Little brother to Barris Offee.

Barris and Kyp's family was very oppressed when Jedi Knight Luminara Unduli was dispatched to her homeworld, Mirial, alongside Masters Plo Koon and Qui-Gon Jinn. The Trade Federation had hired Hutt mercenaries to break the population, so they could be primed for slave labor, among other things. Upon the Jedi's completion of the mission, they noticed a wide-eyed Barris gawking as they went by. She noticed they had a peace about them that felt as physical as the cloak she wore on her skinny shoulders. Barris' family knew that were to run out of provisions if The Jedi were aware was sent they sent their daughter away with Master Luminara. Barris was to provide for her family once she reached the rank of Jedi Knight. Master Unduli ultimately felt she was to blame for her Padawan's fall. She would dismiss the concerns of Barris, and repeat the same mantra, typical of Jedi Masters. Follow the Code. She felt unable to connect with her Padawan the way...

Padawan Kyp had been studying the lightsaber form Ataru from Master Yoda on Kashyykk prior to Order 66. Master Unduli was leading the charge on the front lines and she felt uneasy about taking Kyp with her after his last angry outburst. She tasked him with learning to control his emotions while enhancing his saber skills with Master Yoda. He had keep his emotions in check with Ataru. It was the most physically demanding of the forms, so he could not play it safe facing his fears. He had been given orders by Yoda to test his new moves by clearing a small Separatist outpost that far from any Clone trooper backup. Little did Kyp know that this was the last time he would ever see Master Yoda again.

He befriended a local Wookie by the name of Woorwur. Kyp and Woorwur took the outpost in 2 hours, and as the last battle droid