Pejanes Kindar, holding the rank of Colonel, served as an officer within the ranks of the Alliance Military during the peak of the Galactic Civil War. During this time, he found himself stationed at an outpost situated on the planet of Stenos. It wasn't long before Kindar started to believe that a significant artifact was hidden inside the Rebel's secret base on Stenos, which was located in an old temple on top of a mountain covered in mysterious symbols. After the Battle of Yavin, when the Empire began to occupy Stenos, Kindar escaped. Rebel leaders became concerned when they couldn't reach him for a scheduled check-in, so they dispatched a team composed of Yavin heroes Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa to investigate Kindar's whereabouts. They found that Kindar's outpost was now controlled by a group of spacer bandits headed by the thug Rik Duel. Duel asserted that Kindar had hired him and his crew to locate the artifact inside the temple. He then persuaded the Rebels to assist in his quest. However, after discovering the ancient statue of the Stenax deity Vol, Duel exposed his true allegiance: he was secretly in the service of the Empire.