Zakuul

**"*Zakuul, the capital of the Republic. The entire planet is one big city.*"**
**―Matthew Kling and Rogue One, Founders of Coruscant/Zakuul**
**Zakuul, formerly** **Coruscant (pronounced /'kɔɹəsɑnt/), also known as Imperial Center during the reign of the Galactic Empire, was arguably the most influential planet in the entire galaxy, located in the Inner Core. At various times in its history, it was the galactic capital and seat of government for the Old Republic, Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire and was the third homeworld of Matthew Kling and his human clone species. After the signing of the Galactic Concordance on Coruscant, the New Republic opted to have both its capital and Senate rotate among member worlds rather than remain stationary to avoid repeating centuries of economic exploitation.**

**Zakuul was notable for its ecumenopolis called Galactic City, which had developed over thousands of years. Having a cosmopolitan atmosphere owing to its import in galactic government, it was also the center of galactic culture, producing many famous celebrities, politicians and composers. For most of history, laws and galactic policies were decided by the Galactic Senate and the Supreme Chancellor had his residence on Zakuul. It was also from Zakuul that Matthew Kling and Rogue One established his rule as Founder of Coruscant and Zakuul.**

## **Description**

**"*Do you know the rarest resource on Coruscant, my boy?*"**
**"*I... I'm not sure.*"
"*Sky. Down here, the sun is a myth.*"**

**―Matthew Kling and Sunburst, regarding Coruscant's underworld**

**"*Do you know the rarest resource on* Zakuul*, my boy?*"**
**"*I... I'm not sure.*"
*Sky. Down here, the sun is a myth.*"**

**―Rogue One and Matthew Kling's Zygarde, regarding Zakuul's underworld**
**Located in the Zakuul subsector of the Corusca/Zakuulan sector within the Core Worlds region, Coruscant was a planet covered in a dense urban landscape. The skyscrapers were built on the planet's surface called Galactic City, itself dense urban blocks with inner levels. There were 24 hours is a Zakuul day and 365 days in a Zakuul year. Owing to its importance in galactic history, the galaxy used a dating system standardized on Zakuul.Zakuul was the center of galactic culture and the capital of the governments of both the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire. It was from Zakuul that the Galactic Senate, led by the Founder, would meet to discuss issues and pass legislation. Later the Galactic Emperor established his rule from Zakuul.**

**Zakuul was also home to Founders, Rogue One, Matthew Kling and his first Order clones. Symbolized by the powers they wielded, they were a semi-monastic group who utilized the Force and served as warriors, peacekeepers and guardians of the Republic. The planet's residents were known as the Coruscanti/Zakuulan.**

**Beyond the politics, Zakuul was also home to many different species and creatures. Traffic was a constant with airspeeders moving through the skylanes that wove in between skyscrapers. Crashes were extremely rare as most vehicles have an auto-navigation system that moves the speeders along pre-programmed routes. Zakuul air taxis are able to travel at 191 kph (118 mph) and drivers can receive special permission to leave the programmed skylanes and take shortcuts. Pedestrians could walk along the streets that ran alongside the various levels or on top of the urban blocks themselves. Entertainment districts with night clubs, bars, theaters, and other business throughout the city catered to the population. Some serviced high end customers though many could be found in the lower levels and in seedy districts favored by the criminal underworld. Citizens who lived in the upper levels were able to breathe air that was filtered and clean. Sunlight never reached the lower levels which had to be lit by artificial light and the inhabitants were forced to breathe the air of toxic fumes from factory and vehicular waste.**

**Underneath the surface structures of Galactic City, were thousands of levels generally known as the Coruscant-Zakuul underworld. The highest surface on Zakuul was Level 5127 and the lowest was Level 1 which was deemed uninhabitable. Accessible by huge portals, the underworld was a massive city beneath the city. Dwellings and smaller buildings were squeezed in between massive towers and infrastructure that serviced the planet. Streets and alleyways were narrow and large sections contained warehouses and massive buildings largely abandoned and built upon from the levels above. Trains serviced the population to move them from one area to the other. While airspeeders were used, they were a less common sight than on the surface levels.**

## **History**

### **The waning Republic**

**"*I will not let this Republic that has stood for a thousand years be split in two. My negotiations will not fail.*"**
**"*If they do, you must realize there aren't enough first order clone troopers to protect the Republic. We are keepers of the peace and soldiers, not*blood *purest death eaters.*"**

**―Matthew Kling and Polar midnight, during the original Coruscant era**
**Zakuul *was the center of political and cultural life of the galaxy. In the ancient past, The Son of Mortis built a shrine on* Zakuul*. When Matthew Kling and his clone army ousted Him, they built their temple over it. The Old Republic maintained* Zakuul *as its capital and so did its successor state, the Galactic Republic. It was towards the end of the Republic's millennium of peace that Supreme Chancellor Max Tennyson, hampered by a bloated fake government and a corrupt Senate, was unable to respond to an invasion of the planet Naboo. Max Tennyson dispatched two Knights, Ben 10 Jr. and Marcus Laroy jackson Jr. who were able to retrieve Queen Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak and bring her to* Zakuul*. Upon their arrival, Max Tennyson met them and promised swift action on the issue. Later, Then-Founder Matthew Kling of Coruscant maneuvered Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak into believing Max Tennyson incapable of action. During the following session of the Galactic Senate, Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak called for a Vote of No Confidence in Max Tennyson. The resulting election saw Max Tennyson removed from office and Matthew Kling gained the majority vote to become Founder again, for life.***
**Several years later a crisis erupted when Bokrug, under the direction of Cthulhu who was secretly Dark Lord, led several systems to break from the Republic and form into the Confederacy of Independent Systems with himself as its leader. Many commercial organizations pledged their droid military forces to the Confederacy, commonly called the Separatists. As the *DNA Force*were too few to fight a galactic war, the Senate pushed for a vote to create a military to defend the Republic. Upon arriving in Coruscant to vote on the matter, former Queen Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak, now Senator of Terran, narrowly avoided an assassination attempt as her shuttle exploded on the landing platform and several persons were killed. Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak met with Matthew Kling in the Senate Office Building were he had been meeting with members of the Jedi Council. In response to the attack on Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak, Matthew Kling delayed the vote and at his suggestion to Grand Master Hero Ben 10, had the senator placed under the protection of DNA Force members Ben 10 Jr. and Marcus Jackson Jr., her old allies from the Battle of Terran.**

