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Coruscant

The city-planet first described in Heir to the Empire.

Coruscant is an ecumenopolis planet in the fictional universe of Star Wars. It was first described in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire and made its first on-screen appearance in a scene added to Return of the Jedi for its 1997 re-release.

Quick Facts

Series
Star Wars
Creator
George Lucas; Timothy Zahn
Genre
Science fiction
Races
  • Human (indigenous; homeworld presumably)
  • Taung (historically)
  • Zhell (historically)
Population
2 trillion (68% Human, 32% other sentients)

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