While the spires of the Temple remained in place, the rest of the structure was heavily remodeled and expanded with sloping facades and block-shaped additions. The entire area was known as the Federal District, with the Imperial Palace forming one point of the so-called supreme triangle. The other two points were the byzantine COMPNOR arcology, which contained the headquarters of the Imperial Security Bureau, and the new Naval Intelligence Agency headquarters, a near-windowless complex which formerly housed the Republic's strategic center.
The cityscape of Coruscant changed as well. Buildings were stripped of their elegant Republic dressings in favor of sleek lines and block-like surfaces, and many smaller buildings became engulfed into larger buildings. Some areas changed so quickly that they were not recognizable to those who had seen them only a few years before. The Emperor's reign lasted for decades with Coruscant serving as his throneworld. The Empire's policies against non-humans and its tightening control of the population caused unrest, especially among the alien populations of the underworld.
The aggressiveness of the forced relocations caused rioting to erupt in the Old Market Sector , which was brutally put down by Imperial forces. After the destruction of the planet Alderaan by the Death Star , rumors of what occurred began reaching the Alderaanian population on Coruscant, most of whom lived on Level Vigils soon became heated and angry when it became known that the Empire had destroyed the planet.
For several days, rioting continued until the combined efforts of the Coruscant Security Force and Imperial stormtroopers restored order by firing indiscriminately into the crowd.
The crowds, frightened, dispersed. The following day, the Coruscant police arrested anyone caught out in the streets.
The day after that, stormtroopers began going door to door stating that Rebel spies had recruited local residents and that Alderaanians had to be taken in for questioning. The death of Emperor Palpatine was celebrated by the citizens of Coruscant, who rebelled against Imperial rule. With both the Emperor and his apprentice dead, due to being killed during the destruction of the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station , the citizens of Coruscant rejoiced , pulling down statues of Palpatine, overwhelming the stormtroopers on the streets, and setting off chimes and fireworks.
Present Coruscanti erupted into full-scale rioting. Blaster fire and fighting soon erupted across the capital between Coruscanti and the Imperial security forces. In the ensuing months the New Republic was formed and re-established the Galactic Senate on Chandrila. Rax, leader of the Shadow Council that secretly guided the Empire in its final days, saw the planet as representing the "decay" that caused the Empire's downfall.
Grand Vizier Mas Amedda remained the planet's administrator and de-facto head of the Empire, but held no real power. The ISB established a nominal blockade around the planet utilizing ISB spaceships and coordinated the efforts of present security forces and stormtroopers. The Verity and Federal District were heavily fortified with checkpoints and barricades. Coruscant skylanes were diverted, and ISB crafts flew on patrol.
Smoke rose from damaged vehicles and buildings as a fierce guerrilla war consumed the entire planet. However, they refused to take him prisoner, instead insisting that he find a way to capitulate the Empire and sign a full surrender. There, he was forced to make propaganda broadcasts and was treated like a virtual captive. Later, he was rescued by members of a child resistance group known as the Anklebiter Brigade , who had initially come to assassinate him.
Amedda managed to persuade the child resistance fighters to help him escape so that he could end the Galactic Civil War. After emerging from hiding, Amedda contacted Chancellor Mothma to surrender. Following the Imperial surrender, weeks of celebrations took place in the streets and rooftops of Coruscant as the population celebrated the end of Imperial rule on Coruscant.
With the Galactic Civil War concluded, the New Republic sought to reshape galactic politics in an effort to both prevent the abuses of the Old Republic and bring in disaffected worlds that had seceded from the Republic prior to the Clone Wars. To accomplish this, the new Senate decided that all worlds would have an equal say in their government, and as such all worlds had an equal chance of hosting the New Republic's capital on a rotating basis, rather than simply remaining on Coruscant alone.
Twenty years after its establishment, it was represented by Senator Arbo , a member of the Centrist faction and notorious war hawk, and junior senator Orris Madmund. Despite being a part of the New Republic, [57] the planet actually fell under the control of criminal syndicates after the Empire's fall. By the time following the Battle of Crait [58] in 34 ABY , [59] even the respectable areas of Coruscant were roamed by gangs.
