Jak ( Coruscanti ) Jak was a male individual who lived with his father , Rorak , on the planet Coruscant during the Galactic Civil War . His father raised him to believe that , one day , the Galactic Empire would fall and the galaxy would be a better place . Jak was present in Monument Plaza with his father when Coruscanti citizens toppled a statue of the Emperor , Darth Sidious , and Imperial forces rushed in to maintain order . Jak was confused , believing that the war had come to an end , but Rorak told him that the real battle had only just begun . During the Coruscant civil war , Jak joined a group of rebellious youngsters known as the Anklebiter Brigade . Biography . Jak and his father Rorak lived on the galactic capital Coruscant during the Age of the Empire . He was twelve years old at the time of the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY . After news of Emperor Sheev Palpatine ' s death reached Coruscant , Jak and Rorak were part of a crowd that gathered at Monument Plaza to pull down a statue of the Emperor . The crowd came under attack from several Coruscant Security Force officer s on police speeders . A riot ensued and the rioters hurled pieces of the statue at police officers . Shocked by the riot , Jak told his father that he thought the battle was over and the Galactic Empire ' s end had come . Rorak , who had lived through the Clone Wars , disagreed and told his son that the battle had just started . The two embraced each other and Rorak handed his son a rock . Jak and his father took part in the riot but were forced to flee by the Imperial security forces . Rorak was killed by Commander Orkin Kaw and Jak joined a group of young resistance fighters known as the Anklebiter Brigade . During the Coruscant civil war , the now thirteen year - old Jak gained an audience with the Iktotchi crime lord Talvee Chawin after rescuing his woman , Lazula from police custody . He traveled to the seedy Level 1313 of the Coruscant underworld where Chawin offered the adolescent a birthday present but warned that it came with a " price tag . " In return for obtaining an EMP to disable the power grid in CoCo Town , Jak agreed to join his gang . Jak planned to take advantage of the blackout to exact revenge on his father ' s killer , Orkin Kaw . Personality and traits . Jak was a human male child at the time of the Galactic Civil War . He would spend his formative years listening to his father ' s tales of the Clone Wars , a pan - galactic conflict that preceded the war between the Empire and the Rebellion . Jak was deeply affected by the death of his father , having lost the only family he had . Like his father , Jak disliked both the Emperor and the Empire ; when news of the Rebel victory at Endor reached his homeworld , Jak celebrated Palpatine ' s death in the streets of Galactic City . Embittered by his father ' s death during the riots , Jak began actively opposing the Empire as a member of the Anklebiter Brigade . He also sought vengeance against Orkin Kaw , the Imperial officer who killed his father . Behind the scenes . Jak is a minor point - of - view character who appeared in two interlude chapters on Coruscant in Chuck Wendig ' s 2015 novel " Aftermath " .