Gang war on Coruscant

Previous	Eventually the Battle of Jakku
Gang war on Coruscant
Beginning	Sometime after the fall of the Galactic Empire
Place	Coruscant

"Tourism has all but disappeared, and Coruscant has become a symbol not of galactic possibilities, but of the current era's disturbing realities."

―Hondo Ohnaka

A gang war occurred on the Core World Coruscant sometime after the fall of the Galactic Empire. Gangs roamed the former galactic capital as criminal syndicates fought for control of the planet. The lawlessness on Coruscant was considered one of the great tragedies of the New Republic Era.

Prelude

"The heart of galactic civilization, Coruscant is a city that covers an entire planet, with lofty towers soaring above lightless, perilous underlevels. Once the capital of the Republic and the Empire, it's believed to be the birthplace of humanity."

―Hondo Ohnaka

Coruscant was the center of galactic civilization for thousands of years.

The purported homeworld of the human species, the Core World Coruscant was an ecumenopolis—a city-covered planet—that had long stood as the political and cultural center of the galaxy for thousands of years. It was the capital of the Galactic Republic that governed much of the known galaxy throughout the Republic Era, and during the Imperial Era, Coruscant was the center of the Galactic Empire. With the death of Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious in 4 ABY, however, Coruscant descended into rioting and civil war.

The Empire ceded its capital to the New Republic by the end of the Galactic Civil War, and a provisional government was created to oversee Coruscant. Breaking with a millennia of tradition, the New Republic stripped Coruscant of its legislative role and instead, member worlds would host the Galactic Senate headquarters on a rotational basis through elections. However, the New Republic would eventually return administrative operations back to Coruscant as the planet was already designed to handle and administer the galaxywide infrastructure.

Gang war

"Sadly, after the fall of the Empire, the glittering world fell under the control of criminal syndicates. Gangs now prowl even respectable districts, and safety is reserved for those who can afford armed guards and droid protectors."

―Hondo Ohnaka

Hondo Ohnaka noted with sadness that Coruscant had become a haven for criminal gangs.

Coruscant saw a decline in law and order despite its membership in the Galactic Senate, criminal syndicates came to dominate Coruscant in the absence of a strong governmental presence, allowing gangs to roam even the more respectable districts of Imperial City by the time of the mission to Batuu. The gangs ultimately fought over control of the planet, making Coruscant an undesirable destination to many outsiders and potential visitors. As a result, tourism all but vanished on Coruscant while gang violence became commonplace for the local Coruscanti. Only the wealthy could afford the protection of security droids and armed bodyguards.

Hondo Ohnaka, a pirate since the days of the Clone Wars, noted Coruscant's state as a tarnished world in his book Galactic Explorer's Guide. Though it was still considered the heart of galactic civilization, the reality was that Coruscant no longer represented galactic possibilities. Instead, the former capital had become a symbol of the conflict and disorder associated with the current era. The RA-7 protocol droid DK-RA-43 considered Coruscant's fall from grace as one of the greatest tragedies in galactic history.

Aftermath

"People are rising up all over the galaxy. Poe, we did it."
"We did it."

―Finn and Poe Dameron

In the aftermath of the Battle of Exegol in 35 ABY, Coruscant revolted against the military rule of the First Order. The uprising on Coruscant was one of many rebellions in a general uprising against the First Order.

Behind the scenes

The gang war on Coruscant was first mentioned in Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide, a 2019 reference book written by Jason Fry.

Sources

• Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide (First mentioned)