Militiagung / Legends Militiagungs were soldier Gungans that had joined and been trained in Gungan Grand Army . Militiagungs were loyal to the Gungan Boss and were willing to die serving their leader . Militiagungs ' weapons often were usually booma - launching atlatls and a personal energy shield . Militiagungs had existed for an unknown number of year before 3000 BBY , when the War of the Gungan tribes took place . Many of the individual tribes were training militiagungs to fight the other tribes . Eventually Boss Gallo rose up and defeated Boss Rogoe , the warlord responsible for the war , using an army built up of militiagungs and other Gungan military forces . The Gungan Grand Army was formed afterward . The Gungan Grand Army did not see very much warfare until 32 BBY , when Naboo was invaded by the Trade Federation . Many militiagungs were called to arms for the Battle of Grassy Plains , where the army engaged the Trade Federation and would have been defeated if it weren ' t for the intervention of Anakin Skywalker , who destroyed the Droid Control Ship , disabling all of the battle droids on Naboo . During the Clone Wars , a large group of militiagungs journeyed off - world to Mon Calamari to assist the Mon Calamari in a battle against the Confederacy of Independent Systems led by Riff Tamson . In the first confrontation many Gungans were killed and the survivors were placed in prison camps . Eventually Prince Lee - Char of Mon Calamari led a revolt against Tamson , with the militiagungs ' help , and defeated the Separatist forces on the planet . At some point during the Clone Wars the Gungan race nearly invaded Theed after Boss Lyonie was placed under hypnosis by Separatist spy Rish Loo . The trickery was realized by Anakin Skywalker , now a Jedi Knight , who along with Jar Jar Binks tricked the Separatist forces planning Theed ' s invasion into believing the Gungans were still allied with them long enough to capture the army ' s leader , General Grievous , which cost the lives of several militiagungs including General Roos Tarpals . Militiagungs were still used by Gungans at the time of the Galactic Civil War . History . War of the Gungan tribes . Around 3000 BBY the various Gungan tribes were at war with each other , during which militiagungs were very commonly used in the battles . One Boss who did not use militiagungs was Boss Gallo , who refused to take part in the fighting until his city , Otoh Sancture , was destroyed by half - wild Bursa s . Gallo would later find out the bursas were sent by Boss Rogoe , the warlord manipulating the war , who feared that Gallo would be too powerful a force should he enter the war . Gallo then built an army of militiagungs with the help of Captain Marsune , a reformed rogue , and proceeded to resolve the issues causing the Gungan tribes to go to war with each other . Eventually Gallo had a large enough army to invade Spearhead , Rogoe ' s base , and defeat the tyrant . The battle ended the war and resulted in the formation of the Gungan Grand Army and the building of Otoh Gunga which was built on Spearhead ' s ruins . Invasion of Naboo . Swamp Battles . Three millennia later , Naboo was invaded by the Trade Federation . The Gungans were initially safe from the Federation as they were unaware of their existence , until a captured marine from the city of Harte Secur informed the Trade Federation of myths of a mysterious water - dwelling civilization . Droid Commander OOM - 9 was sent to attack the city of Rellias with the assistance of Darth Maul , the Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious , the manipulator of the invasion . The droid army reached the city with ease and killed all of the Gungans there , including the militiagungs defending the city , except for Boss Ganne , whom Maul used a mind trick on to lead them to the Rellias Straits , the entrance to Otoh Gunga . The droids defeated the Militiagungs scattered on the path to the channel with ease . Otoh Gunga ' s attack resulted in a decision by the Rep Council to evacuate the city . Battle of the Sacred Place . The Gungans who escaped from Otoh Gunga immediately left for the Gungan Sacred Place . A large number of militiagungs had arrived at the Sacred Place before Boss Nass had . A scout reported that a Trade Federation camp was nearby . In order to ensure the Gungans safety , Nass ordered that a large group of militiagungs to attack the camp . The battle was brief and the Gungans only suffered light casualties . The Gungans continued hiding until Queen Amidala of the Naboo along with Jedi Knights Qui - Gon Jinn and Obi - Wan Kenobi , arrived to negotiate with the Gungans . The group defeated a large number of B1 battle droids before meeting the militiagungs guarding the Sacred Place . Several militiagungs challenged the Jedi in combat , but were easily defeated by the Knights . The Gungan Security Chief then challenged the Jedi , but was also defeated . The Chief then let the Jedi through to meet with Boss Nass . Gathering Forces . Queen Amidala was able to persuade the Gungans to forge an alliance to remove the Trade Federation ' s presence from Naboo . Nass began to make preparations for the upcoming campaign with General Tobler Ceel . They realized a large amount of militiagungs and Naboo soldiers had been captured by the Trade Federation and been placed in Camp Fourteen , a prison camp near the ruined city of Spinnaker . The Gungan army attacked the camp and liberated the prisoners , then proceeded to free Spinnaker from Federation control . The next target of the Gungans was Camp Six , a Trade Federation prison camp for fambaas , which they planned to skin and sell . The militiagungs used fambaas to carry shield generators and other heavy equipment , so the