4VO-TG appeared in Cataclysm, a novel written by Lydia Kang as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase II and published on April 4, 2023. Prior to its release, a mention of the droid was included in a StarWars.com preview for the novel on March 3 of that year. Kang considered the droid one of her favorite characters in Cataclysm, indicating that he was written to be non-binary. When developing the character, the author asked her child—whom she named the droid after—what they would prefer 4VO-TG's pronouns to be, and they said using "he/him" felt right.
4VO-TG appeared in Cataclysm, a novel written by Lydia Kang as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase II and published on April 4, 2023. Prior to its release, a mention of the droid was included in a StarWars.com preview for the novel on March 3 of that year. Kang considered the droid one of her favorite characters in Cataclysm, indicating that he was written to be non-binary. When developing the character, the author asked her child—whom she named the droid after—what they would prefer 4VO-TG's pronouns to be, and they said using "he/him" felt right.