Capital / Legends The capital of a planet or territory was usually the primary city and was the seat of that planet or territory ' s government . However , a capital would not always be the largest city of that area . Similarly , a capital world was the primary planet in a star system and to an extension , the whole sector . Often a capital planet of a sector was simply the oldest ( and most known or advanced ) inhabited planet . It was common custom in the galaxy to name Sectors and Systems after their capital planet . For example Corellia > Corellian system > Corellian sector . History . Galactic capitals . In ancient times , the Rakata n homeworld of Lehon served as the capital of the Infinite Empire until its collapse . The Core Worlds planet of Coruscant served as the capital of the Galactic Republic for over twenty - five millennia . It also served as the capital for several galactic governments including the Galactic Empire , the New Republic , the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances , Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , and the Galactic Federation Triumvirate . During the seventeen Alsakan Conflicts ( 17 , 000 BBY – 3017 BBY ) , Alsakan contested Coruscant ' s right to be the galactic capital . During the Galactic Civil War , the resurrected Emperor Palpatine designated Byss as the capital of his Dark Empire . The Pentastar Alignment , one of the remnants of the Empire , had its capital on the planet Entralla . Following the destruction of Byss , the Imperial Remnant under Gilad Pellaeon was based on the Mid Rim world of Orinda before finally settling down on the Outer Rim world of Bastion . Bastion would later serve as the capital of the Fel Empire during the Sith – Imperial War and the Second Imperial Civil War . During the Yuuzhan Vong War , the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong invaders seized the galactic capital Coruscant in 27 ABY . The Vong terraformed Coruscant as Yuuzhan ' tar in an attempt to remake it in the image of their lost homeworld . Coruscant was retaken by Galactic Alliance and allied forces in 29 ABY . Following the death of Supreme Overlord Shimrra Jamaane and the capitulation of the Yuuzhan Vong empire , the Vong relocated to the living world of Zonama Sekot , which was an offshoot of the original Yuuzhan ' tar . While Coruscant was being rebuilt , the Galactic Alliance established a temporary capital on the Inner Rim world of Denon . Other governments . Ziost served as the capital of the Old Sith Empire until the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY . Later , Darth Vitiate ' s True Sith Empire based its capital on Dromund Kaas ' Kaas City . During the Light and Darkness War , Korriban served as the capital of the Brotherhood of Darkness . During the Republic Dark Age , Darkknell served as the capital of the Sith fiefdom known as the Daimanate while a rival Sith fiefdom called the Arkadianate was based on Calimondretta . During the Clone Wars , the Confederacy of Independent Systems established its capital on Raxus Secundus in the Tion Hegemony . Neimoidia served as the capital of the Trade Federation during the last decades of the Old Republic . Muunilinst served as the headquarters of the InterGalactic Banking Clan . During the Second Galactic Civil War , the planet Corellia served as the capital of the secessionist Confederation . In ancient times , the planet Varl was the capital of the ancient Hutt Empire until the Hutt s relocated to the planet Evocar in 15 , 000 BBY and renamed it Nal Hutta . In the Tion Hegemony , Argai served as the capital of the Kingdom of Cron and later Xim the Despot ' s empire . Centuries later , the planet Desevro served as the capital of the Livien League and later the Honorable Union of Desevro & Tion . During the Tionese War , Desevro was devastated by the Republic . The Corporate Sector Authority , the government of a corporate fiefdom known as the Corporate Sector , based its capital on the planet Etti IV . The city of Ta ' a Chume on the planet Hapes served as the administrative capital of the Hapes Consortium , an insular matriarchal regime in the Inner Rim . The icy planet of Csilla served as the capital of the Chiss Ascendancy in the Unknown Regions . Lwhekk was the capital of the Ssi - ruuvi Imperium , another political power in the Unknown Regions ' Ssi - ruuk Star Cluster . Several planetary governments also had a capital city . Theed was the capital of Naboo . Salis D ' aar was the capital of the Outer Rim world of Bakura . Coronet was the capital of the planet Corellia . Aldera was the capital of the planet Alderaan . Pau City served as the capital of Utapau while Rwookrrorro was the capital of Kashyyyk .