Podracing Faces Uncertain Future ELESA, ANDO PRIME – Once the undisputed favorite of velocity-blinkers, the breakneck sport of Podracing is facing dark times.While Podracing’s long-standing overlap with the legally ambiguous elements of society is well documented, a string of high-profile scandals have further eroded the sport’s reputation among the general public. The controversies began five […]

Weequay/Houk Arraignment End in Violence JUDICIAL ARCOLOGY, CORUSCANT – The first in a series of arraignments for offenders arrested in this month’s Eastport gang brawl between Houks and Weequay immigrants ended in violence. At a Judicial Hearing Chamber Y-76 the accused, 22-year-old Ker-Zakk and 23-year-old Egome Fass overpowered bailiffs and began fighting. After security stunned […]

Study: Pollution Standards Still Endanger Many CORUSCANT NODE – Vors, Shashay, and Chadra-Fan are among the 10 species labeled as “at risk” of disease from air pollution that Coruscant planetary standards fail to account for, according to a study released today.In an examination of Coruscant middle-class districts conducted by the Rhire Medical Academy, findings indicated […]

Senator Dod in Five-Speeder Skylane Accident FOBOSI DISTRICT, CORUSCANT – After an early morning skyway traffic accident, six injured commuters were rushed to medcenter today, including Trade Federation Senate Representative, Lott Dod. The cause of the accident has been identified as a malfunctioning automated pubtrans flitter that went the wrong direction down skylane T-534D. Commuters […]

Sluis Sector Secedes; Seswenna Restates Loyalty OUTER RIM NODE – With the transmission of Articles of Secession to the Senate, Senator Corlissi Ludar made formal the withdrawal of the Sluis sector from the Republic. Neighboring Seswenna sector representative Senator Shayla Paige-Tarkin responded with an adamant assertion of her sector’s loyalty to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. The […]