Metellos/Legends

Metellos was the fourth of seven planets in the Metellos system.

It had an extremely high population of roughly 900 billion and was mostly urban. It had a diameter of 7,829 mi (12,600 km) and was orbited by three moons. Known as the Coruscant that wasn't, Metellos was colonized by Coruscant before the formation of the Galactic Republic. Metellos was extremely crowded, more so than Coruscant, but much of the planet still remained to be urbanized. Large septic seas and barren deserts had not yet been overrun by durasteel.

For thousands of years, Metellos had labored in the shadow of its flashier, glitzier, wealthier neighbor while they struggled to make themselves known. The planet contained 17 immense stratablocks, which rose far above the surrounding land. Large tracts of shabby, toxic, extremely poor regions, as well as heavy industrial areas, lay between these stratablocks. To compensate for the overcrowding, over 1,000 floating cities were created for the rich. These cities were designed to resemble the magnificent floating cities of Ithor, though the design turned out to be blocky and ugly.

Metellos was a large producer of energy.

Six years after the Battle of Endor, Imperial forces routed a large New Republic force near Metellos, and rained destruction onto the planet. Large areas were devastated, and approximately 5 billion people were killed.