Emily's parents, Mary Jane and John Allis, were poor farmers on Korriban. They were unable to afford an education program for Emily, so at the age of four she was sold to Twi'lek pirate smugglers who took her to Ryloth. Here she was enslaved for five years until Jedi Master, Mace Windu, found her in a dump yard, scavenging the dump for food. After seeing that the child was Force-sensitive, Windu took Emily back to Coruscant to be trained in the Jedi Arts.