" Baby Ludi " custody case After a destructive groundquake destroyed the planet Ord Thoden ' s capital city of Domitree in 23 BBY , a crew of Jedi rescue workers found an infant Force - sensitive girl named Ludi Billane alive in the wreckage and took her to Coruscant for training . When the girl ' s mother , Jonava Billane , was discovered alive a month later , a highly - publicized custody case began as Billane attempted to get her daughter back from the Jedi Order . Backed by the Jedi watchdog group known as the People ' s Inquest , Billane ' s efforts generated a large amount of media attention and public sympathy , although her formal petition for her daughter ' s return was rejected by the Jedi Council , who said it was too dangerous to let her go after her mind had been opened to the Force . After a tearful appearance on the popular Eriadu talk show " Essence " attracted billions of viewers , Billane ' s case caused even more popular furor , including constant protests by the People ' s Inquest and even a brief , aborted storming of the Jedi Temple by local students . However , the Jedi Council stayed silent , and in 22 BBY " Baby Ludi " — whom the Jedi had renamed Aris - Del Wari — was moved to a Jedi Training Center on Kamparas . Jonava Billane and People ' s Inquest leader Thrynka Padaunete were busy working on a holofeature on the " Baby Ludi " story at the time , and had no response . Prelude . In 23 BBY , a groundquake devastated the city of Domitree , the capital of the Outer Rim world of Ord Thoden . When combing the ruins , a team of Jedi rescue workers found a infant girl alive in the wreckage of Domitree , and sensed within the child Force potential . With no one around to identify her and her parents missing and presumed dead , the Jedi took her into custody , named her Aris - Del Wari and began the early stages of training her as a Jedi . However , although the Jedi did not know it at the time , the child ' s mother — Jonava Billane — was in fact alive , and was discovered one month later convalescing in a town on the outskirts of Domitree . Billane learned that her daughter , originally named Ludi Billane , had been taken by the Jedi , and determined to regain custody of the girl , spent what meager funds she had to travel from Ord Thoden to Coruscant and begin a campaign to get her daughter back . The case . With absolutely zero precedent for a custody case of this nature , the dispute between Billane and the Jedi Order — which earned a large amount of media coverage and was popularly termed the " Baby Ludi " case — proved particularly vexing to the Republic Judiciary . Backed by the independent grassroots Jedi watch - group known as the People ' s Inquest , Billane and her pleas received a popular following , and eventually Senator Boganni Hrul , who represented Ord Thoden in the Galactic Senate , delivered a formal petition to the Jedi Council for the return of " Baby Ludi " to her mother . Three weeks later , the Council took an uncharacteristic step of addressing the matter publicly . Through a representative , Jedi Master Coleman Trebor , the Jedi Council refused to return Ludi to her mother , saying that the child had already had her mind opened to the Force and that returning her to Jonava Billane would be dangerous for all involved . The statement met with immediate response from Billane , who held a press conference on the steps of the Jedi Temple and vowed to continue her fight . Over the coming months , the matter continued to receive large amounts of popular attention . Billane ' s cause was supported a Mothers United March on the planet Alsakan and a mediathon in the Minos Cluster that featured a number of celebrity appearances . On top of that , the holofilm studio Kailio Entertainments procured a deal estimated to be worth over one million credits to make a full - length picture on the " Baby Ludi " story , with H ' drachi director Ch ' been attached to the project and Kailio contract star Harissa Shoti rumored to portray Billane . Two months after the Council refused her petition , < ref name = " motherslove " Billane was invited to appear on the popular Eriadu talk show " Essence " , for an hour - long feature that bumped a scheduled appearance by Senate Vice Chair Mas Amedda . Over 25 billion viewers watched the episode , where Billane broke down into tears four times while breathlessly pleading for her daughter ' s return . The program also featured an appearance by People ' s Inquest leader Thrynka Padaunete , who had taken on a role as Billane ' s appearance manager — the