Coruscanti Immigration Service The Coruscanti Immigration Service , also known as Customs and Immigration , was the customs and immigration enforcement service for the planet Coruscant during the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . The agency was charged with verifying the identity of persons wanting to enter Coruscant and they monitored for suspected smugglers and illegal spice operations . They also tracked the levels of immigration and residency of various groups and species on Coruscant . During the Second Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation , the immigration service assisted the Coruscant Security Force and the Alliance secret police , the Galactic Alliance Guard , by monitoring for suspected spies and terrorists entering Coruscant . They also provided information on the numbers of species living on Coruscant who may have had ties with the Confederation or were sympathetic to its cause . At the start of the Liberation of Coruscant by the Jedi Order from the control of the Lost Tribe of the Sith , the Lost Tribe had placed some of its members within the immigration service , unknown to the service ' s regular officers and inspectors , to identify and capture any Jedi attempting to enter Coruscant . However , their efforts were fruitless and the Jedi were able to infiltrate and reclaim Coruscant . Overview . The Coruscanti Immigration Service , also called Customs and Immigration , was an immigration and customs enforcement service for the planet Coruscant under the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances . It was responsible for verifying the identity of all persons entering Coruscant and ensuring their paperwork was in order , monitoring for smugglers , spies , terrorists , and others attempting to enter Coruscant illegally , searching incoming vessels and check their passengers and manifests , operating customs checkpoints at Coruscant ' s spaceports , and tracking the immigration , emigration , and residency population levels of groups and species on Coruscant . Immigration inspectors and their supervising officers , such as captains , were supported at spaceport checkpoints by troopers from Galactic Alliance Security ( GAS ) . The GAS troopers would provide extra manpower for searches and to make arrests should the inspectors need it . Immigration captains also had the authority to order GAS troopers to hold suspects for further investigation . Any information that the immigration service received on suspected smugglers or other wanted persons who made it past checkpoints , was turned over the Coruscant Security Force ( CSF ) which would then track the suspects through Coruscant ' s Galactic City and make an arrest if possible . History . In 40 ABY during the Second Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation , Corellians were closely monitored as suspected terrorists . The immigration service estimated that over twenty million Corellians lived on Coruscant . The number of Corellians caused concern for Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas who had ordered the newly formed counter terrorism police force , the Galactic Alliance Guard ( GAG ) , to begin interning Corellians . It was at that time that the immigration service received a tip about three suspected Corellian agents and a bounty hunter who had slipped past their checkpoints . The immigration service turned the information over to the CSF which was able to track the four suspects . The information was then given to the GAG who arrested the suspects . In 44 ABY the Lost Tribe of the Sith had managed to infiltrate Coruscant and had secretly taken over the Galactic Alliance government and Senate as well as many of the planet ' s vital bureaucracies . Subsequently , the Jedi Order under Grand Master Luke Skywalker planned to enter and liberate the planet . Sith operatives and been planted within the immigration service to monitor for Jedi attempting to enter Coruscant . One Sith in particular posed as a corrupt inspector who took bribes while checking incoming ships . He inspected the passengers of the starliner " Plain Lady " and cross - examined the Jedi Knight siblings Valin and Jysella Horn , who at the time were disguised . Detecting no falsehood from the sibling ' s answers through the Force , the Sith inspector allowed them to go their way . Meanwhile at the Galactic Center Spaceport , Jedi Knights Yaqeel Saav ' etu and Yantahar Bwua ' tu , while being questioned by immigration Inspector Modt , had aroused suspicion in the Force by immigration Captain Suhale , who was reality a Sith . Jedi Bazel Warv , seeing the two knights were being questioned by the Sith , was able to find some spice smugglers and convinced them to give him their illegal packages . He then intentionally aroused the suspicion of Suhale who ordered him over the inspection station . Suhale proceeded to question him and ordered that he open the packages and suitcases , believing she had caught several Jedi . However , Inspector Modt , unaware of the maneuvering going on the Force , assumed that in reality the three simply had some form of contraband and showed disdain for his superior ' s obvious inexperience with dealing with smugglers . When the cases were opened , revealing the Neutron Pixie spice , Modt ' s assumptions appeared to have been accurate . Suhale , believing the spice to be the reason the three suspected Jedi had been uncomfortable in the Force , ordered them arrested by a GA Security squad . Promising to personally submit it as evidence , Suhale took possession of the high valued spiced , much to the disapproval of Inspector Modt . Behind the scenes . The Coruscanti Immigration Service was first mentioned in " " , written by Karen Traviss and published on August 29 , 2006 . It later appeared " " , written by Troy Denning and pusblished on March 13 , 2012