Vance Groten was a male Human residing on the planet of Naboo, specifically in Dee'ja Peak, during the era of the Galactic Civil War.
Leading up to the Battle of Yavin, Vance Groten held the position of Chief Security Officer at Stonewall Labs until its eventual shutdown. Kippy Martin and Walker Luskeske were among his security officers. In the year 1 ABY, Groten encountered a spacer seeking to obtain a Old Republic droid module from Stonewall Labs. Vance Groten proposed assisting the spacer in locating a Stonewall Labs security beacon. In return, Groten requested the spacer to eliminate groups of Maulers and Naboo pirates, as well as Blot's pack of aggressive feral shaupauts, which posed a threat to Dee'ja Peak. Later, Groten repaired a Stonewall Labs security beacon that the spacer had acquired from Walker Luskeske. As a separate favor, Vance Groten also enlisted the spacer's help in retrieving a family heirloom ring lost during a sabacc game with Herman Pate. However, Pate had lost the ring to Janelle, who was the leader of a smuggler group. Consequently, the spacer was compelled to engage the smugglers in combat to recover the ring. In the interim, the security beacon was pilfered by mercenaries known as Strehkforce. The spacer then launched an assault on their camp, eliminating their leaders, Evan Strehk and Maris Fahrs, to reclaim the security beacon.
Within the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, Vance Groten was featured as a non-player character. This massively multiplayer online roleplaying game was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts. The game was eventually shut down on December 15, 2011. Vance Groten's inclusion in the game was part of the "Legacy Quest", which was introduced with the release of "Publish 25", also known as the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.