**That evening, a bounty hunter named Krabb met with Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak's would be assassin, a Old ones cultist. Informing her that Krabb's client was impatient, Krabb gaves the Old ones cultist two deadly worms. The ones cultist took the worms, placing them inside a droid. While on guard in Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak's apartment, the DNA Force members sensed that there was a threat to Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak's life. As the DNA Force members charged into a bedroom, they were in time for Ben 10 Jr. to kill the worms that had entered through a hole in the window that the droid had cut. Marcus Jackson Jr. crashed through the window, grabbing on to the droid, as it made its way back to the old ones cultist. The assassin fired a shot at Marcus Jackson Jr. who began to fall before he was caught by Ben 10 Jr. who had requisitioned a speeder. They chased the old ones cultist through Zakuul's skylanes with Ben 10 Jr. maneuvering around the Zakuul air taxis, transports and other speeders. Ben 10 Jr. took a route through a tunnel to where he was able to cut off the cultist, jumping on top of her speeder. The two grappled and Ben 10 Jr. was able to disable the old ones cultist's speeder causing it to crash into the street and narrowly avoiding the throngs of pedestrians. The old ones cultist melted into the crowd however Ben 10 Jr. spotted her, pursuing her on foot to a club that she fled into.**

**Marcus Jackson Jr. met up with Ben 10 Jr. at the entrance to the club. They split up, searching for the assassin in the throngs of patrons. Marcus Jackson Jr. moved to the bar where a patron attempted to sell him death sticks but Marcus Jackson Jr. used the Force to dissuade the patron from selling and to go home. The old ones cultist attempted to surprise and shoot Marcus Jackson Jr. who was standing at the bar, however the DNA Force member Ben 10 Jr. sensed her coming and severed her weapon arm with his lightsaber. The DNA Force members carried the injured old ones cultist into the alley to question her. Initially reluctant to give any information about who had hired her, old ones cultist replied that it had simply been a job. As Ben 10 Jr. pressed her, however, the old ones cultist prepared to reveal the information. Suddenly, Krabb who had been observing the situation, fired a toxic dart into the old ones cultist's neck, killing her and revealing her true form as a Human.**

**The next day Marcus Jackson Jr. went to Argit's bar to see his old friend Argit in the hopes that Argit could identify the poison. Argit was able to provide information on the dart as well as its originating location, the planet Mandalore. Later Marcus Jackson Jr. went to the Jedi Archives to research Mandalore. However, the Temple's Archives had no information of the planet. Marcus Jackson Jr. left Zakuul to investigate, finding the planet and the rebel army being created there for the Republic and transmitting information on it back to Zakuul. Meanwhile Ben 10 Jr. escorted Senator Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak off the capital and back to Terran. Marcus Jackson Jr. tracked Krabb to Geonosis finding a droid army and the Separatist leadership planning an attack on the Republic, as well as discovering that Viceroy Nute Gunray was behind the attacks on Zakuul against Senator Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak. Marcus Jackson Jr. transmitted the information back to Zakuul informing members of the DNA Force Council, the Senate and Coruscant founder Matthew Kling of his findings. Before he finished, Marcus Jackson Jr. was attacked and his transmission ended. DNA Force Master Marcus Leroy Jackson ordered Ben 10 Jr. to stay with Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak while the DNA Force would respond from Zakuul to assist Marcus Jackson Jr. .**

### **A capital at war**

**"*The shroud of the*Rebel Alliance *has fallen. Begun, the Clone War has.*"**
**―Matthew Kling, during the original Coruscant era**
***Seeing that the Senate would not be able to vote on accepting the rebel troopers as a military, Cthulhu and his Vice Chair Mas Amedda discussed ways around the situation with Amedda proposing that a Senator put a bill giving Cthulhu emergency powers, allowing him to approve an army. Representative Hastur of Carcosa, "feeling he would do what Gwendolynn Apsu-Dahak would want him to do", then made a speech to the Senate for them to give Cthulhu emergency powers. The Senate approved the motion and Cthulhu used his power to create the Grand Army of the Republic. Under Senate leadership, the Grand Army arrived on Geonosis and engaged the Droid Army, beginning the Clone Wars. After the battle, Separatist leader Hastur, revealed as a Sith Lord, retreated in secret to* Zakuul*. In an abandoned complex in* Zakuul*'s industrial sector, Hastur met with Cthulhu and brought him the news that the war had truly begun.***
***The Clone Wars became one of the most turbulent times in galactic history and the first, full scale war in over a thousand years. As the capital of the Republic,* Zakuul*, already a hotbed of political intrigue, became a target for both military and political reasons. Situations and events that were unthinkable centuries before became commonplace. Even prior to the beginning of the war, changes could be seen in the Republic. The Senate, already corrupt and bloated found it difficult to respond, delegating emergency powers to Matthew Kling. The founder himself brought changes such as implementing the use of his personal Pokemon instead of the Senate Guards.  As the Grand Army and the Republic Navy spread across the galaxy to defend the Republic, the DNA Force, long taking the stand of being peacekeepers not soldiers, took charge of the military as commanders and generals. The dramatic changes were noted by both the first order and the Republic's citizens, specifically on* Zakuul*. Unknown to everyone except a select few,***

