13 Facts About Coruscant

Coruscant is an ecumenopolis planet in the fictional Star Wars universe.

Coruscant is a prominent location in both canon and Legends media that has been produced.

Coruscant was historically referred to as Notron or Queen of the Core; was renamed Imperial Center during the reign of the Galactic Empire and Yuuzhan'tar during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion .

Coruscant serves as the nexus of socio-economic, cultural, intellectual, political, military, and foreign policies activity within the Star Wars galaxy; at various times, it is the central administrative capital of these governing bodies: the Republic, the Galactic Empire, the New Republic, the Yuuzhan Vong Empire, the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, the Fel Empire, Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, and the Galactic Federation Triumvirate.

The planet's strategic position relative to the galactic center, a population of approximately 2 trillion sentients, and control over the galaxy's main trade routes and hyperspace lanes — Perlemian Trade Route, Hydian Way, Corellian Run and Corellian Trade Spine — that must converge and pass through Coruscant space, cemented its status as the richest and most influential habitable world in the Star Wars galaxy.

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Coruscant is the location of a sequence added to the 1997 Special Edition release of Return of the Jedi, its first onscreen appearance.

Coruscant was prominently featured in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, in which it is the location of the Galactic Republic Senate building and the central Jedi Temple.

In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Coruscant is featured in a space battle during the opening scene.

In Rogue One, Coruscant makes a brief appearance when one of the central characters to the story, Jyn Erso has a flashback of her young self on Coruscant.

Coruscant is set to appear again in the live action series Andor.

In Obi-Wan Kenobi, Coruscant makes its most extensive appearance in the Star Wars saga since the prequel trilogy.

The new Coruscant is a combination of technology and organic life, to represent the peace between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances and the Yuuzhan Vong.

Coruscant appears in the theme park attraction Star Tours – The Adventures Continue in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland Park in Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.