Pew'ter is the son of a wealthy family of Insurance Broakers who made out big on the Death Star. In spite of their massive windfall with the destuctive of the death star, Pew'ter is on the run. The decision to sell insurance to the Death Star was contentious among the Ainel clan, and the older majority share holders of their family trust lost most of their investments. The upstarts within the clan found themselves at risk, and sent their family into the wild to keep them safe.