Why does the trade federation invade naboo

Later, Sidious contacted them and ordered a fleet assembled. Deputy Viceroy Hath Monchar left the flagship Saak'ak in a scoutship and took a Sith holocron with information about the impending blockade. Sidious' apprentice, Darth Maul , was tasked with recovering the holocron, which he eventually took from the Coruscant information broker Lorn Pavan. During the hunt for the holocron, Maul engaged and killed the Jedi Anoon Bondara and his Padawan Darsha Assant , ensuring the secrecy of the return of the Sith.

Kenobi investigated their deaths and suspected Black Sun involvement. When Kenobi returned to the Jedi Temple, he discovered that he and his master had been assigned as ambassadors to the blockade. The Supreme Chancellor responded by calling for the disbandment of the Free Trade Zones , albeit granting additional defensive allowances. Unfortunately for the Republic, the Trade Federation felt offended, and was determined to strike back. Jedi Council member Adi Gallia monitored the actions of the Trade Federation following the Summit, [1] and it was her who alerted the Jedi Council to suspicious activities in the Naboo system.

Five months after the death of the Directorate members, and after procuring the necessary resources on a number of planets, including Esseles , [27] Eos , [5] and Alaris Prime , the Trade Federation blockaded [10] the Mid Rim world. Right after the Blockade commenced, Gunray stated that it was a protest of the new shipping-lane taxes, and threatened that any attempts to break the embargo would be met with deadly force, and was prepared to see Naboo starve unless the regulations were removed.

Amidala then contacted Supreme Chancellor Valorum and informed him that the Trade Federation battleships encircled Naboo. Senator Palpatine was there in the office at the time, and told the queen that he could contact the Trade Federation delegates and demand the termination of the blockade. In response, Amidala requested formal Republic intervention. Valorum promised to convene a special Senate session. Once the message ended, Valorum advised Senator Palpatine to prepare to be thrust into the spotlight.

As the blockade started, head of the Security Forces Captain Quarsh Panaka took the precaution of arming their Flash speeders in the event they would need to cover the queen's escape. He also assigned the Security Forces to patrol Theed and maintain order. One month into the blockade, supplies were scarce, leaving the Naboo people with an eerie quiet in the streets and a sense of panic. Amidala's Council of Governors advised her to wait while Palpatine tried to find support in the Galactic Senate.

Amidala contacted the Supreme Chancellor and told him she was holding him responsible for the blockade, that he was taking bread out of the mouths of Naboo's children. Her words visibly shocked him, but they were successful in convincing him to send aid.

However, TC , the hostess protocol droid which they encountered first, promptly informed Gunray, his lieutenant, Settlement Officer Rune Haako , and invasion force Captain Daultay Dofine , that the ambassadors from Coruscant were Jedi Knights. Terrified at the prospect of facing Jedi, and Dofine having realized beforehand that the Jedi had most likely been sent to force a settlement regarding the dispute, Gunray contacted Sidious and presented the situation, also sending TC to distract them due to Dofine being unwilling to face them.

Jinn also noticed that there was an unusual amount of fear among the Neimoidians, especially for what was apparently as minor as a trade dispute. Sidious, realizing Valorum's role in bringing the Jedi to the ship, ordered Gunray to kill the Jedi at once and begin landing his troops on Naboo for an invasion, and when Gunray questioned the invasion's legality, Sidious replied that he would make it legal. Sidious also told Gunray to make sure that any future contacts to him exclude Dofine from participation after the latter implied they should call off the plan due to fear of the Jedi.

In order to ensure the Jedi couldn't escape even if they did survive the dioxis , the Saak'ak ' s docking bay fired its turbolaser turrets at the docked Radiant VII , destroying the ship before its captain could give the order to ready its shields. The toxic gas dioxis then flooded the ventilation system in the Jedi's waiting room, and Gunray dispatched a squad of security battle droids to ensure the destruction of the Jedi. After the OOM droids arrived at the room, Gunray contacted them stating the Jedi should be dead by that point before ordering them to dispose of their corpses.

TC exited and asked to be excused as she passed by them. Before they could enter, however, Jinn and Kenobi revealed their survival by igniting their lightsabers. The droids attempted to blast them. Jinn and Kenobi, though, proved more than a match for the droids. The commotion did not go unnoticed by Gunray. After learning from Tey How that they had lost communications with the security droid unit, Gunray ordered the bridge sealed off, although his admission to Haako that he'd never dealt with a Jedi before caused Haako to doubt they'd survive the altercation.

As a backup plan, they dispatched droidekas , which were more formidable due to their shield generators. Jinn attempted to use his lightsaber to force his way into the bridge, causing Gunray to order them to close the blast doors, believing that would hold them.

However, Jinn proceeded to nearly cut through the blast doors to the bridge, much to Gunray and Haako's horror before the latter demanded to know what was taking the droidekas so long. At that moment, the droidekas arrived, ultimately chasing away the Jedi, with one of their blaster fire also detonating the weakened door.

