Jowbecca is a liberated Wookie. His mother was killed during the Battle of Kashyyk when she tried to warn the Jedi Master Unduli of the vision Jow had of the slaughter when Order 66 was issued. He spent the rest of his childhood in slavery on Kuat where his father worked on starfigthers and he honed his computers skills and got into trouble.

He escaped during the Rebel assault on Kuat and he presumes that his father was a civilian casualty of that invasion.

Born on Kashyyk in 24 BBY (5 years before the Battle of Kashyyk), Jow's childhood was riddled with battle and conflict. He showed early signs of force sensitivity (rare for Wookies) and warned his mother about Order 66 after a vision hours prior to the Battle of Kashyyk. His mother tried to raise an alarm but it was too late and she fell at the hands of the clones in the attempt to save General Luminara Unduli.

Jow's father Kerribow survived the Battle, but he and Jow were enslaved and sent to Kuat to work in the shipyards. Before the invasion, Kerribow was a great mechanic, aptitude he had hoped to pass down to Jow. Jow's aptitude came not with a spanner and wrench but with a datapad. Jow also showed an aptitude for trouble. His curiosity got the better of him on numerous occasions and if it weren't for his jet black hair and surprisingly good instincts, he would have likely been sent off to the spice mines as punishment for his nosing about. Jow's partner in crime was his Cam droid H2-O2 whom he often sent ahead to scout guiding him in and out of sticky situations.

During the rebel occupation of Kuat, Jow took the opportunity to join the New Republic. It was at this time, Jow lost touch with Kerribow. While he hopes that Kerribow is alive, he has resigned himself to the likelihood that he was a civilian casualty of the war. Because he has lost both of his parents in this way, he looks for ways to avoid violent conflicts knowing that all too often the collateral damage outweighs the strategic advantage or outcome.

He began honing his latent force skills under the tutelage of Stryker and has sought ways to combine his connection to the force with his skills with technology. Despite his size he has taken to the Shien Form of Lightsaber.

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Jowbecca's (Jow) jet black hair at birth lead to his name, "Space blade". He wears a Jedi Robe and a syntherope bandolier.