Octuptarras, vine walkers with gasbag-like heads and eight eyed, were native to the planet [Skako]. The octuptarra tri-droid, a droid walker model produced by the Techno Union, was named after these creatures.
The initial reference to Octuptarras occurred in the original Databank's entry concerning the octuptarra droid. Their inclusion into canon happened when they appeared in Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, a revised version of the Star Wars Character Encyclopedia reference book authored by Pablo Hidalgo, which was published on April 5, 2016.