Seti Ashgad functioned as a senator for the planet of Fresia inside the Senate of the Galactic Republic throughout the Clone Wars era, which pitted the Republic against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. As the war dragged on, Republic senators faced more and more death threats and assassination attempts, and Ashgad disappeared without a trace. The Ashgad Prize for academic excellence is named in honor of the senator.
The Star Wars canon currently includes Seti Ashgad, who was referenced in Collapse of the Republic, a 2019 addition to the Star Wars Roleplaying game series produced by Fantasy Flight Games. The character initially appeared in the Star Wars Legends continuity, making his debut in the 1997 novel Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly. Ashgad's first visual representation in Legends was in the 1998 reference book The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons, authored by Daniel Wallace with illustrations from Brandon McKinney and Scott Kolins.