Kennan Taanzer Kennan Taanzer was a male Human Jedi Initiate within the Jedi Order during the time of the Clone Wars . Escaping the initial destruction of the Order during the early days of the Galactic Empire , Taanzer was taken under the care of Jedi Master K ' Kruhk and Padawan Chase Piru as they fled the wrath of the Empire . After finding refuge on the planet of Arkinnea , Taanzer survived the formative years of the Empire and grew into a young man under the tutelage of K ' Kruhk , Piru , and Zao . Biography . Battle of Nadiem . A Force - sensitive Human born to a family on Nadiem during the Clone Wars , Taanzer ' s father was killed during an attack on his homeworld by the Confederacy of Independent Systems After the family home was destroyed , Taanzer ' s mother , Crys Taanzer , attempted to flee with her son to the Galactic Republic ' s evacuation ships . Realizing that the probability of getting onto a ship was slim due to overcrowding , Taanzer ' s mother appealed to a visiting Jedi healer . The Ho ' Din Jedi treated the boy ' s injuries and was impressed by how calm he was , which caused him to have his Padawan test Taanzer ' s blood , which revealed his Force - sensitivity . The Jedi offered to designate young Taanzer for priority evacuation , if his mother agreed to give him over to the Order , assuring her that her son would reach safety at the Coruscant Jedi Temple within two days . She agreed , and Taanzer was shipped off to begin training in the ways of the Force . His mother , Crys Taanzer , would later regret her decision after Order 66 , believing that she had guaranteed her son ' s death . Dark Times . Although his mother thought him to be dead at the Coruscant Temple , Taanzer had actually been transferred from Coruscant sometime before the end of the war . Assigned to the Hawkbat Clan upon joining the Order , Taanzer and his fellow Initiates joined their minder Jedi Master Du Mahn at the Order ' s training facility on Bogden 3 , awaiting a transport back to the Temple which had been delayed due to the battle there . When Masters K ' Kruhk and Sian Jeisel arrived with their clone troopers , Mahn ordered the Initiates to assist her Padawan Chase Piru in preparing a feast for the war - weary Jedi and their soldiers . In the hours after dining , the clone troopers received Order 66 from Coruscant which called for the execution of all Jedi . Opening fire within the training facility , several of Taanzer ' s unarmed peers were killed as their masters defended them , but K ' Kruhk and Piru ultimately escaped with half a dozen Initiates to parts unknown . Two months afterwards , Taanzer was living with the group of younglings in exile under the tutelage of K ' Kruhk on an unnamed moon . Taanzer was present when the pirate Lumbra and his men came to the youngling ' s camp . When they noticed that their damaged ship had a piece that they needed , Lumbra proceeded to take it . As he approached the ship , Taanzer ' s peer Seddwia jumped at him saying that it was their ship and to leave it alone . Lumbra grabbed Seddwia by the arm and pulled her away , starting a conflict . Chase Piru jumped to her rescue , but was shot and believed dead . When Lumbra realized they were Jedi Initiates , they were chained up and on their way to be turned into the Galactic Empire . It was only the timely intervention of K ' Kruhk and Piru that saved Taanzer ' s life and that of the other children at the expense of Lumbra and his men . Meanwhile , halfway across the galaxy , Taanzer ' s mother fell victim to the Rakghoul plague , ensuring that she would never know that her son was alive . On the run . Following the attack on their camp , K ' Kruhk ordered that the Jedi move from their unknown world to find more information about what had happened to the Order and the Republic . With Taanzer and the other younglings in tow , K ' Kruhk piloted the group to the refuge camps on Arkinnea where they were promised a place in the resettled areas in the north . On their first night in the camps , the younglings were visited by Jedi Master Zao , who warned K ' Kruhk that the group would have to flee immediately due to some unseen horror which awaited those who stayed .