Naboo Naboo was a bountiful planet in the Mid Rim , close to the border of the Outer Rim Territories . It was home to the Gungan species and to a population of human s known as the Naboo . Description . Naboo was a small pastoral world in the Mid Rim , located near the border of the Outer Rim Territories . Unlike most other worlds , the ancient planet lacked a molten core , and instead comprised a conglomerate of large , rocky bodies that made up a network of tunnels and flooded caves . The native Gungan s , who built their homes in the water s of Naboo , rarely ventured into the core , fearing the ravenous sea beasts which resided in areas such as the Caves of Eleuabad . Despite this , certain Gungan navigators utilized time - honored trade routes through the planet ' s structure , which served as the most expedient avenues to reach other areas of the planet . Naboo ' s interior was rich with plasma , a naturally - occurring energy unique to the planet , and this coupled with its lack of molten core gave Naboo a reputation as an enigma to astrophysicists , who regarded the world ' s structure as an extremely rare phenomenon in the galaxy . Naboo ' s surface comprised a vast array of different landscapes , from rolling plains and grass y hills to swamp y lakes caused by the water - filled network of deep - sea tunnels . Beside its natural features , Naboo was considered a world of classical beauty due to the aesthetics of its population centers . The porous crust ' s natural plasma was harvested for energy and building material , and was generally thought to be the key to many of the planet ' s secrets . While most of Naboo ' s land animals were peaceful , as exemplified by the gentle shaak , the planet ' s ocean s teemed with menacing creatures , such as the opee sea killer and the sando aqua monster . History . Early history . Originally , Naboo was home to the reptilian Elders and the amphibian Gungans . Eventually the Elders went extinct , and a group of human colonists from Grizmallt crashed on Naboo . Led by Kwilaan , they ventured into the Gallo Mountains , created a farm ing community at the Dee ' ja peak , establishing their presence on the planet and eventually taking its name for themselves . The Naboo calendar based its epoch around the arrival of Kwilaan . Tensions arose between the two peoples , and they started separate and apart from that point on . In 867 BBY , Naboo joined the Galactic Republic , the democratic union that sought to govern the galaxy . The people of Naboo celebrated this event during the Festival of Light . Naboo Crisis . About ten years before the Clone Wars , Naboo was blockade d and invaded by the Trade Federation . The 14 - year - old Padmé Amidala , who had recently been elected Queen of Naboo , guided her home planet through the invasion and sealed a new friendship with the Gungans . In an upsurge of sympathy and solidarity toward the invaded planet , the queen ' s emissary in the Galactic Senate , the seemingly unassuming Senator Sheev Palpatine , was made Supreme Chancellor of the Republic . The Clone Wars . Both the Naboo and the Gungans remained loyal to the Republic during the Clone Wars . Senator Padmé Amidala and Representative Jar Jar Binks worked together to represent the interests of the Naboo and Gungans respectively in the Galactic Senate . During the Clone Wars , Neeyutnee served as Queen of Naboo . Amidala and Binks , with the help of the Jedi Order and the Gungan Peppi Bow , discovered the Separatist scientist Nuvo Vindi ' s secret laboratory in the Eastern swamps . They managed to prevent Vindi from releasing stockpiles of the Blue Shadow Virus into Naboo ' s surface . During the Battle of Mon Cala , elements of the Gungan Grand Army led by Representative Binks were dispatched to the water y planet of Mon Cala to aid Senator Amidala , the Jedi , the Clone SCUBA trooper s , and the Mon Calamari Prince Lee - Char ' s forces against the Separatist commander Riff Tamson and his Quarren allies . Later , the Gungan Boss Lyonie came under the influence of the pro - Separatist minister Rish Loo . Under Loo ' s control , Lyonie ordered the Gungan Grand Army to march on the Naboo capital of Theed . Their plan was to rendezvous with a Separatist droid army led by General Grievous , who had been sent by Count Dooku himself . Rish Loo and Dooku ' s plot was foiled by the combined efforts of Senator Amidala , Representative Binks , the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , and General Roos Tarpals . However , the Naboo and Gungans were forced to release Grievous after Dooku took Skywalker hostage . During the Festival of Light , Dooku sent Cad Bane and his team of bounty hunter s to kidnap Palpatine in order to free Separatist prisoner s from Republic captivity . At first , Bane and Moralo Eval were successful in capturing Palpatine . However , they were stopped by one of their fellow bounty hunters , Rako Hardeen , who was really Obi - Wan Kenobi in disguise . But , Bane planned a diversion in order to lure the Republic forces away while Dooku carried out the kidnapping . This failed , however , when he fought Kenobi and Skywalker . Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars , thousands of citizens gathered in the streets of Theed in order to assist to Amidala ' s funeral procession . Galactic Empire . Following the rise of the Galactic Empire and Palpatine ' s self - proclamation as Emperor , Naboo hosted one of the new regime ' s military garrisons . Due to its status as Palpatine ' s homeworld , Naboo prospered during the Age of the Empire . Its economy and environment were regarded to be far healthier than most worlds which had been subject to Imperial rule . The Empire also demilitarized Naboo and dissolved the Royal Naboo Security Forces ' s starfighter wing . As a result , Naboo lacked any combat - trained pilot s by the time of the Battle of Endor . When news of Emperor Palpatine ' s death had spread across the galaxy after the Battle of Endor , an outpouring of joy occurred on Naboo , the inhabitants of which considered themselves free at last . New Republic . Some twenty days after the Battle of Endor — which resulted in the defeat of the Empire by the Alliance to Restore the Republic — the Royal House of Naboo received a visit by Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan , who had been sent by Mon Mothma , Chancellor of the Alliance . In the royal palace ' s throne room , Organa met the then - Queen of Naboo , Sosha Soruna , and asked for Naboo ' s support in the establishment of a New Republic and the restoration of the Senate . The queen heartily accepted Organa ' s offer , claiming that the Naboo felt great shame over Palpatine ' s actions . During the meeting , gigantic storms suddenly began to rage , and Naboo ' s orbital sensor s were all jammed . The Empire had set up a climate disruption array in orbit , as ordered by the late Emperor Palpatine . Named , the Empire ' s plan was to disrupt Naboo ' s environment and climate , and thus render the planet inhospitable . The storms caused fire s and flooding across the world , and many buildings were demolished . Soruna , Organa , and Alliance pilot Shara Bey finally decided to use three old N - 1 starfighter s — that had been stored by Queen Neeyutnee in the Theed Hangar during the Clone Wars — and go protect Naboo by destroying the Empire ' s satellite s . Once in space , the three women were attacked by a squadron of TIE fighters , but managed , nonetheless , to knock out all of the satellites . A Rebel fleet led by Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb soon arrived to take care of the Imperial forces . The fleet consisted of members of Danger Squadron , which arrived in T - 65B X - wing starfighter s led by Danger Leader Duros Shriv Suurgav , Nunb in the " Mellcrawler II " , and the MC80 star cruiser " Restoration " . Danger Squadron temporarily included former Inferno Squad members and recent Imperial defectors Iden Versio and Del Meeko to assist the three women in the destruction of the satellites . After their destruction , the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Torment " was then engaged by Danger Squadron and several Y - wing bombers , and the " Restoration " delivered the fatal blow to the hull of the " Torment " . The Alliance forces then gathered up on the ground to immobilize remaining Imperials in the final ground assault to try and take control of Theed . Imperial forces were immobilized by the defense system triggered by an ion blast rendering all of their weapons and vehicles inoperable leading to the surrender of Imperial forces . Due to the fact that Naboo had been the Emperor ' s homeworld , the planet became a rallying point for Imperial sympathizers . Months after the failed Operation : Cinder , the Imperial Navy deployed three attack forces to wipe out the New Republic ' s presence in the Naboo system . However , these attempts were successfully foiled by Corona Squadron . Nearly thirty years later , during the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance , Senator Thadlé Berenko represented Naboo in the reconstituted Galactic Senate of the New Republic . Society and culture . Naboo was inhabited by two societies : an indigenous species of intelligent amphibians called the Gungans , and a group of peaceful humans who were referred to as the Naboo . In the distant past , a cultural misunderstanding resulted in a serious quarrel between the Gungan and the human colonists . Both sides refused to acknowledge their responsibilities in the rift , and the two groups ostracized each other for the longest time . That situation lasted until the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation forced the humans and Gungans to join forces .