The events of the Rescue on Arkinnea unfolded a few months following the establishment of the Galactic Empire. K'Kruhk, a Whiphid Jedi Master, found himself stranded on Arkinnea after his ship went down during an assault on a jungle moon. He then shielded his pupils from the Galactic Empire—particularly the Arkinnea Militia—and, with assistance from Captain Denimoor and Commander Teron, who questioned Emperor Palpatine's assertions that the Jedi Order had betrayed the Galactic Republic, he created a Hidden Temple on the world.