Planet

Planets of SWG

• Corellia
• Dantooine
• Dathomir
• Endor
• Hoth
• Kashyyyk
• Lok
• Mustafar
• Naboo
• Rori
• Talus
• Tatooine
• Yavin IV

Star Wars Galaxies allows the player to visit various planets of the Star Wars universe.

With new extensions some new planets were added. Most planets can have player cities and also feature planet-specific weather effects e.g sandstorms on Tatooine.

Each planet's in-game day takes real-time hours. Tatooine, Naboo, and Corellia are on a 3 hour cycle. Dantooine, Yavin 4, Talus, and Endor are on a 2 hour cycle. Dathomir, Lok, and Rori are on a 1.5 hour, 1 hour, and 30 minute cycle, respectively.

Corellia	Talus	Dantooine
Dathomir	Endor	Lok
Kashyyyk	Naboo	Rori
Tatooine	Yavin IV	Mustafar

Original planets

Upon release of the game in 2003, 10 planets were open for visitation: Tatooine, Naboo, Talus, Rori, Corellia, Lok, Dantooine, Dathomir, Endor and Yavin 4. Of these, Tatooine, Naboo, Talus, Rori and Corellia were considered "starting planets," planets immediately available after Character Creation was completed. Later, after amassing enough experience, players could travel to the five more advanced planets.

Features

All planets have at least one NPC city/outpost, although only six have respectably sized cities.

On seven planets (Tatooine, Naboo, Rori, Talus, Corellia, Lok and Dantooine), players can place any type of buildable structure and create player cities. On three planets (Dathomir, Endor and Yavin 4), players may not place houses or shops, only resource harvesters and similar structures. No buildings may be placed on Mustafar or Kashyyyk.

Every original planet has a planetary map filled with points of interest (POIs). Sometimes these adhere to some sort of quest, and some are purely for sight-seeing.

Tatooine

Tatooine is a planet filled with rolling sand dunes and vast expanses of desert. It is one of the more dangerous starting planets due to its sometimes deadly wildlife.

After the New Game Enhancements were implemented, all new players were dropped off by Han Solo in Mos Eisley, Tatooine, after leaving Tansarii Point Station. From there, players were started on the Legacy Quests. This means that Tatooine is generally one of the most populated planets in Star Wars Galaxies.

Some areas of interest include Fort Tusken, Jabba's Palace, and the Great Pit of Carkoon.

NPC Cities

Tatooine has the most NPC cities of any planet, with seven. These are Anchorhead , Bestine, Mos Eisley, Mos Entha, Mos Espa, Mos Taike, and Wayfar. Bestine is a well-known Imperial stronghold, while Anchorhead is an Alliance stronghold. Many of them have remained somewhat similar in structure since 2003. However, Wayfar, originally lacking a shuttleport and a spaceport, gained a shuttleport to make travel to the city easier.

Wayfar is one of three cities that celebrates Life Day. Mos Eisley takes part in the Galactic Moon Festival.

Architecture

Tatooine/Lok architecture is very distinctive; most buildings are sandy colored stone buildings that usually lack windows to keep out the sun's glare. Tatooine style houses are buildable on Tatooine, Lok and Dantooine.

Landscape and Weather

Tatooine is filled with sand dunes and long expanses of baked desert. There is little vegetation or water on the planet's surface. Organisms living on this world are specially adapted to the extreme temperature range.

Tatooine has twin suns, and so it is high in temperature during the day and low in temperature during the nights. Duststorms regularly occur at ranom places on the planet and can reduce visibility for a few minutes.

Naboo

Naboo is a lush, green planet filled with magnificent cities and flowing rivers. It has three moons, which are during the night hours. It is usually the next step after Tatooine and is probably the easiest planet in the game. Much of its wildlife is harmless, and, unlike most planets, its main attractions are not in the wilderness.

Some areas of interest are the Emperor's Retreat, the Dee'ja Peak Waterfall ,the Gungan Sacred Place and the Keren Street Race.

NPC Cities

Naboo has five NPC cities. These are Dee'ja Peak, Kaadara, Keren, Moenia, and Theed. Many of them are near rivers (Keren), waterfalls (Dee'ja Peak and Theed), swamps (Moenia), or water in general (Kaadara). Moenia, has a reputation as an artist's retreat, and so is left alone by the Empire. It is the planet's Alliance stronghold. Dee'ja Peak is the planet's Imperial stronghold.

The Galactic Moon Festival is celebrated in Moenia.

Architecture

Naboo architecture makes much use of domes, usually colored green. Players can build structures of this style on Dantooine, Naboo and Rori.

