History Characters / StarWarsCoruscant

-->I move mountains to scrape you off the floor and put you back on your feet, and what do I reap? What is the return on my investment?

* {{Foil}}: To Maarva Andor. Both are the elderly single mothers of two of the main characters of ''Andor'', and that's where their similarities end. Maarva is tough and not Cassian's biological mother, but very clearly loves him as if he were her biological son and is only frustrated whenever [[AngerBornOfWorry Cassian recklessly puts himself in danger]]. Eedy meanwhile, is the biological mother of Syril, but constantly brings him down and makes him feel miserable and inadequate about himself for not living up to her expectations. Maarva is shown to be a steadfast Rebel sympathizer, while Eedy lives an idle life and mindlessly believes Imperial propaganda about the Rebellion. Eedy seemingly has no social life and yells at her neighbor for potentially starting at her and Syril, while Maarva is cared for by Bix and Timm in Cassian's absence [[spoiler:as her health begins dwindling, showing her to be an appreciated member of Ferrix's community.]]

[[folder:Luthen Rael]]
!!Luthen Rael
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The arrogance is remarkable, isn’t it? They don’t even think about us."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Coruscant
->'''Played by:''' Creator/StellanSkarsgard\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Andor}}''

A rare antiquities dealer who is secretly coordinating with various rebel cells alongside Mon Mothma.

* AntiHero: He's a rebel and his desire to bring down the Empire and restore freedom to the galaxy is genuine… but he's also not even remotely afraid of dirtying his hands to get the job done.
* BadBoss: While he seems a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to the Rebels and hired guns under his command, and is one to an extent, he also ultimately sees them as expendable in the bigger scheme of things and has no compunctions about [[spoiler:ordering their deaths if he deems them a liability.]]
* ControlFreak: He's aware he can't control everything, but he wants to control what he can, to the point of taking out even the most slightly loose of ends and controlling every situation he's in.
* CowboyCop: Or rather, Cowboy Rebel. His superiors like Mon Mothma don't take too well to Luthen's ruthlessly pragmatic approach to fighting the Empire, and he himself sees no reason to abide by rules and morals if the Empire won't.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Between his dour and controlling personality plus his amoral and pragmatic approach to fighting the Empire, Luthen is not well-liked by his fellow Rebel Alliance members. Unfortunately for them, he is also indispensable to the early Alliance because while he's ruthless, he's also an incredibly efficient spymaster who gets shit done.
* TheHeart: Ironically. When Luthen isn't busy being a cold-blooded KnightTemplar spymaster, he's spending his time trying to get the various Rebel factions and cells to play nice and actually cooperate with one another, reminding them that [[WeAreStrugglingTogether whether they like each other or not, they ARE in this mess together]].
* {{Herald}}: Of Andor. He's the one who takes Cassian from Ferrix in the first story arc and introduces him to the world of the Rebellion, which [[ForegoneConclusion the audience knows he'll become a true believer in]].
* HiddenDepths: As he confides with [[spoiler:Saw]] during an exceedingly rare moment of vulnerability, he is genuinely scared a lot of the time that the Empire is simply becoming too big to fight practically, which is implied to be the big motivator for his ruthlessness.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manages to sway Cassian into joining his Rebellion group by preying on his insecurities and hatred for the Galactic Empire, and then deploys him to Aldhani to take part in the raid there. He then orders Cassian killed when he deserts the group, believing that HeKnowsTooMuch to be left alive.
* MirrorCharacter: To Saw Gerrera. Both of them are WellIntentionedExtremist leaders of Rebellion groups, and are more than willing to commit horrific actions for the sake of advancing their own goals. However, while Luthen is the secretive and pragmatic coordinator of the early Rebellion who uses espionage, manipulative tactics and subterfuge to get what he wants, Saw Gerrera is the infamous leader of the Partisans, who make themselves very publicly known. Luthen also operates behind-the-scenes and keeps his public life separate from his activities as a spymaster, while Saw Gerrera is the face of the Partisans and actively partakes in missions with the rest of the Partisans. Luthen's motivations for rebelling against the Empire have to do with what they've already done to the galaxy, while Saw Gerrera is fighting against them because he knows that they're going to get worse. And finally, Luthen is willing to use Chessmaster-like strategies to make things worse for the citizens of the Empire to encourage them to become angrier and rise up, while Saw simply attacks them head-on using guerrilla tactics.
* NonIdleRich: He's incredibly wealthy, introduced as having an excessive amount of money he can throw around and his public persona is an antiquities dealer for the richest in the galaxy. He's also more than comfortable getting his hands dirty, putting himself in risk, and even personally undertakes some more mundane spy tactics like listening to updates and performing clandestine communications when you would think someone of his stature would be above that, though his paranoia and ControlFreak nature may have something to do with that.
* PragmaticHero: The most charitable way of describing him; he's fighting the Empire and won't hesitate to resort to dishonorable and morally questionable methods in the name of the greater good. The ''least'' charitable way to view him is as a full-blown SociopathicHero who operates on cold, inhuman calculus and doesn't care how many corpses it takes to win the war.
* ProperlyParanoid: Paranoid to the extreme, but he has good reason to be, considering the nature of his work.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:He arranges the Aldhani heist for the purpose of ''deliberately'' provoking the Empire into cracking down hard and committing atrocities and repression against the people of the galaxy. Why? Because it will get the nascent Rebel Alliance more recruits and resources, plus cause additional uprisings that will further divide and weaken the Empire. Does it suck that trillions of innocent people are going to suffer for his purposeful escalation of the war? Sure. But if means moving a step closer to ending the tyrannical Empire, then to Luthen it's justified.]]
* TheSpymaster: One for the early Rebellion, using his [[CollectorOfTheStrange day job]] to coordinate missions of subversion against the Empire with [[TheUnfettered about as many scruples]] as you'd expect of a spy.
* StepfordSmiler: To the Coruscanti public, Luthen is an affable and friendly antique shop owner. In private it's made very clear that this is a mask; the real Luthen is quite serious and grim, almost depressed-seeming.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Nobody particularly seems to like working with Luthen, as he clashes with the rebels under his command, Mon Mothma, [[spoiler:and even other extremists like Saw Gerrera.]]
* TheUnfettered: Nothing is off-limits to him in his fight against the Empire, but his borderline sociopathic methods of fighting the Empire are balanced out by the fact that almost ''everything'' he does is genuinely motivated to restoring freedom to the galaxy and has legitimate reasoning as to how it will help do so. He just doesn't care if the Rebellion has to be built on corpses or not.

