Janelle, a female Human, held the position of chief for the Mountaintop smugglers during the Galactic Civil War era. During the year 1 ABY, she came into possession of a ring from Herman Pate to settle an outstanding debt. This ring had originally been a family treasure of Vance Groten, who had lost it to Herman Pate in a game of Sabacc. Groten, determined to reclaim his ring, sent a spacer to locate the smuggler chieftain. The confrontation resulted in Janelle's death.
Within the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, Janelle existed as a non-player character. This massively multiplayer online roleplaying game was created by Sony Online Entertainment and distributed by LucasArts. Janelle's introduction to the game occurred as part of the "Legacy Quest" with the arrival of "Publish 25", also known as the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005, before the game's shutdown on December 15, 2011.