Nolan Hawke was a legendary Jedi Knight who played a significant role in the fate of the galaxy during the waning days of the Galactic Republic. He was the son of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and Apolonian noblewoman Sopha-Corrin, cousin to Rhys-Corrin, and a distant descendent of Sith Lord Darth Crucius and Jedi Master Galen Nestina. Born in 41 BBY on Amaranthine, Nolan was discovered by Jedi Knight Mace Windu and taken to the Jedi Temple. He quickly became good friends with Anakin Skywalker. When he was 12 he was taken as the Jedi apprentice of Tenzin Soong and traveled on many missions with him. On one such mission Nolan and his master rescued a young woman named Ashling Tenas- the daughter of missing Jedi Master Terian Tenas-from slavers. They discovered that Ashling (Who went by Ashe)