The criminal first appeared as part of an adventure idea in "Rodeo Thranta", an article written by Jeff Quick as part of the Creature Feature series of articles for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game that was published on Wizards of the Coast's website. The article was released on December 12, 2002, with the adventure ideas and characters being usable by gamemasters at any time after thrantas were first used in air rodeos, which happened before the destruction of the thrantas' home planet, Alderaan.