Katrull, a Trandoshan of male gender, made his living by hiring smugglers throughout the period of the Galactic Civil War. Sometime before the [Battle of Hoth](/article/battle_of_hoth], Katrull presented a job opportunity to Han Solo; however, the human declined the offer due to his hesitation.
Marjorie Liu penned the first appearance of Katrull in Han Solo 1, a comic book released in 2016.