Federal District

The Federal District, also known as the Senate District, Executive District, Legislative District, Military District, and colloquially referred to as the Core of Coruscant or Core Square, was the central government district on the planet Coruscant. It was the location of the Imperial Senate Building, the Avenue of the Core Founders, the Imperial Executive Building, and the Jedi Temple which, after proclamation of the New Order, was rechristened as the Imperial Palace. Other notable locations included 500 Republica, the headquarters of the Naval Intelligence Agency, and the COMPNOR arcology, which contained the central offices of the Imperial Security Bureau.

During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems disabled the central power distribution grid of Coruscant, causing a power outage in the Federal District. The district was also damaged by a Zillo Beast that had been captured on Malastare and taken to the galactic capital. After the Galactic Republic became the Galactic Empire, the Jedi Order's temple became the palace of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Following Emperor Palpatine's death in the Battle of Endor, the Empire fought to remain in control of the Federal District during a civil war between the Imperial government and the Coruscanti that supported the New Republic.

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