Star Wars has been expanded to media other than the original films. This spin-off material is licensed and moderated by Lucasfilm , though during his involvement with the franchise Star Wars creator George Lucas reserved the right to both draw from and contradict it in his own works. Such derivative works have been produced concurrently with, between, and after the original , prequel , and sequel trilogies , as well as the spin-off films and television series . Commonly explored Star Wars media include books , comic books , and video games , though other forms such as audio dramas have also been produced.
99-563: Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy is a trilogy of non-canon (' Legends ') science-fiction novels set in the Star Wars galaxy. It follows Han Solo 's origins and life before the events depicted in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977–1983). The trilogy was written by Ann C. Crispin (as A. C. Crispin), and released in June 1997, October 1997, and March 1998, respectively. The author stated that "Per Lucasfilm 's request, I did not cover Han's time in
198-533: A drug-induced haze—turns his back on Han and demands compensation for the lost spice. Meanwhile, Bria leads a rebel raid on Toprawa in which Rebel spies transmit the plans for the Death Star to Princess Leia Organa aboard the Tantive IV . Bria and her squadron are all killed in the raid, but the plans are successfully transmitted. On Tatooine, Han tries unsuccessfully to arrange a personal meeting with Jabba, and
297-559: A retconned explanation. For example, Boba Fett 's backstory was explained as a "smoke screen" planted by Fett himself to hide his father Jango Fett 's involvement in the Clone Wars . Han Solo in his early life was a street urchin, and has spent most of his life committing confidence scams against rich citizens of the Corellia system for small-time crime lord and captain Garris Shrike . Now
396-464: A battle plan. The battle takes place as the smugglers prepare for a formation drill. The smugglers are victorious, although more than a quarter of their fleet is destroyed. Shild commits suicide after being summoned before the Emperor for his failure, and Greelanx is summarily executed by Darth Vader for treason shortly after Han returns to his ship with the remainder of his payment. Han listens in on
495-552: A conversation with the High Priest and plays it to help one of the slaves who he is attracted to, the Corellian Bria Tharen , wake from her mental prison. Before they leave the planet, Han steals a number of valuable artifacts from the High Priest's collection, intending to sell them. Han and Bria convince Han's feline bodyguard Muuurgh, who has recently lost a mate who may be at another colony, to join them. The trio blows up
594-600: A different name. Having sold the stolen goods, Han makes plans to join the Imperial Academy on Coruscant . Unable to withdraw his funds, he must flee from stormtroopers . Bria leaves him, thinking she will stand in the way of his future at the Academy, but helps him with a loan from her father. Han, although broken-hearted, is accepted by the Academy, and he becomes the pilot he has dreamt of becoming. After graduating, his past catches up with him via an ambush by Garris Shrike, who
693-479: A false identity, he takes a job as a pilot and smuggler, putting the skills he learned committing a wide array of crimes in the Corellian system for Shrike. He discovers that the religious pilgrims are in fact slaves, who choose to stay on the planet due to their overlords' misrepresentation of a mating call of their species that can induce extreme pleasure as really being a kind of spiritial gift. Han secretly records
792-411: A large spice refinery to create a diversion and liberate Muuurgh's mate. They escape to another planet, where the two felines are joined in matrimony. Han and Bria visit Corellia and meet Bria's family. Han realizes that he is falling in love with Bria, but realizes that due to his shady past, he will never be accepted by her aristocratic parents. Her mother especially dislikes his past as a pod racer under
891-594: A new threat: the Yuuzhan Vong , a powerful alien race attempting to invade and conquer the entire galaxy. The first novel in the series, R. A. Salvatore 's Vector Prime , killed off popular character Chewbacca . Before 1999, the bulk of Expanded Universe storytelling explored the time periods either after Return of the Jedi or long before A New Hope ( e.g. the Tales of the Jedi series). The time period shortly before
990-410: A nineteen-year-old skilled pilot, he decides to escape and hopes to become an Imperial Navy pilot, but first he needs enough money to buy clean credentials that will stand up to Imperial scrutiny. He acquires transport to the exotic planet of Ylesia, the site of a fanatical religious colony which imports raw spice from the spice mines of Kessel and then refines it for a Hutt criminal syndicate. Using
1089-450: A number of series set after the original film trilogy, including the popular Dark Empire sequence (1991–1995) by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy . The comic launched months after the first Thrawn novel and was a sequel to those novels; it notably resurrected the film characters Emperor Palpatine and Boba Fett . Zahn was critical of the concept of resurrecting Emperor Palpatine through cloned bodies, feeling it undermined and contradicted
