Asguardians

The Asguardians are a race of humanoids native to the planet Asguard in And 13, a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy. They had incredible physical strength and endurance, and most of them could wield the powers of the Living Force. They also could live over 10,000 years. Aguardians worshipped either the Light Side or the Dark Side of the Living Force. Superficially, there resemble Humans.

Their starships used to be equipped with Force-drive, but now are powered by Hyperdrive.

Asguardians as far back as 30,000 years ago established colonies in the Andromeda and Milky Way Galaxys and their satellite galaxies and in the Triangulum Galaxy, and in the Triangulum Galaxy the Asgurdians may have influenced the development of the Jedi and the Sith orders. By 15,000 years ago, Asguardians retreated back to the And 13 galaxy thanks to pressure from rising governments and races like the Galactic Republic, the Inhumans, the Kree, the Heralds of Galactus, the Skrulls, the Shi'ar, and the Mandalorians.

The Asguardians fought against the Dire Wraiths, and cooperated with the Shi'ar and the Skrulls in killing the Dire Wraiths off, but after that the Asguardians mostly wanted to be politically neutral regarding such factions as the Shi'ar Empire, the Skrull Empire, the Kree Empire, the Galactic Republic, the Jedi, the Sith, the Mandalorians, and the Hutts.

30 years ago, the Shi'ar Empire reached an agreement with the Aesir and Vanir kingdoms on Asguard in which the Empire would respect the political independence of that particular planet in return for individual Asguardians serving the Imperial regime as mercenaries. This policy has continued under the Intergalactic Empire.

Asguardian mercenaries served in the Clone Wars, and later fought for the Empire against Mandalorians and the Rebel Alliance.