The Battle of Coruscant | The Imperial Talker

Traffic and Traffic
and Traffic and Traffic and
Traffic and Traffic

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.”

Traffic and Traffic
and Traffic and Traffic and
Traffic and Traffic

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.

Traffic and Traffic
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.

Traffic and Traffic
and Traffic and Traffic and
Traffic and Traffic

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.

Traffic and Traffic
and Traffic and Traffic and
Traffic and Traffic

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)