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#17328850557101188-591: A planet called Alderaan , a city-planet and the capital planet of the galaxy. In Lucas's 1975 draft, Adventures of the Starkiller as taken from the Journal of the Whills, Saga I: The Star Wars , the capital planet of Alderaan is described as a floating city in the clouds, "suspended in a sea of cirrus methane." This concept was illustrated in early sketches commissioned by Lucas from conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie , and
1287-536: A poetic and literary adjective meaning "glittering; sparkling." In French , “coruscant” is also used as an adjective meaning “glittering; sparkling.” As a literary adjective, the French term can be used to describe a decadent and overly complicated language, decorum, or community. The concept of a city-planet in the Star Wars universe originated with the initial drafts of Star Wars when author George Lucas included
1386-480: A space station called the Death Star and the name of Alderaan was given to a peaceful world destroyed by the Empire. The Empire's homeworld, Had Abbadon , came up in early drafts of Return of the Jedi . The entire planet was to be a sprawling city. However, concluding that the realization of such a city was impossible at the time, the creators abandoned the idea. Later, in the graphic novel Legacy 29: Vector, Part 10
1485-563: A spice smuggling run from Jabba the Hutt (who has inherited his aunt's criminal empire) through the Kessel Run. However, they are met mid-Run by an Imperial patrol, and are forced to abandon their cargo in deep space while the Falcon is searched and escorted to a nearby world. When they come back to look for the cargo, however, they discover it has disappeared. Han tries to explain what happened, but Jabba—in
1584-410: A vast history—with many off-shoots, variations and tangents—like any other well-developed mythology. The 1996 Steve Perry novel Shadows of the Empire , set in the as-yet-unexplored time period between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi , was part of a multimedia campaign that also included a comic book series and video game . The multimedia project was largely meant to reinvigorate
1683-548: A way of extending the fantasy of Star Wars . The movies have had a really profound effect on a couple of generations. Star Wars has become a cultural touchpoint, and our fans are avidly interested in exploring more stories." Originally, Lucasfilm tracked the narrative content of the Expanded Universe in story bibles , alongside official reference books such as A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (1984/1994) and
1782-581: Is a politically and strategically important planet, serving as the capital and seat of government for the Republic and the Galactic Empire , as well as the headquarters of the Jedi Order . It is depicted as a bustling, yet highly stratified planet-spanning metropolis. Throughout the city's centuries-long development, new city blocks were built on top of old ones, forming levels. Coruscant has 5127 levels, with
1881-547: Is also referred to as the Legislative District , Government District , and Government Center . The Alien Protection Zone is referenced as a walled ghetto on Coruscant of an unknown location, housing the planet's non-human population. Neighborhoods within the zone are shown representing the cultures of these minority groups. The Alien Protection Zone was constructed in 19 BBY by the Galactic Empire and opened by
1980-668: Is always room for variation. In August 2005, Lucas said of the Expanded Universe: I haven't read any of the novels. I don't know anything about that world ... But I do try to keep it consistent ... if I come up with a name or something else, I look it up and see if it has already been used. When I said [other people] could make their own Star Wars stories, we decided that ... we would have two universes: My universe and then this other one. They try to make their universe as consistent with mine as possible, but obviously they get enthusiastic and want to go off in other directions. Regarding
2079-465: Is an ecumenopolis planet in the fictional universe of Star Wars . It was first described in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire . The planet made its first on-screen appearance in a scene added to Return of the Jedi for its 1997 re-release. It has gone on to become an important location in the Star Wars universe and appears frequently in Star Wars media. In-universe, Coruscant
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#17328850557102178-455: Is bounty-hunting him. Shrike is killed by another bounty hunter hoping to collect on Han, whom Han kills in self-defense. The dead bounty hunter's face was disfigured, and Han swaps outfits with him, hoping this will persuade future bounty hunters of his death. He goes on to Carida, the Imperial military training world. A few years after the first book, Han has been court-martialed and ejected from
2277-532: Is increasingly harassed by bounty hunters working for the crime lord. While looking for a card game in which he may be able to win the money needed to pay off Jabba, he briefly encounters Dash Rendar , a character featured prominently in Shadows of the Empire . He is interrupted by news of Bria's death, delivered by Boba Fett , who also informs Han that Greedo (whom Han shoots at the Mos Eisley cantina in A New Hope )
2376-472: Is looking for him, and may try to kill him. The following day he records a message to Bria's father passing on the news. He then proceeds to Chalmun's Cantina, where Chewbacca has just met with Obi-Wan Kenobi to discuss chartering the Falcon for passage to Alderaan . The book ends as Han sits down to a table where Obi-Wan and Luke Skywalker are waiting, which is exactly the same moment of his first on-screen appearance in A New Hope . Bria's obtaining of