!!Criminal Underworld

[[folder:Elan Sel'Sabagno]]
!!Elan "Sleazebaggano" Sel'Sabagno
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!!!'''Species:''' Balosar

->'''Portrayed by:''' Matt Doran
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''

-->''"You wanna buy some death sticks?"''

Elan Sel'Sabagno, also known as Elan Sleazebaggano, was a drug dealer from the lower levels of Coruscant. He met Obi-Wan in a bar and made the mistake of offering his product.
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* FantasticDrug: He deals in death sticks.
* HeelRealization: After meeting Obi-Wan, Elan gets a [[JediMindTrick sudden urge]] to go home and rethink his life.
* MeaningfulName: "Sleazebag" is usually a term referring a slimy, untrustworthy person, usually male.
%%* OneSceneWonder
* RubberForeheadAlien: The only noticeable difference between a Balosar and a human are the antennapalps on their heads in place of ears.
* WeakWilled: He just wanted to sell his death sticks, but Obi-Wan found him susceptible to a JediMindTrick.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheHighRepublicAdventures2022 The High Republic Adventures (2022)'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsPadawan Padawan]]'' | ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsQueensHope Queen's Hope]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]''

* TheUnfettered: Nothing is off-limits to him in his fight against the Empire.

* {{Foil}}: To Saw Gerrera. Luthen is the secretive and pragmatic coordinator of the early Rebellion, while Saw Gerrera is the infamous leader of the Partisans, who make themselves very publicly known. Luthen operates behind-the-scenes for the most post, while Saw Gerrera actively partakes in missions with the rest of the Partisans. Luthen's motivations for rebelling against the Empire have to do with what they've already done to the galaxy, while Saw Gerrera is fighting against them because he knows that they're going to get worse. Luthen keeps his public life separate from his activities as a spymaster, while Saw Gerrera is the face of the Partisans.

