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- "Coruscant, the capital of the Republic. The entire planet is one big city."
- ―Ric Olié
As the hub of galactic activity, Coruscant was a well-known ecumenopolis.
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 included the galactic capital Coruscant,[1] Denon,[2] Eufornis Major,[3] the New Republic capital Hosnian Prime,[source?] Nar Shaddaa,[4] Taris,[5] and Uchinao.[6]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
"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[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 2 (Droid Directory: 3PO-series Protocol Droids, Part 1) (Picture only)- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 3 (Droid Directory: R2-series Astromech Droids, Part 2) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 4 (Droid Directory: 3PO-series Protocol Droids, Part 1) (Picture only)
- 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: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Zam Wesell - Topps' Women of Star Wars)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Ecumenopolis on Wikipedia