Landscape and Weather

Naboo is dominated by rolling hills and grasslands, with a few trees scattered about. There are many lakes and rivers, as well as scenic waterfalls.

Naboo generally has pleasant weather. Rain isn't as common as it is on some other planets. When near a swamp, however, the landscape becomes foggy and the difference between night and day is somewhat blurred, as the sun is barely visible. Moenia is built in this foggy environment.

Corellia

Corellia is a large world with well-developed cities such as Coronet and Tyrena. It sports a number of attractions, such as the Agrilat Crystal Swamps and a large rebel base. Much of its wildlife is not very dangerous, which is why it was once considered a starting planet. It is in the center of all of the game's hyperspace routes, which makes it an ideal place for trade.

NPC Cities

Corellia has six NPC cities: Bela Vistal, Coronet, Doaba Guerfel, Kor Vella, Tyrena and Vreni Island. Unlike the cities on Naboo, Tatooine, Rori and Lok, Corellian cities are filled with towering skyscrapers and bright lights. Bela Vistal is the planet's Imperial stronghold, and Vreni Isand is the planet's Rebel stronghold.

Doaba Guerfel is one of three cities that celebrates Life Day.

Architecture

Corellian architecture is marked by tall buildings featuring a distinctive curve at their tops. Many Corellian cities also have small gates with bright lights adorning their sides. Architecture of Corellian NPC cities seems to be different by city; towns like Kor Vella and Vreni Island feature short grey buildings with slanted sides, while larger cities like Coronet and Tyrena feature more curved buildings with windows.

Players can build Corellian Style Architecture in Talus and Corellia.

Landscape and Weather

Corellia is a very yellow world, marked by rolling yellow fields and bright yellow skies. Most trees are coniferous. Corellia also has high, snow-capped mountains along its edge.

A large, swirling cloud formation, as well as several moons can always be seen in the skies of Corellia. However, there is very little weather exclusive to Corellia. It is important to note that when players enter the Agrilat Swamps, the sky turns blue and hazy, similar to the way the sky turns green and hazy when entering a Naboo swamp.

Rori

Rori is one of three moons of Naboo. It was officially colonized long ago by King Narmle, who dreamt of making Rori into as great a world as Naboo. However, he disappeared later in his life, likely due to his failure to realize that dream. Since then, Rori has been seen as "property" of Naboo and constantly trades with its parent planet. It is not densely populated and is one of the more difficult beginning planets.

Some notable attractions include the Rori Gungan's Swamp Town and the Garyn Raider's Bunker.

NPC Cities

When the game began in 2003, there were two major cities on Rori: Narmle and Restuss. However, in 2006, Restuss was transformed into a massive PvP area/experience, leaving Narmle as the only regular city on the planet.

Architecture

Rori architecture is the same as that of Naboo and is called Naboo Architecture. It is buildable on Naboo, Rori and Dantooine.

Landscape and Weather

Rori is an even more lush planet than Naboo. In forested areas, it trees are very densely packed, and large swamps and marshes cover the entire planet. It is covered by oppresive grey-blue skies. Rori is also more mountainous than its parent planet.

Rain is typically more common on Rori than it is on Naboo, due to the thick cloud layer.

Talus

Talus is another planet in the Corellian system, and orbits with its sister planet, Tralus, around a common center of gravity. Although it is similar to Corellia, it isn't as well known and is much less populated. Talus is more difficult than Corellia, but its wildlife is usually easy to handle.Some notable points of interest are the Detainment Center ,the Lost Village of Durbin, and the Kahmurra Biogenetic Research Facility .

NPC Cities

There are two major NPC cities on Talus: Dearic and Nashal . Dearic is the larger of the two, and is the capital of Talus. Nashal is smaller, but is unique due to its position around a wide river. In addition, a star-shaped fort called the Talus Imperial Outpost is present on Talus and contains a spaceport, which is unusual for an outpost. This makes it similar to a city.

Dearic is the largest of the three cities that celebrates Life Day.

Architecture

The architecture of Talus is the same as that on Corellia and is referred to as Corellian Architecture. Players are allowed to built Corellian Architecture on Corellia and Talus.The buildings in Dearic and Nashal greatly resemble those found in Tyrena and Coronet.

Landscape and Weather

Talus's landscape is similar to that of Corellia. However, it is much greener and is more densely wooded. There are also more rivers and bodies of water on Talus than on Corellia. Talus's sky is a rich purple hue, unlike the yellow skies of Corellia.

Talus is susceptible to more rain than Corellia, but is otherwise the same.