When Jacen and Jaina were thirteen, their mother helped invoke the Galactic Games and they were allowed to attend the opening ceremony. Several days into the competition, they and Anakin abruptly burst into their mother's office to find out when they could go to the game, as she had been busy and their father was watching smashball with his friend Lando Calrissian. Their uncle Luke Skywalker arrived and offered to take them to the games, where they watched several of the events, including the galactic octathlon. Having sensed Force-usage from one of the competitors, a young man named Ryion Kraestor from Yanibar, he and the three children approached Ryion. However, Ryion—actually a Force-using Elite Guardian—was standoffish and had no interest in talking with the Jedi, though he was surpris