Jonas Tylers was a scientist and adventurer of the Human variety, and of male gender. He was a celebrated archaeologist who was employed by the University of Coruscant.
Tylers journeyed to Shira, a world recently discovered in the Outer Rim Territories, circa the Galactic Civil War. His mission was to excavate an ancient location belonging to the pre-K'aarg civilization. Following a six-month period with no contact, his daughter, Lauréna Tylers, traveled to the planet to save him.