Maximilien J. Gerhard family was a financially troubled group. Gerhard’s father tried to do best by his three sons and daughter but Gerhard’s father and mother both struggled with finances as a traveling performers. During one of Gerhard’s parents performance a Jedi Knight saw the five year old Gerhard and sensed the Force within him. This led to Gerhard’s parents selling Gerhard to the Jedi order for republic credits. When Maxus and the Jedi that discovered him were on their way to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant they were suddenly stricken by the horrible sight and sensation of the destruction of the temple. The Jedi and Maxus went into hiding during the Jedi Purge. The Jedi that paid for Gerhard to become a Jedi took care of him and took him out into the Outer Rim Territories where he trai