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| - His mother, Alleya Mandata, was at one time a Jedi Padawan but after failing her trials she went to live her life out on her home planet of Corellia. Jacen’s father, Marek Vandaar, had inherited his wealth from his own parents and when he saw the young Alleya Mandata he knew she would be his wife. Soon after the two had been married Jacen was born. As young child Jacen lived in the lap of luxury, his parents would spoil him, giving him whatever he wanted. Despite the luxurious upbringing and getting whatever he desired Jacen was a humble child who always cared about other people and not about his own personal needs. It was this characteristic that made the young Jedi Knight Alisia Varute ask his mother to take the child to the temple on Coruscant as he was Force sensitive. Alleya, having failed her own trials to become a Jedi Knight resented Alisia Varute and would not allow her son to be taken to the Jedi temple on Coruscant. The young Jedi Knight left Corellia disappointed but planned to come back in a couple of months when her Jedi duties were not pulling her elsewhere. This however caused a rift between Alleya and her husband Marek. Marek had always known his child was to do great things outside of the business world however his wife was determined not to let him become a Jedi. Several months later the Jedi Knight Alisia Varute returned to find that Marek had been murdered. The CSF did not know who exactly the culprit was however they did have a few leads. The primary suspect was Alleya herself but nothing could be proven. In an act of desperation to help Jacen handle the loss of his father, she would sneak into the house while Alleya was handling business and comfort the child. It didn’t take long for Alleya to catch on to what the Jedi Knight was doing and so had she took the time to set a trap for her. The woman left the building but kept spy cams set up around the house waiting for the Jedi to enter. When she did so Alleya and a band of mercenaries entered the household and tried to make the young Jedi Knight leave. Alisia Varute refused to take the order of the woman and fought until all of the mercenaries were dead and only Alleya and herself remained standing. Jacen had sneaked into the living room to see all the commotion and caught his mother admitting to killing her husband with her dying breath. A child so young and pure had been tainted by the hatred of his mother towards the Jedi. Alisia Varute did her best to comfort the child however he had remained a recluse for quite some time afterwards. Finally the young Jacen Vandaar agreed to go to the Jedi temple on Coruscant for testing. It did not take long for him to become a youngling within the order. After about a year of being on Coruscant Jacen still had not opened up to any of the masters or his peers. He remained to be the reclusive child whose parents had both been killed. However it was the Jedi Knight Alisia Varute whom opened his eyes once more. She had told the child that to be one with the Force he had to allow himself to be open with others, for only through acceptance of what had happened to him could he learn to be a whole person again. It was this acceptance of what had happened to him and his determination to never allow it to happen to another person ever again that allowed him to open up to people. He soon became a well known youngling amongst the trainers at the temple. Several Jedi Knights had set their sights on making him their apprentice however it was Jacen’s decision that he would be trained by Alisia Varute.
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