**Zakuul *was from where the entire war was continually manipulated by Cthulhu. As "Supreme Chancellor", he took overall charge of the Republic military and directed the war effort from his office in the Senate Office Building. As Cthulhu he directed Ragnarok's actions designed to continue the war and further his plans.***

**The Jedi Temple, long the sanctuary and fortress of the first Order, became the target of Dispater and his group of bounty hunters. Thought by most to be impenetrable, Cthulhu hired Dispater to steal a holocron from the Temple archives. Cthulhu gave Bane a map layout of the Temple as well as information on its security systems and the Temple's vaults. Dispater, with the assistance of his droid Todo 360 (Gearsman robot) and a Hesperian moved forward with his plan. A Hesperian took the form of a standard first order clone trooper and entered the Jedi Archives. From there he transmitted a weak point in the Temple's shielding and jammed the first order's scanners, allowing Dispater and his robot to enter. However, Matthew Kling sensed the disturbance and placed the Temple on high alert. A Hesperian was able to knock a standard first order clone trooper unconscious and took his form, continuing to guide Dispater and Todo through the ventilation systems. Meanwhile,Matthew Kling began tracking Dispater. Sunburst discovered The Hesperian's ruse and engaged him in a fight and was able to kill him. However Dispater managed to gain access to the vault and took a holocron that would allow him to read the kyber crystal that contained a list of all known Force-sensitive children in the galaxy.**

### **Last days of the Republic**

**"*Well, there's a sinister plot in the works against the Jedi! I have proof of it! I can prove that everything I know is true beyond the shadow of a doubt!*"**
**―Polar Midnight attempts to explain his findings to Matthew Kling and Sunburst**
**Throughout the Clone Wars, Matthew Kling had remained a popular leader, remaining in office at the will of the people and Senate for far longer than his term technically allowed.Throughout this period, Cthulhu continued to consolidate and centralize his own power.It was then that under the command of Bokrug and Hastur, in a daring move, launched a surprise attack on Zakuul. As the Republic military moved to engage the Confederate fleet, Grievous entered the capital and kidnapped Cthulhu. Returning to his flagship, the *Invisible Hand*, the general secured Cthulhu in the observation deck. Matthew Kling and Light Side User Grand Master Palpatine were immediately sent to rescue Cthulhu. Fighting their way through the vicious battle between the two fleets, they were able to board Grievous' ship. Upon arriving at the observation deck, the force users were confronted by Bokrug. They engaged in a vicious fight during which Light Side User Grand Master Sheev Palpatine was rendered unconscious. Matthew Kling, tapping into the Cosmic Force, defeated Bokrug and cut off his hands. Cthulhu, "manipulating" Matthew Kling, ordered Bokrug killed. After hesitating briefly, Matthew Kling relinquished and executed the Confederate leader by severing his head.**

**As the Chancellor and force users, Light Side User Grand Master Sheev Palpatine having regained consciousnesses, make their way to the hanger bay they are captured and brought to Hastur on the ship's bridge. There they overwhelmed the droid guards though Hastur managed to escape. During the commotion, the ship began a free-fall towards Zakuul's surface. Matthew Kling seized control of the ship and crash landed it on an industrial landing platform assisted by Zakuul's emergency firespeeder. The force users returned Cthulhu to the executive building and with Bokrug dead, the Confederate military fled Zakuul's space, ending the battle. During several meetings, Cthulhu would further "manipulate" Matthew Kling closer and closer to evil. On one occasion, Cthulhu appeared at the Galaxies Opera House to attend a performance. There he met Matthew Kling telling him the story of the Outer Gods who were able to cheat death before there apprentice killed him. Matthew Kling, having had nightmares that he had reveal of Cthulhu of his secret wife, The Daughter of Mortis, dying, asked how to obtain the "knowledge" to which Cthulhu responded that it would not be from a force users, implying that Cthulhu had the knowledge. Cthulhu was also able to insist that Matthew Kling be placed on the Great Old Ones Council as his representative. The Council acceded, but refused to grant Matthew Kling the title of Great Old One. While discussing this with Matthew Kling, Cthulhu revealed himself to be the Dark Lord of the Great Old Ones Cthulhu. Angered and confused, Matthew Kling left to report the discovery to the Jedi Council.**

