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Don't the cities ever employ mass transit on 1st World planets in the Star Wars Universe?

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Some of the eye catching special effects visuals in the Star Wars franchise include an incredible number of small flying personal vehicles traveling through cities bumper to bumper to who knows where at high rates of speed. Do any of the city scenes ever depict inner city mass transit, or are all the vehicles either personal or freight carriers?

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I know that mass transit is seen in Episode II. But it isn't on Coruscant that this scene is filmed. However, given the fact that it is seen in one episode lends credence to the fact that we should expect it to be on a Core World.

And I am fairly sure I have read about the use of mass transit in one or two passages in a novel. I couldn't begin to guess at the title though.

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One of the planets in the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Rebublic has a monorail system for players use. Up to you whether you class it as cannon.


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Don't the cities ever employ mass transit on 1st World planets in the Star Wars Universe?

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Some of the eye catching special effects visuals in the Star Wars franchise include an incredible number of small flying personal vehicles traveling through cities bumper to bumper to who knows where at high rates of speed. Do any of the city scenes ever depict inner city mass transit, or are all the vehicles either personal or freight carriers?


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I know that mass transit is seen in Episode II. But it isn't on Coruscant that this scene is filmed. However, given the fact that it is seen in one episode lends credence to the fact that we should expect it to be on a Core World.

And I am fairly sure I have read about the use of mass transit in one or two passages in a novel. I couldn't begin to guess at the title though.

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I suspect it was “Come Ride the Bus With Luke and Leia”. I spent many a happy hour in my childhood enjoying that book. - Paul D. Waite Apr 11 at 8:45

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