Ecumenopolis

"Coruscant, the capital of the Republic. The entire planet is one big city."

- Ric Olié

An ecumenopolis was a city encompassing an entire planet or moon. Due to their lack of exploitable ground, such world-spanning cities were dependent on imports for food and raw materials.

Ecumenopoleis in the galaxy
There were many ecumenopoleis in the galaxy, including:
 * Corulag


 * Coruscant
 * Eufornis Major
 * Nar Shaddaa
 * Denon
 * Taris

Behind the scenes
"Ecumenopolis" comes from the Greek "οικουμένη" (oecumen) meaning "world," and "πόλις" (polis) meaning "city," thus translating to "world-city, a city made of the whole world." The Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis coined the term in 1967.

The first ecumenopolis seen on-screen within the Star Wars films was Coruscant in The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, released in 1997. The term made its first Star Wars appearance in the Legends novel Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight, in 2008. In Star Wars canon, the term was first used in Heir to the Jedi, a novel written by Kevin Hearne and released on March 3, 2015.

Appearances

 * Darth Maul, Part I
 * Darth Maul, Part II
 * Darth Maul, Part V
 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Kanan 1: The Last Padawan, Part I: Fight
 * Kanan 3: The Last Padawan, Part III: Pivot
 * Rebel Rising
 * Thrawn
 * Lost Stars webcomic
 * Leia, Princess of Alderaan
 * Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Doctor Aphra 13: The Enormous Profit, Part V
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Aftermath
 * Aftermath: Life Debt
 * The Legends of Luke Skywalker
 * Aftermath
 * Aftermath: Life Debt
 * The Legends of Luke Skywalker