Kent Star was a Human Jedi Master born in 3,699 BBY on Coruscant and taken to the Jedi Temple within a year of being born. Eleven years later, Karbacca selected Kent to be his apprentice. Although Kent could not speak Shyriiwook, his master could understand and write in Basic as well as communicate telepathically. He eventually learned Shyriiwook as well as the other skills of the Jedi, working as a master-apprentice team for seven years. Then, when Star was eighteen years old—in 3,681 BBY—the Sith Empire attacked the Republic, starting the Great Galactic War.