Vaathkree, a spatial entity, existed within both the Outer Rim Territories and the Slice. Its location was also pinpointed as grid square S-8 on the Standard Galactic Grid. A hyperspace route provided a connection from Vaathkree to the celestial body Boonta and the planet Klatooine.
The initial depiction of Vaathkree in current Star Wars canon occurred on a galactic map featured in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game, a 2016 boxed set from Fantasy Flight Games for Star Wars Roleplaying. Before this, the planet Vaathkree was first established within the Star Wars Legends continuity, with its initial mention in the 1994 The Last Command Sourcebook, authored by Eric Trautmann for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
Star Wars sources that explicitly name the canon Vaathkree invariably do so as a label on a map without a corresponding marker. However, both the December 12, 2020 The High Republic Free Digital Sampler and the February 3, 2021 comic book The High Republic Adventures (2021) 1—penned by Daniel José Older and with illustrations by Harvey Tolibao—show a point on the galactic map that aligns with the placement of the Legends version of Vaathkree. Consequently, this article operates under the assumption that this placement is also valid for the canon Vaathkree.