T1-LB, nicknamed "Elbee" by Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick, was a one of the LB-series bulk-loading droids in service for the Jedi Academy on the planet Taris in the year 3964 BBY. However, the droid's routine service took a drastic turn when the five Jedi Masters stationed at the academy orchestrated the murder of their own Jedi Padawans and T1-LB became a witness to their plot. The Jedi Masters were members of the Jedi Covenant, a clandestine organization within the Jedi Order, and decided to attack their five Padawans in order to fulfill the Covenant’s commitment to prevent to rise of the Sith. However, by a stroke of luck, Zayne Carrick, one of the five Padawans, escaped the attack. Thus the Jedi Masters pinned blame for the crime on him and organized a hunt-down for the fugitive to finish