Shaara's parents were moisture farmers, and at fifteen, she was known for her "droid" impersonations, adorned in kelsh, at a cantina on the outskirts of Mos Eisley. The establishment belonged to Dakkar the Distant.
She had two siblings: Kamma and another, a younger brother, three years her junior, who served as a skiff guard for Jabba the Hutt.
Imperial stormtroopers, having been granted access backstage by the cantina's proprietor, pursued Shaara from her place of employment, leading to a chase across the Dune Sea. Both Shaara and the stormtroopers ultimately plunged into the Great Pit of Carkoon, where the Sarlacc devoured all of the Imperials. In an inexplicable turn of events, the tentacled beast ejected the girl back to safety.