[Ryan]

Bioware developer Drew Karpyshyn recently sounded off on some nit-picking on the naming of the ice planet "Hoth". (a Tuesday treat for all you lore junkies)

  Quote From: Drew Karpyshyn

Hate to say it, but as far as I know there is no connection between the planet Hoth and General Hoth. Source material indicates that the planet was known and named thousands of years before the General was born, so it obviously wasn’t named for him. I suppose he could have been named for the planet, but there is nothing in his history to indicate any kind of connection.

Of course, I didn’t create the General Hoth character – he first appeared in a series of Dark Horse comics. All I did was flesh him out a bit. However, I suspect the name was originally chosen to be symbolic of his demeanor: cold, grim and harsh.

Interestingly, there *is* a celestial body that was named after the heroic General. The central star in the Ruusan system was renamed Hoth’s Brand in honor of his victories and sacrifices in the war against Lord Kaan’s Brotherhood of Darkness. As to the planet that had its ecosystem changed, that was the world of Ruusan, which is a totally separate world from the famous ice planet of Hoth. And Ruusan’s climate was altered, but it didn’t become an uninhabitable ball of ice. And even though the central star in the Ruusan system was renamed, the planet itself was not.

I realize this doesn’t do much to settle the question at hand, but it’s a moderately relevant segue.

However, one thing I can confirm: the planet Hoth was already called Hoth during the timeline of SWTOR. Hope this helps.


Drew