The planet of Corellia is part of the Corellian system, also inhabited by brother worlds Selonia, Drall, Talus, and Tralus. The five planets orbit around the star Corell, and collectively are known as the Five Brothers. Corellia, Selonia, and Drall all orbit the star, while Talus and Tralus orbit Centerpoint Station, which itself orbits the star. All five planets contained within their cores an enormous planetary repulsor, a device that gave each planet the ability to move itself through space. The planet Corellia served as a slave world of the Infinite Empire, providing a portion of the labor force used to build the Star Forge. Corellia is especially known for the discovery of the modern hyperdrive, which provided a means of communication with other Core Worlds, and eventually led to the creation of the Galactic Republic, of which Corellia is a Core Founder. During the Old Republic era, Corellia, its star system, and the rest of the systems in the Corellian sector are ruled by the Corellian Empire, an absolute monarchy ruled by the House of Solo. Corellia has always been known as a fiercely independent culture, managing their own system-wide security in the form of the Corellian Security Force, or CorSec, and even harboring their own, non-traditional Corellian Jedi.
The Corellian system serves as one of the three largest starship manufacturers in the galaxy. The Corellian Engineering Corporation was established around the same time as the Galactic Republic, and currently operates most of the shipyards in orbit around Corellia and its brother worlds. The Rendili Vehicle Corporation, a ship design and production company, has a facility on Corellia, and is responsible for developing the Vanguard-class starfighter. A Rendili corporate building was the setting of Rob Chestney's Old Republic era short story, Smuggler's Vanguard, in which Mirialan smuggler Hylo Visz steals the first Vanguard prototype. With Corellia's long history with starships, it comes as no surprise that Corellia is the homeworld of many of the galaxy's greatest pilots. Smuggling is also a prominent profession among native Corellians.
The Corellian system also happens to be home to one of the galaxy's oldest and most dangerous superweapons. The Celestials supposedly constructed Centerpoint Station around 1,000,000 BBY. It draws its power from the gravity wells of its nearest neighbors, Talus and Tralus, and is capable of several incredibly frightening feats. On its own, it can create a gravity well surrounding the entire system, blocking hyperspace travel in and out. The station was also built to work in tandem with the planetary repulsors on each of the five Corellian worlds, which would allow it to create gravity wells anywhere in or perhaps even around the entirety of the galaxy. Perhaps its most shocking characteristic, the station is able to combine its many systems to create a kind of hyperspace tractor beam able to grip large objects, even stars, from a considerable distance and manipulate them in the vastness of space. The tractor beam could also be made to fluctuate, and when targeted at a star could cause the star's core to become unstable and eventually go supernova. During the Old Republic era, Centerpoint Station's true nature and origin are still unknown, leaving many opportunities to explore its twisted insides.
The planet itself is known for its vast expanses of rural landscape with spotted urban centers located at various points around the globe. Many natural wonders adorn the planet's surface, such as the vibrantly beautiful Gold Beaches, or the always-majestic vistas at Kor Vella, a popular tourist destination. Hylo Visz comments in Smuggler's Vanguard that Corellia's ship manufacturing corporations are partly responsible for the planet's unspoiled beauty. Since most of the shipyards are outside of the planet's atmosphere, a large percentage of the landscape is only sparsely inhabited by sentient species. After the Old Republic era, it is known that immigrant Selonians from nearby Selonia built a massive network of caves and tunnels beneath the planet's surface known as the Selonian Tunnels. Many species used these spaces as a sort of underground metropolis.
Corellia's storied history and importance within the galaxy puts a lot of weight behind the theory of it being one of The Old Republic's planets. With the introduction of customizable player ships, and especially space combat, Corellia's ship design and production aptitude thrust it into the spotlight of potential story opportunities. One of the galaxy's prime trade routes during the era, the Corellian Run, passes right through the system, making it at least as easy to get to as the other revealed core worlds. Corellia's focus in Smuggler's Vanguard also tells us that the planet is square in the sights of BioWare's key writers, and its sparse-at-best history during the early Galactic Republic leaves it wide open for fictional exploration.
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Posted 8/4/2010 8:51:59 AMAnyway Correllia had very nice scenic views and was one of the favourites.
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Posted 7/30/2010 7:07:13 AMSeeing Corellia ruled by an independent empire (House of Solo eh?) would be different and definitely gives the devs a ton of options. There also isn't much known about the Empire itself which fits into Bioware's style of taking something with little lore and expanding it.
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Posted 7/30/2010 3:54:51 PMThere's also not much information on Talus and Tralus out there during the Old Republic era, but it's hard to imagine that since the humans discovered the hyperdrive around 25,000 BBY that they hadn't visited and maybe even colonized them by that point, during which they'd probably notice the big, metal object that they orbit around.
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Posted 7/30/2010 5:57:17 AMReally enjoyable read. Full marks to the author. Well done.
(and thank-you for all the links... I always enjoy those too.)
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Posted 7/30/2010 1:28:57 PMI don't listen to the podcasts, but thanks DH and Shas_Zaret that made me look this up! :D
I just saw the video again, and in the middle of it, there was a clear view of "Corellia intro (of) Corellia bkgma_03" on the "sheet" thingy. I could be completely wrong, but "bkgma" could stand for background music #a_03.
Either way, you just convinced me that Corellia will be in the game. :)
EDIT: I think it's "bkgrnd_03", which could mean "background_03". I'm not sure how much you have discussed in your podcasts about what this stands for, but, well.... Hate on!
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Posted 7/30/2010 7:44:34 PMI think it highly likely Corellia is in, but if not the planet, then surely as a space combat zone, or, at the very least, a space staion in orbit.
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