By the time of 1 BBY, Saw Gerrera's Partisans initiated a raid on Lessu, which serves as the capital city for the planet of Ryloth. As the raid unfolded, the Partisans successfully liberated the Twi'lek Beezer Fortuna, who had been apprehended by the forces of the Galactic Empire alongside other individuals accused of sedition, and was being held as a prisoner within Lessu.