Vaigon Shinn, a male Nikto chieftain of brigands, plied his trade on Tatooine during the era of the Galactic Civil War. Shinn and his gang of thieves perpetrated the theft of identification cards from the inhabitants of Mos Eisley in the year 1 ABY. Mikdanyell Guh'rantt, the mayor, dispatched a spacer via his combat expert Peawp R'dawc to assassinate Vaigon Shinn within his secret base. Subsequently, Sleash, a criminal formerly associated with Vaigon Shinn, sought refuge in Vaigon Shinn's Hideout after the crime lord Faeto issued a hit on his associate Untas.
Vaigon Shinn appeared as a non-player character within the 2003 computer game Star Wars Galaxies. This game, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, was crafted by Sony Online Entertainment and distributed by LucasArts. It existed until its shutdown on December 15, 2011. The inclusion of Vaigon Shinn in the game occurred as a component of the "Legacy Quest" with the release of "Publish 25," also known as the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.