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Corellia was an industrial planet in the Core Worlds region known for its ace pilots and large starships. Vessels such as the Millennium Falcon and Imperial starships were built on Corellia.
It was the homeworld of Han Solo, Qi'ra, Wedge Antilles, Crix Madine, BoShek, the Besalisk Gadren, the Executive Records Officer Winshur Bratt, the bounty hunters Dengar and Mercurial Swift, the Jedi younglings Kalifa and Petro, and Wanten of the First Order.
Corellia was located in the Corellian sector in the Core Worlds. It had a temperate climate and was covered in forests, jungles, and urban centers. One major city was Coronet City (also the planet's capital), which was home to shipyards used to build TIE fighters and Star Destroyers for the Galactic Empire.
The planet's human inhabitants were called Corellians and were known for their wanderlust. Besides humans, Corellia was also inhabited by several alien species including Barbadelans, Besalisks, Czerialans, Grindalids, Kel Dor, Pa'lowicks, Rodians, Sullustans, Twi'l
eks, and Ugor. In addition, Corellia was also home to several native creatures including Corellian hounds and fleek eels.
History[]
The planet was known for its shipyards. The YT-1300 series freighters, like the Millennium Falcon, came from Corellia. During the time of the Galactic Republic, several Jedi, like Kalifa and Petro, were sent from
Corellia to train in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
During the Galactic Empire, large Imperial warships were built by Corellian manufacturers, including interdictor cruisers. There was a local resistance movement on the planet that fought Imperial forces. At one point, one of their members crash-landed on a Geonosian colony while attempting to warn the Resistance of an imminent crackdown.
Rebel soldiers such as Han Solo, Gadren, Wedge Antilles and Crix Madine came from Corellia. The smuggler BoShek and the bounty hunter Dengar were also native Corellians. Another notable Corellian was Lord Ecclessis Figg, who constructed Cloud City on Bespin.
When the Galactic Empire came to power, Corellia's shipyards were transformed into Imperial facilities, and though Corellia was a faded industrial world, it was used to build TIE fighters and Star Destroyers for the Imperial Navy. Many impoverished Corellian commoners sought to escape their homeworld for a better life. By 13 BBY, the Corellian Security Forces including its emigration officers had become an extension of the Imperial security forces on Corellia.
Several crime syndicates including Lady Proxima's White Worms operated in the coastal Coronet City. The White Worms used local street urchins called scrumrats as vermin-catchers, pick-pockets, errand runners, and crime operatives. Two notable scrumrats were Han and Qi'ra who sought to escape the White Worms and Corellia by going offworld.
After escaping the Den of the White Worms, Han and Qi'ra tried to escape through Coronet Spaceport by bribing an emigration officer. However, Qi'ra was recaptured and sold to Sarkin Enneb. Han managed to travel offworld and join the Carida Academy as an Imperial cadet with the hopes of becoming a pilot. Due to his insubordination, however, Solo was reassigned to the Imperial Army and became a Swamp trooper on Mimban. Meanwhile, Qi'ra became the chief lieutenant to Dryden Vos in the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate.
Around ten years before the Battle of Yavin, an organization known as the Corellian Resistance operat
ed on the planet, fighting against the Empire. One of their members, Miru Nadrinakar, attempted to warn them of an upcoming crackdown.
Rise of the New Republic[]
Following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, the bounty hunter Dengar tried to offer Mercurial Swift the opportunity to work in a partnership. However, the younger bounty hunter refused and the two men fought. Dengar warned Swift that the New Republic, the successor to the Alliance to Restore the Republic, would be imposing bounties on bounty hunters and that bounty hunters needed to form a union to work together. However, Swift ignored his advice.
In 5 ABY, the dark side cult Acolytes of the Beyond recruited a low-class Corellian Pantoran girl named Kiza. The Acolytes worshiped the Sith and the dark side. That year, the Acolytes staged an attack on Coronet City so that Kiza and a boy named Oblivion could infiltrate the Peace and Security Headquarters and steal a Sith lightsaber from the archives beneath the prison. In the process, Kiza killed numerous Peace and Security officers while Oblivion severed detective Erno's blaster hand.
In the months leading up to the Battle of Jakku, there was closer cooperation between the New Republic and Corellian law enforcement. Coronet City Peace and Security began linking its records to the growing New Republic database. This allowed Norra Wexley and her team to track down the bounty hunter Swift.
First Order[]
At some point, the First Order had a presence on Corellia. Around the time of the mission to Batuu, the smuggler Hondo Ohnaka led a raid against a First Order cargo train, using the Millennium Falcon to steal a shipment of coaxium from the train and deliver it to the Resistance. By 35 ABY, however, Corellia was in open rebellion against the First Order.
Appearances[]
- Master & Apprentice
- Star Wars: Galactic Defense
Star Wars Battlefront II- Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 1
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 10
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 19
- Most Wanted
- Lando's Luck
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition audiobook
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: A Junior Novel audiobook
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Read-Along Storybook and CD
- Solo: A Star Wars Story: Meet the Crew
- Star Wars: Solo Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 1
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 2
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 3
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 4
- Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation 5
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 1
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 2
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 3
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 4
- Han Solo - Imperial Cadet 5
- Thrawn
- A New Dawn
- Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
- The Rebellion Begins
- Leia, Princess of Alderaan
- Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure
- Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
- Star Wars 58
- Choose Your Destiny: A Smuggler Mission
- Battlefront: Twilight Company
- Alphabet Squadron
- Aftermath
- Aftermath: Life Debt
- Aftermath: Empire's End
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
- Resistance Reborn
- A Crash of Fate
