Varko, a Selkath of the male persuasion, existed in the era of the Galactic War that saw the Galactic Republic clash with the newly formed Sith Empire. He dedicated a number of years to mastering galactic basic, which led him to become an immigration officer. In the course of his duties, he permitted Darth Arkous to pass through immigration. Subsequently, two days later, Tev Fith, a citizen of the Republic, arrived on Manaan, asserting that he conducted biotech research, yet lacked the necessary authorization to circumvent the Order of Shasa's regulation prohibiting off-worlders from venturing beyond a radius of two hundred meters or a depth of fifty meters from the Mercantile Plaza. As his work period neared its conclusion, Lana Beniko, in pursuit of Darth Arkous, employed a mind trick to circumvent the immigration process.