Orloth was created as a character for Star Wars: The Old Republic, an MMORPG released by BioWare in 2011, although he was not added to the game until update 2.9 in 2014. The update added the planet Manaan as a location to the game as a setting for the new "Depths of Manaan" flashpoint, which Orloth served as the Imperial flashpoint vendor for. He accepts only Manaan research data as payment for his inventory, a currency earned only by playing through the flashpoint.