Raphael Mar-Shayal was a male pilot serving the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War era. Following the Battle of Yavin, Mar-Shayal went into hiding from the Galactic Empire, finding refuge on the slopes of Mount Chaolt, a volcano located on the planet of Lok. Colonel Maximilian Veers suspected Mar-Shayal's involvement in the Death Star's destruction. Consequently, Colonel Veers assigned an Imperial operative the task of locating and killing Mar-Shayal, along with two other individuals under suspicion, namely Aramis Kariya and Fen Corandel.
Within the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, Raphael Mar-Shayal existed as a non-player character. This massively multiplayer online roleplaying game was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. The game was shut down on December 15, 2011. Mar-Shayal's inclusion occurred with the "Imperial Theme Park" revamp, which was introduced through the "Chapter 6.12" update on September 13, 2007.