Vuutun Palaa The Vuutun Palaa was a " Lucrehulk " - class Droid Control Ship that powered the Trade Federation Droid Army on Naboo during the Trade Federation ' s invasion of the planet in 32 BBY . Headed by Captain Daultay Dofine , the ship was responsible for coordinating the invading battle droid armies on the surface of Naboo . During the invasion ' s final stages , it was the only ship that remained above the planet surface in order to maintain control of the droid army . Later , Bravo Flight attacked the " Vuutun Palaa " to end the invasion ; the ship was later destroyed when a young boy , Anakin Skywalker , accidentally entered the ship and launched two proton torpedoes into the ship ' s starboard main reactor , causing a chain reaction that tore the ship apart , deactivating the droid army and ending the invasion . Characteristics . The " Vuutun Palaa " was a " Lucrehulk " - class Droid Control Ship that started its life as a crescent - shaped Hoersch - Kessel Drive , Inc . freighter and was converted by the Trade Federation into a vessel of war . Like others of its class , it carried three proton 2 engines and secondary proton 12 engines . It was armed with 42 quad turbolaser cannons , which were mounted on rotators and were mounted in groups of three , although the guns were primarily on the equatorial band and provided limited coverage . The guns themselves featured complex targeting routines to engage enemy starships . The " Vuutun Palaa " two cargo arms could carry up to 1 , 500 droid starfighters , 50 C - 9979 landing craft , 550 Multi - Troop Transports , and 6 , 250 Armored Assault Tanks , and 1 , 500 battle droid carriers . The hangars were divided into three zones . In inner zone 3 , C - 9979 landing craft were assembled there . The landing ships were loaded in hangar 2 , where the massive ammunition dumps were located . Landing craft staged for launch out of zone 1 . Each hangar had sliding bulkhead doors to the next zone . The outside of the hangars had docking claws with rotator assemblies and reinforced bracing . Multiple tractor beam projectors guided craft into zone 1 . The hangar zones also were protected by ceiling - mounted laser turrets . Additional hangars within the inner wall of the cargo arms provided docking spaces for shuttles . Armored and sealed hangars for toxic materials were kept away from the main hangars . The Control Ship ' s droid starfighter squadrons could dock on roof power grids to power their onboard generators . The ship featured heavy deflector shielding . The symbol of the Trade Federation was painted on the bridge . The ship carried sixteen Receiver Stations to control the Trade Federation Droid Army , which had a maximum broadcast range of 16 , 500 kilometers . Along with the Receiver Stations , the ship had transmitters , monitor sensors , and two main reactors to power it all ( one at the back of the third hangar zone on either side ) . The transmission antennas were made of exotic composite alloys to withstand extremely high signal strength , and drew power directly from the reactor , requiring additional power sources to be strung together . The Droid Control Ship was considered the most important vessel in the Trade Federation fleet . The ship carried numerous computers and the Control Brain Network to control the Trade Federation Droid Army . Without the Droid Control Ship , the Trade Federation ' s B1 battle droids were incapable of independent action . The bridge and main droid control computer were located on the center sphere . History . In 32 BBY , the " Vuutun Palaa " was left in orbit over the planet Naboo after the Trade Federation blockade broke up . Darth Maul , upon noticing that the blockade was gone save for the " Vuutun Palaa " when returning from Coruscant , was angered at this strategic blunder , as the ship itself was easily vulnerable of being infiltrated and destroyed from within . Maul was tempted to teach a lesson to the Trade Federation by sneaking onto the ship himself , although he soon decided against it . Captain Daultay Dofine and flight controller Tey How transferred their command from the " Saak ' ak " to the Droid Control Ship . The Control Ship was attacked during the final stages of the invasion by Naboo ' s Bravo Flight using N - 1 starfighters . DFS Starfighter Squadron was stationed onboard for defense . Bravo Flight engaged the Control Ship ' s complement of droid starfighters before moving in to attack the Control Ship directly . The Naboo pilot Palmer was captured in the tractor beams and drawn into range of the hangar ' s defensive guns . Her starfighter was then destroyed and killed . Another Naboo pilot destroyed one of the tractor beam emplacements , and Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes destroyed the other three , in order to remove the danger . The pilots destroyed 14 of the Control Ship ' s Receiver Stations , temporarily preventing the launch of additional droid starfighters . Around that time , a mercenary pilot appeared and shot down another N - 1 . The mercenary was pursued inside the " Vuutun Palaa " by Naboo pilot