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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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Sorry for the wait,
I’ve been sitting in traffic
for-flippin-ever!
Was gonna write these
at home but I have time now
since we aren’t moving
Rakata Owners.
30,000 BBY.
Legends are the best.
Planet: Coruscant.
From: Heir to the Empire.
Lucas liked the name.
Entire planet,
an Ecumenopolis,
“just one big city.”
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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An onscreen debut
in Return of the Jedi
Special Edition.
A distant Temple.
Crowds pack streets celebrating
an Emperor’s death.
The Phantom Menace.
The Republic Capital.
Corruption Galore!
Corellian Run
and Perlemian Trade Route.
Region: the Core Worlds.
Places you should see:
The Senate building of course!
Jedi Temple, too.
Manarai Mountains.
NOT an urbanized landscape.
Still canon to me.
Need something to eat?
You should try Dex’s Diner.
Tasty Jawa Juice.
Traffic and Traffic
and Traffic and Traffic and
Traffic and Traffic
I wonder what the
planetary accident
rate happens to be.
Zillo Beast Terror!
Malastare to Coruscant.
Palpatine’s problem.
Honor Salima,
Coruscant Home Defense Fleet.
She is in command.
Coruscant below,
a Venator on patrol
as fire rages.
Seppie Invasion!
The Battle of Coruscant.
Massive engagement.
Invisible Hand:
Grievous’ dreadnaught, flagship.
Anakin “lands” it.
Republic dissolved.
Galactic Empire born.
Capital remains.
Official name change.
Now: Imperial Center.
Thanks to Palpatine.
Super construction.
Buried beneath big buildings.
Dreadful Lusankya.
Deadly Krytos trap!
Isard unleashes virus
after the Rogues win.
Great Hyperspace War!
Sadow attacks Coruscant.
The Jedi rally.
Yuuzhan Vong control,
27 ABY.
Time to terraform!
The Jedi Temple,
sitting on a “Sithy” spot,
says James Luceno.
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and Traffic and Traffic and
Traffic and Traffic
Hold up for a sec:
Do we ever see the dark
side of Coruscant?
The Koros Trunk Line,
from Koros to Coruscant.
Grievous and Sadow.
Grand plan: Asteroids.
Thrawn lays siege to Coruscant
using some space rocks.
Haiku Addendum:
The rocks are invisible.
Damn, Thrawn is brilliant!
Coruscant terror!
Grievous sends cleaning droids armed
with bombs to the world.
Sheev and Anakin.
Galaxies Opera House.
Performance: Squid Lake.
Clone Commander Fox
leading the Coruscant Guard
during the Clone Wars.
Darth Krayt’s Empire.
Capital for the One Sith.
Hardly a surprise.
Rising First Order.
Hosnian Cataclysm.
Lucky Coruscant.
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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The Outlander Club.
Kenobi and Skywalker
track an assassin.
Thrawn, Ciena, Eli,
Nash, Thane, Kendy. Jude, Kallus.
Academy grads.
Coruscant rebels.
The Anklebiter Brigade.
CoCo born youngsters.
Ahsoka and Plo,
descent to the underworld.
Mythic adventure.
Coruscant haiku.
Dizzying, overwhelming.
Just like the city.
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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and Traffic and Traffic and
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Ugh, seriously!!!!!!!!
They should rename Coruscant
“Stuck in Traffic World”
Why did I move here!?!?!
I spend my time sitting in
these jam packed sky lanes.
Screw it, I’m moving.
I’ll find some backwater world
and settle down there.
Coruscant is the
bright center but I’ll find the
planet farthest from.
Traffic and Traffic
…if I can get home and pack…
Traffic and Traffic
Haikuesday is a monthly series on The Imperial Talker, a new post with poetic creations coming on the first Tuesday of each month. The haiku topic is chosen by voters on Twitter so be sure to follow @ImperialTalker so you can participate in the voting. Now, check out these past Haikuesday posts:
Droids (February 2017)
Ahsoka Tano (March 2017)
Darth Vader (April 2017)
The Battle of Scarif (May 2017)
The Truce at Bakura (June 2017)
Queen Amidala (July 2017)
Ryloth (August 2017)
Cloud City (September 2017)
General Grievous (October 2017)
Millennium Falcon (November 2017)
Poe Dameron (December 2017)
The Battle of Umbara (January 2018)
Hondo Ohnaka (February 2018)
Jyn Erso (March 2018)
I get the feeling there’s a lot of traffic on Coruscant… 😄Anyway, great haiku! You’re really good at them.
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Thanks! In fairness, half of these are just about traffic BUT I did feel like I had to capture the fact that the planet is a giant city is some capacity. Traffic was the perfect tool.
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Agreed! The first time I saw the planet, my eyes kind of popped out of my head because of all those huge buildings! I wonder how long it took to build all of them.
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Well, in the Expanded Universe, the layers of buildings goes back 90,000 years. I don’t see any reason why that wouldn’t be true in the Disney canon so let’s just say it is fact in both versions of Star Wars.
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Fun post but traffic is the exact reason why I am not a big fan of cities. My idea of traffic is getting stuck behind a tractor on my way to work (and I do esp during planting and harvesting season!).
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Love the Lusankya shout out! 😀
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I mean, it would have been NUTS not to include the Lusankya. I always LOOOOOOOOVED the idea that Palpatine built a SSD under Coruscant.
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This one was fun!! I like.
You wanna cup o’jawa juice?
Omg, I have to now make some Jawa Juice at my next Star Wars party and go around saying that like FLO.
Did you happen to write most of this while sitting in traffic?
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Hahaha I did not write them while sitting in traffic, although my wife got stuck in traffic yesterday on the way to work (not that those two things are related, just a coincidence).
Btw, I think you absolutely have to make Jawa Juice at your next party. That would be fantastic!
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Yes! Agreed!
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You should also invite me to the party, and probably Mike, too.
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Lol lol! Okay sure. At the rate I’m going, I’ll soon have to rent a hall or movie theater. But you guys don’t live near Massachusetts which may cause a problem. Actually I have no idea where you live but I know Mike doesn’t
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I live in Alexandria, VA and Mike lives in Erie, PA.
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Ah not close. But I can always invite you anyway 😊
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Perhaps Mike and I will road trip up that way one day.
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