laborers and exploited them in this role.[6] A period that was dormant in the Killik's hive memory was of the Great Migration where their species departed their homeworld and spread into the stars whilst the remaining remained on [[Oroboro]]. Killik slave-laborers were seeded up and down the Perlemian during this time. The Architects namely the Son and Daughter were known to had directed the hives and providing them the knowledge to build wonders such as the World Puller, Still Curtain and the Chasm of Forever. It was believed that they had a hand in the construction of [[Centerpoint Station]] which they called Qolaraloq and witnessed the birth of other Celestial wonders such as the Maw black-hole cluster along with the [[Vultar system]]. The Thuruht hive was noted to had known the reason for the formation of the [[Corellian system]] which they referred to as the Five Rocks. Killiks were believed to had held some unknown tie to the Vulagool race who hated and feared the insectoid aliens. Researchers believed that these creatures were perhaps brought to [[Alderaan]] millennia ago by the Killiks and driven to the brink of extinction when they were forced to work on the hive mounds. Others, however, claimed that the Vulagool were descendants of Killik Joiners that were mutated and later forced from the nests.
 
According to the Killiks, an unspecified act by the Kind had led to the Celestials anger and in response they emptied Oroboro of their number. Killik slaves were also present and involved in the construction of [[Sinkhole Station]] with the Thuruht hive being responsible for the imprisonment of the entity known as [[Abeloth]]. By 30,000 BBY, the Celestials influence had waned which allowed the upstart [[Rakata]] to rise into power. During this time, an incursion by Killiks engulfed the planet Korriban but was driven off by the native Sith. By this point, the Killiks vanished from the known galaxy and were relocated to the [[Unknown Region]] which was an act presumbed to be attributed to the Celestials. With the absence of the Celestials, the Killiks had abandoned the civilized galaxy where they left nothing behind but their hive mounds on Alderaan along with similar such structures on nearby [[Alsakan]]. A theory made by [[Luke Skywalker]] claimed that around this era the Killiks had devoured all the resources of their homeworld of [[Oroboro]]. Afterwards, they attempted to lay claim to other planets that did belong to them. As a result, the Celestials intervened and drove the Killiks into the [[Unknown Region]]. According to a [[Shistavanen]] legend, sometime during this period a Killik Sith Lord lived in exile on the planet [[Sarafur]] after being driven off of [[Alsakan]].

When Human colonists discovered [[Alderaan]] in 27,500 BBY, all they discovered were the empty spires of the long vanished species that once inhabited the world. By this point, the Killiks had long migrated into deep space for unknown reasons. The only evidence of their existence were the empty hive mounds. The colonists arrival on [[Alderaan]] discovered a verdant world that was abandoned by this insect species. All trace of this long-vanished alien race was the dirt mounds in the [[Castle Lands]]. These empty constructions would ignite the imaginations of artists who created famed works of art that was inspired by the lost Killiks which included the moss painting known as Killik Twilight. It was discovered that each successive generation of Killiks showed degrading levels of technological sophistication. Thus, it seemed that the Alderaanian Killiks had lost their ability to function together as a hive organism with their society descending into chaos. The Alderaanian colonists in turn came to a world that was littered with the debris of the Killik civilization. The pre-Alderaanian colonization history of the planet remained lost except within the hive mind of the insectoid Killiks. Meanwhile, Killik Colony that had departed into deep space sought out a new homeworld for themselves but were unable to find a suitable planet. This led to the lost kin separating into a thousand nests that went their different paths. These departed Killik nests retreated into the Unknown Regions where they remained on a handful of isolated planets for thirty millennia.