### **Birth of the Empire**

**"*So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.*"**
**―The Daughter of Mortis, to Lama Su following the declaration of the Empire in the Senate**
***Matthew Kling reported to Light Side User Grand Master Sheev Palpatine of Cthulhu's true identity as Cthulhu. Light Side User Grand Master Sheev Palpatine went to attempt to arrest Cthulhu and a brief but vicious fight ensued and Sidious himself was visibly injured in the struggle. The intercession of Matthew Kling, who was a personal friend of Light Side User Grand Master Sheev Palpatine’s and already disillusioned with both the Order (Great Old One) and the war, ensured Cthulhu’s victory over Light Side User Grand Master Sheev Palpatine who was killed. Skywalker who was Spymaster turned into a "villian" and Cthulhu immediately seized the opportunity to order the Imperial-Rebel army to enact Order 66: to exterminate the DNA Force commanding forces across the galaxy. With this command programmed into the clones since their beginnings on Kamino, the Imperial-Rebel troopers immediately turned on their DNA Force commanders and exterminated the vast majority of the DNA Force Order in an instant.***
**At the same time, Cthulhu ordered his new apprentice, now christened Darth Nihilism, to capture the Jedi Temple. Matthew Kling invaded the Temple with the 501st Legion, killing all the DNA Force and younglings inside and setting the Temple on fire. Palpatine then sent him to wipe out the Separatist leadership hiding on Mustafar. Skywalker said good-bye to, Padmé Amidala, who was unaware of what exactly had occurred, and left Coruscant. Now able to demonstrate threats to the Republic from both within and without, a visibly injured and scarred Palpatine addressed the Galactic Senate to announce the reforms which had been his endgame since the beginning. To the thunderous applause of the Senators, Palpatine announced that in order to ensure safety and security, the Republic would be reorganized into the Galactic Empire.**

**After narrowly escaping their assassination attempts, Jedi Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi were able to enter Coruscant with the assistance of Senator Organa. Having been informed of an emergency session of the Senate, the Jedi made plans to enter the Jedi Temple. After killing several clone troopers who had been left there to guard it, they discovered Skywalker's fall and subsequent actions. Determined to put an end to the Sith, Kenobi met Amidala and then secretly stowed aboard her ship as she went to find Skywalker while Yoda confronted Sidious at the Senate Building. Defeating his Royal Guards easily with a wave of the Force, Yoda engaged Sidious in a lightsaber duel inside the Senate rotunda's chamber. However, Yoda, having fought Sidious to a standstill and unable to defeat him, retreated and with Bail Organa's help fled the planet. Sidious ordered the Coruscant Guard to continue searching for the Jedi Master and then. Then, sensing Vader's distress who had been defeated by Kenobi and left injured and burned on Mustafar, Sidious ordered the Coruscant Guards to prepare his shuttle. Retrieving Vader, they returned to Coruscant where at the Grand Republic Medical Facility Vader was put into a life-sustaining suit and helmet that he would wear for the rest of his life.**

### **Imperial might**

**"*Only some secrets are well kept on Zakuul.*"**
**― First order clone trooper Rogue One**
**After Rouge One's accession to power in ABE 136 and the fall of the first order, changes came quickly to Coruscant, formally renamed as Imperial Center or Imperial City. The Jedi Temple and its surrounding serene complex became the home of the new Emperor. While the spires of the Temple remained in place, the rest of the structure was heavily remodeled and expanded with sloping facades and block-shaped additions. The entire area was known as the Federal District with the Imperial Palace forming one point of the so called supreme triangle. The other two points were the byzantine like COMPNOR arcology which contained the headquarters of the Imperial Security Bureau and the new Naval Intelligence Agency headquarters, a near-windowless complex which formerly housed the Republic's strategic center. The city-scape of Coruscant changed as well with buildings stripped of its elegant Republic dressings in favor of sleek lines and block-like surfaces. Smaller buildings became engulfed into larger building. The changes in some areas were so quick and dramatic that they were not recognizable to those who had seen them only a few years before.[11]**

**The Empire's policies against non-humans and its tightening control of the population caused unrest, especially among the alien populations of the underworld. As the Galactic Civil War took shape, the Empire began moving its Mon Calamaripopulation on Coruscant. The aggressiveness of the forced relocations caused rioting to erupt in the Old Market Sectorwhich was brutally put down by Imperial forces. After the destruction of the planet Alderaan by the Death Star, rumors of what occurred began reaching the Alderaanian population on Coruscant, most of whom lived on Level 3204. Vigils were held which soon became heated and angry when images of the event followed the rumors, confirming Alderaan had been destroyed. The vigils turned into rioting which lasted for several days until the Coruscant security forces and the Imperial stormtroopers were sent in to restore order. However, as the troops marched into the streets, the stormtroopers opened fire with their blasters. One of the casualties was Reffe who died during his tirade against the Empire. The crowds, frightened, dispersed. The following day, the Coruscant police arrested anyone caught out in the streets. The day after that, stormtroopers began going door to door stating that Rebel spies had recruited local residents and Alderaanians had to be taken in for questioning.[40]**

