Rugor Nass Rugor Nass was a Gungan male who served as the Boss of the Gungan people during the Trade Federation ' s invasion of Naboo . Nass governed the Gungans from the city of Otoh Gunga within Naboo ' s ocean s , keeping a close eye on Gungan affairs and , for a time , ensuring that the Gungans and the human population of Naboo did not interact . He initially refused to help the Naboo during the invasion , rejecting Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn and Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi when they requested it , but ultimately had a change of heart when Queen Padmé Amidala knelt and pleaded her case before him in behalf of the Naboo and the Gungans , promising that administration the planet ' s affairs would be shared between the two races from that time forth . After the Battle of Naboo , in which the Naboo and the Gungans were victorious over the Federation , Nass joined Queen Amidala in peace . Nass ' tenure as Boss ended sometime before the Clone Wars , and he attended Amidala ' s funeral after her death at the end of the war . Biography . Background . Boss Rugor Nass was born on Naboo prior to the Invasion of Naboo . He became the ruler of the Gungans sometime later . He governed his people from the underwater city of Otoh Gunga beneath the planet Naboo ' s Lake Paonga . Some time before the Invasion of Naboo , Boss Nass banished Jar Jar Binks for crashing his personal heyblibber submarine . Due to the difficult relationship between the Gungans and the human Naboo , Boss Nass thought the Naboo to be arrogant and condescending towards his people . Invasion of Naboo . Shortly after the Trade Federation invasion , Boss Nass held an audience with the Jedi ambassadors Master Qui - Gon Jinn , his Padawan Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Jar Jar Binks . Binks had led the Jedi ambassadors to Otoh Gunga but had been arrested by Captain Roos Tarpals for breaking his banishment . Master Jinn had come to warn the Gungans about the threat posed by the Trade Federation to the entire planet . Believing this to be a matter between the Naboo and Federation , Nass refused to get involved . However , he told them that the speediest way to the Naboo people was through the planet ' s core . When Master Jinn asked what was to happen to Binks , Nass replied that he would be punished . Jinn came to Bink ' s defense by pointing out that he had saved the Gungan ' s life and that Binks owed him a life debt . Master Jinn ' s words convinced Boss Nass , who allowed Binks to leave as a guide for the two Jedi . Boss Nass provided Binks and the Jedi with a bongo submarine to reach Theed . Despite the Gungans ' refusal to get involved in the conflict , the Trade Federation soon turned its attention to the Gungan cities , leading to an evacuation of Otoh Gunga . Later , the Naboo Queen Padmé Amidala traveled to the Gungan sacred place to forge an alliance with Boss Nass and the Gungans . After Amidala ' s decoy Sabé initiated contact with Nass , Amidala revealed herself in order to gain his trust . She told Boss Nass that the Trade Federation had destroyed all that the Naboo and Gungans had built and fought for . If they did not work together , the Trade Federation would dominate the planet . Swayed by Amidala ' s appeal , Boss Nass decided to put aside his people ' s distrust of the Naboo and to be friends . As a result , the Gungans agreed to assist the Naboo and the Jedi in expelling the Trade Federation . To honor Binks for his role in bringing the two peoples together , Nass made him Bombad General of the Gungan Grand Army which diverted the Federation ' s army away from Theed and subsequently laughed loudly when Binks fainted in front of him . Boss Nass was later present at the joint victory celebrations held at Theed . There , he received a symbolic orb from Queen Amidala and vowed that the two peoples would live in peace . The Clone Wars . Rugor Nass ' tenure as Boss ended at some time prior to the Clone Wars . He was succeeded by Boss Lyonie , who served during that conflict . At the end of the Clone Wars , the former Queen Amidala died and Nass attended her funeral alongside Jar Jar Binks with a heavy heart , mourning the loss of both a dear friend and the woman who helped bring peace between their peoples . Personality and traits . Rugor Nass was a confident and proud ruler of the Gungan people . He was a pudgy and heavily - built Gungan who dressed in ornate robes befitting his status as a ruler . His personality was very loud and bombastic , though this was tempered somewhat when in formal circumstances , and he also had a considerable sense of humour , laughing uproariously when Jar Jar Binks fainted . He regarded the Human Naboo as arrogant and condescending towards his people and was initially reluctant to help them during the Trade Federation invasion of their planet . Nass also initially had a low opinion of Jar Jar Binks after the latter crashed his personal bongo submarine ; leading the former to banish Binks into the swamps . While initially wary of the Naboo , Nass came to respect Queen Padmé Amidala after she urged the two people to put aside their differences in order to save their homeworld and civilizations from the Trade Federation . As a result , Nass buried his people ' s hatchet with the Naboo and committed the Gungan Grand Army to driving out the Federation . Following the expulsion of the Trade Federation , Nass publicly expressed his desire for the Gungans and Naboo to live in peace . Behind the scenes . Rugor Nass first appeared in the 1999 film " " . He was a CGI character who was voiced by Brian Blessed , who reprised his role as Nass in the 2005 film " " . Rugor Nass also appeared in several Star Wars Legends media .