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- "Thousands of layers of buildings and skyscrapers cover the entire planetary surface of Coruscant. Because of this, Coruscant is one of only a handful of city-planets, known as an 'ecumenopolis.'"
- ―Recording for Coruscant newcomers

As the hub of galactic activity, Coruscant was a well-known ecumenopolis.
An ecumenopolis was a planet[1] or moon[2] entirely encompassed by a single city.[1] Due to their lack of exploitable ground, such world-spanning cities were dependent on imports for food and raw materials.[3] Bounty hunter Imara Vex found working on an ecumenpolis to be difficult as both the hunter and their bounty could easily hide away.[4]
There were only a handful of ecumenopolis in the galaxy.[1] Many of them, such as the galactic capitals of Coruscant[3] and Hosnian Prime,[5] as well as Denon[6] and Eufornis Major,[7] were situated in the Core Worlds; others were in the Deep Core, such as Troithe,[8] and Empress Teta.[9] City-worlds in the Outer Rim Territories included Botajef,[10] Nar Shaddaa,[2] Taris,[11] Uchinao,[12] and Wind.[13]
Behind the scenes[]
The first ecumenopolis seen on-screen within Star Wars was Coruscant in The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, released in 1997.[14] The term made its first Star Wars appearance in the Legends novel Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight, in 2008.[15] In Star Wars canon, the term was first used in the 2015 novel Heir to the Jedi, written by Kevin Hearne.[6]
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Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 5 Droid Directory: 2-1B-series Medical Droids, Part 1 (Picture only)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 Databank A-Z: Zam Wesell–Wexley (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
2020 Topps Women of Star Wars Card: #99: Zam Wesell (backup link not available)
"Anakin Skywalker" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Star Wars Inside Intel: Clone Armor on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
Star Wars Inside Intel: Coruscant on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
- "This is Obi-Wan" — Star Wars: Meet the Galactic Heroes
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
The Mandalorian — "Chapter 19: The Convert"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars (2015) 8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Coruscant in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Hunters
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Heir to the Jedi
- ↑ Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
- ↑ Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ Thrawn
- ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
- ↑ Alphabet Squadron
- ↑ The Vow of Silver Dawn
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight