Have you ever wondered what kind of weather they get on Nar Shaddaa or if Endor has Seasons? I have...

Got any interesting environmental facts for seemingly one dimensional worlds? Please share facts(or thoughts) here!

Feels free to give me a weather report for your favourite star system!

I think there are no seasons on nar shadaa as well as there are none on coruscant, taris or other city-planets. In the EU they mention weather control systems on coruscant and we have stats for such devices in enter the unknown.

I keep things obvious. Desert planets are hot, dry, and windy, temperate planets get a mix of conditions, jungle planets are hot, humid, and rainy, winter worlds are cold af. I also use weather as an indicator of the mood or theme for the session.

I keep things obvious. Desert planets are hot, dry, and windy, temperate planets get a mix of conditions, jungle planets are hot, humid, and rainy, winter worlds are cold af. I also use weather as an indicator of the mood or theme for the session.

But real deserts are hot during the daytime and cold at night. Do you think that happens on Tatooine, Klatoine and Ryloth?

Is Ryloth not special as the planet is tidal locked and therefore has a side which is permanently exposed to the sun and a night-side?

Smoke and rain are ideal as narrative devices to create a certain mood to a planet. It is hard do get a depressing, desperate mood in bright sunlight under a blue sky,

Although not specifically made for Star Wars (actually designed for d20 Fantasy), there is a random weather generator that could be put to good use over on donjon. Choose from Cold, Temperate, or Warm climate and then from one of the four traditional seasons and it'll give you a basic weather scenario.

You've gotta love Star Wars and the 'Planet of Hats' approach. Most habitable planets should have a wide variety of ecosystems, but we get the 'cold planet' and the 'swamp planet' and the 'desert planet'...

I could see Nar Shadda having a serious acid rain problem.

You've gotta love Star Wars and the 'Planet of Hats' approach. Most habitable planets should have a wide variety of ecosystems, but we get the 'cold planet' and the 'swamp planet' and the 'desert planet'...

It is best to just enjoy it, because there ain't a lick of science to it. The planets much like the light and dark side are extreme caricature representations.

You've gotta love Star Wars and the 'Planet of Hats' approach. Most habitable planets should have a wide variety of ecosystems, but we get the 'cold planet' and the 'swamp planet' and the 'desert planet'...

It is best to just enjoy it, because there ain't a lick of science to it. The planets much like the light and dark side are extreme caricature representations.

Oh, I do; it's the same with species, where the first one we meet somehow defines the entire race.

I'm fine with Star Wars tropes, I just find topics like this amusing because the planets are invented to have one season all year round.

I actually like the fact that they've never really tried to make SW scientifically-accurate, like the Star Trek pseudoscience.

I'd just be looking for the planet of endless beaches, crystal blue water, sunshine and pubs....

I'd just be looking for the planet of endless beaches, crystal blue water, sunshine and pubs....

Well Ach-Too sounds like the place, except it's missing the pubs.

You've gotta love Star Wars and the 'Planet of Hats' approach. Most habitable planets should have a wide variety of ecosystems, but we get the 'cold planet' and the 'swamp planet' and the 'desert planet'...

It is best to just enjoy it, because there ain't a lick of science to it. The planets much like the light and dark side are extreme caricature representations.

Oh, I do; it's the same with species, where the first one we meet somehow defines the entire race.

I'm fine with Star Wars tropes, I just find topics like this amusing because the planets are invented to have one season all year round.

I actually like the fact that they've never really tried to make SW scientifically-accurate, like the Star Trek pseudoscience.

I agree, the lack of accuracy with the anachronistic look, style and feel of Star Wars are the core of it's appeal coupled with ramming samurai and cowboys together...

and here's the forecast for Hoth. Temperatures will begin around -50C rising to a balmy -35C by lunchtime. Biting, frigid winds from the North will whip up the surface ice, careful of those Wampas people. By mid afternoon the winds will show no signs of abating as the temperatures return to -50C by nightfall, better close those blast doors. The forecast for tomorrow is much the same, as is the day after and the day after that. Come to think of it, just put this forecast on a loop... it ain't gonna change for a millennia!!

and here's the forecast for Hoth. Temperatures will begin around -50C rising to a balmy -35C by lunchtime. Biting, frigid winds from the North will whip up the surface ice, careful of those Wampas people. By mid afternoon the winds will show no signs of abating as the temperatures return to -50C by nightfall, better close those blast doors. The forecast for tomorrow is much the same, as is the day after and the day after that. Come to think of it, just put this forecast on a loop... it ain't gonna change for a millennia!!

You forgot the traffic report! You can never forget the traffic report from the weather.

You've gotta love Star Wars and the 'Planet of Hats' approach. Most habitable planets should have a wide variety of ecosystems, but we get the 'cold planet' and the 'swamp planet' and the 'desert planet'...

It is best to just enjoy it, because there ain't a lick of science to it. The planets much like the light and dark side are extreme caricature representations.

Oh, I do; it's the same with species, where the first one we meet somehow defines the entire race.

I'm fine with Star Wars tropes, I just find topics like this amusing because the planets are invented to have one season all year round.

I actually like the fact that they've never really tried to make SW scientifically-accurate, like the Star Trek pseudoscience.

ST pseudoscience is probably the reason I'll take Star Wars anyday!! I watched The Next Gen, Deep Sleep 9 and Voyager,,, In my opinion they got it right for Voyager with some of the story arcs,,, but by then I'd lost interest, never finished watching Voyager and I don't care if they got home or not. DS9 kept watching hoping it would get better,, Babylon 5 was MUCH better. oh well.. side tracked by Star Trek,,, 60s series is the BEST.. the rest all sucked in comparison IMHO

and here's the forecast for Hoth. Temperatures will begin around -50C rising to a balmy -35C by lunchtime. Biting, frigid winds from the North will whip up the surface ice, careful of those Wampas people. By mid afternoon the winds will show no signs of abating as the temperatures return to -50C by nightfall, better close those blast doors. The forecast for tomorrow is much the same, as is the day after and the day after that. Come to think of it, just put this forecast on a loop... it ain't gonna change for a millennia!!

You forgot the traffic report! You can never forget the traffic report from the weather.

The tauntuan tracks you used yesterday will be lost due to ice and snow build up, so patrols may get lost. Patrols will need beacons and sensors operating at peak efficiency. There is a possibility of meteor showers, best check for Imperial Probe Droids, just in case.

and here's the forecast for Hoth. Temperatures will begin around -50C rising to a balmy -35C by lunchtime. Biting, frigid winds from the North will whip up the surface ice, careful of those Wampas people. By mid afternoon the winds will show no signs of abating as the temperatures return to -50C by nightfall, better close those blast doors. The forecast for tomorrow is much the same, as is the day after and the day after that. Come to think of it, just put this forecast on a loop... it ain't gonna change for a millennia!!

You forgot the traffic report! You can never forget the traffic report from the weather.

The tauntuan tracks you used yesterday will be lost due to ice and snow build up, so patrols may get lost. Patrols will need beacons and sensors operating at peak efficiency. There is a possibility of meteor showers, best check for Imperial Probe Droids, just in case.

I guess I'll have to get the Luke and Han kid out there shoveling snow before the blast doors get blocked. Maybe throw in that good for nothing princess as well. She can use the workout.

That Princess... lazy cow, giving out orders.

That Princess... lazy cow, giving out orders.

That and kissing her brother to make her boyfriend jealous.

One I find amusing has got to be Onderon.

"The weather report today calls for a 60% chance of raining death beast and scattered dragon raids. Make sure all your affairs are in order, 'cause this is bound to be a doozy!"

Planets like species... first one defines the race..

SO.. with this in mind... ALL wookies are co-pilots, there, I said it

Planets like species... first one defines the race..

SO.. with this in mind... ALL wookies are co-pilots, there, I said it

All Ewoks are Ewok Jerky.

My current game is focused on a single tropical planet, so I have wide variety of weather, and I make sure to note its change each scene. It helps sets the mood.

I think some people are protesting too much, and overthinking the *lack* of science. The movies take place only in discrete locations on those planets and the weather is not really mentioned. We're not given enough of a time slice, or any kind of description even by the locals, to make any assumptions. I don't recall Lucas specifying with such exactitude...maybe he called Endor the "forest moon", but that's just a way to frame the movie and the upcoming scenes. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

TCW and Rebels have greater "local" variation. In Rebels when Ezra gets his crystal, the temple is clearly "far north" or the local equivalent: borealis, snow on the ground, foggy breath...

I assume weather is "normal" given the local planetary conditions, and variations are often a fun part of the story. There's no reason not to have a 1 in 100 year rain event on Tatooine near Mos Eisley, that awakens the screaming and ravenous Dune Sea Cicada in a critical part of its life cycle...