Trade Federation Basic

Trade Federation Basic was an alphabet and writing form of Basic. The numbering system was used by the Trade Federation to identify individual battle droids.

Behind the scenes

 * In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, when the Gungans realize the battle droids have shut down, the one pushed over by Jar Jar Binks has "1138" in Trade Federation Basic numerals on its backpack. The display on Darth Maul's macrobinoculars shows Trade Federation Basic, but the text is gibberish.
 * In HoloNet News Vol. 531 49, in the news story "15 Dead in Houk / Weequay Brawl at Eastport", a screen in the Eastport processing station says "GATE 24".
 * In the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode The Citadel, the tactical droid's computer screen reads "SEPARATIST ESCORT SHUTTLE CLASS TYPE B" . "SCAN COMPLETE" . "SUPPLIES" .  "BEVERAGES" . "FOOD" . "MORE FOOD" . "GUNS" . "GENERAL SUPPLIES" .  "FROZEN RATIONS" . "ANAKIN SKYWA[obscured]" .  "CARBONITE" . "METAL". The bottom of the screen, seen in the wideshots (barely visible), says "DESTROY" and "LET PASS".
 * In The Clone Wars episode The Wrong Jedi, when Anakin Skywalker is talking to Asajj Ventress in the Coruscant Underworld, a large sign shows Trade Federation Basic. The top begins with the letters "CA" and the bottom ends with the letters "TO".


 * In the non-canonical Star Wars Tales comic Force Fiction, a restaurant menu reads:

"IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO TRANSLATE THIS ENTIRE MENU PLEASE

TRY TO DEVOTE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME

TO MORE

IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE EXERCISE OR

GOOD CONVERSATIONS AMONG FRIENDS OR

LOOKING AT SUNSETS OR TELLING THAT

SPECIAL SOMEONE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE

THEM"

"THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE

WRITER [[Wikipedia:Sesame Workshop|THE CHILDRENS [sic] TELEVISION

WORKSHOP]] AND THE LETTER O"

"BY THE WAY MICHELLE AND DREA AND

SHELLY AND CHRIS AND EVINRUDE I LOVE

YOU ALL"

"WRITER KEVIN RUBIO

ARTIST LUCAS MARANGON

SOCIALIST KARL MARX"

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter