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Corellia
A Core Worlds shipyard planet where Han Solo, Qi'ra and Wedge Antilles grew up.
- Region
- Core Worlds
- Grid
- M-11
- Sector
- Corellian
- System
- Corellian
- Suns
- 1
- Climate
- Temperate and hazy
- Terrain
- Coastal cities, shipyards, industrial districts
- Inhabitants
- Corellians, Corellian hounds, Scrumrats
Overview
Corellia is an ancient world in the Core of the galaxy, known above all for its huge shipyards. Its explorers and shipbuilders helped spread galactic civilization thousands of years ago, and Corellians are still famed for their wanderlust and their skill as pilots[1].
By the Imperial era the planet has faded into a smoggy industrial world. Shipyards crowd the coast, a brown-grey haze hangs over the cities, and the Empire puts the factories to work building TIE fighters and Star Destroyers[1].
Life is hard for the poor, and many dream of leaving for a better life[1]. Below the streets of Coronet, the White Worms gang runs the black market from the sewers and an abandoned water-processing plant, with street children as its thieves[2]. Han Solo, Qi'ra and Wedge Antilles all grew up here[1][3][4].
Who lives here
Corellians
Humans famous for wanderlust, piloting and ship-building. Many of the poor dream of leaving the planet for a better life elsewhere in the galaxy[1].
Corellian hounds
Non-sentient hounds native to Corellia, kept as pets and guard animals. They are part of the Coronet setting of Solo: A Star Wars Story[9].
Grindalids
Light-shy, worm-like beings who rule the White Worms gang from the sewers beneath Coronet. They are not natives, though: the species comes from Persis IX[10].
Scrumrats
Street children and young thieves who work for the White Worms in Coronet, stealing for the gang that rules the sewers below[2].
Role in the galaxy
Corellia matters first as a workshop. The Empire uses its factories to turn out TIE fighters and Star Destroyers, so the planet feeds the Imperial war machine[1]. Its yards also come up in stories about the aftermath of the Clone Wars, as in The Bad Batch, where Clone Force 99 slips into a droid decommissioning facility in Coronet[12].
It also matters as a place that people leave. Han Solo's start as a petty thief, Qi'ra's years with the White Worms and Wedge Antilles's youth as a pilot and mechanic all begin here[1][3][4]. The planet then returns in Ahsoka, where Sabine Wren traces an assassin droid to Morgan Elsbeth's factories[8].
Chronicle
Events are in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you open them — or mark the title as watched on the timeline, and they open by themselves.
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Ancient times
Thousands of years before the films, Corellian explorers and shipbuilders play a leading part in the first great wave of galactic expansion[1].
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≈ 230 BBY
In the High Republic era, about 230 BBY, the Nihil infiltrate Coronet City. A bodyguard grows suspicious of his client's meeting with them, is targeted himself, and still manages to warn the Jedi[11].
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19 BBY
In 19 BBY, Clone Force 99 infiltrates a droid decommissioning facility in Coronet to save the data of a tactical droid, and runs into the Martez sisters, who are after the same target[12].
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Reign of the Empire
Under the Empire, Corellia's factories turn out TIE fighters and Star Destroyers. As shown in The Bad Batch, the dockyards are refitted to wipe out what is left of the Separatist presence[1].
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≈ 13 BBY
About 13 BBY, a deal for Lady Proxima goes wrong. Han Solo flees Coronet in a stolen landspeeder with a vial of coaxium, hoping to buy passage off-world for himself and Qi'ra. Only Han gets away, and he joins the Imperial Navy[3].
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≈ 9 ABY
Around 9 ABY, Sabine Wren traces an assassin droid to Morgan Elsbeth's factories. Ahsoka Tano and Hera Syndulla find Empire-loyal workers building a huge hyperdrive in the shipyards and arrest them, but the hyperdrive transport escapes with a tracker attached[8].
Heroes from Corellia
Han Solo
grew up here
Grew up in poverty on Corellia's streets, working as a petty thief for the White Worms until he fled the planet[3].
Qi'ra
grew up here
Grew up in the sewers beneath Coronet among the White Worms, and later found her way into the galaxy's criminal underworld[1].
Wedge Antilles
grew up here
Grew up working as a pilot and mechanic on Corellia, then joined an Imperial academy before defecting to the Rebellion[4].
Where to see Corellia
Every film, series and game in the timeline where Corellia appears, in watch order.
Filmed on Earth
Real places that played Corellia on screen.
Fawley Power Station, Hampshire, England
A disused power station gave the opening chase on Corellia its look of concrete and pipework. The rest of the Corellia sets were built at Pinewood Studios[6].
Did you know?
- Han Solo receives his surname 'Solo' from an Imperial recruiter when he enlists after fleeing Corellia[3].
- The White Worms' lair is an abandoned water-processing plant, and its blacked-out cistern shields the sunlight-sensitive Grindalids[2].
- Coronet became canon through Chuck Wendig's 2015 novel Aftermath, years before the city appeared on screen in Solo[13].
Questions about Corellia
Where was Corellia filmed?
Corellia's opening chase in Solo: A Star Wars Story was filmed at the disused Fawley Power Station in Hampshire, England. The other Corellia sets were built at Pinewood Studios[6].
Who comes from Corellia?
Han Solo, Qi'ra and Wedge Antilles all grew up on Corellia. Han and Qi'ra came up under the White Worms in Coronet, while Wedge worked there as a pilot and mechanic before joining an Imperial academy and later defecting[1][3][4].
Why is Corellia famous?
Corellia is famous for its shipyards and the pilots who come from them. Its explorers and shipbuilders helped spread galactic civilization, and in the Imperial era its factories build TIE fighters and Star Destroyers[1].
Nearby worlds
Sources
- Corellia - StarWars.com Databank
- Lady Proxima - StarWars.com Databank
- Han Solo - StarWars.com Databank
- Wedge Antilles - StarWars.com Databank
- Corellia — Wookieepedia
- Fawley power station - Wikipedia
- Solo filming locations - Atlas of Wonders
- Ahsoka season 1 - Wikipedia
- Corellian hound — Wookieepedia
- Grindalid — Wookieepedia
- Attack on Corellia — Wookieepedia
- Mission to a droid decommissioning facility — Wookieepedia
- Coronet City — Wookieepedia