Invasion of Naboo

Commander OOM-9 leads the Federation army against the Gungans.

Battle of Naboo

Conflict

None (isolated conflict; preceded the Clone Wars)

Date

32 BBY

Place

Naboo

Result

Naboo victory

Combatants
Naboo, Galactic Republic Jedi, Gungans	Trade Federation
Commanders
Qui-Gon Jinn † Obi-Wan Kenobi Queen Amidala Ric Olie Captain Tarpals Jar Jar Binks	Nute Gunray Darth Maul † OOM-9 (droid commander) † Daultay Dofine †
Strength
Two Jedi Knights Naboo Security Force resistance fighters Gungan Grand Army Fighter pilots of Bravo Squadron Naboo N-1 Starfighters One young, Force-sensitive ex-Tatooine slave One astromech droid Flash Speeders Gian Speeders Gungan Catapults Gungan mobile shield generators Gungan Battle Wagon Kaadu (a riding animal)	One Sith Lord Battle Droid Army Droidekas STAPs AAT tanks MTT armoured transports One Trade Federation Droid Control Ship, the Profiteer Droid Starfighters
Casualties
Qui-Gon Jinn and an unknown number of Naboo and Gungans, many N-1 fighters	Darth Maul, all troopers and vehicles of the Trade Federation army and everyone aboard the Profiteer

The Battle of Naboo refers to a pre-Clone Wars conflict in the fictional Star Wars universe between forces of the Trade Federation that had forcibly occupied Naboo and the planet's then-queen Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Anakin Skywalker, and the Gungan army.

The conflict began with the massing of the Gungan Grand Army in the plain fields not too far away from the city of Theed. The Trade Federation considered the Gungans a weak force that should be wiped out quickly. The Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray and his advisors asked permission from Darth Sidious to begin deploying their forces and occupy Naboo until the trade dispute was resolved in their favor. Sidious gave Gunray his permission, clearly guiding the attack from behind the scenes.

The Gungan Grand Army joined with Naboo security forces and fighter pilots in order to become more powerful. The Gungans, the Naboo exiles, and the members of the Naboo resistance soon assembled in the plains with their leaders to plan the attack. The Gungan Grand Army was sent to distract the droid armies in the fields. Simultaneously, the Naboo infiltrated Theed with the purpose of retaking the city and capturing Nute Gunray in order to force a settlement in Naboo's favor.

Another force of Naboo starfighters was sent to destroy the Droid Control Ship Profiteer orbiting the planet in order to disrupt the commanding control of the droid armies.

The battle was victorious for the people of Naboo. However, Darth Maul struck a fatal blow to Qui-Gon Jinn, and was in turn killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Profiteer was destroyed with all of its crew, thanks mostly to the Force-guided efforts of Anakin Skywalker. Despite four trials in the Supreme Court charged with his invasion, Gunray still retained his title as Viceroy of the Trade Federation.

The battle took place in 32 BBY and is depicted in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and it ended with the deactivation of the Trade Federation's droid army and expulsion from Naboo to face the judgment of the Galactic Republic Senate on Coruscant.

During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems (including the Trade Federation) would once again unsuccessfully threaten Naboo, thus starting the Defense of Naboo.

Battle of Naboo Participants

Republic Jedi/Naboo forces

Federation forces