Born on the planet Tatoonie, Andrew never met his mother because she was killed by Imperial stormtroopers attempting to aprehend a fleeing criminal. His father Lucas was devestated by this, and took his young son and left Tatoonie in search of a better life. After many years of travel and hauling cargo on his fathers frieghtor, Lucas and Andrew were forced to abandon their home and jobs when the ship was damaged by pirates attacking the station where they were docked. Lucas then joined the Horizon corporation, where his piloting skills quickly got him promoted to fighter squadron commander. This is where Andrew watched him perish in a failed attempt to disable a CR-90 over Sullust. Andrew was devastated, and stole away from the fleet in the family Y-wing that was now his alone.

He traveled for many months, searching for a way to make a living that could help him forget. He traded his Y-wing for a YT-1300, and hauled cargo and passengers for a while. One day his ship's hyperdrive failed and he was stranded in deep space. As the power began to fail and oxygen got low, Andrew contemplated killing himself before suffocating or freezing. But then a very large capitol ship appeared outside his ship and tractored his ship inside. As he exited, he was suprised to be surrounded by Mandalorian Warriors. Then a large and imposing man appeared, introducing himself as the Warrior Eminence of Mandalore. It was also a face that Andrew recoginzed from his days with his father in Horizon Corp., Tyr DeMeer.