Melinz was a planet located within the Melinz system found in the Core Worlds region. It was a terrestrial astronomical body that contained foothills within the city limits of Shad.
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Ger Plortor, who served as a scout for the renowned shockball team known as the Shad Furies, took a vacation to the Outer Rim Territories world of Keedad. While there, Plortor encountered Ytavarg Aleema, a Keed, and recruited him to join the team. Aleema accompanied Plortor back to Shad and became a member of the Shad Furies, eventually rising to become the most celebrated shockball player in the galaxy. During the Galactic Civil War, he also operated as an agent for the Rebel Alliance, utilizing his Shad mansion as a temporary safe house for other Rebel agents. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, General Airen Cracken of the Alliance included Melinz in a datafile entry, highlighting various Rebel operatives dedicated to Aleema.
Craig Robert Carey created Melinz, which was first introduced in Cracken's Rebel Operatives, a sourcebook published in 1994 by West End Games for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. In 2009, the reference book The Essential Atlas situated the Melinz system, and consequently the planet itself, within grid square L-9.