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A 'Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship'

Characteristics
This Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship carried fourteen Receiver Stations to control the Trade Federation Droid Army.

History
In 32 BBY, this Droid Control Ship was left in orbit over the planet Naboo after the Trade Federation blockade broke up. It was attacked during the final stages of the invasion by Naboo's Bravo Flight.

Behind the scenes
This Droid Control Ship first appeared in materials relating to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, released in 1999. In the Episode 1 DVD commentary, it was revealed the Droid Control Ship was portrayed by a physical model, and the battle was rendered using computer graphic effects. The explosion of the central ball was a smaller sphere.

In the 2000 video game Star Wars: Battle for Naboo, the player, flying as Gavyn Sykes, fought the Droid Control Ship in the game's final campaign mission. The game took place over two parts. The player fights a squadron of droid starfighters, and then engages the battleship. One of the tractor beam generators were destroyed in the inter-mission cutscene and the player had to destroy the other three. After awhile, Skywalker automatically flew into the hangar and the player was ordered to provide cover by destroying the shield generator. Other portions of the ship, including the Receiver Stations, were able to be destroyed but had no effect on the game. The destruction of the shield generator was later confirmed as canon by Leland Chee on the now-defunct StarWars.com Message Boards.

Released in 2001 was the video game Star Wars: Starfighter. The players took the role of Rhys Dallows and were tasked with destroying the droid starfighters and receiver stations. After those targets were destroyed, a mercenary craft appears in a cutscene, and the player had to land hits on it before the mercenary retreats inside the Federation battleship. The player chased the mercenary through the ship. If the player chose to do so, certain secondary targets could have been destroyed to fulfill the mission's bonus requirements, although this was not necessary. Skywalker destroys the reactors at that time, and the player escaped by destroying a shield generator in the hangar. The game contradicts the movie by giving the Droid Control Ship missile launchers instead of turbolaser cannons.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace novel
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace junior novel
 * Episode I: The Phantom Menace ½
 * Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
 * Star Wars: Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker
 * Star Wars: Republic: Honor and Duty
 * The Saga Begins