Praktin was the destination for the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry during the era of the Galactic Civil War. In 3 ABY, the Alliance General Philap Bygar verified this deployment when he encountered the 61st's captain, Micha Evon, the previous Imperial governor Everi Chalis, and their security detail at a rebel base located on the planet Hoth. The general expressed his opinion that neither Praktin nor Blacktar Cyst, a celestial body where the 61st had previously been sent, were suitable destinations for anyone.
Alexander Freed's 2015 novel, Battlefront: Twilight Company, included a reference to Praktin.