The Mining Pirates, who were also known as the Asteroid Bandits, represented a band of pirates that operated within the Corellian system during the time of the Galactic Civil War. During space combat, they utilized Z-95-AF4 Headhunters, G1-M4-C Dunelizard fighter, in addition to T-65 X-wing starfighters. Following the Battle of Yavin, a faction of these Mining Pirates, under the leadership of Dorn Nareusu, caused significant issues for civilian traffic within the Kashyyyk system through the destruction of many transports. After a period of several weeks, Belga Daeri, who was an official working at the Kachirho spaceport, offered a bounty for Nareusu's capture. In the year 1 ABY, a group consisting of pilots launched an assault against Nareusu's accomplices within the Kashyyyk system, hoping to lure the pirate into the area. Dorn Nareusu, who was flying an ARC-170 starfighter, died during the resulting confrontation.
The Asteroid Bandits made their debut in the video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game that was created by Sony Online Entertainment and distributed by LucasArts, in 2003, prior to it being shut down on December 15, 2011. The Asteroid Bandits were incorporated into the game when the expansion pack Jump to Lightspeed was released on October 27, 2004.