- "Welcome to 'Planet Hoppers,' a new feature on the Star Wars Roleplaying Game website. Each month, we'll bring you a set of articles on a particular world in the Star Wars galaxy that a Gamemaster can use separately or as a linked series of events."
- ―Planet Hoppers introduction on Wizards.com
Planet Hoppers was a web feature on the Wizards of the Coast website published weekly (skipping a few weeks) from January 2003 to October 2004, with an additional chapter in April 2005 and a few more in 2008. Each story is four to five chapters set on a single planet, along with roleplaying-game stats and info about the characters, technology, creatures, and locations in the story.
Articles[]
Original series[]
Morrie Mullins, then Cory J. Herndon, wrote these articles, with the final chapter by Rodney Thompson.
"A Traveler's Journals of Ralltiir" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), January 2003
"Arkanian Chill" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), February 2003- "Velmor: Royalty and Rebellion" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), March 2003
- "Coruscant: Center of the Empire" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), April 2003
- "Kessel: Hell in Space" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), May 2003
- "Arbra: Sanctuary In the Storm" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), June 2003
- "Ando: Planet of the Walrus Men" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), July 2003
- "Aargau: For All Your Banking Needs" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), August 2003
- "Carida: Heavy Duty" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), September 2003
- "Korriban: Planet of Lost Souls" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), October 2003
- "Thyferra: Bacta Basics" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), November 2003
- "Hoth: Under the Ice" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), December 2003
- "Zeltros: Pleasure Planet" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), January 2004
- "Manaan: Depths of History" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), February 2004
- "Vandelhelm: Enemies and Alloys" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), March 2004
- "Adumar: Pilots Wanted" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), April 2004
- "Hapes: Ladies First" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), May 2004
- "Beheboth: Blood and Water" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), June 2004
- "Yavin: The Big Red One" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), July–August 2004
- "Bespin: Action Tidings" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), September–October 2004
- "Byss and the Deep Core" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), April 2005. This article has a different format, containing only information, no story.
For the Saga Edition[]
Written by Eric Cagle, these articles shared the shortened format of the previous entry.
- "Planet Hoppers: Cona" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), September 2008
- "Planet Hoppers: Phindar" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), October 2008
- "Planet Hoppers: Cathar" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), November 2008
- "Planet Hoppers: Skako" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link), December 2008
A set of Kashyyyk articles were planned but never published.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ "Carida: Heavy Duty" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links[]
- Planet Hoppers on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by Cory_Herndon on October 22, 2004 at 11:54 am; accessed March 7, 2013) (backup link)
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