Liberation of slave camps A number of Trade Federation slave camps were liberated during the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY . The Trade Federation Droid Army , along with Neimoidian slave drivers , had quickly established a number of these slave camps to hold Naboo civilians after securing the planet ' s capital city of Theed . Pilots of the Royal Naboo Security Forces liberated several such camps along the Andrevea River . After disrupting and then raiding a Trade Federation base , Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes , under the command of Captain Kael , used a captured gunboat to infiltrate the camps and knock out the power generators , disabling the camps and freeing the prisoners . Borvo the Hutt , the leader of a criminal empire and an ally of the Security Force contingent led by Sykes and Captain Kael , provided transports on which the civilians could escape , but Sykes was forced to lead a surplus of civilians to sanctuary himself before meeting back up with Kael . When Sykes ' convoy reached the town of Ferentina , the Federation forces blockaded the river and attacked Ferentina , forcing the civilians to switch to Flash speeders while Sykes took to the air in an N - X cruiser and escorted the convoy past the blockade to the planned rendezvous point near the Devils tower landmark . Prelude . The Trade Federation Droid Army invaded the planet Naboo in the year 32 BBY and established a number of slave camps to hold captured Naboo prisoners under the control of Neimoidian slave drivers . During the course of the invasion , the Royal Naboo Security Forces struck several blows against the invaders after the capital of Naboo , Theed , fell . After disrupting and attacking one Trade Federation base , a resistance band led by Captain Kael stole a Trade Federation gunboat to infiltrate several of the slave camps and release the imprisoned Naboo civilians . The battle . Infiltration . Traveling along the Andrevea River in the stolen gunboat , Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes infiltrated the slave camps at night . He reported to his flight lead , Captain Kael , who told Sykes to continue upriver and scout for Federation forces . The droid forces had blocked the river with proximity mine s , but Sykes was able to clear his way through . Several droid starfighters flew overhead , however , and Sykes panicked . His flight leader managed to calm him down , warning him not to betray the mission . Sykes then arrived in a large bay area , where some of the camps were located , and Kael ordered him to free the prisoners . Since Sykes was in a Trade Federation gunboat , the forces stationed there believed him to be an ally . Two minelayers attempted to block the entrance with more proximity mines , but Sykes shot them down and revealed himself . Laser turrets opened fire on the gunboat , but Sykes destroyed the power generators , shutting off the lasers and allowing the civilians to escape . That also prevented the first set of camps from sending out a warning to the other camps . Kael contacted Sykes and notified him that their smuggler ally Borvo the Hutt was sending transports from his smuggling organization to evacuate the civilians in the area . As Sykes traveled further down the river , he saw another gunboat racing away to warn the rest of the camps . Sykes caught up to it and sank it , keeping his true identity hidden from the remaining Federation forces . He had to destroy more mines on the way to the central concourse , though he had no difficulties in passing through the gates of the concourse until he sneaked up to the anti - air defenses . The defensive posts were alerted to his presence when Sykes opened fire on them . As he fought through the turrets , more gunboats were launched from the camp ' s hangar , and he also had to take out the anti - air turrets so that his wingmate Vedd Deviss could arrive and destroy the generators . After Sykes destroyed the turrets with his gunboat ' s weapons , Deviss flew low in a strafing run in his N - 1 starfighter to knock out the generators . The prisoners had been freed , but the resistance did not have enough transports to take them away , so the civilians found several houseboats in which to travel , and Sykes escorted them further up the river to where they could meet back up with Kael and the rest of the group . Sanctuary . As dawn broke , Sykes and the civilians approached the end of the river near the town Ferentina , which was under attack by Trade Federation droid bomber s . A bomber knocked out a bridge crossing over the river , trapping the convoy behind the bridge . The Armored Assault Tanks stationed along the banks of the river subsequently opened fire on the transports . Sykes , knowing that his group had to take to the land , got to a water - based security hangar and took to the skies in an N - X Police Cruiser . He destroyed the tanks and then knocked out a tunnel through which additional tanks had been traveling to join the battle . As the civilians were loaded into Flash speeders , Sykes flew over the town to provide support , and he rescued two more crewed Flash speeders that were stuck behind a fallen tower . Sykes then advanced into the canyon ahead of the speeders , destroyed a blockade of five tanks , and defended the convoy from many droid starfighters , successfully escorting the convoy northward to an old hiding place in a mountain pass near Devils tower , an ancient landmark . Sykes also found rapid - fire laser technology hidden behind Devils tower . Flying around the landmark , he picked it up . Aftermath . As the civilians waited for transport , Sykes collapsed the rock bed behind them and then landed to take one of the speeders he had escorted . Lutin Hollis , another member of Sykes ' resistance band , contacted him and said that Kael had been shot down and was missing . While Sykes believed that the captain was okay , he quickly joined in the search for Kael . The incident was later mentioned in a report given to the Sith Lord Darth Maul by the leader of the invasion , Viceroy Nute Gunray . Behind the scenes . The liberation of the slave camps is comprised of two successive missions — numbers eight and nine , appearing in the 2000 video game " " . In the ninth mission , it is possible to find an upgrade floating behind Devils tower , and picking it up will achieve this bonus objective . The liberation was mentioned in Sykes ' entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , and was also mentioned in the 2011 magazine " " . The event was also mentioned in the 2012 short story " End Game , " written by James Luceno . Page three of the storyboards of mission eight by artist James Zhang was also included in the 2008 behind - the - scenes book " " .