Are Celestials the oldest?

The Celestials are the oldest race in the universe. Entities with vast matter and energy manipulation abilities, they were present long before the dawn of creation and were responsible for the Big Bang and for bringing planets and lifeforms into existence throughout the cosmos.
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Are Celestials older than the universe?

10 The Celestials Are Some Of The Universe's Oldest Beings

The Celestials are unknowably old. They're some of the smartest beings to ever exist and have crisscrossed the universe for untold eons.
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Are elders older than Celestials?

They are some of the oldest living beings in the universe. Each of the Elders is the last survivor of their respective species, most of which evolved right after the "Big Bang", the cataclysmic event in which the universe was created. Their respective species were the earliest creations of the Celestials.
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Are Celestials older than Eternals?

However, it is made clear that this first meeting between the factions takes place in the aftermath of the Avengers' defeat at the hands of the Celestial First Host. This seems to confirm that the Asgardian race is not just older than Eternals, but probably eons older.
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Are Celestials older than Infinity Stones?

The Celestials Existed Before The Infinity Stones

They have been described as the first form of existence in the universe, and as such, they already existed before the Big Bang and the six singularities, which made way for the Infinity Stones.
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Can Odin beat a Celestial?

The Stone Age Avengers, led by Odin, were successful in defeating and burying the Mad Celestial when it arrived on Earth over a million years ago. Much later, Odin and his Greek counterpart Zeus attempted to stop the Third and fourth Hosts on Earth, but were easily outmatched.
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Who is older the Watchers or Celestials?

The Celestials. They existed in the first universe, which predated every other multiverse.
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Who was the first Celestial?

The Blue Celestial: The first Celestial with a documented birth. Callus the Void: One of the Celestials turned into a Dark Celestial. Celestial Destructor: A member of the Aspirants, he was sent by the First Firmament to cause as much damage to Eternity as possible.
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How old are the Celestials?

In the comics, the Celestials visited Earth 100,000,000 years ago, and their experiments on humanity are responsible for the creation of the X-gene - a dormant gene that would one day trigger the birth of mutants in the human race (i.e. the X-Men).
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Is Star Lord a Celestial?

Portrayed by. Peter Jason Quill is a Celestial-Human hybrid who was abducted from Earth in 1988 by the Yondu Ravager Clan, and raised as one of their members, eventually building a reputation as the notorious intergalactic outlaw Star-Lord.
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Who came first dark elves or Celestials?

Technology and Weapons

Being the oldest known race (predating the universe itself), Dark Elf technology was very advanced, surpassing even the Asgardians'. They possessed massive, black, T-shaped spaceships with red lights that could travel between the Nine Realms.
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Who are the 5 elders in Marvel?

The plan, however, is thwarted by Galactus' Heralds the Silver Surfer and Nova. Galactus captures and consumes five of the Elders (Champion, Collector, Gardener, Grandmaster and Runner), but three other Elders (Astronomer, Possessor and Trader) are sucked into a black hole and pass through it into a mystical universe.
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Is Ego an elder?

15 Ego the Living Planet

This one is extremely tricky, because by most accounts, Ego the Living Planet really doesn't count as a member of the Elders of the Universe.
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What came before the Celestials?

That species of cosmic mutants then evolved a step beyond mutants, becoming the Celestials. One of those, Xodus the Harvester, thought that mutants from other worlds would eventually rise to replace his kind.
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Is Star Lord's dad a Celestial?

Ego was a Celestial, a primordial and powerful being, and the biological father of Peter Quill.
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What is more powerful than a Celestial?

Marvel's Celestials, last seen in the MCU's Eternals, are phenomenally powerful - but just one Beyonder could crush all of them easily.
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Did a Celestial destroy Titan?

On the surface, the theory has strong legs, but the reality is that the planet destroyed by the Celestial came long before the destruction of Titan. According to a timeline presented by Marvel, the recorded history of the Power Stone begins with the Celestial's use of it.
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Is Odin a Celestial?

According to Redditor u/PorchCouchLawyer, the Allfather himself Odin Borson (Anthony Hopkins) is a Celestial within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The theory suggests Odin's "eternal flame," as mentioned by Ego, was actually Asgard, for which he used his powers to form the realm and its people.
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Who is older than the Eternals?

The Asgardians

The Asgardians are the oldest beings in the Marvel Universe. Some Asgardians are almost a thousand years old while some more powerful ones have been there since a million years. The All-father Odin even once led the Avengers in 1,00,000 BC alongside Ghost Rider.
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Why do Celestials need to be born?

They see the universe as a constant exchange of energy and they hold themselves responsible for keeping it going. The birth of a Celestial means the destruction of an intelligent civilization, though in the grander scale of things the civilization's sacrifice means more life will evolve.
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Can the Celestials talk?

Although the movie is changing Ajak from male to female for her on-screen adaptation from the comics, this character's unique ability to speak to the Celestials comes from decades of Marvel Comics, so much so that the character is referred to as "He Who Talks To Celestials" by his counterparts.
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Are the Watchers Multiversal?

The Watchers are one of the oldest species in the multiverse and are committed to observing and compiling knowledge on all aspects of the universe.
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Are the Watchers stronger than Celestials?

Both are more powerful than the MCU's heroes, but are still considerably weaker than the Celestials. So for now, Uatu the Watcher may stand on his own as the only known character in the MCU who could have the odds in his favor in a no-holds-barred fight with one of Eternals' Celestials.
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