Coruscant‚ also known as Jewel of the Core Worlds‚ or Imperial Center during the rule of the Galactic Empire‚ was an ecumenopolisa city-covered planet‚ collectively known as Imperial City in the Coruscant system of the Core Worlds․ Coruscant was ancient homeworld of the Taung and Zhell species․ Though debated by historians‚ the theory that Coruscant was the ancestral world of humans remained unproven․