Star Wars: Rise in Power first opened for beta in May of 1999. August of that year, it opened its doors to the public, and remained up and growing until the summer of 2001. After Darrik removed the immortals from the game, SW:RIP remained up and open to the public for several months thereafter. It was soon 'reopened' and, after having re-gained most of the original staff, Star Wars: Rise in Power was back up and running with one of the most stable codebases out there. It was shut down in July 2004 for the last time after continued lack of interest from the staff.