2475-432: Is reunited with his old flame Bria Tharen, who has become a rebel commando leader frequently leading attacks on slave traffickers to liberate slaves. While he still has feelings for her, he is reluctant to help her an all-out attack against the slaving colonies on Ylesia. After Bria offers him appropriate compensation, however, Han takes on the mission, with help from Lando and Chewbacca; Han also rekindles things with Bria. In
2574-455: Is shown extensively training for combat in the same location, and the final lightsaber duel between Master Yaddle and Count Dooku takes place in Darth Sidious ' manufacturing-district lair. In one scene, Dooku remarks upon the fact that Coruscant is a planet of "Steel and Stone", lacking much in the way of wild nature; Qui-Gon Jinn , who was born there, had never seen a tree before visiting
2673-599: Is the site of Dex's Diner in Attack of the Clones . Another notable area of Coruscant is 500 Republica, an area where the elites of the city, such as politicians and diplomats, gather. In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith , Coruscant is featured in a space battle (known as the Battle of Coruscant) during the opening scene. Separatist cyborg, General Grievous kidnaps Chancellor Palpatine and uses
2772-438: Is to present a continuous and unified history of the Star Wars galaxy, insofar as that history does not conflict with, or undermine the meaning of Mr. Lucas's Star Wars saga of films and screenplays." Lucasfilm's director of fan relations Steve Sansweet clarified: When it comes to absolute canon, the real story of Star Wars , you must turn to the films themselves—and only the films. Even novelizations are interpretations of
2871-774: The Star Wars Encyclopedia (1998). In 2000, LucasArts lead tester Leland Chee was hired as Continuity Database Administrator for Lucas Licensing, and developed a database of franchise continuity based in part on 1998's encyclopedic Star Wars: Behind the Magic CD-ROM . The database came to be known as the Holocron , a term used within the Star Wars universe for "ancient repositories of knowledge and wisdom". The Holocron consists of over 55,000 entries for franchise characters, locations, species, and vehicles. Lucas Licensing's managing editor Sue Rostoni said in 2001, "Our goal
2970-955: The Federal District ) is located on the planet's equator, and is known to contain numerous notable sites such as the Ambassadorial Sector (canonically home to 500 Republica and the Senate Apartment Complex), Embassy Mall, the Coruscant Opera House, the Galactic Museum, the Heorem Complex (where the Heorem Skytunnel is located), Judicial Plaza (home to the Glitanni Esplanade and the Judicial Arcology),
3069-481: The Imperial Academy, or his first meeting with Chewbacca "; these events were eventually depicted in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story . The trilogy begins 10 years before Han Solo's original appearance in Star Wars (1977), and follows the adventures of a young Han from his childhood as a pickpocketing street urchin to his days as a competitive racing pilot, up until the very moment when he approaches
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3168-670: The Old Republic , approximately 4,000 years before the films. Later, the series spawned the Knights of the Old Republic computer roleplaying games, which led to many new productions set during the Old Republic era, such as the Bane Trilogy and the Knights of the Old Republic comic line. In 1994, Lucas Licensing's Allan Kausch and Sue Rostoni discussed the relationship between Lucas' creations and
3267-536: The 1977 film. Lucas later commissioned Alan Dean Foster , who ghostwrote the novelization, to write a sequel, which resulted in Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978). Lucas originally intended to use this as the basis for a potential low-budget sequel to Star Wars , but when it became one of the most successful films of all time, Lucas decided to write his own story for the film sequel, The Empire Strikes Back (1980). While this
3366-454: The 2008 animated The Clone Wars series, as the headquarters of the Jedi Temple and the senate. In Rogue One , Jyn Erso has a flashback of her young self on Coruscant. In Obi-Wan Kenobi , Coruscant makes its first extensive live-action appearance in the Star Wars saga since the prequel trilogy. Coruscant is prominent in a montage of footage from the Star Wars prequel films, and
3465-589: The Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. On its upper levels, it hosts the Galaxy's Opera House. The district's lower levels were collectively referred to as the Entertainment District. The Outlander Club, seen in Attack of the Clones and mentioned in Jedi: Fallen Order , is in the Entertainment District. Coruscant also appears as one of the in–ride "destination planets" in
3564-529: The Dark Side by telling him of the supposed Sith ability of resuscitation. After a failed attempt by the Jedi to arrest Palpatine when he divulges his true identity as Darth Sidious to Skywalker, Palpatine appoints himself Emperor of the first Galactic Empire in the Republic Senate Building on Coruscant. Coruscant features prominently in both the 2003 traditionally-animated Clone Wars series and
