Braxas functioned as an infochant located on the planet called Solay. Being an Asogian species member who used a wheelchair, Braxas escaped the planet when the Galactic Empire took control of Solay during 4 ABY, with Luke Skywalker acting as the pilot. To secure Skywalker's assistance, he had to present the hologram depicting the final battle of the Solay Civil War, which exposed the true cause of [Raggold]'s death—the Solay rebel leader had committed suicide, not been taken out by an assassin.