Van Kellen was a Human Male Trade Master from the planet Corellia. After the Trade Federation's attempted invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY he traveled to the planet with his family to try and negotiate a trade contract with the government there. Whilst on Naboo his daughter Remi Kellen however fell in love with the son of a rival trade delegate and ran away with him causing Kellen to hire a group of spacers to find her .