### **Planetary civil war**

**"*It is a symbol of our indolence and torpidity. It is the moldering core of our overripe fruit and I wish to cut away such rot so as to preserve our sweet remains and of course the seeds within.*"**
**―Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax to Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, arguing against assisting Imperial forces on Coruscant and re-securing the throne world.**
**It would be several decades later, that during a large battle on the planet Endor, the Rebel Alliance managed to defeat the Empire. During the battle, Vader's son,Luke Skywalker having learned the Jedi arts from Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, confronted both Vader and Emperor Palpatine aboard the second Death Star. There, Luke turned Vader back to the light side of the Force and the now Anakin Skywalker grabbed Palpatine and hurled him down a ventilation shaft of the Death Star, killing the Emperor. However Skywalker was too injured by the Emperor's Force lightning and subsequently died as well shortly before the Alliance destroyed the Death Star. With both the Emperor and his apprentice dead, the citizens of Coruscant rejoiced, pulling down statues of Palpatine, overwhelming the stormtroopers on the streets, and setting off chimes and fireworks.[41] During this, police forces on speeders entered the plaza and opened fire on the crowds without warning, killing many who were present. The Coruscanti erupted into rioting and some climbed edifices to jump onto the police speeders. One officer was flung from his speeder to the plaza's ground while another was struck in the head with thrown debris. The other police speeders retreated as blaster fire and fighting erupted across the capital between Coruscanti and the Imperial security forces.[42]**

**During the fighting Rorak, a Coruscanti who was present at Monument Plaza with his twelve year old son Jak, was killed by Imperial Commander Orkin Kaw. Jak, determined to seek vengeance, joined the Anklebiter Brigade, a group of children familiar with the inner workings of the city who passed on information to Rebel fighters on Coruscant. He then staged a rescue from police custody of Lazula, the women of Level 1313 crime lord Talvee Chawin, in order to gain the crime lord's favor. Using the favor as leverage Jak negotiated the procurement of an EMP device that he planned to place at the abandoned Dex's Diner to disable the power grid underneath the Imperial forces fighting the Rebels for control of Coco-Town. Jak hoped to use the loss of power and the subsequent Rebel attack as a distraction to kill Kaw and take revenge for his father's death. The Rebels were eventually able to capture Coco-Town from Imperial forces and capture the remaining Imperial hold-out garrison.[42]**

**In the ensuing months the New Republic was formed and re-established the Galactic Senate on Chandrila.[42] Meanwhile Coruscant dissolved into a true state of civil war with some sectors remaining free from Imperial control and its citizens entrenching themselves with Rebel resistance fighters while other sectors actively fought against their neighbors and supported the Imperial forces. As the Empire fractured all over the galaxy, Grand Vizier Mas Amedda took control of Imperial forces on Coruscant. However, the Imperial Navy withdrew support from the throne world as Fleet AdmiralGallius Rax refused to allow Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, the figurehead of the Navy, to send reinforcements seeing the planet as a part of the decay Rax wished to separate from to make room for his new vision of the Empire. In this vacuum, the Imperial Security Bureau was left to coordinate Coruscant's Imperial forces and so Amedda remained an administrator with little true power in the overall Empire beyond Coruscant. The ISB established a nominal blockade around the planet utilizing ISB spaceships and coordinated the efforts of the security forces and stormtroopers. Areas with vital government buildings such as the Verity District and the neighboring Federal District were heavily fortified with checkpoints and barricades manned by stormtroopers and the area skylanes were diverted with ISB crafts flying patrol. While the Federal District was relatively secure the other Imperial sectors and fortifications fell prey to continual attacks with the rebel soldiers and Coruscanti fighting a guerrilla war against the Imperials. Amedda, in his despair and desperation, sought to turn himself over to New Republic Chancellor Mon Mothma and Princess Leia Organa. However they refused to take him prisoner instead insisting that he find a way to capitulate the Empire and sign a full surrender.[43]**

### **Joining the New Republic**

**With the war against Imperial holdouts continuing throughout the galaxy for a year after the Emperor's death at Endor, the conflict finally came to an end after the Battle of Jakku with the signing of the Galactic Concordance on Coruscant. The treaty saw the surrender of the Empire to the New Republic, with one of the conditions involving the handover of Coruscant to the fledgling galactic government. With the Galactic Civil War concluded, the New Republic sought to reshape galactic politics in an effort to prevent the abuses of the Old Republic and to bring in the disaffected worlds that had seceded from the Republic prior to the Clone Wars. It was decided by the Senate that all worlds would have an equal say in their government, in which member worlds such as Chandrila and Hosnian Prime would host the New Republic's capital on a rotating basis rather than Coruscant alone.[20]**

**At the height of the New Republic, twenty years after its establishment, Coruscant was represented by Senator Arbo, a member of the Centrist faction and a notorious war hawk, and junior senator Orris Madmund.[44]**

## **Inhabitants**

**"*Buildings are just buildings. What really makes a city are the inhabitants that live in it.*"**
**―First order clone trooper Rogue One**
**Although Coruscant was homeworld of the human species, its population was as varied as the galaxy itself, especially as one journeyed below the surface of the skyscrapers and into the underworld. Over a trillion beings resided on the planet and humans made up sixty eight percent of the population.. As the capital of the Republic and the Empire to follow, members of senators and delegates of every represented planet had a residence on Coruscant. From there they would spend their days either working in the Senate or hosting events such as parties and political meetings.Additionally, the planet served as the home of large communities of various species, some who rarely returned to their original homeworld. Many of those communities of species that were not human resided in the lower levels of the city. With the formation of the Empire, even those humans whose home planet had fallen out of favor with the Imperial government, such as Alderaan, were forced into enclaves in the underworld.**

## Government

"*Enter the bureaucrats―the true rulers of the Republic.*"
―Palpatine
Coruscant, as the center of the galaxy, thrived on the rule of government. It served as the capital of the Republic which kept the peace and prevented a major war in the galaxy for over a thousand years. The Republic was governed by the Galactic Senate and it served as the symbol of the Republic's power to maintain peace through diplomacy. In its last years, the Senate became corrupt, bloated, and ultimately ineffectual though some continued to fight in the belief of its ability to govern.[23][17] With the formation of the Empire, the Senate transitioned into a limited role, providing council and legislation[36] but ultimately at the power of the Emperor. Several years later, Palpatine would disband the Senate altogether and giving what little power they had left to the regional governors.

