The male Wookiee Lowhhrick was born on the forest world of Kashyyyk, the homeworld of his species. Whilst he lived on Kashyyyk he served as a warrior, but both his sister and nephew were killed by Trandoshan raiding parties, who had traveled from the nearby planet Trandosha to hunt Wookiees for sport. Swearing he would claim vengeance Lowhhrick attempted to hunt down his relatives killers, but he was instead captured and forced into slavery, fighting as a gladiator for the amusement of others.

The Wookiee eventually achieved enough notoriety in battle to attract the attention of Teemo, a Hutt crime lord who worked out of the desert world Tatooine. The Hutt purchase Lowhhrick and made him regularly fight gladiators belonging to the criminal's associates as a way of asserting dominance, sometimes also using him as a bodyguard during business meetings. The Wookiee eventually became Teemo's favorite gladiator, and after any fights Lowhhrick took part in he would be regularly treated by the droid medic 41-VEX for his injuries.

Lowhhrick struck up a friendship with the droid, and also befriended Oskara, a Twi'lek bounty hunter in Teemo's employ. When Oskara decided she wanted out of the Hutt crime lord's employ Lowhhrick agreed to help as long as he too was freed along with 41-VEX. The trio agreed to work together, with the droid also introducing the Teemo's pilot Pash into the scheme and Oskara bringing in a scout named Sasha and Teemo's mechanic Mathus. The group fled Teemo's palace with Teemo's Gamorrean thugs soon giving chase through the streets of Mos Shuuta. To avoid the enforcers the escapees ducked into the Mos Shuuta Grill & Cantina.