Rekias Nodo was a male technician of the reptilian species. He operated a shipyard located on a jungle planet, where he disassembled stolen starships to salvage their components. When the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca made an emergency landing on the planet, Solo was discovered in the act of trying to pilfer a heat exchanger to fix his ship, the Millennium Falcon. Solo attempted to trick Nodo by claiming to be Jabba the Hutt, a deception that worked until the crime lord Lallani arrived at the shipyard seeking to apprehend "Jabba." The smugglers were able to make their escape, liberating the slave Meecha Odon and several other captives from Nodo's control. Following this confrontation, Nodo offered a bounty for the capture of Han Solo sometime after their paths crossed.
Rekias Nodo's initial appearance was in Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure, a novel within the Star Wars: Choose Your Destiny series, authored by Cavan Scott with illustrations by Elsa Charretier, and released on April 17, 2018. His first name was revealed in the comic story titled "Hunter vs Hunted," also penned by Scott and published by IDW Publishing in Star Wars Adventures Free Comic Book Day 2018 on May 5, 2018.
In Choose Your Destiny: A Luke & Leia Adventure, another installment in the Choose Your Destiny series that was released on October 2, 2018, Rekias Nodo makes an appearance in a non-canonical ending. Nodo boards the Millennium Falcon searching for Solo, but instead encounters Rebel Alliance members Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. Nodo then makes the decision to hold the two rebels prisoner, with the intention of using them as leverage in a negotiation with the Rebellion in exchange for Solo and Chewbacca.