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The Galactic Center was a supermassive black hole that existed at the center of the galaxy within the Deep Core. Like other black holes, it was identified as a star of class P. Its mass was estimated to be four million stellar masses, and all four hundred billion stars in the galaxy revolved around it. Antimatter, gas, and approximately thirty million densely packed stars closely surrounded the Galactic Center, though the latter was not within its immediate vicinity. While no living sentient had ever witnessed the Galactic Center firsthand, probe droids had been sent to observe it and confirmed its existence. Despite its actual location to the northeast of the Galactic Center on the galactic plane, the planet Coruscant was also commonly referred to as the center of the galaxy.

Text and facts from the “Galactic Center” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Region
Deep Core
Grid coordinates
K-11/L-11
Orbits
All 400 billion stars in the galaxy
Class
Black hole (P)

Appearances

12 works, in story order
  1. Darth Bane: Rule of Two (mentioned only)
  2. The Last Jedi (indirect mention)
  3. Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (mentioned only)
  4. Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (mentioned only)
  5. Rebel Dawn (mentioned only)
  6. Star Wars: A New Hope novelization (first mentioned)
  7. Champions of the Force (mentioned only)
  8. Darksaber (mentioned only)
  9. Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy (indirect mention)
  10. Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (mentioned only)
  11. Dark Nest III: The Swarm War abridged audiobook (mentioned only)
  12. Legacy (2006) 29 (mentioned only)

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