3663-574: The Death Star plans was intended as the "first victory" of the rebels described in the opening crawl of A New Hope , but was later superseded by the events of the 2016 film Rogue One . Star Wars in other media With the exception of the animated The Clone Wars TV series , non-film material produced prior to April 2014 was collectively known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe ( EU ). Lucasfilm, now under Disney, later rebranded
3762-729: The Disney streaming service Disney+ . In early 2020, a final season of The Clone Wars animated series debuted on the streaming service. In February 2020, it was announced that a new line of books and comics, labeled The High Republic , would begin publishing starting in August. The line takes place 200 years prior to the events of The Phantom Menace and will not overlap any films or series currently planned for production. In December 2020, multiple live-action series were announced for Disney+, including Obi-Wan Kenobi , Andor , Lando , three Mandalorian spin-offs, and The Acolyte (set during
3861-450: The Empire . Heir to the Empire , which reached #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list , began what would become a large collection of works set before, between, and especially after the original films. StarWars.com wrote in 2014 that the novel "jumpstarted a publishing program that endures to this day and formalized the Expanded Universe". It introduced, among others, the popular characters Grand Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade , and
3960-539: The Essential Legends Collection for the franchise's 50th anniversary, starting with Heir to the Empire , Darth Bane: Path of Destruction and Shatterpoint . In its 2014 announcement, Lucasfilm explained that the only preexisting works to be considered canonical within the franchise would be the primary episodic films and the 2008 The Clone Wars film and TV series. The announcement called these works "the immovable objects of Star Wars history,
4059-458: The Expanded Universe as Star Wars Legends and declared it non-canonical to the franchise. Most works produced after April 25, 2014 are part of the official canon as defined by Lucasfilm, although a handful of Legends media has still been released after said date. The first Star Wars spinoff material was Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976), the novelization of
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4158-658: The High Republic). On April 2, 2021, several legacy Star Wars films and series were added to Disney+. The Bad Batch debuted on May 4. Multiple comics relaunched in 2020, moving to the era between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi . The Star Wars Legends fictional universe spans multiple eras. The names, symbols, and dates of the publishing eras were first introduced in October 2000 and were refined up to February 2015: Citations Coruscant Coruscant ( / ˈ k ɒr ə s ɑː n t / )
4257-453: The Holocron database in 2012, Chee said: "What sets Star Wars apart from other franchises is that we develop a singular continuity across all forms of media, whether it be the films, TV series, video games, novels and comics, and the Holocron is a key component to Lucasfilm being able to do this." The Holocron was divided into five levels of canon (in order of precedence): In October 30, 2012,
4356-502: The Hutts agrees to military occupation and the presence of customs inspectors. He will not accept bribes as in the past, since he's more afraid of Palpatine than the Hutts if the crackdown is not done. Shild then instructs Admiral Greelanx, the commander of his sectorial fleet, to mobilise his fleet and progress to Nar Shaddaa. However, on the following day, Greelanx receives an anonymous message from Exocomm instructing him to deliberately lose
4455-493: The Hutts, and clan leader Jabba the Hutt plans to bribe Shild into sparing the Hutt homeworld, Nal Hutta . Towards this end, the Hutts pay Han, by now a smuggler and erstwhile Imperial officer, to travel to Imperial Center (Coruscant) and bestow gifts upon Shild. However, Shild informs Han that he intends to launch an orbital bombardment campaign against Nal Hutta's moon, Nar Shaddaa, the home of millions of smugglers and their families. Shild also intends to blockade Nal Hutta until
4554-480: The Hutts. In the meantime, Han, along with fellow former Imperial Mako Spince , recruits the denizens of Nar Shaddaa into a loose fighting unit. Their forces are bolstered when a small pirate fleet hired by the Hutts to protect them, led by Captain Renthal, agrees to fight alongside the smugglers. As the smugglers begin repairing and upgrading their ships in preparation for the defense of Nar Shaddaa, Spince and Han devise
4653-455: The Imperial Navy for saving Chewbacca, then a Wookiee slave, from abuse at the hands of a superior officer. He reluctantly partners with Chewbacca to become a smuggler who transports spice for the crime lord Jabba the Hutt . One of the central conflicts of the story is the Battle of Nar Shaddaa , which is fought between the Galactic Empire and an alliance of smugglers and mercenaries . In
4752-580: The Imperial Palace is located at the site of the former Jedi Temple, where Palpatine resides. In The New Jedi Order series (1999–2003), Coruscant is the capital world of the New Republic until, in The New Jedi Order: Star by Star , the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong overwhelm the New Republic defenses in three attack waves led by Warmaster Tsavong Lah who takes over the planet, destroying
