The Force Awakens' Original Coruscant Plan Would Have Made The Film Worse
The First Order destroyed the Hosnian system in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the original plan for the destruction of Coruscant would have made one of the movie's biggest problems even worse. As the first part of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, The Force Awakens was a movie geared toward pleasing longtime fans of the franchise while creating the potential for a new direction for the saga. One of the most common criticisms of The Force Awakens, however, is that it leaned too heavily on original trilogy nostalgia while brushing the prequels under the rug. Destroying Coruscant would have exacerbated this point.
Coruscant was a key location in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The ecumenopolis was the capital of the Galactic Republic and housed the headquarters of the Jedi Order, so it was, naturally, featured prominently throughout the fall of both institutions. As the capital of the Galactic Empire (having been renamed Imperial Center in-universe) Coruscant was shown at the end of Return of the Jedi (thanks to the 1997 Star Wars special editions and all subsequent re-releases) and was battled over by the New Republic and Imperial warlords in the Legends timeline, becoming the New Republic’s capital in 6 ABY.
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In an homage to the Death Star’s destruction of Alderaan in A New Hope, the First Order uses its superweapon, Starkiller Base, to destroy the Hosnian system in The Force Awakens, terrorizing the galaxy and decapitating the New Republic by vaporizing its capital. According to Lucasfilm Story Group member Pablo Hidalgo, Coruscant was originally planned to be destroyed by the First Order’s Ilum-based superweapon, but opinions on the idea were divided, with
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