Doctor Tyla Grant was a physician who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War. After the Battle of Yavin, he was part of the archeological expedition that accompanied Professor Walter Emanus in the Temple of Exar Kun on Yavin 4. Grant and most of the team eventually fall under the influence of the dark spirit of Exar Kun.
Tyla Grant was mentioned in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011. Tyla Grant was mentioned in the sixth page of Walter Emanus' journal. It was added to the game as part of the "Exar Kun" Heroic Encounter, introduced with the release of the "Chapter 9" update, on April 3, 2008.