Gangs fought a bloody conflict for control of the glittering world's districts. Tourism to the once-galactic capital all but vanished, and, for an individual to be safe, they needed to afford protection like droids and armed guards. Accordingly, the city world was not a symbol of galactic possibilities. Instead, it represented the disturbing realities of the galaxy's current time period.
The pirate Hondo Ohnaka , who was saddened by Coruscant's current state, included the planet in his book titled Galactic Explorer's Guide. Within the book, RA-7 protocol droid DK-RA described Coruscant's fall from grace into lawlessness as one of the greatest tragedies of their current era. Panoramic view of the planetary cityscape of Coruscant from the High Council Chamber. Although Coruscant was believed to be the homeworld of the human species , [32] the Coruscanti were as varied as the galaxy itself, especially as one journeyed below the surface of the skyscrapers and into the underworld.
From there they would spend their days either working in the Senate or hosting events such as parties and political meetings. Many of those communities of species that were not human resided in the lower levels of the city. With the formation of the Empire, even those humans whose home planet had fallen out of favor with the Imperial government, such as Alderaan, were forced into enclaves in the underworld. Compared to the poverty-stricken lower levels, Coruscant's surface was dominated by an affluent society.
On the surface levels of Coruscant, skyscrapers served as homes and businesses for the wealthy, powerful, and politically connected.
They were ferried by private speeder or an air taxi from one tower to the next or to the various theaters, clubs, operas, and other entertainment areas of Coruscant.
Among the rich and powerful of the planet were the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic and members of the Galactic Senate. On the streets of the city in the shadows of skyscrapers teemed the planet's blue collar working population. Many worked on the upper and lower surface levels or enjoyed the entertainment and restaurants that were more catered to their financial abilities.
A term used to describe both the thousands of levels underneath the surface, and, Coruscant's criminal population, the underworld was home to millions of the planet's population who were too poor to move upward or were hiding from the attentions of the authorities.
The citizens who lived here rarely if ever during their lifetime saw the surface of the planet. Living between vast buildings and infrastructure that supported the surface, they carried on their lives at the mercy of the violence, decay, and constant threat of death. Coruscant was the seat of the Galactic Senate, making it home to thousands of senators from across the galaxy. Coruscant, as the center of the galaxy, thrived on the rule of government. It served as the capital of the Republic which kept the peace and prevented a major war in the galaxy for over a thousand years.
Under the Republic, the Chancellor and the Senate had a direct influence on the planet's governance. Major events that affected the Republic equally affected Coruscant. While the goal was to primarily assist the members of each senator's homeworld living on Coruscant, the assistance offices were open to help all Coruscanti.
Epidemic outbreaks at the starports of Coruscant were controlled by the Coruscant Health Office. Serving under a long tradition, the Senate Guard was a reminder that though the Republic did not have a standing army, it was not defenseless. One of Coruscant's many sectors was a dilapidated industrial area known as CoCo Town. CoCo Town was a dilapidated industrial area of Coruscant.
Home to mostly hard-working laborers, CoCo Town was located on a surface area of the city. Owned and operated by Dexter Jettster, a Besalisk with a colorful background, it served mostly hard workers from the area. The diner offered home-style cooked meals and freshly brewed ardees. Jettster worked as the cook and employed two waitresses, Hermione Bagwa and her droid partner, WA Jettster identified it as originating from the planet Kamino, which he knew of from his days as a prospector.
During the civil war that erupted after the Emperor's death, CoCo Town became an epicenter of the fight between rebel and Imperial forces. The fighting saw the formation of the so-called Anklebiter Brigade, a group of youths familiar with the underground maintenance systems, who would use them to sneak behind Imperial lines and disrupt their abilities to fight.
The Grand Republic Medical Facility was a tower built to serve as a treatment center for badly injured Republic soldiers. And boy, did we see a lot of it in the prequels. And the final battle takes place in a bit of country so featureless it might as well be the Windows XP background.
