Kessel Runner was one of several possible names offered by Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo to director Rian Johnson for use in Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. The other options were Hoth Stuff and Mynock Minute. Johnson chose Hoth Stuff. The names "Kessel Runner" and "Mynock Minute" were later used in the novella collection Canto Bight and the replica journal The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter.
- The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter