Coruscant Uprising The Coruscant Uprising was an event that took place on the city planet of Coruscant that occurred shortly after the Battle of Endor . Background . Following the Rebel Alliance ' s triumph on Endor and the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and his apprentice Darth Vader , riots , uprisings , and celebrations took place on a multitude of Imperial - held worlds , as the news spread across the galaxy . Despite the Empire ' s attempts to prevent the details of the Battle of Endor from becoming public until they could put a proper spin on it , several Rebel groups began transmitting the unaltered facts just hours after the Death Star was destroyed . Although the citizenry of Coruscant were nominally loyal to Palpatine , there was nonetheless much rejoicing in at least the Monument Plaza . The uprising . On Coruscant , several Rebel insurgent groups , including one of which future Wraith Squadron pilot Castin Donn was a member , retransmitted the news feed from a New Republic HoloNet broadcast showing the explosion of the second Death Star . The rebroadcast overrode the normal channels and went out on a wide band , ensuring that every personal comlink and holoprojector would show the footage . Subsequently , a significant amount of citizens began celebrating the fall of the Empire , and an armed uprising sprang out in several sectors . On Monument Plaza , Imperial patrols were attacked , statues of Palpatine were toppled with explosives and skimmers and other Imperial symbols were desecrated by Rebels and Rebel - leaning civilians . The citizens started cheering in celebration phrases such as " Down with the Emperor ! " , " Long live the Republic ! " , " Freedom ! " , and at least one Huttese saying of " Gi Shatta Gasha ! " However , in the midst of all the celebrating and rioting , Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard ordered a massive crackdown on the rebellious elements in the city - planet ' s population and gave full power to the local military force to end the uprising and restore order to the system . The populace was eventually put back under control through military retaliation , with high death - tolls on the part of the insurrectionists . Aftermath . On receiving the news that the uprising had been quelled , Grand Vizier Sate Pestage was glad of the results , although less pleased with the fact that Isard took action without seeking his permission first . The lack of reaction by the remaining leaders to the revolts likewise convinced Isard that none of them were fit to lead the New Order , and thus engineered the downfall of Pestage , alongside general Paltr Carvin and Grand Moff Bertroff Hissa , ensuring her role as the unofficial ruler of the Empire by 5 ABY . Despite the victory and display of power , this was the beginning of the Galactic Empire ' s end , as feuding warlords and an ever - growing New Republic ensured its eventual disintegration into the Imperial Remnant . Two years after the initial uprising was struck down , the New Republic freed the system from Imperial control . Behind the scenes . The Coruscant Uprising is somewhat of a retcon maneuver to erase the incompatibility between the celebration scenes inserted in the 1997 special edition of " " and the notion of the Empire maintaining control of Coruscant for some years after the Battle of Endor . Despite this , however , the event technically was contradicted by Vader ' s monologue during Palpatine ' s torture of Luke in the as well as the sourcebook " Coruscant and the Core Worlds " , which implied that the citizenry of Coruscant had genuine loyalty to Palpatine . Contrary to popular belief , the crowd was not shouting " The Son of Suns " during the celebrations . Pablo Hidalgo verified with Matthew Wood that the chant in question was actually the Huttese phrase " Gi Shatta Gasha ! "