Pari Bunkle was a human female employed by the Galactic Empire within the Ministry of Agriculture on the planet of Lothal. She and a fellow researcher at the Ministry parented a child together, Ames Bunkle, and the family resided in an apartment located in Lothal's Capital City. At the age of sixteen, Ames, along with Dhara Leonis who lived in the same building, began studies at the Academy for Young Imperials situated on Lothal. The Leonis family hosted a celebration for their daughter, but Pari and her partner were unable to be there because they were on assignment. Ames was selected to specialize in stormtrooper training while at the academy, and during this time, he was forbidden from communicating with his parents, information which Pari shared with Tepha Leonis, Dhara's mother, who then told her family. However, when Pari became sick, Ames was granted a two days leave to see her.