Mawan existed within the galaxy as a specific place. Following his termination as a Deputy Inspector for Preox-Morlana on the planet Morlana One, Syril Karn journeyed back to his homeworld, Coruscant, in 5 BBY. While he was walking through the Coruscant Eastern Spaceport, a transport option to Mawan was displayed in Aurebesh on a viewscreen, indicating its availability to travelers.
The destination of Mawan was included within the established Star Wars canon as a location listed in the Coruscant Spaceport scene of "Aldhani," the fourth episode from the first season of the television program Andor, which debuted on September 28, 2022. Within the Star Wars Legends timeline, the planet Mawan made its initial appearance in the young-adult novel Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap from 2003, the sixth installment of the Star Wars: Jedi Quest novel series penned by Jude Watson. Later, Mawan was visually represented in The Essential Reader's Companion, a third-generation reference book from the 2012 Star Wars: Essential Guides series, authored by Pablo Hidalgo.