4851-431: The Jedi included some unrealized designs for the imperial capital, Had Abbadon. During the production of The Phantom Menace , it was decided that scenes would be set on the capital planet, now called Coruscant. Artist Doug Chiang was tasked with designing the imperial city for which he turned to McQuarrie's original concept art. The appearance of the cityscape has been described as a " retro-futuristic metropolis", and
4950-609: The Jedi Temple for the first time as a boy. In the 19th episode of The Mandalorian , Coruscant is featured as a New Republic capital. On Coruscant, we are re-introduced to Dr. Penn Pershing and Elia Kane , a former communications officer on Moff Gideon's cruiser, who are now revealed to be a part of the New Republic Amnesty program. We are also introduced to the Shipyard Depot, a salvage yard where decommissioned Star Destroyers are being dismantled. Coruscant appears as
5049-469: The Jedi Temple of Coruscant is the setting of several scenes. Coruscant is a prominent setting in the Andor series. All of Mon Mothma's scenes take place on Coruscant as well as the majority of Dedra and Syril's scenes. In Tales of the Jedi , Coruscant appears prominently in three of the six episodes. Count Dooku and Mace Windu attend the funeral of Council Member Katri at the Jedi Temple, Ahsoka Tano
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#17328850557105148-1072: The Legislative Borough, Senate Plaza, the Avenue Of The Core Founders, the Republic Executive Building, the Galactic Senate Building, Hospital Plaza, the Galactic Senate, the Palace District (home to the Imperial Palace and Senate Hill), Quadrant A-89 (home to the CSF HQ), the Fellowship Plaza, the Galactic Justice Center and the Temple Precinct (home to the Jedi Temple), Sector H-52, Sector I-33,
5247-617: The New Republic and creating the theocratic Yuuzhan Vong Empire. After surrendering, the Yuuzhan Vong agreed to help the Alliance rebuild Coruscant. The new Coruscant is a combination of technology and organic life representing the peace between the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances (Galactic Alliance) and the Yuuzhan Vong. James Luceno's novel Labyrinth of Evil (2005) introduces a deserted manufacturing area known as 'The Works' as
5346-493: The New Republic in 6 ABY. Sah'c Town , also known as Sah'c District or Quadrant H-46 , is an area described as situated on the Equator, named after and controlled by the wealthy Sah'c family. It was home to an emergency bunker where the chancellor of the Galactic Republic or New Republic ruled in case of emergencies. The area also contains Sah'c Canyon, which is the exit point of the Senate District's Heorem Skytunnel. Uscru District The Uscru District appears in Attack of
5445-411: The Separatist fleet to help assault the capital and cover his escape. The planet's cityscape is then prominently featured throughout much of the movie with Chancellor Palpatine's office as well as the Senate building being the primary two settings on Coruscant. A theatre in 500 Republica is where Anakin Skywalker and Palpatine watch a ballet; during the show, Palpatine encourages Skywalker to ally with
5544-402: The Special Editions, prequels, and The Clone Wars ) in incorporating multiple spin-off elements into his series. Some cancelled The Clone Wars episodes were adapted into books and comics in The Clone Wars Legacy multimedia project. After The Force Awakens , multiple films were released, including the anthology films Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), as well as
5643-402: The Uscru Boulevard, Westport and Xizor's Palace. The Senate District is depicted as the de facto capital of Coruscant, the Old Republic, the Galactic Empire, the New Republic, the Galactic Federation Of Free Alliances, and the One Sith. It is shown bordering the Financial District and the Sah'c District and is also adjacent to The Works (an industrial sector on the planet). The Senate District
5742-433: The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for US$ 4.06 billion (equivalent to about US$ 5.39B in 2023 due to inflation). Subsequently, Lucasfilm formed the "Lucasfilm Story Group", which was established to keep track of and define the canon and unify the films, comics, and other media. Among its members are Chee, Kiri Hart, and Pablo Hidalgo . To prevent the planned sequel trilogy from being beholden to and restrained by
5841-430: The aftermath of the battle, Bria's troopers turn their blasters on Lando and the rest of Han's friends, confiscating all valuables in the name of the Rebel Alliance. Angered, Han threatens to kill Bria if he ever sees her again. Defaced and branded a traitor back on Nar Shaddaa, Lando refuses to believe Han was not involved in the swindle, and punches his former friend in the jaw. Desperate for money, Han and Chewbacca take
5940-414: The animated television series Star Wars Rebels , which was released a month later. Marvel began publishing new Star Wars comic book series in January 2015, and the Journey to Star Wars publishing initiative included books and comics tying in to the sequel trilogy films. The first sequel trilogy film, The Force Awakens , was released in December 2015. There was some minor fan backlash against
6039-453: The background of a space battle in Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga . In Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga , players can visit Coruscant's Federal and Uscru Districts. In the prologue of the comic series Dark Empire (1991), set after the original film trilogy, Coruscant is ravaged by battles between warring Imperial factions. Coruscant is seen in the X-Wing series of computer games. Concept art by Ralph McQuarrie served as
