Fall of Theed The Fall of Theed was a battle during the opening stages of the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY . After a series of quick victories , the Trade Federation OOM command battle droid OOM - 9 attacked the city with a force of battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks and Heavy Energy Pummels . He went through the Royal Naboo Security Forces ' defenses and fended off attacks from Gian speeders to destroy a signal jammer . Once in front of the Theed Royal Palace , he used OX9 labor droids protected by droid starfighters to construct a Neimoidian Throne as a symbol of the Federation ' s victory . Viceroy Nute Gunray , leader of the Trade Federation , landed soon after . Queen Padmé Amidala , her head of security Quarsh Panaka , several handmaiden s , and Theed ' s governor Sio Bibble were all captured . Gunray tried to force Queen Amidala to sign a treaty legitimizing the invasion , and when she refused Gunray ordered her and her entourage to be sent to Camp Four . The Jedi negotiators Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi , who had been the victims of a failed assassination at the hands of the Trade Federation onboard the blockade flagship , arrived in Theed along with the native Gungan Jar Jar Binks . Jinn ordered Kenobi to reach the Palace . The younger Jedi went through the streers , engaging battle droids and rescuing hostages . He then met several Naboo guards who informed him of a secret entrance to the Palace , which Kenobi entered after destroying a Single Trooper Aerial Platform . They were separated from each other when an Armored Assault Tank blew up a bridge they were trying to cross . Kenobi swam away and got back on the streets and proceeded through the garden . He was able to gain entrance to the gates of the Palace . During the battle , the two Jedi went through the city and rescued several handmaidens from B1 battle droids and destroyer droids . They also commandeered a tank . Near the Palace they fought Flame battle droid s and a T4 turret droid . Once inside the Royal Palace , Kenobi escorted the servant Asha through the Palace to the throne room . They were too late to rescue the Queen , and he had to duel three assassin droids . A guard informed them the Queen had been taken to Camp Four , and Kenobi left to look for her . The two Jedi also fought through the Palace , engaging battle droids and B1 grapple droids , and went to the throne room via a secret entrance . Once outside the Palace , Kenobi updated Jinn , who told him to regroup . Kenobi helped the Naboo guards destroy an Armored Assault Tank with ion grenades before continuing . He joined back up with Jinn and Binks , and the two rescued the Queen and her entourage from OOM security battle droid s . Jinn convinced the Queen to go to Coruscant to plead her case before the Galactic Senate . The group went to the Theed Hangar and liberated the Royal Starship which they used to escape the orbital blockade . Damage to the hyperdrive motivator forced them to take refuge on Tatooine . Before they left , Panaka ordered an evacuation of the city . Captain Kael and Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes fled the city after stealing STAP - 2 s , while other officers , including Palmer , were captured . Prelude . In response to the taxation of Outer Rim Territories trade routes , the Trade Federation blockaded the planet Naboo , attempting to force Chanceller Finis Valorum ' s hand in the matter . The Federation ' s actions were guided secretly by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious . After Valorum secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights to negotiate the ending of the blockade , the Federation began their invasion at the behest of Darth Sidious . The Jedi ' s ship was destroyed and the Federation tried to kill them with dioxis gas . The two Jedi escaped and made it down to the planet on separate C - 9979 landing craft . The Naboo radar arrays detected the Federation invasion force but the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps radar operators were shocked at the scale of the force . The pilots waited for the order to strike , but Queen Amidala remained convinced of a peaceful solution to the situation and did not order a response . Meanwhile , droid starfighters attacked airborne transports in order to force them into landing . One vessel , the passenger freighter " Crescent " captained by Nuun Pargen , was fired upon and forced to set down on the edge of the Great Grass Plains outside of Theed , Naboo ' s capital city . Pargen ' s daughter , Inea was injured in the attack . Among the passengers were a group of students from Theed : Galak , Arani Korden , Sia - Lan Wezz , Rorworr , and Deel Surool . Captain Pargen asked the students to return to Theed to retrieve the medical supplies necessary to stabilize Inea and the parts needed to effect repairs to the " Crescent " . The battle . Capturing the city . The Fall of Theed began immediately after OOM - 9 , head OOM command battle droid , captured other Naboo cities before attacking Theed . Among his forces were 342 Armored Assault Tanks and 33 troop carriers . The army struck in the morning , catching the citizens of Theed unaware . As the army approached Theed , Viceroy Nute Gunray encoded transmission 0455 - HBE to Sidious , informing him of their eminent victory . The Droid Army had occupied the surrounding countryside and Queen Amidala had advised her military to stand down , although the Federation expected sporadic resistance . A signal jammer prevented the Federation