Although Haako, who had witnessed this due to the destroyed door, was relieved that the Jedi were no match for the droidekas, How informed them that the Jedi entered the ventilation shaft.

The two Jedi navigated the ship [30] and emerged in a hangar where they witnessed the preparation of several AATs , MTTs , and C landing crafts , causing them to deduce that the Neimoidians were planning an invasion. In order to hide the massive army the Trade Federation had secretly amassed from Republic customs shortly beforehand, the Neimoidians claimed they were simply the components to the latest, expensive Binary loadlifters despite their suspicious appearances as well as denying any military purposes to the components.

They then stowed away on separate invasion craft, [10] with Kenobi forcing his to make a crash landing on Naboo. Meanwhile, Tey How reported to her superiors that a transmission from the planet was incoming. Haako realized that the sender was Queen Amidala. Amidala warned the Viceroy that they wouldn't tolerate their blockade any longer and that Valorum had sent ambassadors to meet them.

Gunray feigned ignorance regarding the ambassadors, and also claimed that they won't do anything to Naboo without approval from the Senate before claiming she is assuming too much. Haako, as the transmission ended, admitted that Amidala was right about her accusations and implied that they should back out, though Gunray sternly reminded him that it was too late to do so.

Gunray, although he was unsure if Amidala did indeed suspect an attack from them, nonetheless ordered that they black out all communications on the planet so they could go on with the invasion. The invasion craft landed in groups of three to cut off Naboo cities from each other. Attacks started on Harte Secur and Spinnaker , the last frontier before spreading to the Naboo capital of Theed.

The loss of communications occurred as Amidala was consulting with Senator Palpatine. The failure prompted Theed's Governor Sio Bibble to say that it was an invasion, with Amidala also expressing disbelief that Gunray would go that far. Nute Gunray himself landed in Theed and assumed control from Queen Amidala's own throne room, also declaring victory as soon as one of his droids confirmed the queen's capture. After Amidala refused to sign a treaty legitimizing the occupation, she and her retinue were to be processed into Camp Four.

However, the two Jedi had survived and reached the Naboo swamps. There they found the queen and her entourage held hostage by battle droids. The Jedi made quick work of the droids, and the queen agreed to return with them to Coruscant, where she could plead before the Senate for help against her planet's cruel and abrupt siege. Getting past the Trade Federation blockade proved difficult, and the queen's ship barely scraped by, its shields repaired by astromech droid R2-D2 at the last moment.

Since the hyperdrive was leaking badly during the escape, the group decided to hide on Tatooine in the Outer Rim Territories until a replacement could be found. Before they left, Panaka ordered the RSF volunteers to evacuate the city and to engage the Droid Army only in self-defense.

In the following days, Trade Federation continued to take over the planet, [3] eventually taking complete control. The resistance utilized a number of Royal Security Force hangars. After the queen escaped, the Security Force formed resistance cells, utilizing the Flash speeder in hit and run raids. The droids actively hunted the Security Forces.

Following Panaka's evacuation order, the Security Forces gathered what they could, fleeing in speeders, N-X Police Cruisers , or civilian transports. They hid anywhere they could before they got the chance to regroup, although many were killed or captured. The Security Forces, civilians, government officials, and even off-worlders found themselves in hiding and vowing to find a way to strike back. Naboo's small settlements gave the Security Forces an advantage, as did their knowledge of the local terrain.

Lakeside communities were evacuated and their citizens fled to small islands, and gave aid, supplies, and shelter to the resistance. Additionally, the dense swampland confused the droids. The resistance cells tended to be made up of mixed bunches who helped out in small ways. After escaping from Theed, they assisted local farmers and rescued a police officer, Vedd Deviss , who informed them of a mysterious smuggler located in the mountains. Kael, Gavyn and Vedd soon found out that this smuggler was Borvo the Hutt.

After they escorted the Hutt to his base , Borvo joined the Resistance and provided it with starfighters. With the help of Borvo they destroyed the Trade Federation Comm 4 satellite , and annihilated the disrupted Trade Federation base. Sykes stole a gunboat and used it to liberate Naboo slaves. However, Borvo soon revealed himself as a traitor and killed Kael.

The two Jedi escape, and along with their new Gungan friend, Jar Jar Binks head to Naboo to warn Queen Amidala, but droids have already started to capture Naboo and the Queen is not safe there. Eventually, they land on Tatooine, where they become friends with a young boy known as Anakin Skywalker.

Qui-Gon is curious about the boy, and sees a bright future for him. The group must now find a way of getting to Coruscant and to finally solve this trade dispute, but there is someone else hiding in the shadows.

Are the Sith really extinct? Is the Queen really who she says she is? And what's so special about this young boy? The outcast native takes the Jedi to his submerged city and the Gungan leader gives transportation to them.

The Jedi head to the capital to warn Queen Amidala about the invasion. However she has been captured by the Federation droids but the Jedi rescue the queen and her court and they flee in a spacecraft that is damaged when they cross the blockade. When they find the component, they do not have money to buy it. So they would be able to force Queen Amidala to sign the treaty without casualties. Indeed, he was a clever mastermind as he played out both sides of the war.