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#17328850557106138-405: The basis for the pyramidal Imperial Palace, depicted in The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995) by Kevin J. Anderson , which claims it is "the largest structure on Coruscant, perhaps on any planet". According to the Star Wars Encyclopedia (1998), it is located next to the Senate building. Although this version of the Imperial Palace appears in a variety of Expanded Universe works, in canon,
6237-413: The battle. As Shild's sectorial fleet assemble near Teth, Han returns to Hutt Space. The Hutts then instruct him to again attempt to bribe the Imperials, this time targeting Greelanx. He infiltrates Greelanx's flagship , Imperial Destiny , at Teth, giving him a platinum ring set with a Bothan glitterstone. In exchange for the ring and a number of valuable gemstones , Greelanx sells his battle plan to
6336-399: The characters and events to which all other tales must align." It was also made clear that a planned Star Wars sequel trilogy, and subsequent works developed within the restructured canon, would not be based on Legends material but could possibly draw from it. The first new canonical novel was A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller , published in September 2014, acting as a prologue to
6435-404: The derivative works by other authors: Gospel, or canon as we refer to it, includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas and the novelizations. These works spin out of George Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers. However, between us, we've read everything, and much of it is taken into account in the overall continuity. The entire catalog of published works comprises
6534-426: The design very closely resembles Cloud City , the floating city featured in The Empire Strikes Back . In Lucas's third draft, the Imperial City of Alderaan became the homeworld of the Sith Lords , where Darth Vader held Princess Leia captive. Lucas continued to hone his script, aided by screenwriters Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz . By the fourth draft, scenes on the Imperial capital planet had been moved to
6633-404: The events of A New Hope . This is done by allowing for Solo and Calrissian to be absent from this trilogy's main story during certain periods. With the release of the three Star Wars prequel films starting in 1999 and a copious amount of related Expanded Universe material, some of the stated information about minor characters of the original trilogy became inaccurate and as such necessitated
6732-566: The execution from an adjoining room. Han wins the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian in an intense sabacc tournament on Bespin . He begins upgrading the freighter into a highly specialized smuggling vessel, and also makes a brief stop with Chewbacca on the Wookiee home planet of Kashyyyk , where Chewbacca gets married. Solo and Chewbacca then embark on a series of adventures that are set in interludes in this novel, but are described more fully in Brian Daley 's 1979 trilogy The Han Solo Adventures . After returning to Nar Shadaa, Han
6831-424: The film, and while they are largely true to George Lucas' vision (he works quite closely with the novel authors), the method in which they are written does allow for some minor differences ... The further one branches away from the movies, the more interpretation and speculation come into play. LucasBooks works diligently to keep the continuing Star Wars expanded universe cohesive and uniform, but stylistically, there
6930-419: The films or in other spin-off material are featured in more depth. At this time, Lucas denied any plans to ever make a Star Wars sequel trilogy . As of 2004, over 1,100 Star Wars titles had been published, including novels, comics, non-fiction, and magazines. Then-president of Lucas Licensing, Howard Roffman, estimated that there were more than 65 million Star Wars books in print. He said, "The books are
7029-469: The first time in Timothy Zahn 's Heir to the Empire . In various novels, characters aligned with the Empire refer to Coruscant as the "Imperial Center". Within the stories, this is explained as an administrative renaming undertaken to emphasize the differences between the Old Republic and the Empire. Coruscant was in some early sources called "Jhantor" in homage to Isaac Asimov 's Trantor . Production artwork produced by Ralph McQuarrie for Return of
7128-566: The franchise ahead of the prequel trilogy, along with Lucas's 1997 Special Editions of the original trilogy. Lucas incorporated elements of the Expanded Universe into the Special Editions; for example, Coruscant , the New Republic capital planet created by Zahn in the Thrawn trilogy, made its film debut in the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi , before being featured more heavily in
7227-415: The further adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO . In 1985, Marvel Comics' Star Comics imprint published a bi-monthly Ewoks tie-in comic, which ran for two years, and in 1986, published an eight-issue Droids series. The two series featured a crossover storyline. The Star Tours ride was opened at Disney Parks in 1987 to commemorate the saga's 10th anniversary. Following the series' 10th anniversary,
7326-415: The location of a sequence added to the 1997 Special Edition release of Return of the Jedi , its first onscreen appearance. The sequence depicts the reaction of citizens of Coruscant upon hearing of the death of Emperor Palpatine , where many citizens are seen celebrating with fireworks and pulling down his statue. The 1998 novel X-Wing: Iron Fist included an eyewitness account of this scene. Coruscant
