By the year 3 ABY, the Trandoshan Bossk, a bounty hunter, had located Han Solo and Chewbacca on Erub II. The smugglers were navigating the sewage seas in their hunt for replacement components. Bossk came close to apprehending them to collect the bounty offered, but his attempt was unsuccessful.
The short story "Tooth and Claw," penned by Michael Kogge and included within the From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back collection released in 2020, featured Erub II.