Ecumenopolis

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"Thousands of layers of buildings and skyscrapers cover the entire planetary surface of Coruscant. Because of this, Coruscant is one of only a handful of city-planets, known as an 'ecumenopolis.'"
―Recording for Coruscant newcomers[1]
As the hub of galactic activity, Coruscant was a well-known ecumenopolis.

As the hub of galactic activity, Coruscant was a well-known ecumenopolis.

An ecumenopolis was a planet[1] or moon[2] entirely encompassed by a single city.[1] Due to their lack of exploitable ground, such world-spanning cities were dependent on imports for food and raw materials.[3] The bounty hunter Imara Vex found working on an ecumenopolis to be difficult as both the hunter and their bounty could easily hide away.[4]

There were only a handful of ecumenopolis in the galaxy.[1] Many of them, such as the galactic capital of Coruscant,[3] as well as Denon[5] and Eufornis Major,[6] were situated in the Core Worlds; others were in the Deep Core, such as Troithe,[7] and Empress Teta.[8] City-worlds in the Outer Rim Territories included Botajef,[9] Nar Shaddaa,[2] Taris,[10] Uchinao,[11] and Wind.[12] The ecumenopolis planet Eyo-Dajuritz was considered to be fossilized by the time of the Imperial Era.[13]

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Behind the scenes

The first ecumenopolis seen on-screen within Star Wars was Coruscant in The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, released in 1997.[14] The term made its first Star Wars appearance in the Legends novel Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight, in 2008.[15] In Star Wars canon, the term was first used in the 2015 novel Heir to the Jedi, written by Kevin Hearne.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 19: The Convert"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars (2015) 8
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 StarWars-DatabankII Coruscant in the Databank (backup link)
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Hunters
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Heir to the Jedi
  6. ↑ Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
  7. ↑ Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel
  8. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
  9. ↑ Thrawn
  10. ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
  11. ↑ Alphabet Squadron
  12. ↑ The Vow of Silver Dawn
  13. ↑ Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear
  14. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  15. ↑ Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight

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