Lowbacca (Jedi Renaissance)

"You're the one I've never doubted, your path has never veered from the light, and you've shown that it never will."

- Mavra Zane, Temple Master of Padawan Kesh.

Lowbacca, a name meaning "dutiful friend" in Shyriiwook or "Lowie" was a male Wookiee Jedi Knight who served the Jedi Order during the Golden Age of the Jedi. He was the nephew of famed Wookiee pilot Chewbacca and was considered one of the most able Jedi of his class. Lowbacca would go on to achieve many honorary titles and finally bring peace to the Trandoshan-Wookiee conflict which had plagued their homesystem for generations.

Early life
Lowbacca was born to Kallabow and Mahraccor, with his mother Kallabow being the sister of the famous Republic hero Chewbacca. Upon his birth, Lowbacca was discovered to be Force-sensitive and was gladly turned over to the Jedi Order for training, as the Jedi were highly respected among Wookiee tribes and having a child join their ranks was a great honor and privilege. While growing up on Ossus within the Grand Academy, Lowbacca had had two passions: computer science and the study of Ossan plant life and forest-dwellers. The latter had prompted him to go alone beyond the sonar fence which surrounded the city of Knossa to catch a glimpse of the mysterious shadow creature which drifted through the world's forests.

Being a Wookiee, Lowbacca was a rarity among Jedi, as Force-sensitives were even less common among Wookiees than among other species with only a few dozen born each century. To this end, Lowbacca felt he owed it to the galaxy and his people to be an exemplar of Wookiee and Jedi ingenuity and prevail in his studies.