The Red Asteroid Bar, a cantina situated on the obscure trading planet of R-Duba, served as the setting where Kirk Windjammer, the captain commanding the Seaskimmer anti-grav loader, was employed by a mysterious, cloaked individual. This figure tasked him with the illicit transportation of blasters to a Dorande fleet navigating the open sea.
The initial depiction of the Red Asteroid Bar is in Droids (1986) 5. This comic book is the fifth installment of the Star Wars: Droids comic series, which is part of the Star Wars Legends continuity. Star Comics, a subsidiary of Marvel Comics, released it on December 1, 1986.