Darth Sidious strategically initiated the plans for invading Naboo. He not only provided the Federation with Intel but also assured them of the treaty so that the invasion could be made legal. The blockade would lead to his promotion to Supreme Chancellor. Palpatine was a mastermind; he sold his planet for his benefit. Rather, he was very strategic in staying close to the Queen to manipulate.

Fortunately for him, it worked, and he was promoted duly. Sidious told the Federation that Queen Amidala was young and naive, and controlling her would not be difficult.

By showing such confidence in manipulation of the planet, the Federation was led to believe that initiating an attack would be worth it.

If the Federation won, that would lead to him being the powerful authority of Naboo. However, if the Federation was successful in making Amidala sign the treaty, then the case would be different. The signature would then make the entire invasion legal. Rather the Galactic Republic is a committee formed with the leaders and representatives. When the people of Naboo elect their Kings and Queens, they are electing from the members of the noble houses.

As a result, not everyone gets to run for the ruler. The Naboo rulers are teenagers because all potential candidates are young in the first place. Their loyalty and certainty in doing what he says shows this must have been the case in the past.

It's the only interpretation that makes sense. As for why he would try to capture them, and then have them make the vote of no confidence in the Senate as part of his plan, is likely because his plan has many iterations depending on how different events go. There are many places throughout the clone wars when this seems to be the case he's trying to do something, but then takes advantage another way when things go differently.

For example, if the Separatists had won the Clone Wars instead of the Republic, he would never have had to use Order 66 because they separatists would have killed off the Jedi. And, he'd still rule the galaxy anyway as Sideous.

The first thing the Viceroy says is "as you know , our blockade is legal". The blockade isn't secret. The Federation wants to intimidate planets in its dispute against taxation of trade routes, but wants to do it legally. The invasion is also intimidation, the idea is to sign the treaty, then go public with it after the treaty makes the invasion legal.

The whole thing as a ruse, perpetuated by Sideous to manipulate Amidala into calling for the No Confidence vote in Chancellor Valorum. Once Valorum was out, that prompted the emergency election for a replacement. In addition to his diplomatic skills, targeting Naboo also gave Palpatine a strong sympathy vote for taking the Chancellorship himself. In addition to what's been said above, you can read Cloak of Deception written by James Luceno who wrote Darth Plagueis where they talk about the Republic's taxation of the Outer Rim systems and how the Trade Federation began funding their massive droid armies.

In order to take over the Republic and make it his Empire, Palpatine needed a few things to happen. First, he needed to be in a position higher than Senator. Third, he needed the Jedi out of the way. Fourth, he needed a younger more powerful apprentice to help explore the force and maintain his control of the regions soon to be known as the Empire. Knowing through observation and probably some shady dealings of his own being a Sith Lord, Palpatine knew that Valorum was enslaved by his actions of political corruptness and side dealings with the bureaucrats and that any inaction of Valorum would generate a vote of "no confidence" in how Valorum was to handle the situation.

Valorum, though not stated, could have been involved in the Trade Federations' shady dealings and was hesitant to get involved as it could have blown up in his face from others exposing his direct actions in any shady deals.

Valorum was caught in a catch If he acted, he could be exposed by his co-conspirators, if he didn't act, any Naboo sympathizers and systems that didn't support the Trade Federation would side against him. Palpatine put Valorum into a real no-win situation while using his planets premeditated plight as bait. So, when Valorum refused to act and let the committee be established, others realized that the vote of no confidence was necessary to eliminate his corruptness and bureaucratic evil in spite of such a overt evil act as a blockade standing in the way of Naboo's freedom.

As someone from Naboo, Palpatine was able to generate the sympathy vote because they probably thought that since he was on the receiving end of the blockade, he could be fair as a Chancellor to "end corruption". Also, his reason for attempting to kill Padme also had two reasons, one, he could permanently eliminate her as someone that might challenge his power and two, he could blame it on the Trade Federation. This was obviously not realized as it didn't happen.

The other reason may be that he knew if he got rid of Padme, Anakin would be that much more easily swayed to the dark side that much earlier in the story. Killing Padme, to Palpatine, had no down-side. As Sidious, Palpatine needed the Trade Federation and their droid army to carry out the remainder of his plan which was to establish a Army of the Republic, which would then become his Stormtrooper force when the Republic was reorganized from Republic to Empire. It would be an easy sell to the other systems, "Look an army is taking over and threatening other systems When the clone army was established and proved to be useful, Palpatine dispathed his new apprentice to eliminate the Trade Federation and all proof between Sidious and the Trade Federation or at least by the time it was exposed, it would be too late.

Palpatine was obviously smart enough to realize that using the greed of the Trade Federation against them also enslaved them and destroyed them by putting them also in a no-win situation. Once the Clones proved their effectiveness, the programming of the clones, Order 66 was executed and the Jedi were eliminated.

Which would be another reason to get rid of any ties to the Trade Federation. The Trade Federation would begin to ask questions or might even refuse orders out of fear, like kill all the Jedi, where the Clones were programmed not to.