from sending in transports and droid starfighters . OOM - 9 , in a Heavy Armored Assault Tank , personally led a battalion of elite units into Theed . His forces consisted of 8 AATs , 2 Heavy Energy Pummels , 3 Single Trooper Aerial Platforms , and 16 Heavy battle droids . They broke through the gates of Theed and advanced northeast toward the signal jammer which was located near the Theed Hangar complex , destroying two Naboo Fortresses and additional military buildings . The Royal Naboo Security Forces mustered Gian speeders and infantry forces against the Droid Army . The droid forces destroyed the signal jammer , and reinforcements arrived in the city along with OX9 labor droids . The two groups linked up and proceeded up the Main Boulevard to the Theed Royal Palace . The droid forces destroyed the gates blocking their path along with two additional Fortresses . When the droids occupied the palace grounds , more labor droids , along with five droid starfighters , arrived . The labor droids were ordered to construct a Neimoidian Throne . After it was completed , a pleased Gunray congratulated OOM - 9 for capturing Theed before telling him to capture the Queen . Queen Padmé Amidala proceeded to watch the invasion from her office window , only looking down in sadness at the impending invasion . Shortly afterwards , the Queen , Captain Quarsh Panaka , and Theed Governor Sio Bibble were taken hostage . As Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray and Rune Haako touched down in their personal " Sheathipede " - class transport shuttle , OOM - 9 then reported to the Viceroy about the success of the Queen ' s capture , causing Gunray to declare with pride that it was a victory . Many citizens from the city were rounded up into detention camps and the streets were sealed off except for patrolling Federation forces . The city was secured in a few hours . Inside the Hangar , the Naboo air traffic controller s were captured . After arriving in the city with a Bongo by the Solleu River , both Jedi negotiators , Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi , tried to gain entry to the Palace . Once in Theed , Jinn told his Padawan that he would create a diversion while Kenobi found a way into the Palace , and cautioned his Padawan to avoid entanglements . Kenobi went up the stairs near the bongo and engaged several B1 battle droids . That way did not lead to the Palace , so he returned to the Solleu and swam to the other side . He then climbed onto the streets and dispatched the two battle droids in his way , and started toward the Palace . He fought through the battle droids stationed in the streets and rescued three hostages . He also sliced his lightsaber through the alarm systems , disabling them . At one point , he climbed up the balcony and picked up a sniper rifle to reduce the number of enemies in his way . He then moved forward across a bridge over the river . Down the street , a shield blocked one street , so he went through a door and climbed the stairs to the upper balcony . There he found another hostage ; he rescued the man , who led the Jedi to a balcony to spy on more prisoners . Kenobi then moved past the nearby statue . A droid starfighter destroyed the bridge to the Palace . Stuck on the wrong side , Kenobi met two Naboo soldiers and a grenadier . They helped him find another way around and told him about a secret entrance to the Palace . Kenobi went up the stairs to the next level and saved another hostage , who warned him about nearby battle droids . Moving along the cliff to the other side , the young Jedi faced more battle droids and one of the Federation ' s new assassin droid . He defeated all the droids . He then took over a gun turret to destroy a Single Trooper Aerial Platform . He then jumped across the ledges , went up the stairs , and shut off the water flow to the pool . That revealed the secret stairs for him to go down into . During the Jedis ' trek through the city , the central bridge across the river was blasted apart by an Armored Assault Tank , cutting the city off from other regions . Kenobi was separated from Jinn and Binks . The Jedi were forced to cross the city to find the Queen . Jedi in the city . Kenobi jumped into the river and swam away from the tank . He climbed onboard one of the islands a nearby plaza and went onto the walkway . He then Force pushed a lever to extend the walkway . Continuing onward , he then fought a group of battle droids . A force field generator blocked his path , but Kenobi used the Force to flick a switch and lowered the dam , shorting out the generator . Walking along the path and turning left , he found himself among a firefight with more droids and two Naboo guards . After a conversation with them , he told them he was going to enter the garden , and the soldier gave the Jedi a light repeating blaster . Two Multi - Troop Transports settled over the garden and disgorged droids . Kenobi met a wounded guard , who told Kenobi the passcode to enter the gates near the palace . Kenobi then moved forward , avoiding an Armored Assault Tank in the plaza and sneaking around a battle droids and a disabled Multi - Troop Transport . Kenobi gave the password to another Palace Guard . Once through the gates , the guard charged forward but was gunned down . Kenobi then moved through the door and into the plaza . He found the button to open the door out of the gardens , then went through it . Off in a small alley rested a droid starfighter , which self - destructed as Kenobi approached . Returning to the path , the Jedi then drained several water