blockade of Naboo

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event in the Star Wars universe fictional military conflict siege

The blockade of Naboo was a Trade Federation military and economic siege of the planet Naboo that sparked the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and the broader Clone Wars era.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Invasion of Naboo	2
invasion of Naboo	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Star Wars universe ⓘ fictional military conflict ⓘ siege ⓘ
appearsIn	Star Wars Legends reference works NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Naboo NERFINISHED ⓘ Trade Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Trade Federation protest against taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems ⓘ manipulation by Darth Sidious to create a political crisis ⓘ
commander	Rune Haako NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroy Nute Gunray NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	economic blockade ⓘ military blockade ⓘ space battle campaign ⓘ
consequence	events that eventually led to the Clone Wars ⓘ rise of Palpatine’s political power ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Darth Sidious NERFINISHED ⓘ Nute Gunray NERFINISHED ⓘ Obi-Wan Kenobi NERFINISHED ⓘ Padmé Amidala NERFINISHED ⓘ Qui-Gon Jinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheev Palpatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Naboo NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion and occupation of Naboo NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Galactic Senate taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems ⓘ
galacticEra	Fall of the Republic era NERFINISHED ⓘ pre–Clone Wars period ⓘ
homeUniverse	Star Wars franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
instigatedBy	Darth Sidious NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	Jedi ambassadors ⓘ Naboo Royal Starship NERFINISHED ⓘ Trade Federation battleships ⓘ battle droids ⓘ droid starfighters ⓘ
location	Naboo system NERFINISHED ⓘ planet Naboo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableShip	Saak’ak (Trade Federation Droid Control Ship) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentLeader	Queen Padmé Amidala NERFINISHED ⓘ Senator Sheev Palpatine NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Invasion of Naboo NERFINISHED ⓘ events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace ⓘ galactic events leading to the Clone Wars ⓘ
result	election of Sheev Palpatine as Supreme Chancellor ⓘ full-scale invasion of Naboo ⓘ increased tensions in the Galactic Republic ⓘ occupation of Naboo by Trade Federation droid forces ⓘ strengthening of Separatist sentiment ⓘ
strategicObjective	force Naboo to sign a treaty legitimizing Trade Federation occupation ⓘ pressure the Galactic Senate through a manufactured crisis ⓘ

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Trade Federation → knownFor → blockade of Naboo ⓘ

this entity surface form: invasion of Naboo

Galactic Republic → notableEvent → blockade of Naboo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Naboo

planet Naboo → notableEvent → blockade of Naboo ⓘ

subject surface form: Naboo

this entity surface form: Invasion of Naboo