Novan Nune, a fictional Sector Ranger, appeared in True Tales of the Ancient Republic, a holodrama. Specifically, Nune was a character in Episode XXIV: Death on the Rim, which was broadcast in 114 BBY. As the show's central figure, Nune's story involved Hutts abducting colonists from the planet Parcovey Minor and taking them to Affavan. There, the ranger engaged in gladiatorial contests to secure their release. Subsequently, Nune and the freed colonists exacted revenge on the Kajidic responsible for the initial kidnapping, with Nune personally battling the Hutt Huska at one point. The show's narrative, although featuring fictional characters like Huska and Nune, drew inspiration from the Belasco Free Volunteers' actions following the actual assault on Parcovey Minor, a slave raid supported by the Hutt Utoradii kajidic. Thunys Albegron, an Academician of Popular Studies, referenced the character during a discussion of the episode at the 6 ABY Conference on Popular Entertainment.
The first mention of Novan Nune occurred in Jason Fry's fifth entry in the Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut series on the StarWars.com blog in 2014. This article contained material that had been removed from The Essential Guide to Warfare, a 2012 book authored by Fry. The gender and species of Nune were not specified in the blog post.