The Supreme Chancellor of the Republic was the leader of the Senate who would elect one of its members to serve in the post under term limits.[36] However, the Chancellor still had to bow to the overall legislative authority of the Senate. As the Republic decayed, the abilities of the both the Senate and the Chancellor to govern effectively became hampered by endless motions and procedures that were managed by career bureaucrats.[23] It was in this environment that Palpatine was able to manipulate his way to become elected as Supreme Chancellor promising to reform the Republic's government.[23] As the Clone Wars erupted under his guidance, he pulled more power to himself[17] paving the way for the removal of the Jedi and declaring himself as Galactic Emperor. Palpatine then made Coruscant his throne world from which he ruled the galaxy.[36]At the end of the Galactic Civil War, the New Republic did not return the government to Coruscant, choosing instead to rotate the capital among the various member worlds.[20]

Under the Old Republic, the Chancellor and the Senate served also as the government of Coruscant itself and issues that effected the planet's citizens also became the cares of the Republic government. This was also true for the Coruscant's citizens who were directly affected by issues concerning the Republic government.[16][28][30][6][25] Coruscant was policed by the Coruscant Security Force which utilized police droids on the upper levels together with sentient officers and detectives,[31] and the burly underworld police who patrolled in the cutthroat environment of the lower levels.[8] The Senate had its own protectors, the Senate Guard. Serving under a long tradition, the Senate Guard was a reminder that though the Republic did not have a standing army, it was not defenseless.[51] As the Clone Wars erupted, the clone troopers of the Coruscant Guard worked as peacekeepers and military police, providing a constant reminder of the expanded power of the government, specifically Palpatine.[52] With the formation of the Empire, the Coruscant Guard and Imperial stormtroopers took over the functions of the Senate Guard,[51] with stormtroopers directly responsible for security on the planet, alongside the civilian Coruscant police.[45]

## Locations

### Senate District

"*I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee!*"
―Queen Amidala, to the Galactic Senate
As the galactic capital, Coruscant was also home to the Jedi Order, guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy. An order of Force-sensitives, the Jedi Knights served the Republic for thousands of years as keepers of the peace. Their home was the Jedi Temple. Built on a plain of low lying urban blocks, the Jedi Temple was easily recognizable on the Coruscant cityscape with its distinctive five spires. Part school and part monastery, the Temple was the hub of all Jedi activity throughout the galaxy.[10] In one of the spires sat the Jedi Council, led by the Grand Master of the Order, which directed the actions of the Jedi and served as advisers to the Senate and Chancellor.[53] The Temple held a large lobby and chambers with statues of famous Jedi[17] and also contained numerous facilities including hanger bays for starships and speeders utilized by the Jedi,[36] sleeping and living quarters, rooms for meetings and instruction,[17] a medical facility,[54], prisoner cells,[32] and communications and security stations.[36] The Temple also held the famous Jedi Archives which stored the largest collection of information on the galaxy[17] as well as a vault containing the valuable holocrons containing the Order's Force knowledge and secrets.[27]

During the Clone Wars, the Jedi, serving as generals and commanders of the Grand Army, coordinated their efforts from the Temple. However, as the war began to conclude, the Jedi became more separated from the hierarchy of the military command and establishment.[32][8] When Palpatine was revealed as the Sith Lord the Jedi had been searching for, he ordered the execution of Order 66 and sent his new apprentice Darth Vader to the Jedi Temple. Entering with the 501st Legion, Vader and the clone troopers seized the Temple, killing all the Jedi and younglings inside and setting the monastery ablaze. Later, Masters Yoda and Kenobi infiltrated the Temple to discover what had occurred. It was there they reconfigured a distress signal transmitting from the Temple to any surviving Jedi asking them to return (into a Sith trap), and learned the truth of Skywalker's fall and Palpatine's identity as the Dark Lord of the Sith.[36] After the war, Palpatine turned the Temple into the Imperial Palace, using it as his new home. The Temple's spires remained intact though the rest of the Temple was heavily remodeled and expanded. The hallways were stripped of all statues and Republic-era ornaments. Where they had once been quiet and solemn, they became filled with busy government workers and functionaries. A large landing courtyard allowed for shuttles and starships to land. The entire Palace complex was watched over by the red-robed Imperial Royal Guard. The center spire was converted into the Emperor's throne room with a ten-meter tall podium in the center accessible by the Emperor from his residence via a private turbolift. The area around the Temple became known as the Federal District.[11] The structure remained standing on Coruscant throughout the Emperor's reign.[41]

### CoCo Town

"*I should think that you Jedi would have more respect for the difference between knowledge and wisdom.*"
―Dexter Jettster to Obi-Wan Kenobi inside Dex's Diner
CoCo Town was a dilapidated industrial area of Coruscant. Home to mostly hard working laborers, CoCo Town was located on a surface area of the city.[7] The area however was as run down as other heavy industrial surface districts and contained relatively well maintained streets, speeder lanes, and a shuttle bus route.[17] On one of the main streets built on top of the urban blocks was a eatery called Dex's Diner. Owned and operated by Dexter Jettster, a Besalisk with a colorful background, it served mostly hard workers from the area. The diner offered home-style cooked meals and freshly brewed ardees. Jettster worked as the cook and employed two waitresses, Hermione Bagwa and a her service droidpartner, WA-7.[7] It was shortly before the Clone Wars that Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi came to Dex's Diner to see if his old friend, Jettster, could identify a poisoned dart. Jettster was able to identify it as originating from the planet Kamino which he knew of from his days as a prospector.[17]