7425-399: The meaning of the ending of Return of the Jedi . The Jedi Prince series of young-reader novels, released between 1992 and 1993, depicts Luke, Leia, and Han about a year after Return of the Jedi . The Truce at Bakura (1993) depicts the immediate aftermath of the aforementioned film. In 1993, Dark Horse published Tales of the Jedi , expanding the fictional universe to the time of
7524-462: The meeting place for Sith Lords Darth Sidious (Palpatine) and Darth Tyranus . With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company , most of the licensed Star Wars novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars were re-branded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. The Senate District (also sometimes referred to as
7623-525: The name Had Abbadon was given to a lost mythic planet in the Had Abbadon System of the Deep Core. This mythic planet was covered by dry fields, linked to the birth of the Jedi, and the location of a planned assassination attempt by Cade Skywalker on Darth Krayt . It was also the home to an Imperial. The Empire's homeworld first appeared in the Star Wars Expanded Universe and was called Coruscant for
7722-675: The original trilogy (including the rise of the Galactic Empire and the personal histories of Anakin Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine ) was left open for Lucas to develop in the form of a prequel trilogy, which began with Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999). The character Aayla Secura , introduced in 2000 in the Republic comic book series, appears in Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002). The 2003 animated series Clone Wars and various spin-off books, comics, and video games explore
7821-543: The planet Coruscant derives its name from a rare and valuable gemstone, the corusca gem (a fictional gem in Star Wars lore). The lights of the planet-wide city, as seen from space, were said to resemble the glittering of these gems. In the real world, the word “coruscant” originates in the late 15th century from the Latin word coruscant , meaning "vibrating, glittering." It comes from the Latin verb coruscare , meaning “to glitter.” The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines it as
7920-403: The plotlines of the Expanded Universe works, the choice was made to discard that continuity. On April 25, 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe material as Star Wars Legends and declared it non-canonical to the franchise. The company's focus would be shifted towards a restructured Star Wars canon based on new material. Chee said in a 2014 Twitter post that a "primary goal" of
8019-405: The prequel trilogy. An eponymous comic book series , later subtitled Republic , launched in 1998 and introduced Ki-Adi-Mundi ahead of his appearance in the films. In 1999, Star Wars book publishing moved from Bantam Spectra to Del Rey Books . A new series set between 25 and 30 years after the original films, The New Jedi Order (1999–2003), was written by multiple authors and introduced
8118-486: The release of Star Wars spin-off media was largely halted. In 1987, the fan newsletter Bantha Tracks was absorbed by the official Lucasfilm magazine, which focused on the company's projects outside of Star Wars . Some fans feared that the franchise had come to an end, and the period between 1987 and 1991 has been called the "Dark Times." There were some bright spots in this era, however. In 1987, West End Games began publishing Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game , and
8217-525: The restructured canon, with one group successfully campaigning to buy a billboard pleading for Lucasfilm to continue the original non-canonical Expanded Universe separately from the canon. Rebels supervising director Dave Filoni reintroduced popular Legends character Thrawn into the canon in the 2016 third season of Rebels . Timothy Zahn was hired to write new canonical novels about the character. Since co-creating The Clone Wars , Filoni has followed Lucas (who incorporated Expanded Universe elements into
8316-470: The second and third sequel trilogy films, The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Dozens of novels, comics published by Marvel and IDW , and games like Battlefront II (2017) were released. Additionally, the animated series Resistance , set in the sequel trilogy era, premiered in late 2018 and ran until early 2020. The Mandalorian , a post- Return of the Jedi live-action series written by Jon Favreau premiered in late 2019 on
8415-514: The story group would be to replace the previous hierarchical canon (of the Holocron) with one cohesive one. However, the final season of The Clone Wars , which was released in 2020, contradicted aspects of the 2016 canon novel Ahsoka . The next year, The Clone Wars spin-off series The Bad Batch contradicted canon elements of the 2015 Kanan comic book series. The Bad Batch executive producer Jennifer Corbett explained that "Everything we did
8514-401: The streams of floating vehicles traveling between soaring skyscrapers is thought to have been partly inspired by Fritz Lang 's 1927 film, Metropolis . In Attack of the Clones , the depiction of Coruscant was expanded greatly. Chiang created a more urban, apocalyptic environment for the street level, taking inspiration from Ridley Scott 's 1982 hit film Blade Runner . Coruscant is
