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