pools to reveal the controls to the bridge to access the plaza near the palace . He also destroyed the droids near the controls . Kenobi crossed the bridge and climbed the stairs at the end of the walkway , which had been mined , then neared the palace gates , where another Armored Assault Tank was stationed . The Jedi avoided the laser blasts long enough to Force push the lever to open the inner gates , then went back across the tank ' s path to throw the switch to open the inner gates , which was hidden behind a window . Kenobi then ran through the gates into the area near the palace . During the battle , Kenobi rejoined Jinn . infiltrated Theed and fought through a city littered with more than 20 battle droids and OOM security battle droid s to make it to the Royal Palace . They passed the Theed Royal Library , which had been turned into a war room for the Droid Army . Juast past the library , they faced a guantlet of missile launcher - armed droids on the balcony and six destroyer droids on the road . At one point , the Jedi commandeered an Armored Assault Tank after taking out its 3 pilot droids and used it to travel through Theed , blasting other tanks and droids . They also rescued seven handmaiden s who had been captured . They disembarked from the tank near the Palace grounds . As they moved onto the palace grounds , they faced more battle droids . In front of the palace they destroyed a T4 turret droid along with Flame battle droid s . After entering the palace through the secret entrance , Kenobi found himself inside the palace kitchen , where he met the servant Asha . She told him the Palace was on lockdown , but she could crack the codes . Kenobi climbed up the fireplace to reach the next level and fought the droids in the dining room . He then hit the switch to raise the dining table up from the kitchen , which Asha rode up . She then sliced the doors for the Jedi , but held back as Kenobi fought off the battle and destroyer droids in the next room . Once all the droids were destroyed , Asha sliced the next door for him . In the next room , Kenobi was cut off by force fields . He destroyed the droids , including an assassin droid , and then shut down the force field for Asha . The codes had been changed , but she sliced the doors . Through the next doors , the Jedi entered a firefight with Panaka and other Naboo soldiers . Asha was locked out by force fields . Together , Kenobi and the Naboo soldiers destroyed the attacking battle droids and the destroyer droid . Kenobi then unlocked the force fields , and went into the next room with a double staircase and fought more droids . Asha then unlocked the throne room . The group entered and fought three assassin droids , which burst through the windows . A Palace Guard informed them that the Queen had been taken to Camp Four to sign a treaty . Rescuing the Queen and escape from Theed . Kenobi contacted his Master and informed him of the situation . Jinn ordered Kenobi to meet back up . Traveling back outside of the palace , Kenobi met a a Naboo grenadier , who informed the Jedi about an Armored Assault Tank blocking the resistance . Kenobi jumped on the balcony and destroyed a grenade droid . He then took over a repeater cannon and destroyed two droids on a lower balcony which were manning more repeater cannons . Moving forward , the young Jedi disabled a force field blocking the street and then assisted several resistance members in fighting battle droids , then dropped an ion grenade on the tank , disabling it . The destruction of the tank cleared his way to the next street . Kenobi then deactivated the shield generator blocking his way , and stepped through . Kenobi then entered a firefight with two more Naboo soldiers , a squad of battle droids , and and assassin droid . Kenobi dispatched the Federation troops before proceeding . Continuing , he defeated another assassin droid and rescued another hostage . He then met back up with Jinn , who was fighting two more assassin droids . The two Jedi entered the palace and fought through more droids , including B1 grapple droids , destroyer droids , and OOM command battle droids . At one point they Force jumped on the outside of the walls , using the balconies to proceed to the next story . After that , they infiltrated the throne room with the help of one of the handmaidens they had rescued , who showed them a secret entrance . Theed ' s officials were liberated by the two Jedi and Binks as OOM security battle droids attempted to bring them to Camp Four . Bibble and several handmaidens decided to stay while the Queen went to Coruscant to plead for help in the Galactic Senate . On their way to enter the passage under the Palace , Kenobi and the Queen were separated from Jinn , Panaka and the others . The Queen led Kenobi away from a group of charging battle droids and into a Palace corridor . She informed him about a secret passage through the garden , and they head that way . In the garden , Kenoboi saves the Queen from a battle droid . He then pushed a statue out of the way so they can access the passage . They went up the stairs , with Kenobi dispatching another droid . The door to the passage was locked , so Kenobi Force - jumped across the broken balcony and accessed the door ' s control from the other side , and the two move out into the streets . Kenobi went into an apartment and met a woman who was distraught after being separated from her son . Kenobi promised to rescue the son . The boy had hid from battle droids in a nearby building and Kenobi brought him back to his mother . The woman gave the Jedi a health