Rhys Dallows who destroyed assembly cranes and ceiling turrets . The young boy Anakin Skywalker , piloting an N - 1 by a twist of fate , was hit by a droid fighter and sent into a spin ; he regained control and flew into the right - hand hangar bay of the Droid Control Ship , although his ship was overheated . Lt . Sykes saw him fly in and reported it to the flight leader , Ric Olié , who ordered Sykes to provide cover . Sykes attacked the shield generator on the outside of the ship , destroying it . As Dallows followed the mercenary into the ship , another shield generator in the ship ' s third hangar restarted the shields , trapping Dallows , the mercenary pilot and Skywalker and blocking any help from Dallows ' fellow pilots . Despite this , Dallows continued to follow the mercenary pilot . Skywalker , on the other hand , seemed helpless due to not being able to control his overheated ship , while OOM security battle droid s approached Skywalker ' s ship commanding him to come out . When Skywalker ' s ship finally cooled down and rebooted , he began shooting at the droids before unintentionally launching two proton torpedoes into the starboard reactor core , starting a chain reaction which created a massive explosion that began destroying the ship . Frightened by what he had just done , Skywalker promptly fled the exploding ship . Meanwhile , at the ship ' s bridge , flight controller How reported the disturbance to Captain Dofine , who found it impossible as he thought the ship ' s deflector shields would have kept any starfighters from entering it , unaware that the temporary disabling of the shields ended up causing two of the starfighters to infiltrate it . At the same time , Dallows finally killed the mercenary pilot and escaped by destroying the shield generator in the third hangar bay , completely disabling the shields and opening a path outside . Just as all of the surviving starfighters retreated from the ship , cheering in victory , the puzzled ship crew inside " Vuutun Palaa " ' s bridge were caught by surprise when the chain reaction caused the ship ' s control computer console to malfunction and explode , killing Dofine , How and all other fellow ship crew members . The explosion happened just as the entire bridge and center sphere were destroyed . With the loss of " Vuutun Paala " , the droid armies on the planet surface were left without a signal to control them and all powered down , ending the invasion . Behind the scenes . The " Vuutun Palaa " first appeared in materials relating to , released in 1999 . In the Episode 1 DVD commentary , it was revealed the Droid Control Ship was portrayed by a physical model , and the battle was rendered using computer graphic effects . The explosion of the central core was filmed using a smaller sphere and then imposing it onto the real sphere . The ship went unidentified in its original appearances , and received its name in Del Rey ' s 2012 reference book " The Essential Guide to Warfare . " In the 2000 video game " , " the player , flying as Gavyn Sykes , fought the Droid Control Ship in the game ' s final campaign mission . The game took place over two parts . The player fights a squadron of droid starfighters , and then engages the battleship . One of the tractor beam generators were destroyed in the inter - mission cutscene and the player had to destroy the other three . After a while , Skywalker automatically flew into the hangar and the player was ordered to provide cover by destroying the shield generator . Other portions of the ship , including the Receiver Stations , were able to be destroyed but had no effect on the game . The destruction of the shield generator was later confirmed as canon by Leland Chee on Christian J Simpson ' s StarWars . com The video game " " was released in 2001 . For the game ' s final campaign mission , players took the role of Rhys Dallows and were tasked with destroying the droid starfighters and Receiver Stations . After those targets were destroyed , a mercenary craft appears in a cutscene , and the player had to shoot it before the mercenary retreats inside the Federation battleship . The players then chased the mercenary through the ship . If the players chose to do so , certain secondary targets could have been destroyed to fulfill the mission ' s bonus requirements , although this was not necessary . After dueling and destroying the mercenary , Skywalker destroys the reactors at that time , and the players escaped by destroying a shield generator in the hangar . The game contradicts the movie by giving the Droid Control Ship missile launchers instead of turbolaser cannons near the engine block . The Droid Control Ship was re - imagined in LEGO form as a bonus level in the 2007 compilation " . " Player ( s ) use their N - 1 starfighters to attack targets on the Droid Control Ship . When enough targets are destroyed , a hatch opens and the player ( s ) fly inside , blowing up doors to reach the reactor . The reactor is protected by a shield , which drops on a timer , allowing the targets to be destroyed , resulting in the destruction of the vessel .