Bravo 1 Captain Ric Olié piloted the N - 1 starfighter Bravo 1 as the leader of Bravo Flight , a squadron in the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps . " Bravo I " was manufactured around the year 33 BBY , and Olié later outfitted the craft with a personalized control cluster . In 32 BBY , " Bravo 1 " and the rest of Bravo Flight were interned in a hangar during the Trade Federation ' s subjugation of Olié ' s homeworld , the planet Naboo . Once freed , Olié , in " Bravo 1 " , led his pilots in an attempt to destroy transmitters on an orbiting " Lucrehulk " - class Droid Control Ship , the " Vuutun Palaa " , that controlled the Droid Army employed by the invading megacorporation . When one of Bravo Squadron ' s fighters destroyed the entire Control Ship , the Droid Army was deactivated and Naboo was freed . Description . " Bravo 1 " was an N - 1 series Naboo starfighter designed by the Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps and Nubia Star Drives , Incorporated for use in the planet of Naboo ' s Royal Space Fighter Corp , the dogfighting branch of the Royal Naboo Security Forces . As it was flown in royal service , the yellow starfighter was given a traditional chromium finish across the bow and on its underside . The three - pronged starship was eleven meters long . Captain Ric Olié , who piloted " Bravo 1 " as the commander of a squadron called Bravo Flight , outfitted the vessel with a customized control cluster . Along the central prong rested a cockpit that had room for a single pilot , immediately anterior to a space for an astromech droid and a pylon for connecting to hangar fueling stations . There was Futhark script on the outside of the cockpit to the pilot ' s left . Weapon systems were housed in front of the cockpit and consisted of a complement of eight proton torpedoes and two laser cannons that fired green bolts . The torpedoes , released from two internal dispensors , fired from a single launch tube located under the craft ' s bow . The outer prongs were " Bravo 1 " wings , each sporting a 221 sublight engine . For faster - than - light travel , it was propelled by a Monarc C - 4 hyperdrive . " Bravo 1 " was also equipped with life support , communication systems , deflector shields , and a sophisticated autopilot . History . From his coronation , Naboo ' s King Ars Veruna worked with Nubia Star Drives , Incorporated and the Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps to design the N - 1 starfigher . By the time of his abdication of the throne in 33 BBY , Veruna had had some of the starfighters constructed . One of the first manufactured , " Bravo 1 " was assigned to a new squadron , Bravo Flight , the first composed entirely of N - 1s . " Bravo 1 " was piloted by the squadron ' s leader , Ric Olié , under the call sign Bravo Leader , and it saw combat at the planet Chommell Minor against a group of pirates . To test his new ship and the rest of Bravo Squadron , Olié led them on strafing runs destroying asteroids . At some point , Olié personally modified the craft ' s control configurations to his liking . In 32 BBY , the Trade Federation responded to increased taxation by the Galactic Republic with an invasion and blockade of Naboo . " Bravo 1 " , alongside other Bravo starfighters and their pilots , was within Theed Hangar in the planetary capital , Theed , when the Federation took control of that building . After a month of failed negotiations , Veruna ' s successor as the Monarch of Naboo , Queen Padmé Amidala , was liberated from Federation custody by two Jedi , Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi . The trio and Amidala ' s security detail freed Theed Hangar so they could use her personal craft to reach the galactic capital , the planet of Coruscant , where she could petition the Galactic Republic ' s Senate for aid . Olié and the other pilots fled the hangar in their Queen ' s vessel and the Federation retook control of the building , along with " Bravo 1 " and the other starfighters , in short order . When her efforts in the Senate were stalled by bureaucratic practices , the Queen decided to free her homeworld with force ; she led a task force to storm her palace . One of her first steps was to free the hangar again so Bravo Squadron could claim its ships and disable the " Vuutun Palaa " , an orbiting " Lucrehulk " - class Droid Control Ship that was commanding the Trade Federation Droid Army forces stationed on Naboo . Olié boarded " Bravo 1 " with his personal astromech droid , R2 - A6 , and his Squadron took flight . While approaching the Control Ship , Olié transmitted the coordinates of the space battle to every N - 1 starfighter in the area so any available ships could assist them . " Bravo 1 " and Bravo Squadron skirmished with enemy Vulture droids and , upon an order from Olié , split into two forces — one to continue to stave off the droids and another to attack the Control Ship ' s transmitters . " Bravo 1 " was part of a strafing run , but its laser cannons could not pierce the Control Ship ' s deflector shields . Meanwhile , a Bravo Squadron N - 1 from the hangar that was not flown into battle , " Bravo Fighter " , received the coordinates from " Bravo 1 " , and its autopilot propelled it to that location . After some time , Vulture droids shot down the fighter and it crash - landed inside the Control Ship . When it was brought to Olié ' s attention , he ordered his pilots to stay out of the Control Ship and to buy " Bravo Fighter " time to escape . " Bravo Fighter " pilot , a boy named Anakin Skywalker , fired proton torpedoes into the ship ' s main reactor , destroying it . The destruction of the Control Ship deactivated all of the Trade Federation droids on the surface , giving Amidala leverage enough to compel the Federation to sign a treaty and release the planet . Olié continued flying with Bravo Squadron for the next few years afterward . Commanders and crew . Ric Olié flew " Bravo 1 " while fighting with Bravo Squadron . He was born on Naboo , and at the time of the Trade Federation ' s invasion he was considered the best pilot on that world . Olié believed his R2 - series astromech droid , R2 - A6 , was a good luck charm , so he made sure to fly with that droid when piloting " Bravo 1 " . Behind the scenes . " Bravo 1 " first appeared in the of and later in the film itself , both of which were released in 1999 . A December 2001 expansion of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game , " Theed Palace Limited " , contained a card called " Bravo 1 " that identified the ship as such . The ship ' s first appearance outside the card and other material expanding upon " Episode I " was in 2012 ' s " Darth Plagueis " novel by James Luceno .