On one of its many plot meanders, the main cast of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker visit a planet called Kijimi. As is typical in Star Wars, the planet is represented by a single place on it, and in this case, a hilly, snowy city of houses and workshops built on top of each other. The characters sneak through alleys and walk to their destination from where they left their spaceship. Much of the action in the scenes set on Kijimi ultimately take place in narrow streets or a sort of town square. Notably, there’s no vehicular traffic.
In fact, many places in the Star Wars films are portrayed as walkable and not overwhelmed with cars. This is despite the fact that George Lucas is, or at least was, something of a gearhead and once contemplated a career as a racing driver. Coruscant, the ecumenopolis capital of the Galaxy in the prequel films, is the only planet with a lot of vehicular traffic. This is despite the fact that ground-level transportation (“speeders”) are common enough that even on a backwater planet like Tattooine (in the original film) get new models regularly enough that Luke Skywalker can complain about the lack of demand for his used one.
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