- "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
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]
There were only a handful of ecumenopoleis in the galaxy.[1] Many of them, such as the galactic capitals of Coruscant[3] and Hosnian Prime,[4] 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 Nar Shaddaa,[2] Taris,[9] Uchinao,[10] and Wind.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
"Ecumenopolis" comes from the Greek "οἰκουμένη" (oikouménē) meaning "world," and "πόλις" (pólis) meaning "city," thus translating to "world-city, a city made of the whole world." The Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis coined the term in 1967.
The first ecumenopolis seen on-screen within the Star Wars films was Coruscant in The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, released in 1997. The term made its first Star Wars appearance in the Legends novel Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight, in 2008. In Star Wars canon, the term was first used in the 2015 novel Heir to the Jedi, written by Kevin Hearne.
Appearances[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 2 (Droid Directory: 3PO-series Protocol Droids, Part 1) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 3 (Droid Directory: R2-series Astromech Droids, Part 2) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 4 (Droid Directory: 3PO-series Protocol Droids, Part 1) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 5 (Droid Directory: 2-1B-series Medical Droids, Part 1) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 (Databank A-Z: Zam Wesell–Wexley) (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
- Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Zam Wesell - Topps' Women of Star Wars)
- "Anakin Skywalker" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars Inside Intel: Clone Armor on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars Inside Intel: Coruscant on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Mandalorian — "Chapter 19: The Convert"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars (2015) 8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Coruscant in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Heir to the Jedi
- ↑ Servants of the Empire: Rebel in the Ranks
- ↑ Shadow Fall
- ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
- ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
- ↑ Alphabet Squadron
- ↑ The Vow of Silver Dawn