pack in return . Kenobi also found a wounded Naboo guard nearby . In return for Kenobi fetching him water , the guard warned him about a nearby Armored Assault Tank . Kenobi then snuck around the balcony to flank the tank , and destroyed the battle droids in his way . The young Jedi then found a prisoner . After a brief dialogue , Kenobi freed the man , who gave the Jedi a thermal detonator . Kenobi destroyed the droids under the archway , prompting the tank to leave its position . He then returned to the Queen and led her past the tank . In the next street , they were ambushed by droids , three of which were up on a balcony . Kenobi then met an astromech droid , but told it he didn ' t need a droid following him , and the droid remained . Moving along , the Queen and her Jedi protector dueled more battle droids on the way to the hangar . Kenobi then went into the apartment of another woman by accident . The woman told him that the gate was locked . Kenobi then leapt onto the balcony , then crossed over the street on an overhanging vine , and opened the gate . During the battle , Kenobi had acquired a blaster , and he used it to destroy three mines on the street to allow the Queen to proceed to the river ; he also destroyed more droids . Kenobi then met a fisherman , and used his boat as a stepping stone to the street . Once there , he Force - pushed a lever to lower the bridge for the Queen to pass over the river . Once across , the two were ambushed by more droids . Further down the street they faced a heavy repeating cannon . Past that , they joined a firefight with more Palace guards and faced several more groups of battle droids , along with a destroyer droid . The Queen and Kenobi then rejoined Jinn and the others in the Hangar . At the time , the Hangar was occupied by droids . Jinn approached an OOM command battle droid and tried to talk his way past it . When the droid ordered their arrest , Jinn pulled his lightsaber and disabled it , then turned on other droids , including 3B3 - 1204 ; meanwhile Kenobi rescued several Naboo pilots who were under guard . In the ensuing firefight , one of the Palace Guards was killed . With the droid threat gone , the Queen , Panaka , her handmaidens , and the two Jedi were able to flee aboard the Royal Naboo Starship and depart from Naboo . Governor Bibble stayed behind to watch over the people of Naboo . Before they fled , Captain Panaka ordered an evacuation of the surviving security officers . Ric Olié piloted the ship out of the atmosphere before facing the Federation blockade . One of the blockade battleships fired on the Royal Starship , disabling its shields . Astromech droids were sent to repair the damage , but several were destroyed before R2 - D2 fixed the shields as the starship flew past the blockade and entered hyperspace . With the hyperdrive motivator damaged , Jinn convinced the Queen to divert to Tatooine for repairs . Escaping into countryside . The members of Bravo Squadron heeded Panaka ' s evacuation order and fled the city . Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes fought his way through a number of droid forces , rescuing a number of captured civilians in the process , before receiving a transmission from Captain Kael , who was pinned down near the Royal Naboo Security Forces headquarters . Sykes destroyed the destroyer droids attacking Kael . Together , they destroyed or went around other battle droids and Armored Assault Tanks . Kael ordered Sykes to follow him as they moved through the plaza to escape into the swamps . Along the way , Sykes picked up a vehicular upgrade . They then arrived at a hangar protected by two tanks . Kael ordered Sykes to destroy them , and the captain realized the tanks were protecting STAP - 2 s . The two stole the speeders and escaped into the countryside . Aftermath . With the departure of the Queen and overwhelming forces , the Federation would completely control the planet . Angered at her escape , Darth Sidious sent his apprentice Darth Maul to find her and her Jedi guardians . A fake transmission from Naboo resulted in a connection trace . Although Darth Maul tracked them to Tatooine , the Queen and her retinue were able to secure an additional hyperdrive and escape . Kael and Sykes immediately engaged additional Trade Federation forces in the nearby countryside . They went on to form a resistance movement . Several officers , Palmer among them , were were captured by the Trade Federation , but later rescued . As a result of the Trade Federation ' s successful invasion , the blockade fleet , with the exception of the Droid Control Ship , the " Vuutun Palaa " , dispersed . Behind the scenes . The Fall of Theed appeared in 1999 with the release of and its tie - ins . It was first named in the reference book " " . This battle also appeared in two missions in the . The player assumes the role of Kenobi for both missions . In the first segment , " Gardens of Theed , " Kenobi infiltrates the city after an Armored Assault Tank destroys a bridge , blocking his path . He follows the path through the gardens and through the gate to the Royal Palace . Along the way the player interacts with Naboo guards . If the player fails to get the code from the first wounded guard , the game allows the player to follow another guard through the gate . The second segment , " Escape From Theed " picks up after they rescue the Queen . She and Kenobi get separated from the others and Kenobi escorts her through the city . During the mission he has the option of talking to several characters to get information and game items , although