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Previous Battle of Endor Duel on Death Star II Concurrent Liberation of Tatooine Battle of Naboo Next Second Battle of Bakura First Battle of Lwhekk Second Battle of Kuat Coruscant Uprising Conflict Galactic Civil War[1] Date 4 ABY[1] Place Coruscant (then-Imperial Center)[1] Outcome Inital Uprising Victory, Uprising violently struck down[2] Combatants Galactic Empire[1] Alliance to Restore the Republic[3] Alliance sympathizers[1] Civilian dissidents[1] Commanders Ysanne Isard[2] Strength Coruscant Security Force[1] Stormtroopers[1] Rebel insurgent groups[3] Castin Donn[3] Civilians[1] Casualties Presumed minor Many civilians[3] [Source]

The Coruscant Uprising was an event that occurred shortly after the Battle of Endor.^[1]

BackgroundEdit

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.^[1] 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, and there was much rejoicing.^[1]

The uprisingEdit

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.^[3]

Subsequently, billions of citizens began celebrating the fall of the Empire, and an armed uprising sprang out in several sectors. Imperial patrols were attacked in the streets, statues of Palpatine were toppled with explosives and skimmers and other Imperial symbols were desecrated by Rebels and Rebel-leaning civilians.^[1] 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.^[3][2]

AftermathEdit

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.^[2] 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.^[4]

Behind the scenesEdit

The Coruscant Uprising is somewhat of a retcon maneuver to erase the incompatibility between the celebration scenes inserted in the 1997 special edition of Return of the Jedi and the notion of the Empire maintaining control of Coruscant for some years after the Battle of Endor.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: Force Commander
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Special Edition, DVD, and Blu-ray) (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Battlefront (Victory Cameo)
• Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand (Mentioned only)
• X-wing: Iron Fist (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• The New Essential Chronology
• Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
• Star Wars: Beware the Sith (Picture only)
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded

Notes and referencesEdit