8613-403: The subsequent ancillary role-playing game material such as sourcebooks, gamebooks, and adventure modules. These have been called "the first publications to expand greatly beyond what was known from the vintage era of the movies," and would serve as a resource for a number of franchise novelists. The lack of new Star Wars material ended with the 1991 release of Timothy Zahn 's novel Heir to
8712-531: The table in the Mos Eisley cantina, as depicted in A New Hope . The author "derived the basic plot from one line" of Han's from the original film. The trilogy brings both The Adventures of Lando Calrissian and The Han Solo Adventures trilogies into chronological context with the Star Wars Expanded Universe timeline, whereas before, the time periods of these trilogies were somewhat ambiguous, being known only to have occurred sometime prior to
8811-454: The third theatrical film, Return of the Jedi , was released as a separate four-issue limited series (1983–1984). Two novel trilogies with original storylines were written, The Han Solo Adventures by Brian Daley (1979–1980), and 1983's The Adventures of Lando Calrissian by L. Neil Smith . Daley also wrote radio dramatizations of the original trilogy, which aired in 1981, 1983, and 1996. The first Star Wars electronic game
8910-427: The titular conflict in more detail leading up to Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). Ahead of the film's release, Lucas announced a 3D "continuation" of Clone Wars , which was released as the animated film The Clone Wars (2008) and a television series of the same name (2008–2020). These reveal that Anakin had a Padawan learner, Ahsoka Tano , during this period. Various characters seen only briefly in
9009-614: The top being the wealthiest and the lowest being the poorest. Coruscant has four moons and is the sixth planet out of the eleven that make up the system of the same name. It lies within the Coruscant Subsector of the Corusca Sector, located in the Core Worlds galactic quadrant region. The sun, Coruscant Prime, is the zero coordinate of the Star Wars galaxy (as opposed to being its galactic center ). In Legends , Coruscant
9108-461: The wake of a revolt on Rampa II by one of the groups that would go on to form the Rebel Alliance , Emperor Palpatine instructs each sector's Moffs to stop the smuggling of contraband weapons which supply the rebels. In response, the previously ineffectual Moff who governed Hutt Space, Sarn Shild, proclaims that he will restore law and order to Hutt Space. This announcement is met with dismay by
9207-581: Was Imperial City under the Galactic Empire and was Republic City (or the City of Spires) under the Galactic Republic . The planet was code-named Triple Zero during the Clone Wars . The demonym and adjective form of the planet's name is Coruscanti. Many native citizens of Coruscant speak with the Received Pronunciation accent (known in-universe as Coruscanti ). In the Star Wars universe ,
9306-479: Was followed by the sequels Dark Force Rising (1992) and The Last Command (1993). The Thrawn trilogy is widely credited with revitalizing the Star Wars franchise. In The Secret History of Star Wars , Michael Kaminski suggests this renewed interest was a factor in Lucas's decision to create the prequel trilogy . Around this same time, the comics license was transferred to Dark Horse Comics , who launched
9405-502: Was for a reason and it might not match 100% but it's sort of just wanting to honor what existed but also give another take on it in this story." In 2019, Marvel published a one-issue continuation of its 1977 Star Wars comic series for the company's 80th anniversary, making it the first new story to be published in the Legends continuity. In 2021, Del Rey Books announced it would be republishing several popular Legends novels as part of
9504-512: Was in production, Lucas approved the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), with which he had limited involvement. Running from April 1977 to May 1986, the Star Wars comic book series from Marvel Comics met with such strong sales that former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter credited it with saving Marvel financially in 1977 and 1978. The series became one of the industry's top selling titles in 1979 and 1980. An adaptation of
9603-501: Was once referred to as Notron or Queen of the Core. It was renamed Imperial Center during the reign of the Galactic Empire (as depicted in the original films ) and Yuuzhan'tar during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion (as depicted in the New Jedi Order novel series). Initially, the planet's capital city was Galactic City (built at least in 100,000 BBY, partially destroyed in 27 and 44 ABY). It
9702-574: Was prominently featured in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as the location of the Galactic Republic Senate building and the central Jedi Temple. There is a speeder chase through the skies of Coruscant in Episode II: Attack of the Clones that eventually leads to a nightclub in the bowels of Coruscant's Uscru Entertainment District. Another area of Coruscant shown is Coco Town (short for "collective commerce"). Coco Town
9801-586: Was released in 1979 by Kenner , followed by a handful of Atari and Parker Brothers video games in the early 1980s, mainly adaptations of film scenes. Two spin-off television films focusing on the life of the Ewoks , introduced in Return of the Jedi , aired in 1984 and 1985. The furry creatures were also the subject of an American/Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana , which ran for two seasons between 1985 and 1986. A sister series, Droids , features
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