It combines the stunning natural beauty of Northern California, the cuddliness of a trip to Build-a-Bear Workshop, and tree houses straight out of a Dwell spread. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription. Account Profile. Sign Out. Luke Skywalker on Tatooine. Photo: Lucasfilm. Tags: vulture homepage lede star wars star wars: the last jedi the force awakens return of the jedi the empire strikes back a new hope More. Most Viewed Stories. This initiative alarmed Separatist leader, Count Dooku and tasked General Grievous with upsetting the process.
Demolition droids were dispatched to execute the operation. Two of these droids could connect into a bomb which would explode after a given time. The units, camouflaged as Coruscant Sanitation Department sweeper droids, arrived on the planet of Coruscant and soon encountered members of the Coruscant Guard, who were then checking the identification of a group of Coruscant power generator engineers.
The droids displayed their holographic permission, which proclaimed that their task was "generator maintenance". The clones allowed them to pass and the droids arrived at the central power distribution grid. During this time, Senator Amidala and Ashoka Tano visited with Chancellor Palpatine in his office and attempted to persuade the man to accept the Confederacy's peace offer so that no more orders for Clone troopers would have to be paid.
The Chancellor did not accept, saying that their past efforts at ending the war had been fruitless, as the Separatists had rejected their previous proposal. Also during this time, the Demolition droids slaughtered the personnel in the generator area without loss and soon connected into bombs as soon as the film was secured. Senator Amidala was addressing the Galactic Senate during this time, proclaiming there was no need for deregulating the banks for ordering further Clone troopers due to the beginning of the peace negotiations.
As the Senate began to enter their votes, the process was interrupted by the blackout caused by the demolition droids, which destroyed the generator. Large portions of Coruscant's cities turned dark in mere moments, and fires broke out in the general vicinity of the Senate Building as the system was overloaded.
Later on, it was announced that the attack had been confirmed as a Separatist one, and it was then proposed to vote on the military spending bill to deregulate the banks allowing for more Republic Clone troopers. Not long after, several Republic senators were attacked in an attempt at intimidation to not vote on the military spending bill.
One attack was against Senator Amidala by the bounty hunters Chata Hyoki and Robonino, whom the Separatist head of state, Count Dooou, had hired to kill her. Two police droids who witnessed Amidala being attacked outside of Senator Christo's apartment, Interfered, although the bounty hunters shot and destroyed them by beating their head upon the ground.
They noticed the speeding Amidala and also took after her, identifying that her speeder was officially stolen. Immediately thereafter, the Galactic Senate continue to debate about decreasing military spending. Whilst enjoying refreshments, Farr suddenly choked on his drink, clutching his heart and died in the office.
The Coruscant Security Force was called in and responded to investigate the suspicious Death. Tan Divo was assigned as the inspector on the case. Samples were taken of the drinks and the forensics report concluded that a poison had been given to Onaconda, thereby classifying the death as a homicide.
After Farr's funeral, Onaconda'a political allies were summoned to the Chancellor's office in the Senate Office Building. There, Tan Divo revealed that Onaconda had not died of natural causes but had in fact been murdered. Senator Amidala suggested that Onaconda had been killed because of someone who was upset over the proposed military spending reduction bill. Tan Divo was dismissive of that idea and told the Senators to stay out of his investigation.
Amidala was not convinced by Tanks assurances and decided to pursue her own theory. Deechi revealed that he had Onaconda followed to get some dirt on the Senator and that the night before his death, Onaconda had gone to the Coruscant socks for a clandestine meeting.
Though, Amidala was reminded by her friends that Tan Divo has demanded they stay out the investigation, Amidala went to the docks with Bail Organa. Once there, they were ambushed and at shot at by a hooded figure. The disturbance alerted the Coruscant police forces and they responded and secured the crime scene.
Tan Divo arrived on the scene himself and expressed his annoyance at Senator Amidala's actions that not only had she failed to inform him of her lead at the docks but had also made his investigation more difficult by alerting the killer to the fact that they were closing in on the culprit.
