Blockade of Naboo

Almost thirty years before the Battle of Yavin, the Galactic Republic was falling into disrepair. Greed, corruption, and infighting had practically rendered the age-old political body inactive. One of the last articles to be passed by the increasingly ineffectual governing body concerned the new taxations of former free-trade zones. The bill passed almost unanimously, and nearly everyone was to gain by the new revenue. One of the only groups to suffer was the Trade Federation. Under the sway of the Sith lord Darth Sidious, Nute Gunray, the viceroy of the Trade Federation made a bold move. He and his droid army began to surround the planet of Naboo. Not letting anyone past the blockade, they laid siege to the pastoral planet for some time, before the Queen of Naboo managed to escape to plead her case to the Senate on Courscant. Soon the Trade Federation abandoned the blockade in favor of a full occupation. Nute Gunray, and his droid army easily subdued the peaceful Naboo, and took the Capital City of Theed. The Blockade of Naboo officially ended in the Trade Federations defeat at the Battle of Naboo.