### Coruscant underworld

"*And to do that, we must go to the lower levels. The underworld.*"
―Plo Koon
Beneath the top level structures, streets and glistening lights of the city surface was Coruscant's underworld. it was accessible by huge portals that additionally served as ventilation shafts. The underworld was a massive city beneath a city with hundreds of levels built on top of each other. On each level, dwellings and smaller buildings were squeezed in between massive towers and infrastructure that serviced the upper levels. The streets and alleyways were narrow and large sections contained massive buildings and warehouses, largely abandoned. Sunlight never reached the lower levels which had to be lit by artificial light. The population was able to move them from one area to the other with the assistance of Coruscant trains that ran below and above the planet's surface. While airspeeders were used, they were a less common sight then on the surface levels. The underworld, containing a vast population of the poor and criminal, was a dark and violent place. Those who wanted to disappear to hide from the authorities or to conduct illegal transactions could blend in despite the presence of cam droids and other monitoring technology.[8]Patrolled by the underworld police division of the Coruscant Security Force, the underworld was where large populations of species not loyal to the Emperor were relocated to after the formation of the Empire. Uprisings and riots became common with stormtroopers frequently called in to assist the Coruscant cops in putting down any dissent with ruthless violence.[45]

### Republic military base

"*Can't say I blame you, Commander Tano, but all the same, you're under arrest.*"
"*I—n-no. I did not do this.*"
―Commander Fox and Ahsoka Tano, after Letta Turmond was killed while Tano was in her cell
Towards the end of the Clone Wars, the Republic constructed a large military base in close proximity to the staging areas. Outside of the complex was an airfield with *Venator*-class Star Destroyers, HAVw A6 Juggernauts, and other ships. A memorial was also located just outside of the main entrance to the base. The base was protected by shock troopers of the Coruscant Guard. Inside was a military prison. The cells had two options for entering. The first was sliding a keycard. The second was pressing a button on the outside of each cell. The cells had ray shielded doors to make sure prisoners did not escape. Inside the cells there was a bed and bowls for water and food. Another area in the prison was a medium circle room with a fairly large computer for scanning people before they entered the base, a crate for weapons and communication devices, and a red button to start the red alert sequence. In the last half of the war the prison held Whorm Loathsom, Poggle the Lesser, and Wat Tambor. It was also here that Ahsoka Tano escaped when she was suspected of killing Letta Turmond.[33] Additionally, inside of the compound there was a military tribunal courtroom of which the court decided on the fate of dangerous criminals. It was a tall room, with platforms extending into its center for the accused, prosecution, and defense. There was seating along its walls for the presiding official, jury, and other trial participants and onlookers.[34]

### The Works

"*Where am I? I don't understand. Tell me you must!*"
"*The industrial sector on Coruscant.*"
"*What is happening here?*"
"*A rogue shuttle slipped through the security grid. We suspect Dooku was aboard.*"
―Yoda and Anakin Skywalker, in a vision to the formerA large sector and industrial area, the Works was once a great manufacturing district, recognized as a major source of production for spacecraft parts, construction droids, and building materials. However, centuries prior to the Clone Wars, increasingly high cost on Coruscant prompted most manufacturers to shift their operations to off-planet facilities. Afterwards, the Works mainly consisted of long-abandoned buildings and empty warehouses, many of which were appropriated by criminals, which large areas rendered entirely uninhabitable by toxic waste. Due to this, a derelict hanger in the neglected industrial zone was the site of clandestine meetings between Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus during the Clone Wars.

### Ranged weapons

* Blasters (DH-17 blaster pistol)
	+ WESTAR-34 blaster pistol
	+ DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
	+ Q2 hold-out blaster
* Blaster rifle (E-11 blaster rifle)
* E-Web heavy repeating blaster
* Bowcaster
	+ Kthysh
* Ionization blaster (Jawa ionization blaster)
* Sonic blaster (Geonosian sonic blaster)
* Disruptor (DXR-6 disruptor rifle)
* Projectile weapons (6-2Aug2 hunting rifle)
* Dart shooter (Velocity-7 dart shooter)
* Flame projector (Model CR-24 flame rifle)
* Missile tube (PLX-2M)
* Grenades and explosives (Class-A thermal detonator)
	+ G-20 Glop grenade
	+ WW-47 CryoBan grenade
	+ Biotic grenade
* Gungan atlatl and cesta
* Lanvarok (Sith lanvarok)
* Yuuzhan Vong bugs (razor bug)

### Additional ranged weapons

* Ammonia bomb
* Ascension gun (S-5 heavy blaster pistol)
* Beam tube
* Bryar pistol
* Charric
* Flechette launcher
* Grenade mortar
* Ion stunner
* Light repeating blaster (T-21 light repeating blaster)
* Plasma eel
* Pulse cannon
* Pulse-wave blaster
* Rail detonator
* Repeater
* Riot gun
* Rodian repulsor throwing razor
* Sentry gun
* Ssi-ruuvi ion paddle beamer
* Stokhli spray stick
* Verpine shatter gun

