Eastport was one of the two major spaceports on the planet Coruscant and was located in the world's Port District. Most newcomers to Coruscant passed through the immense industrialized area, which was intimidating to the average visitor but equipped to handle a diverse range of physiologies.

The port saw its busiest period during the Separatist Crisis, when migrant traffic increased 6,000 percent and inter-species tensions in the port flared, leading to a massive brawl between Houk and Weequay immigrants. In 7956 C.R.C., a shipment of tainted Moogan tea was seized by the Coruscant Security Force from the Eastport Docks, one of the many docking facilities in Eastport.

Description[]

Eastport was a large spaceport district^[1] that was one of the two major ports of Galactic City, the ecumenopolis covering the planet Coruscant. The other major port, Westport, acted as the planet's main departure point, while most newcomers passed through Eastport. Both were located in the Port District and served as more than just spaceports, consisting of immense industrialized areas with many port facilities of all kinds.^[2] The Eastport Docks were one such facility.^[3]

Eastport was an enormous and intimidating space for the average visitor but was prepared to handle a diverse range of physiologies amongst those that passed through, with port authorities being as tolerant of cultural and social differences as was possible.^[2] Multiple AA-9 Freighter-Liners departed from Eastport to new destinations on an almost daily basis.^[1]

History[]

Eastport and Westport experienced the busiest time in their history during the Separatist Crisis, in which many planets split from the Galactic Republic^[2] beginning in 24 BBY.^[4] This resulted in many citizens of Coruscant leaving to return to their newly independent homeworlds, but also caused an influx of refugees from those same worlds. Over a period of two years, the ports saw an increase of 6,000 percent in migrant traffic. During such a tense period, the mixing of different species in the port inevitably created issues, with it not being unusual for port authorities to have to paralyze a temperamental Wookiee and an aggressive Trandoshan,^[2] species with a history of conflict,^[5] in order to separate them. In one instance of inter-species tension, a massive and uncontrolled brawl broke out in Eastport between immigrant members of the Houk and Weequay species, leaving fifteen dead and forty-five with serious injuries.^[2]

In 7956 C.R.C. during the preceding Clone Wars, Coruscant Security Force Inspector Tanivos Divo confiscated a shipment containing several pallets of tainted Moogan tea from the Ardees Beverage Company at Eastport Docks after receiving a tip from Sundari Police Authority Captain Patrok Ru-Saxon. The shipment had come from a Moogan smuggling ring linked to a poisoning outbreak on the planet Mandalore and was destined for the Coruscant Underworld before being intercepted, preventing any harm. Divo's grandson, Exantor Divo, included information on the shipment seizure in the Eastport in his book, Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious,^[3] which was published in 34 ABY.^[6]

Behind the scenes[]

In the current Star Wars canon, Eastport was first mentioned in "AA-9 Coruscant Starfreighter," an article in the "Starship Fact File" department of the fiftieth issue of the Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine published by De Agostini^[1] around December 16, 2015.^[7] The spaceport originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it first appeared in the 1996 novel Before the Storm, which was written by Michael P. Kube-McDowell.^[8] It was depicted for the first time in the 2010 LucasArts video game Kinect Star Wars.^[9]

Sources[]

• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 50 (Starship Fact File: AA-9 Coruscant Starfreighter) (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
• "Coruscant" — Star Wars Encyclopedia

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