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In case you are wondering, Skeletor secretly being He-Man’s uncle is not an original idea created by the writers of  Masters of the Universe: Revolution. One of the last minicomics made for the original line of action figures strongly hinted that Skeletor could be the long-lost brother of He-Man’s father, King Randor. Later, the 2002 reboot He-Man and the Masters of the Universe made this idea canon, revealing Keldor as Randor’s brother, a man disfigured by acid after an unsuccessful attack on the king. 

After getting disfigured, Keldor’s life is saved by Hordak, but this salvation comes at the cost of Skeletor becoming a servant to the other villain. Later lore provided by the Masters of the Universe Classic figures clarified that Keldor had blue skin because he was Randor’s half-brother, with his mother being a member of the Gar race. Those toys also tried to reconcile old lore and new lore by having Hordak explicitly drive Keldor insane when transforming him into Skeletor, which conveniently explains why the bony bad guy had no idea he was He-Man’s uncle in the original show.