The phrase The Lost served as a collective designation for the forsaken children residing within the Cularin system. These children included former slaves cast aside by the Hutt Riboga, as well as those who had fled their families; by the era of the Clone Wars, their numbers ranged from 1,500 to 2,000 individuals scattered throughout the Cularin system. Certain people, known as watchers, were responsible for the welfare of these children; for instance, Dani oversaw the children within the city of Hedrett on Cularin, and Ariella provided care for seventy children inhabiting the planet of Almas. Lora Nadad, a Jedi Padawan and a previous watcher, endeavored to raise awareness about the difficult circumstances of the Lost among the inhabitants of the Cularin time system.