Ack-platts existed as creatures that resided in family units. A certain creature once penned a diary entry expressing a desire to ensnare and consume an Ack-platt family, regurgitate and then amuse itself with a juvenile Ack-platt, and then consume it once more.
The book Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas, published in 1993, included Ack-platts. Leland Chee, an employee of Lucasfilm who is responsible for the Holocron continuity database, has stated that the information presented in this book is considered non-canonical.