Addalar Hyland was a human male who founded Galactic Solutions Industries

Galactic Solutions Industries Organization Manufacturers

, a personal weapons manufacturing company, on the moon of Nar Shaddaa

Nar Shaddaa Planet

around 3642 BBY as the Galactic War

Galactic War Event Galactic War (3642BBY - 3636BBY)

erupted. The entrepreneur also founded The Hyland Organization for Rakghoul Neutralization (THORN)

THORN Organization Misc. Companies

, in hopes of eradicating the rakghoul

Rakghoul Creature Non-sentient

plague in the galaxy; however, few were aware that Hyland had lost two of his children to the rakghoul pandemic on Tatooine

Tatooine Planet

. The loss of his children led him to divert a great deal of wealth to THORN in hopes of eliminating the plague.