Raina Temple was born on Dromund Kaas in 3666 BBY. Her later Force sensitivity would make formal Sith institutions dangerous to her and push her family toward concealment.
Legends · 3666 BBY · Source review
RAINA TEMPLE IS BORN
Historical chronology and documented limits
Raina Temple was born in 3666 BBY on Dromund Kaas during the Great Galactic War. Later life in the Sith Empire became dangerous because she possessed Force sensitivity but had not been subjected to standard Sith training. Her father sought to protect her from severe consequences under Imperial policy, and she joined Imperial military and intelligence circles in the later SWTOR story. The birth year is documented, but her adult assignments should not be transferred into the year she was born.
Anthropological reading and social consequences
Raina's life reveals how a coercive society can classify children by abilities and demand that families surrender control of their education. A relative's decision to conceal traits under threat of punishment illustrates conflict between household loyalties and state institutions. The difference between being Force-sensitive and affiliating with the Sith religious-political order is important. She did not automatically become a Sith because of her birth in the Imperial capital.
Separate this event from later consequences
RAINA TEMPLE IS BORN occurred in or around 3666 BBY. Not every political or personal consequence happened in the same year. A named battle may be a stage of a prolonged war, while a person's career title may have been gained decades after their birth or recruitment.
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Why this moment matters
Authoritarian classification systems can make personal traits politically dangerous, encouraging families to hide, migrate, or build informal protection networks.
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Legends · Source and institutional analysis
Family protection and state classification conflict in a Sith society
Raina Temple's official companion biography describes her as the child of two Imperial agents and explains that her name is not recorded in ordinary Imperial citizenship or military registers. Its principal evidence concerns her later service, including enlistment in the Imperial military and a transfer to the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force. The 3666 BBY birth date belongs to retrospective chronology. Readers should not assume the HoloNet biography provides a birth certificate, a complete childhood chronology or a record of every decision her parents made while she was young.
Her Force sensitivity and Imperial rules about Sith training create a conflict between family ties and the power of a coercive state. Protecting a child can require concealing information from institutions that would claim authority over the child's education. The official biography also describes how Raina, having entered the Chiss military, initially faced suspicion as a possible Imperial spy. Her later acceptance depended on experience and service rather than simply declaring loyalty. Imperial ancestry therefore did not automatically settle her identity in every organization.
IDS uses Raina's history to distinguish species, citizenship, education and military service. A character may belong to one government by background and cooperate with a different military hierarchy. The Watcher X record provides another case where Imperial intelligence institutions control access to information. The Qyzen comparison addresses culturally rooted religious identity outside Sith governance. These are comparisons, not evidence that the characters met.
Evidence check: Does the official Raina Temple HoloNet show that she became a Sith simply by being Force-sensitive?
Explanation and source limit: No. The account distinguishes her abilities and family history from formal Sith training, and documents her later Imperial and Chiss military roles.
Official original-game source: SWTOR HoloNet / developer biography or Galactic History. This official source establishes the specific adult story, institutional context or political sequence named above, but it does not necessarily provide an exact BBY birth year, full optional in-game dialogue or a precise chronology for the episode. Additional fictional historical interpretation is IDS editorial analysis; unsupported dates, fabricated dialogue and invented casualty totals are excluded.
Sources and further reading
- Star Wars: The Old Republic and associated Legends reference material.