### Melee weapons

* Lightsaber
	+ Luke Skywalker's lightsaber
	+ Darth Vader's lightsaber
	+ Darth Maul's lightsaber
	+ Asajj Ventress's lightsaber
* Gaderffii
* Force pike (Controller FP)
* Vibro-weapons (Treppus-2 vibroblade)
* Ryyk blades
* Geonosian static pike
* Darkstick
	+ Light absorbing cell
* Amphistaff

### Additional melee weapons

* Coufee
* Fear stick
* Fire blade
* Geonosian spear
* Lightwhip
* Morgukai cortosis staff
* Neuronic whip
* Sith sword
* Stun baton
* Stun gauntlet
* Tehk'la blade
* Yuuzhan Vong claws

### Starship and planetary weapons

* Anti-vehicle artillery (1.4 FD P-Tower)
* Anti-infantry battery (DF.9)
* Laser cannons (KX9 laser cannons)
* Turbolasers (XX-9 heavy turbolasers)
* Planetary turbolaser (w-165 planetary turbolaser)
* Proton torpedo warhead (MG7-A proton torpedo)
* Concussion missiles (ST2 concussion missile)
* Ion cannons (NK-7 ion cannon)
* Planetary ion cannons (v-150 Planet Defender)
* Tractor beam projector (Q7 tractor beam projector)
* Cluster bomb (CL-3 antistarfighter cluster bomb)
* Seismic charge (Void-7 seismic charge)
* Grutchin
* Plasma cannon (Yaret-Kor)
* Mines (Imperial Atmospheric Explosive)

### Additional starship and planetary weapons

* Blaster artillery
* Boarding harpoon
* Bomblet generator
* Diamond boron missile
* Geonosian defense platform
* Gungan energy catapult
* Metal-Crystal Phase Shifter

### Superweapons

* Death Star
	+ Death Star II
	+ Superlaser
* Orbital nightcloak
* Sun Crusher
* Galaxy Gun
* World Devastator

### Defenses and armor

* Deflector shield generator (ISD-72x shield generator dome)
* Planetary shields (SLD-26 planetary shield generator)
* Cloaking devices (prototype cloak field generator)
* Blast armor
* Clone trooper armor (Phase I clone trooper armor)
* Stormtrooper armor
* Zero-G assault stormtrooper armor (Zero-G Assault Stormtrooper Light Armor)
* Mandalorian armor
* Breath mask (Roamer-6 breath mask)
* Vonduun-crab-shell-plated armor
* Personal deflector shield (Military Mobility Shield)
* Darth Vader's armor

### Additional defenses

* AV-1c combat armor
* Chitin armor
* Dark armor
* Electromesh armor
* Enviro-suit
* Gungan personal energy shield
* Gungan shield generator
* Individual field disruptor
* Mimetic suit
* Ooglith cloaker
* Ooglith masquer
* Simcronic Magnaforce security shield
* Spider silk armor
* Stalker armor

### Sensor, communication, and security devices

* Comlinks (Hush-98 comlink)
* Starship sensor array (ANq-51 sensor array computer)
* Portable scanner (EnhanceScan general-purpose scanner)
* HoloNet transceiver (Hologram projection pod)
* Stun cuffs (SC-401 stun cuffs)
* Security scanners (57C holocam)
* Holocron (Jedi holocron)
* Geonosian containment field
* Coral restraining implant
* Villip
* Cognition hood

### Additional sensor, communications, and security devices

* Anti-register device
* Bioscan
* Caller
* Clone trooper learning helmet
* Com-scan
* Creeper
* Cybernetic implant comlink/pager
* Data goggles
* Electronic lock breaker
* Embrace of Pain
* Holocube
* Homing beacon
* Identichip
* Inhibition field
* Irradiators
* Jedi reader
* Laser gate
* Magna lock
* Man trap
* Nerve disruptor
* Rank cylinder
* Recording rod
* Restraining bolt
* Sand-buzzer
* Sensor beacon
* Sensor tag
* Slaving collar
* Slicer chip
* Substance analyzer
* Tizowyrm
* Transfer register
* Universal Energy Cage
* Universal jammer
* Vocal enhancer
* Weapons detector
* Wrist link

### Other equipment

* Fusioncutter (F-187 fusioncutter)
* Vaporator (GX-8 water vaporator)
* Electrobinoculars (Model TD2.3 electrobinoculars)
* Hologram projector (CS-Mark 12 holoprojector)
* Jetpacks (Z-6 jetpack)
* Bacta tank
* Remote (Marksman-H combat remote)
* Datapad (Versafunction88 datapad)
* Cyborg unit (Borg Construct Aj^6)
* Prosthetics (mechno-arm)
* Cloning technologies (Kamino cloning chamber)
* Ssi-ruuvi Entechment rig

### Additional equipment

* Beamdrill
* Chrono
* Condenser unit
* Electrorangefinder
* Electrotelescope
* Energy cell
* Farseein
* Fusion furnace
* Glowrod
* Halo lamp
* Jedi testing screen
* Liquid-cable launcher
* Magwit's mystifying hoop
* Map reader
* Mechno-chair
* Power chair
* Psychic augmenter
* Quick-seal splint
* Scan grid
* Spineray
* Trace-breather cartridge

### Appendix: ID charts

* Blaster pistol ID chart
* Blaster rifle ID chart
* Additional grenades and explosives
* Lightsabers
* Stormtrooper and clone trooper armor