Handooine existed as a celestial body. The planet Saleucami, situated in the Outer Rim Territories, was positioned in the space between Handooine and Kegan.
The initial reference to Handooine within the present Star Wars canon occurred within the forty-fourth issue of the Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine by De Agostini, which was released circa November 4, 2015. Within the Star Wars Legends continuity, the planet Handooine was first presented in "Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:7:02," a piece created by Pablo Hidalgo functioning as an in-universe news report. This article was featured in the sixty-eighth issue of the Star Wars Insider magazine, published on May 12, 2003.