The undead rancor appeared 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. The undead rancor was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.