none of it is required to complete the mission . The game ' s reveals the required paths . This battle appeared during two consecutive missions in the video game " , " released in 2000 . In the first mission , the player ( or players ) travel through Theed , with the option of bypassing a number of droids or destroying them all to boost their points . The turret droid is the level ' s boss , which must be destroyed to clear the level . The second level plays out differently from its appearance in other sources . For instance , the player ( s ) , using the avatars of the Jedi , fight various battle droids , including B1 grapple droids . It is necessary to jump up the walls of the palace on balconies to reach another portion of the level . Then , the Jedi are led through a secret passage , under a large tomb , to the palace throne room by a handmaiden they had rescued in the first level ; they rescue Amidala from a four - droid escort and lead her through the palace to the hangar , where they face two Plasma battle droid s . In the " Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace " film , the Jedi rescue Amidala and her retinue out on the streets before returning to the Theed hangar to destroy the battle droids guarding the royal starship . The game ' s reveals the alternate paths along with the required paths . In 2001 the video game " " was released . The game features this battle during the the third chapter ; the player assumes the role of Kenobi and plays the scene over three missions : " City Under Siege , " " Within The Palace , " and " A Queen in Peril . " These missions contradict the movie in that Kenobi meets Captain Panaka in the Royal Palace after the latter was supposed to be captured , and the Queen is escorted by a different group of droids when she is rescued . The first segment was written with to follow the 100 % completion path outlined in . Going up and facing the first group of battle droids was necessary to pick up all the game ' s " location markers " and is off the critical path . In the third segment , destroying the Armored Assault Tank is optional . The preceding three games contradict each other and the " Episode I " film to some extent . They all feature the Jedi ' s arrival in Theed up to rescuing the Queen or later . This article includes all three pathways and notes specific contradictions where applicable . This battle also served as the first mission in the 2000 video game " , " entitled " Escape from Theed . " The player , as Gavyn Sykes in a Flash speeder , was tasked with rescuing Kael and escaping the city . It was not necessary to destroy every droid in the level , just those attacking Kael . Finding the upgrade fulfills the bonus objective , but is not essential . Its placement during the battle is unclear , but it is before Panaka left the planet , as the opening video features his evacuation order . In 2001 the game " " featured this battle and the ones leading up to it . The player , in the role of OOM - 9 , was tasked with leading a force into Theed and destroying the signal jammer . With that objective complete , reinforcements were granted and the player must move the army to the grounds of the Royal Palace , occupying the area ( marked with flags ) with at least five military units . When the player has fought through to the Palace , possibly destroying military buildings , Gunray orders the construction of a " Monument , " the Neimoidian Throne , granting the player sufficient game rsources to do so . When the construction is complete , the mission ends . , besides walking the player through the mission locales and challenges , recommends the player destroy all Royal Security Force military buildings on the journey through Theed . When the reinforcements arrive , the game recommends sending them north to link up with the first army , instead of going west and running into additional fortresses . In the , the events and characters of the movie are re - stylized as the mute LEGO characters Amidala and Panaka during the game ' s mission " Escape from Naboo ; " if only one player is active the other one is AI - controlled . The players must navigate through the level and use the game ' s telekinetic " Force power " mechanics and build new forms with LEGO studs . The level includes a number of freeplay areas which are not part of the required path . The mission starts in a courtyard and the players must immediately fight a squad of battle droids . At the end of the courtyard is an area where the grapple - carrying Naboo LEGO figures can use their grapples to move to the upper level . Up above the courtyard , the players must travel along the walkway and then jump through a window after breaking it . After that , the players must grapple up another level and destroy three battle droids . When that area is cleared , they proceed up another level by grappling and fight more droids before moving into another room . After clearing that room , the players shot then jump through another window and onto a walkway filled with battle droids . After that engagement , they follow the walkway to a closed gate , which opens when a target is shot with a blaster There they join Binks , Jinn , and Kenobi , who are fighting a group of droids . They proceed by grappling up to another level , where they drop into a walkway and face more droids . To get through the gate blocking their way , they shoot four targets . Passing through , they step on switches placed on three domes which open the tunnels underneath , and then shoot a cage to reveal the tunnel underneath , which they escape into .