"Some Jedi boldly save worlds. Others fight empires. And some put their lightsabers aside and help in smaller ways."
- Galen Besk

Galen Besk was a former Jedi

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who lived during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. A male Miraluka

Miraluka Sentient Species

, Galen put aside his lightsaber after the Great Galactic War and settled on the Outer Rim world of Tatooine

Tatooine Planet

, where he believed he could make a better difference by helping settlers. He quickly became a leader amongst the settlers, but remained aware of many of the events on the planet and the galaxy as a whole. When a team of Republic-allied operatives

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arrived on the planet, Besk asked them for help in solving many of the settlers' problems.
A male Miraluka, Galen Besk was originally a member of the Jedi Order who served during the Great Galactic War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. After the Treaty of Coruscant ended the fighting, Besk decided that he could make a bigger difference on a smaller scale, and he left the Order. Besk made his home on the Outer Rim planet of Tatooine, where he lived in the city of Anchorhead. His training allowed him to quickly assume a leadership role among his fellow settlers. Through a combination of his power in the Force and his position, Besk was able to remain aware of major events on the planet. Around the year 3643 BBY, a team of operatives of the Republic arrived on the planet. Besk was aware of the their exploits on the planet, and when a sandstorm hit Anchorhead as the operatives were leaving, Besk asked for their assistance in getting people inside the spaceport and out of the storm. After the sandstorm, Besk revealed his knowledge of their travels and asked the operatives to stay and help a little longer, in order to help unify the settlements.
Besk had learned of the Empire's plans to destroy the trading post of Espelar - also known as Camp Karnori, a nearby settlement. He believed that if the operatives helped solve the problems afflicting many of the Republic settlements on the planet, the citizens would be able to better stand up against the native Sand People

Tusken Sentient Species

, pirates

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, warlords, and even the Empire. The sandstorm had disabled the trading post's defenses, prompting the Empire to send in a team of saboteurs to eliminate it. Besk asked the operatives

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to stop the saboteurs

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, using their feelings of responsibility to gain their help.
The operatives succeeded in defeating the saboteurs, and traveled to Espelar itself to speak with Mayor Airen

Airen (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

. There, the operatives went on to help a number of settlers across the Jundland Wastes, a region to the south of Anchorhead which lay between the city and the Imperial-controlled town of Mos Ila. The operatives helped train Espelar's militia

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, and took the recruit Vastil

Vastil (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

and his men to rescue

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a group of militiamen from Manister Base, a nearby militia base. The base had been overrun by a Geonosian

Geonosian Sentient Species

hive, which had seized control of the base's supplies and weapons. The operatives held off the Geonosians while the militia fled to Outpost Largona to the south. The operatives also helped

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recover stolen water from the Twin Suns pirates

Twin Suns Organization Planetary and Sector

for Dester

Dester (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

and several other Largona settlers.
When the operatives returned to Besk, he thanked them and urged them to continue on the journey, warning the operatives that enemies were still working against the Republic. When asked how he knew so much, Besk revealed that he was a former Jedi and thanked the operative again for the help.