People ' s Inquest , who had members camped outside the Jedi Temple for months , took a portion of the proceeds from sales of the program . The uproar around the case eventually led to vigorous protest activity by local students . After the Jedi Council refused to return " Baby Ludi , " student activists at the University of Coruscant overloaded the school ' s datanet hubs with trillions of pictures of the child , filling the hubs completely and overwriting any files stored by students . Shortly after Billane ' s appearance on " Essence " , a group of 20 university students wielding graffiti - bomb s attempted to break into the Jedi Temple , defacing the lobby and pushing into the Second Atrium until Jedi Masters Ki - Adi - Mundi and Plo Koon managed to pacify them with a Jedi mind trick . Afterwards , the unruly group was arrested and taken away by Judicial officials . Aftermath . Throughout the process , the Jedi Council steadfastly refused to budge on the matter , and late one night in 22 BBY the Jedi Order quietly moved the then - 14 - month - old " Baby Ludi " , along with a class of 19 other students , to a training center on Kamparas . Although Billane and Padaunete were busy reviewing casting auditions for the Baby Ludi holofeature on Kassido , acting People ' s Inquest leader Firris Palbert took the opportunity to further stir anti - Jedi sentiment and suggest that members should continue the protest on Kamparas . Although the Jedi Council once again refused comment , the Republic Judiciary stated that the transfer was a standard part of Jedi training and rejected the idea that it was related to any external pressure . Participants . Jonava Billane . A native of the Outer Rim world of Ord Thoden , Jonava Billane was thrust from obscurity into the galactic spotlight after surviving a destructive groundquake in her home city of Domitree . After spending a month convalescing in an outskirt town , Billane resurfaced and spent what meager funds she had at her disposal to travel to Coruscant and begin a campaign to get her daughter back from the custody of the Jedi Order . Billane ' s tale inspired a wide amount of sympathy and intense media coverage , and her formal petition to the Jedi Council was personally delivered by Ord Thoden ' s Senator , Boganni Hrul . Her explosive , widely watched appearance on the Eriadu talk show " Essence " attracted even more eyeballs to her plight , and inspired further protests . In the later stages of the custody case , Billane was more concerned by handling the upcoming holofilm on the " Baby Ludi " case than the case itself , and was busy reviewing casting auditions when her daughter was removed from Coruscant to Kamparas . Thrynka Padaunete . The founder and leader of the Jedi watch - group known as the People ' s Inquest , Thrynka Padaunete immediately co - opted the " Baby Ludi " case as one of the champion causes of her movement . Vocal in her belief that the Jedi Order was a corrupt cult , Padaunete quickly became attached to Billane and prompted a number of Inquest members to set up a months - long protest outside the Jedi Temple . As the case attracted more and more publicity , Padaunete moved away from her role with the People ' s Inquest , eventually becoming Billane ' s agent and spokeswoman . Padaunete eventually became intimately involved in the production of the Baby Ludi holofeature , and was replaced as acting leader of the Inquest by Firris Palbert . Ludi Billane / Aris - Del Wari . Discovered in the ruins of the city of Domitree on Ord Thoden , Ludi Billane was found by Jedi rescue workers completely alone and with her parents missing and presumed dead . The Jedi quickly noticed her Force potential — while standard procedure required parental consent before taking a child for training , Billane ' s status as an apparent orphan prompted the Jedi to take her to Coruscant , name her Aris - Del Wari and begin her initiation into the Jedi Order . While her custody case became a hot - button topic , " Baby Ludi " remained at the Jedi Temple , eventually being grouped into a clan of 20 young apprentices that were taken to continue their training on Kamparas . Behind the scenes . The " Baby Ludi " custody case appeared in several HoloNet News postings , created to promote the release of in 2002 . In his original pitch for the HoloNet News website , author Pablo Hidalgo called the " Baby Ludi " story a trivial one that the media would latch on to in the face of the impending Separatist Crisis . He compared the fixation on the story to the real - life examples of , , and .