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