Gungans attacked Camp Six to free the beasts . The militiagungs also fought in the ruins of Harte Secur , another city destroyed by the Trade Federation . Battle of Grassy Plains . The militiagungs were then called into action as part of a diversion to allow the Royal Naboo Security Forces to retake Naboo from the Trade Federation . The Gungan Grand Army drew the Trade Federation Droid Army into open battle on the Great Grass Plains . The army started the battle with their fambaa shield generators , which prevented the battle droids from successfully attacking the Gungans for a short time , but the droid forces eventually got past the shields and began to kill the militiagungs . The militiagungs continued to fight the battle droids , but began losing the battle and suffered even more casualties when the shield generators were taken out , allowing the heavy machinery of the Federation to fire upon the Gungans . General Ceel eventually had to order a retreat into the swamps . However the Trade Federation droids began rounding up the militiagungs who hadn ' t escaped in time , including Jar - Jar Binks , Roos Tarpals and General Ceel . The fighting ceased and the Gungans believed they had failed until the young pilot Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Federation ' s Droid Control Ship , deactivating all of the droids and allowing the militiagungs to claim victory . Clone Wars . Battle of Mon Cala . Around 21 BBY , during the Clone Wars , the aquatic world of Mon Calamari was attacked by the Separatists , led by the Karkarodon Riff Tamson and allied with Nossor Ri , the leader of the Quarren . Rugor Nass ' s successor , Boss Lyonie , committed a large group of militiagungs to act as reinforcements during the battle . The reinforcements raised the morale of the Republic soldiers and turned the tide of the battle briefly . However , Tamson used the Confederacy ' s trident ships to create whirlpools to confuse the Republic soldiers . The Separatists seized the opportunity and killed and captured many Gungans . Many of these captives were kept in prison camps until the arrest of Prince Lee - Char . The prince ' s execution nearly took place , but Nossor Ri betrayed Separatists and intervened , saving the Prince . All of the Gungan and Mon Calamari prisoners were set free and fought in the final part of the battle , which saw Tamson killed by Lee - Char and Mon Calamari freed from the Separatist grip . Skirmish on Naboo . Later , there was unrest on Naboo . Rish Loo , a Gungan minister , secretly allied himself with the Confederacy and manipulated Lyonie , the Boss of the Gungan capital , Otoh Gunga , into preparing for war against the Naboo people . Boss Lyonie had a hypnotic necklace planted on him by Loo . The Separatists were planning an invasion of Naboo and were going to use the deceived Gungans into fighting with them . Senator Jar Jar Binks , concerned by Lyonie ' s rallying of the militiagungs , invited Anakin Skywalker and Amidala , then a Senator , to resolve the problem . Skywalker immediately noticed Lyonie was acting strangely and discovered the necklace controlling him . The necklace was crushed and Lyonie returned to his senses . He went to confront Rish Loo , whom upon being discovered stabbed Lyonie and fled , with Skywalker in pursuit . With Boss Lyonie injured , Binks ] impersonated him and spoke to the gathered militiagungs , talking them down from war . General Grievous then landed a Confederacy invasion force , and held a private meeting with Jar Jar ( who he thought was Lyonie ) to find out why the invasion was cancelled . Amidala contacted General Tarpals during this time and suggested deactivating the droid army . Grievous then worked out that Binks was not Lyonie and emerged from the meeting , enraged at discovering his army was deactivated . The militiagungs ordered him to surrender , but Grievous simply attacked the militiagungs with his lightsabers . Several militiagungs were killed before Tarpals attacked Grievous with an electropole . Grievous managed to stab the experienced militiagung , who in his last moments stabbed Grievous with his spear , giving the militiagungs a chance to capture Grievous . Grievous was held in captivity until Count Dooku revealed he had captured Skywalker and was willing to trade for Grievous . The trade took place , and Skywalker was returned to the Republic . Later history . Militiagungs were still used by Gungans during and after the Galactic Civil War . Organization . Prior to the formation of the Gungan Grand Army , militiagungs served the tribe they had been raised and trained in . When the tribes were united by Boss Gallo , the Grand army was formed , which required every city to hold annual drills so that the Grand Army could be assembled within thirty - six hours of being summoned . The soldiers were trained to understand the Grand Army ' s system of horn , drum , and whistle signals , and took orders from professional commanders . There were several variations of the militiagung : the Trooper Recruit , Trooper , Heavy Trooper , and Repeater Troopers . Weaponry . During the time of the Invasion of Naboo , a standard militiagung was armed with an atlatl , a cesta and a personal energy shield . Atlatls were used to catapault energy balls , called boomas at the enemy . Personal energy shields were used to deflect blaster fire from hitting the militiagung . Some militiagungs also used electropoles . Behind the scenes . Militiagungs first appeared in 1999 with the release of and its tie - ins . They were re - imagined in LEGO form for the 2005 video game " , " which was also included in its 2007 . Also released in 2005 was the video game " , " which allowed players to fight against the Gungan Grand Army in " Hunt Mode . "