"Baby Ludi" custody case

After a destructive groundquake destroyed the planet Ord Thoden's capital city of Domitree in 23 BBY, a crew of Jedi rescue workers found an infant Force-sensitive girl named Ludi Billane alive in the wreckage and assuming she was an orphan, took her to Coruscant for training. When the girl's mother, Jonava Billane, was discovered alive a month later, a highly-publicized custody case began as Billane attempted to get her daughter back from the Jedi Order. Backed by the Jedi watchdog group known as the People's Inquest, Billane's efforts generated a large amount of media attention and public sympathy, although her formal petition for her daughter's return was rejected by the Jedi Council, who said it was too dangerous to return the child to her parents after her mind had been opened to the Force. After a tearful appearance on the popular Eriadu talk show Essence attracted billions of viewers, Billane's case caused even more popular furor, including constant protests by the People's Inquest and even a brief, aborted storming of the Jedi Temple by local students. However, the Jedi Council stayed silent, and in 22 BBY "Baby Ludi"—whom the Jedi had renamed Aris-Del Wari—was moved to a Jedi Training Center on Kamparas. Jonava Billane and People's Inquest leader Thrynka Padaunete were busy working on a holofeature on the "Baby Ludi" story at the time, and had no response.

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