Worlds of the Outer Rim are rich in raw resources but lack the population, infrastructure, or political power of the Core.
Waves of colonization (and conquest) by the Republic gradually spread outward from the Core, into the sparser systems at the galaxy's edge, such as Tatooine. The first major interstellar powers in the core are stated to have risen many millennia ago, gradually coalescing into the early Galactic Republic, with its capital at Coruscant. The new canon map is broadly similar to the later versions of the Legends galactic map.Īs a general rule, most of the galaxy's wealth, power, and population are concentrated near the middle of the galactic circle – the 'Core Worlds'. Their exact definitions fluctuated somewhat during the Legends continuity, but were later formally updated by the new canon continuity when Disney purchased Lucasfilm. The Star Wars galaxy contains several broad sub-regions.
