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| Coruscant | |
|---|---|
| Astrographical | |
| Region |
Core Worlds[1] |
| Sector |
Coruscant subsector, Corusca sector[2] |
| System |
Coruscant system[1] |
| Suns |
1: Coruscant Prime[3] |
| Orbital position |
6[1] |
| Moons |
4 natural:[3] Many artificial satellites[1] |
| Grid coordinates |
L-9[5] |
| XYZ coordinates |
0, 0, 0[5] |
| Trade routes | |
| Distance from Core |
10,000 light years[5] |
| Rotation period | |
| Orbital period |
365 standard days[1] |
| Physical | |
| Class |
Terrestrial[1] |
| Diameter |
12,240 kilometers[1] |
| Atmosphere |
Type I (Breathable)[1] |
| Climate |
Temperate and controlled[1] |
| Gravity |
Standard[1] |
| Primary terrain | |
| Surface water |
Artificial reservoirs[1] |
| Points of interest | |
| Native fauna | |
| Societal | |
| Native species | |
| Immigrated species |
Various[1] |
| Primary language(s) |
|
| Government | |
| Population | |
| Demonym |
Coruscanti[14] |
| Major cities |
Galactic City (capital)[1] |
| Major imports |
Foodstuffs & medicinal goods[3] |
| Affiliation |
|
- "Coruscant, capital of the Republic, an entire planet evolved into one city."
- ―Ric Olié
Coruscant (pronounced /'kɔɹəsɑnt/), originally called Notron, also known as Imperial Center or the Queen of the Core, was a planet located in the Galactic Core. It was generally agreed that Coruscant was, during most of galactic history, the most politically important world in the galaxy. At various times, it was the capital of the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, the New Republic, the Yuuzhan Vong empire, the Galactic Alliance, very briefly the Fel Empire, Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, and the Galactic Federation Triumvirate. In controlling Coruscant, these governments controlled most of the galaxy in the process.
Over the centuries, Coruscant had developed into an ecumenopolis, with a total of 5,127 levels of city built up from the crust by the time of the Clone Wars. The actual planet-wide metropolis of Coruscant was called Galactic City. Under the Galactic Republic, the names Republic City or the City of Spires were also used to reference the city. It was also called Imperial City under the Galactic Empire, and New Republic City under the New Republic. However, in practice, Galactic City and its other names were sometimes applied to the Senate District, the central government center and de facto capital of Coruscant. Under the Yuuzhan Vong, the city and planet were both referred to as Yuuzhan'tar.
Description[]
Overview[]
- "An incandescent organ of life, visibly vibrating with the pulses of billions."
- ―Supreme Chancellor Signet Mezzileen
Coruscant was a planet located in the Core Worlds. Located at the intersection of numerous major hyperlanes— including the Perlemian Trade Route, the Corellian Run, the Metellos Trade Route, the Koros Trunk Line, and the Leisure Corridor—its hyperspace coordinates were (0,0,0) which effectively made it the center of the galaxy. These coordinates also inspired the planet's military designation, "triple zero," though the actual galactic center was located in the Deep Core. As the de facto center of the galaxy, however, Coruscant was generally agreed to be the most important planet throughout most of galactic history, as well as being one of the wealthiest due to its advantageous location.[1]
Coruscant served as the capital for the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, New Republic, Yuuzhan Vong Empire, Galactic Alliance, the Fel Empire, Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, and the Galactic Federation Triumvirate. It also served at various times as the home of the Jedi Order and the Jedi Temple.
Surface[]
- "Seen from orbit, Imperial Center is a blaze of light and sparkling colors, reminding some spacers of corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago."
- ―Pollux Hax
Geologically, the planet was composed of a molten core with a rocky mantle and a silicate rock crust. At its poles were huge ice caps that were popular spots for tourists. The entire surface of Coruscant was covered by sprawling kilometers-high ecumenopolis, and boasted a population of over a hundred billion to several trillion, depending on the era. Following the end of the Clone Wars, an official census noted 1 trillion official permanent residents. The statistics did not include transients, temporary workers, unregistered populace, nor residents of orbital facilities. Because of these omissions, the actual population of Coruscant was estimated to be three times the official record.[5][19]
Coruscant's surface as seen from orbit.
Coruscanti skyscrapers dwarfed all the original natural features, including mountains, as well as floors of oceans which once covered a large portion of Coruscant's surface. Areas of Galactic City were broken up into 5,127 levels which were then divided into megablocks, blocks, and subblocks.[20] Coruscant itself was divided into quadrants, which were divided into zones.[11] Below the skyscrapers was Coruscant's undercity, where sunlight never reached. Artificial lighting illuminated these lower levels and advertisement holograms could be seen everywhere. There were numerous establishments for entertainment, catering to a myriad of alien species. The residents were collectively referred to as Twilighters.[14]
Coruscant was once a world mostly covered in oceans.[21] However, all natural bodies of water were drained and stored in vast caverns beneath the city as a result of years of overpopulation. The only body of water visible was the artificial Western Sea, with many artificially-created islands floating on it, used by tourists on holidays.[1]
With no other bodies of water available to feed and water its trillion inhabitants, Coruscant's architects, along with many others from around the galaxy, worked together to build a self-contained eco-system in the massive buildings set all over the planet. Polar cap stations also melted ice and distributed water throughout the planet-wide city through a complex series of pipes.[1]
Neighborhoods[]
- "Not everyone on Coruscant lives in a luxurious temple on the surface."
