--- title: Star Wars Puns Dominate Weather Report description: Channel 5 weather report is full of Star Wars puns ahead of Star Wars The Force Awakens opening in theaters. canonical: https://time.com/4153245/star-wars-weather-report/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-17T16:13:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:53.982Z og:title: Star Wars Puns Dominate Weather Report og:description: Watch og:url: https://time.com/4153245/star-wars-weather-report/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Star Wars Puns Dominate Weather Report twitter:description: Watch twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Force Is Definitely With This Star Wars-Themed Weather Report  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 4:13 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 4:13 PM UTC UK broadcaster Sian Welby snuck several _Star Wars_ puns into her weather report Tuesday as a tribute to the newest _Star Wars_ film, which started opening in theaters this week. An example of the kinds of references she made in the approximately 40-second-long clip: “If you’re forced to awaken early tomorrow morning, we’ll be on the dark side.” It is not the first theatrical weather report that Welby has delivered. Last year, a coworker dumped cold water on her head live on air as part of the viral Ice Bucket Challenge campaign to raise money for ALS research. **Read next:** * [Here Are the 90 Characters Who’ve Died in _Star Wars_](http://time.com/4112165/every-star-wars-death/) * [The 10 Most Fascinating _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Fan Theories](http://time.com/4116403/star-wars-force-awakens-fan-theories/) * [5 New Facts About _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ Bad Guy Kylo Ren](http://time.com/3994149/star-wars-the-force-awakens-kylo-ren-adam-driver/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4153245/star-wars-weather-report/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4153245/star-wars-weather-report/"},"headline":"The Force Is Definitely With This Star Wars-Themed Weather Report","datePublished":"2015-12-17T16:13:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:53.982Z","description":"The Force is with this weather presenter","url":"https://time.com/4153245/star-wars-weather-report/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4153245/star-wars-weather-report/","name":"The Force Is Definitely With This Star Wars-Themed Weather Report"}}]}] ```