* TheSpyMaster: One for the early Rebellion, using his [[CollectorOfTheStrange day job]] to coordinate missions of subversion against the Empire with [[TheUnfettered about as many scruples]] as you'd expect of a spy.

* BadBoss: While he seems a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to the Rebels and hired guns under his command, and is one to an extent, he also ultimately sees them as expendable in the bigger scheme of things and has no compunctions about [[spoiler:ordering their deaths if he deems them a liability, as Cassian learns the hard way.]]

* StepfordSmiler: To the Coruscanti public, Luthen is an affable and friendly antique shop owner. In private it's made very clear that this is a mask; the real Luthen is quite serious and grim.

* StepfordSmiler: To the Coruscanti public, Luthen is an affable and friendly antique shop owner. In private it's made very clear that this is a mask; the real Luthen is quite serious.

* StepfordSmiler: To the Coruscanti public Luthen is an affable and friendly antique shop owner. In private it's made very clear that this is a mask; the real Luthen is quite serious.

->'''Appearances:''' ''[[Literature/StarWarsPadawan Padawan]]'' | ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsQueensHope Queen's Hope]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]''

* TheFogOfAges: It's unclear exactly how old he is, but by the Dark Times Dexter has been around quite a while and struggles to place some events in his memory.

* LayeredMetropolis: Coruscant is UpToEleven and beyond example, which makes it [[AppliedMathematics 121 or higher.]] No, really, it deserves that. The planet is covered in skyscrapers, which are also covered in skyscrapers, which are covered in more skyscrapers, which goes on for long enough that the skyscrapers dwarf the natural features of the planet. And some of the skyscrapers that were built on are actually construction droids for building more skyscrapers. The city has 5127 levels—not floors, mind you, ''levels'' upon which structures are built, with many skyscrapers' upper floors exceeding 20,000 feet altitude. Fluff material describes Coruscant's high-rises as requiring complex environmental regulation systems to compensate for the differential heating between the lobby and the penthouse. Those skyscrapers are for the high-society types, of course. The lower you go, the poorer (and darker) it gets, with the very lowest levels being considered uninhabitable (and occupied by some very nasty predatory critters).

* CanonImmigrant: The name "Coruscant" originated from ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' before it was decanonized into the ''Legends'' segment (the name stuck, however, due to being used in the Prequel Trilogy). It was still used as the former name of the Imperial capital, but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the planet was described as having hills, isolated towers, greenery and mountain ranges]] instead of being the CityPlanet it is now.

* DemotedToExtra: It's much less significant in the New Republic era than it was in ''Legends'' since its no longer the Galactic capital.

* TempleOfDoom: The Jedi Temple was built over a Sith Temple. In ''The Clone Wars'' (in an unreleased episode arc), Yoda, Ahsoka, Anakin, and Obi-Wan have to travel there to investigate something... and it turns out some monsters live in there. WordOfGod implies that [[TheBusCameBack the Zillo Beast]] would have returned to fight those monsters.

* ViceCity: Somewhat downplayed. It's generally not a bad place to live, though it's not so nice in the [[WretchedHive lower levels]], which are generally crime-infested. However, the upper levels aren't really much better beneath the surface, being filled with {{Corrupt Politician}}s, {{Corrupt Bureaucrat}}s, {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s... oh, [[VillainWorld and the guy running the place is a Sith Lord]] (not that most people are aware of this until ''after'' the Empire's formation).

->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsQueensHope Queen's Hope]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]''

* HeroicFatigue: His entries in the ''Smuggler's Guide'' make it clear that his age, the rise of the Empire, and the horrors the syndicates inflict upon their victims in the Outer Rim have gotten to him, and he briefly despairs about how little he can do as one person. Despite this, Dexter manages shake off his doubts, rescue an enslaved worker from Crimson Dawn, and send recorded evidence of the syndicate's crimes on Athus Klee to a trustworthy fried in the senate in the hopes that something could be done. The fact that a note written by Han mentions this story sounding familiar suggests that Dexter's efforts worked in at least bringing some attention to Crimson Dawn's activity there.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: It'd be easier to list off what species ''don't'' live on Coruscant.

* DemotedToExtra: It's much less significant in the New Republic era than it was in ''Legends'' since its no longer the Galactic captital.