Ookbat was a location aligned with the Galactic Republic. By 229 BBY, the location was under the control of the Hutt Clan. That year, the Republic Defense Coalition recaptured Ookbat from the Hutt Clan, and days later, Republic Commander Velko Jahen informed Jedi Master Elzar Mann of the development.
Ookbat was mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in the first issue of the 2023 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic, released as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III. The issue was written by Cavan Scott and published by Marvel Comics on November 8, 2023. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the location Ookbat was first mentioned in "Only Droids Serve the Maker," a short story written by Kathy Tyers that was published in the tenth issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal magazine in May 1996.
Ookbat was mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in the first issue of the 2023 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic, released as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III. The issue was written by Cavan Scott and published by Marvel Comics on November 8, 2023. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the location Ookbat was first mentioned in "Only Droids Serve the Maker," a short story written by Kathy Tyers that was published in the tenth issue of the Star Wars Adventure Journal magazine in May 1996.