Though Tan tried to tell her to slow down, Amidala dismissed him and the frustrated inspector followed her and Organa back to Senator Deechi's office, where they found him dead at his desk.
In order to secure the lives of the individuals involved in the case, including Amidala and Organa, as well as Onaconda's assistant, Lolo Purs, Tan gathered all of them together at the Senate Building and told them they would be placed under the protection of the Coruscant police force and Senate Guard forces. However, Purs refused and left the room. Though Tan tried to locate the Senator, she was nowhere to be found.
Tan returned to the gathered Senators in time for Lolo to burst into the room and claim that Halle Burtoni had attacked her. Tan ordered both the Senate guard and Coruscant police to lovage Burtoni and the police conducted a search of her office, without success. Eventually they were able to capture her and bring her to the Supreme Chancellor's office, where several individuals involved with the case , Including Amidala, Organa and Chancellor Palpatine, were waiting.
Initial questioning by Tan led Halle Burtoni to deny any involvement with Onaconda's death and the attack on Lolo. Tan then revealed that a forensics report indicated that the poison used to kill Onaconda was lethal only to Rodian blood and was Kaminoan-made in origin. With that evidence in his hand, Tan ordered that Burtoni be taken away. When asked why she had done it by Amidala, Lolo answers that she had murdered Onaconda because Lucasfilm the war he had brought to their planet of Rodia and that a new and morally stronger leader was needed.
As Deechi had known about the meeting, Lolo had felt that he had be silenced as well. Her confession validated Tan's original theory, as it had been a mistake from Onaconda's past that had led to his peril. During the conversation, Tan, unnoticed by Lolo, discreetly activated the police droids outside of the office. The police droids and Tan then proceeded to take Lolo into custody. Near the end of the war, the opinion of the public, as represented by the citizens of the planet of Coruscant, began to turn against the Jedi.
Protestors would amass in front of the Jedi Temple, putting the blame on the Jedi for the military losses and the Jedi's loss of perspective as keepers of the peace. It was at that time an explosion rocked the Jedi Temple docking complex the killed six Jedi and several Clone troopers and Temple employees.
The investigation by crime scene analysis droid, Russo-ISC and Jedi Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan, Ashoka Tano, found that Letta Turmond, the wife to Temple Employee Jackar Bowmani, had fed to him volatile nano-droids which proceeded to explode, killing Bowmani and causing the bombing in the Temple docking hangar.
When Ashoka went to visit Letta, Letta was killed by being Force choked by an unseen presence, making it look like Ashoka had murdered her. Ashoka managed to escape, during the escape, several Coruscant guards were murdered by a Lightsaber leading the pursuing troopers to truly believe it was Ashoka who had committed the crime.
In response to this, the Jedi Council ordered that Ashoka be arrested. The Coruscant police were told that Ashoka had last been seen fleeing to the lower levels, and so the underworld police divisions were also put on high alert.
Ahsoka managed to temporarily avoid being noticed by wearing a cloak to hide her identity. However, at one point, two officers boarded a train Ashoka was taking and began to check the ID's of every passenger onboard.
As Ashoka was attempting to escape to the next train station, she bumped into three more officers on the platform. Using the Force, she threw them away from her and sent them crashing to the platform. Another officer signaled ahead to other units as the train departed from the station and the remaining four officers gave chase.
Dodging passengers, Ashoka fled through the train cars. A civilian attempted to hold her back and the police officers managed to temporarily overpower her. However, Ashoka fought them off during the brief scuffle and opened a door of the train, jumping out and landing on an adjacent platform as the train passed. Believing herself safe, Ashoka began to walk away.
Three officers standing on the platform then took noticed of her and ordered her to halt. Ashoka fled from the platform to an open turbolift. The officers, seeing they were about to lose their quarry yet again, opened fire on Ashoka with their blasters, but Ashoka had already entered a lift by that time and escaped the officers shorts. Ashoka proceeded to meet up with now-bounty Hunter, Asajj Ventress. In hopes of making a deal, Ventress left Ashoka on Level at a warehouse to grant her clues on the murders and attack on the Jedi Temple.
Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Do you like this video?
0コメント