Dineé Ellberger / Legends Dineé Ellberger was a female Human living on the planet Naboo during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . She was a troubleshooter of computer systems for years , which gave her a substantial amount of technical experience . Later , she became a member of the Royal Naboo Security Forces , and served as an officer in the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps . During the time of the Trade Federation ' s invasion of her homeworld Naboo in 32 BBY , Ellberger held the rank of lieutenant and was part of Bravo Squadron as Bravo Five . She flew an N - 1 starfighter called " Bravo 5 " , which had excellent maneuvering capabilities . Ellberger accompanied the other pilots of Bravo Squadron when Bravo Leader Ric Olié called for all N - 1 starfighters to attack the droid control ship that was controlling the Trade Federation ' s invasion army . During the assault , the weapons on the Naboo pilots ' N - 1 starfighters weapon systems could not penetrate the control ship ' s deflector shields , but a young boy named Anakin Skywalker flew an N - 1 starfighter into the ship ' s hangar and fired proton torpedoes into the ship ' s reactor core . As Skywalker emerged from the ship , Ellberger noticed that the vessel was exploding from the inside . She informed Olié of the event , inducing the surviving pilots to celebrate their victory while they returned to the surface of Naboo . Biography . Dineé Ellberger was a Human female who lived during the last years of the Galactic Republic . Her homeworld was the planet Naboo , and her first career was as a computer systems troubleshooter . Despite some unpleasant experiences during that period of her life , she gained a large amount of technical experience . Later Ellberger became a part of the Royal Naboo Security Forces as a pilot in the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps . By the year 32 BBY , she had enough piloting experience to fly one of the Royal Naboo ' s N - 1 starfighters . That year , Ellberger served as a member of Bravo Squadron , also known as Bravo Flight , under the leadership of Bravo Leader Ric Olié . She flew in the squadron under the call sign Bravo Five and piloted a maneuverable N - 1 starfighter of the same name . During her time with Bravo Squadron , Ellberger was an officer , holding the rank of lieutenant . Her fellow pilots did not discuss her unpleasant past . In 32 BBY , the galaxy - wide megacorporation known as the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo due to the Republic ' s taxation of various trade routes and the influence of Darth Sidious , a Dark Lord of the Sith . During the blockade , the Trade Federation dispatched their Droid Army to take control of the world . After Naboo ' s Queen Amidala returned from the galactic capital planet of Coruscant , where she had failed to receive aid from the Galactic Senate against the invasion , a plan was made to defeat the droid army . A key part of the strategy involved destroying the Trade Federation ' s droid control ship that was in space over the planet . When Ric Olié ordered Naboo ' s N - 1 starfighers to converge on the control ship , Ellberger joined her fellow pilots as part of the attack force . As she and Bravo Squadron approached the control ship , a large number of droid starfighters poured out of it and attacked the Naboo pilots . During the ensuing battle , Ellberger used her technical knowledge to foresee and counteract the droid starfighters ' tactics in order to aid the squadron . In the early stages of the attack on the droid control ship , Olié informed the squadron that the deflector shields on the Trade Federation vessel were too strong for their starfighter weapons to penetrate . Nevertheless , Rhys Dallows , who flew as Bravo Ten , destroyed the droid control ship ' s receiver dish station s needed to launch additional droid starfighters . Meanwhile , Ellberger helped protect him from the control ship ' s droid starfighters . Unbeknownst to Ellberger and the squadron , an N - 1 starfighter flown by a boy named Anakin Skywalker entered the battle and flew into one of the control ship ' s hangars . Skywalker fired proton torpedoes into the ship ' s reactor core , which caused the ship to explode from the inside . Ellberger noticed these explosions and reported them to Olié as Skywalker flew his fighter out of the hangar . The Naboo pilots celebrated their victory , and the surviving members of the squadron flew back to Naboo while the droid control ship ' s destruction deactivated the droid army it controlled . With their army neutralized , the Trade Federation ' s occupation of Naboo was at an end . Personality and traits . Ellberger was a skilled computer systems troubleshooter and pilot who had some experience by 32 BBY . When flying her N - 1 starfighter , she was able use the ship ' s excellent maneuverability to stay a threat to a ship she was targeting . During the battle over Naboo , Ellberger ' s technical experience allowed her to help Bravo Squadron counteract the battle strategies of the droid starfighters . She had a sour past that her squadmates did not speak about . Ellberger had green eyes , fair skin , and brown hair . Equipment . Ellberger flew " Bravo 5 " , an N - 1 starfighter with good evasion capabilities as part of Bravo Squadron . " Bravo 5 " maneuverability aided Ellberger in tenaciously opposing her targets . She possessed a blaster pistol as her personal weapon . As a pilot in the Royal Naboo Space Fighter Corps , Ellberger wore the standard flight suit of the pilots in Bravo Squadron during the time of the Invasion of Naboo . Behind the scenes . Dineé Ellberger was portrayed by actress Celia Imrie in , a 1999 film written and directed by George Lucas . In the credits at the end of the film , Imrie is listed as playing the role of " Fighter Pilot Bravo 5 " who was later named Ellberger . The uniforms created for the Naboo pilots , including Imrie ' s character , were originally conceived as sketches by artist Iain McCaig , who based them on flying uniforms . Imrie originally auditioned for the role of Shmi Skywalker , but when Pernilla August was chosen for the role , Imrie received the role of Bravo 5 instead . In the of " The Phantom Menace " , there was a female pilot who entered an N - 1 starfighter that Anakin Skywalker was hiding behind while the Naboo pilots were boarding the fighters in Theed ' s hangar . The pilot told Skywalker that he would have to find a new hiding place before she flew her fighter away with the rest of the squadron . However , there was no official confirmation that the character was the same one as Ellberger . Also , in the novel , Ellberger ' s line about the droid control ship blowing up from the inside was spoken by Bravo Two . Her line about the droid control ship blowing up from the inside was featured in " " , a 2000 video game released by LucasArts . In " " , a 2001 video game by LucasArts , she was one of the pilots covering Rhys Dallows , who was controlled by the player , as Dallows attacked the receiver dish stations in a level involving the attack on the droid control ship . A possible line of dialogue from the game had a pilot say " Bravo Five , you have one on your tail , " indicating that Ellberger was one of the pilots present in that battle . Also in 2001 , Ellberger first received her last name in " Theed Palace Limited " , the eleventh and final expansion set of the " Star Wars " Customizable Card Game released by Decipher , Inc . The image used on her card was a reversed version of a shot of her from " The Phantom Menace " . Ellberger had an entry in the official Databank on StarWars . com before it was taken off the site in 2011 . In 2008 , she was given an entry in the Del Rey ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In 2013 , Ellberger received the first name of " Dineé " in " Rogues Gallery : Naboo ' s Finest ! " , which was featured in " Star Wars Insider " 145 .