- ―Asajj Ventress, to Ahsoka Tano
Coruscant's Undercity was dangerous and filled with crime.
Galactic City was divided into quadrants, several thousand in number, with each quadrant further split into sectors.[11] Each sector was numbered on official maps, but sectors often had nicknames, such as Sah'c Town, also known as sector H-46, named for a prominent family that owned a large portion of its land, or The Works, the largest of Coruscant's designated industrial zones.
The Works was once one of the galaxy's major manufacturing areas, where starship parts, droids, and building materials were heavily produced for centuries, but as construction and industry became cheaper and more efficient and cheaper off-world, The Works fell into disrepair.[11] The area gained a reputation as a hub of criminal activity and locals generally stayed away from it.
A similar, but more dangerous area, was the Factory District, which was once the industrial heart of Coruscant until it too lost out to competition from producers in other Core Worlds. By the time of the Great Jedi Purge, it lay in ruins and was almost completely deserted of sentients, because of the feral droids that prowled its streets. It was located on the opposite side of the planet, and was much more dangerous than the Southern Underground, Invisible Sector, which were infamous in their own right.[19]
Another area of Coruscant was CoCo Town, an abbreviation of "collective commerce." Many diverse species lived there and worked in manufacturing. A partially enclosed open-air plaza near the Senate building, the Column Commons, was so-called because it housed most of the HoloNet and news media corporations.[4]
Environment[]
- "The attitude of most inhabitants is that Coruscant exists for the business of government, not for vacations and sunbathing and sightseeing…"
- ―Pollux Hax
A series of orbital mirrors were set up that reflected the sun's warmth and light. Several of these mirrors were destroyed during the Clone Wars, specifically the Battle of Coruscant. It is known that thunderstorms and rain occurred during 19 BBY[22] and 3 ABY.[23]
Huge pipelines carry water and other substances across the massive cityscape that covered the surface of the planet
The planet produced trillions of tons of waste every hour. Though almost everything on the planet, from clothes to packaging and machinery was recyclable, some waste was too dangerous to recycle. Such items included worn-out hyperdrive cores which were delivered to one of the planet's five thousand garbage pits, where they were put into canisters and fired into a tight orbit around the planet. Garbage ships then collected them and transported them to nearby moons for storage. Some of the more dangerous materials were shot into the nearby sun for complete incineration. Garbage not exported or destroyed was mixed into a slurry of silicone oils and processed by garbage worms which chewed it into pellets while removing any remaining organics, plastic, or recoverable metals. They turned millions of tons of pellets into carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases.
Coruscant's enormous population and industrialization also produced massive amounts of carbon dioxide and heat energy. Thousands of carbon dioxide-reactive atmospheric dampeners were put into place in the upper atmosphere to prevent atmospheric degeneration. The first set of these planet-wide dampeners, developed by the Galactic Republic, was known as the Coruscant Atmospheric Reclamation Project.[24]
Near the planet's core were a number of massive power relay stations. The lowest levels were abandoned to mutants and scavengers, such as the cannibalistic, mythical Cthon. The foundations of many of the buildings, some of which weighed billions of tons, also extended deep into the planet's crust.[4]
Galactic Standard Time was developed on Coruscant and so was tied to the daily and yearly cycle of the planet. A standard day, like Coruscant, was made up of 24 hours, while a standard year's 368 days reflected the length of Coruscant's year.[4]
History[]
Pre-Republic[]
The Taungs battle the Zhell.
- "The recorded history of Coruscant stretches back so far that it becomes indistinguishable from legend…"
- ―Pollux Hax
Around 200,000 BBY,[25] the planet Notron was home to two species: the grey-skinned Taung and the Zhell,[15] the ancestors of the modern Humans.[10] The Thirteen Nations of Zhell eventually came into conflict with the Taung, and the Battalions of Zhell fought the Taung in a fierce war. However, during a battle at the city of Zhell, a volcano erupted, and the Taung overran the terrified Zhell in the battle that followed. Taking the victory and the cloud of volcanic ash as a sign of divine
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- ↑ Template:SW
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Template:WizardsCite
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide
- ↑ The Cestus Deception
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Galaxy at War
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way
- ↑ Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Star Wars: Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
- ↑ Star Wars: Legacy 1: Prisoner of the Floating World, Part 1
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight
- ↑ The Paradise Snare
- ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I
- ↑ Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- ↑ The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
- ↑ Template:Blog