Mission to Naboo

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|name=Mission to Naboo
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|conflict=War of the Ring
|objective=To prevent Mezmaron from kidnapping Roo-Roo Page
|date=September 13, 1981
|place=Jan-gwa city, Naboo
|result=Kidnapping prevented, Mezmaron captured.
|side1=*Jedi Order
*Royal Naboo Security Forces
|side2=Independent bounty hunter (on behalf of the Order of the Sith Lords)
|commanders1=*Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins
*Jedi Padawan Eowyn
*Captain Gregar Typho
*Captain Lunker
|commanders2=Mezmaron
|ppl1=*2 Jedi
*1 Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
|ppl2=*1 bounty hunter
*1 Rogue-class starfighter
**Xanadu Blood
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Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins underwent a mission in 1981 to stop bounty hunter Mezmaron from kidnapping potential Force-sensitive younglings. Given the task of departing to Naboo by Jedi Masters Bilbo Baggins, Aragorn, and Sam Gamgee; Frodo left with his Padawan, Eowyn, and rendezvous with Captain Gregar Typho and Gungan Captain Lunker inside the Theed Palace hangar. While the two Jedi arrived before Mezmaron did, the bounty hunter; however, landed near Jan-gwa city onboard his personal starfighter, the Xanadu Blood.
Before Mezmaron could kidnap the young Gungan infant, Roo-Roo Page, Eowyn emerged and fought the bounty hunter for a brief time. Attempting to evactute the city with his jetpack-equipped boots, Frodo caught him, and soon he was placed with binders. Both Frodo and Eowyn took Mezmaron to the Venator-class Star Destroyer, Resolute, where he was tortured until he revealed the location of the stolen holocron and Kyber memory crystal.
==Prelude==
In 1981, the bounty hunter Mezmaron successfully stole a holocron, which contained information about the location of Force-sensitive children in the galaxy. After Mezmaron's success in obtaining the Kyber memory crystal at Devaron, Mezmaron retreated to his station, located in the Outer Rim. The bounty hunter contacted the Sith Lord, Darth Sauron, and told him that he retrieved both the holocron and crystal for him. Offering to help the Dark Lord once more, Mezmaron asked the latter if he needed something else to be "taken care of." Agreeing to Mezmaron's wish, Sauron gave Mezmaron a new mission: capture a total of four Force-sensitive infants, that are listed in the holocron, and deliver them to the remote planet of Mustafar. The Dark Lord planned to use them as test subjects in his experiments for the alteration of Force-sensitives to build his own personal corps of spies.
On Rivendell, Jedi Knight Frodo Baggins meditated, along with Jedi Masters Sam Gamgee, Aragorn, and Bilbo Baggins. Through the Force, Frodo saw a vision of Mezmaron on Naboo. As Gamgee, Aragorn, and Bilbo sensed that Mezmaron was after other children as well, they departed and began their separate missions to stop Mezmaron. While Gamgee left for Rodia, Frodo, along with his Padawan, Eowyn, traveled to Naboo, where they were greeted by Captain Gregar Typho of the Royal Naboo Security Forces. The captain introduced the two Jedi to Lunker, a Gungan captain in charge of the operation of stopping Mezmaron. Eowyn told Baggins that she should go with the Gungan, and Frodo agreed. While Eowyn and Lunker proceeded to the Jan-gwa city, Frodo promised to follow them shortly.
==The mission==
Landing near the city of Jan-gwa city, Mezmaron left his personal starfighter, the Xanadu Blood, and headed toward the above ground Gungan city. On his list, the bounty hunter was after a female infant Gungan named Roo-Roo Page, who was with her mother. After Mezmaron entered the city, he soon arrived to his destination, and spotted the Gungan mother leaving an infant cradle. As the mother left the room, the bounty hunter approached it, and noticed a sheet covering something small underneath. Upon lifting the sheet, a toy tooka doll was exposed, with Page not found in the cradle. Behind Mezmaron, Eowyn emerged from behind a blast door. Knowing that the Handmaiden Padawan hid the child from him, the wizard bounty hunter engaged her in a duel. Using his whipcord launcher, that was activated through his wrist gaunlet, Mezmaron grabbed the handmaiden's lightsaber from her grasp. Retrieving one of his LL-30 blaster pistols, the bounty hunter began to shoot at Eowyn, although the unarmed Eowyn dodged Mezmaron's blaster fire, and hid behind some furniture. However, as she attempted to retrieve her fallen lightsaber, Mezmaron evacuated the room using his jetpack-equipped boots. Before Mezmaron could escape the city, Frodo appeared on top of a roof, and grabbed onto Mezmaron's boots. With the extra weight, Mezmaron's boosters were disabled, and as the two tumbled onto a roof below, the hunter's hat was knocked off. The pair struggled before landing on the ground, and the finally defeated Mezmaron looked up to see Eowyn's ignited lightsaber pointing at his face.
==Aftermath==
Upon capturing Mezmaron, Eowyn placed the bounty hunter in binders. The Padawan noticed a familiar item, which was clipped on Mezmaron's belt, and took it from him. Knowing that Mezmaron might not be a threat to Page, Eowyn told the mother of the infant Gungan that her daughter was safe; however, her statement caused Mezmaron to release his anger at her. Although, Frodo began to push Mezmaron out the room. Taking Mezmaron captive, the two Jedi sent the wizard to Frodo's flagship, the Venator-class Star Destroyer, Resolute. After Sam failed to stop Mezmaron on Rodia—prior to Mezmaron's arrival on Naboo—he joined Frodo, Eowyn, and Aragorn on the detention block inside the Star Destroyer.
Frodo and Eowyn remained outside the ray shielded room, while Gamgee and Aragorn interrogated the headstrong bounty hunter. After the two Jedi Masters couldn't force Mezmaron to reveal the location of the children and holocron, they subsided and returned to Frodo. After Eowyn suggested the use of a "three-way" mind trick, the Jedi reentered the room and began to torture Mezmaron through the Force. The evil masked wizard gave in, and soon agreed to take Gamgee and Aragorn to the location of the holocron, while Frodo and Eowyn remain on the Resolute, and scan through Mezmaron's captured starfighter.
==Behind the scenes==
This mission served as one of the four missions Mezmaron took, which first appeared in "Children of the Force," the third episode in the second season of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series. The episode aired on October 9, 2009.
==Appearances==
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
==Notes and references==
Category:Missions