Arla Jaeger was born on Tanaab 43 BBY to Vanary and Arick Jaeger. She has an older sister, Tasha, whom she is very close too. When she reached the age of twelve, she enrolled in the Galactic Republic Academy and studied engineering. When she was eighteen, she graduated from the Academy and was stationed aboard Admiral Wullf Yularen's ship where Anakin Skywalker, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, and the 501st were commonly known to be.