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this huge museum, located in the Coco District of Imperial City on Coruscant, has survived the various political changes that have swept around it. The museum is the home of many records detailing the Old Republic's growth as well as that of the Empire. There are a number of Sith and Jedi artifacts stored there. The Emperor Palpatine cut all funding for the museum during his rule, keeping the knowledge contained within from the public. He did, however, leave enough money for the museum to carry on his legacy. When the Rogue Squadron pilots infiltrated Coruscant following the Battle of Endor, they found a vast holographic display in which Darth Vader lamented over the death of Palpatine at the hands of the treacherous Rebels. Vader's image claimed that Palpatine was visiting a new "planetary ore extractor" - another name for the second Death Star - when the Rebels attacked. The image went on to claim that the Rebels were going to steal it in order to destroy Imperial planets, when Palpatine offered them forgiveness. The Rebels then killed him and stole the extractor. Much of this pro-Imperial propaganda was removed by the New Republic, following the liberation of Coruscant from Ysanne Isard, and was replaced with failry neutral depictions of the Galactic Civil War.