The Cranan star-hopper was a specific variety of starship. A Barbadelan pilot named Karamu possessed one of these vessels along with his L-1g general purpose droid SV-3; however, the ship sustained damage following a crash landing on Rendel.
The Cranan star-hopper made its initial appearance within a flashback sequence featured in Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle 3, a comic authored by Cavan Scott and featuring illustrations by Corin Howell. IDW Publishing released this comic on October 17, 2018. Scott verified on Twitter that the starship's designation alluded to the planet Cranan 12 from the Star Wars Legends continuity, which was initially referenced in "The Greel Wood Haven," an article penned by Craig Robert Carey and published within Star Wars Adventure Journal 6 during 1995.