Battle of Naboo/Legends

The Battle of Grassy Plains (32 BBY) was the climactic battle that the Gungan Grand Army fought for Naboo against Trade Federation battle droids that had forcibly occupied Naboo during the Invasion of Naboo.

Pre-battle
The Queen implored the Galactic Senate to assist her against the Trade Federation's intrusion, but could not bear the suffering of her people whilst the Galactic Senate deliberated.

Returning to Naboo and, with the aid of Jar Jar Binks, the Queen managed to convince the Gungans to allign with them them, by showing humbleness before them. Once the remainder of the Naboo Royal Guard had been summoned, the queen and Captain Panaka devised a plan to retake Naboo. Meanwhile, the Gungan Grand Army agreed to lure out the main bulk of the Federation's Droid Army onto the Grassy Plains for an enormous head-to-head assault.

The Battle


The two huge armies&mdash;Gungans vs. Droids&mdash; faced each other on the hilly meadows and generators set upon fambaas produced an enormous shield dome over the Gungan forces. The Droid AAT's opened fire on the Gungans, but they were protected by this impenetrable shield.

On droid general OOM-9's orders, the AAT's ceased firing, unable to penetrate the shield. The Federation's MTT's then unloaded thousands of battle droids who next marched easily through the Gungan shield on foot and fired thousands of deadly blaster bolts into the crowd of Gungans. The Gungans led by Captain Tarpals fought with personal shields, catapults, Boomer grenades, and cestas but they could not withstand the devastatingly heavy droid onslaught. A squad of droidekas rolled onto the bloody battleground, increasing the fatalities toi an even more substantial point.

Ultimately, the shield generator was destroyed, deactivating the protective dome. OOM-9 immediately therefore called upon all AATs to advance. Tank shells now ripped unobstructed into the Gungan lines. Their primitive catapults could only give off so much electrostatic energy at a time. Gungan ranks fell to the mechanized Trade Federation Army. Captain Tarpals not too long afterwards ordered retreat and he was barely able to save the incapable Gungan General Jar Jar Binks from death. In the end, they both landed in a circle of battle droids, surrounded, and defeated.

Aftermath
Despite a crushing defeat for the Gungans, events altered dramatically when the Droid Control Ship over the planet was destroyed a few minutes later in the Naboo Space Battle, deactivating the droid army, and ironically leaving the Gungan survivors instantly liberated from their recent prisoner-of-war positions. They watched awestruck as their droid captors and enemy vehicles all around them suddenly shut down, realizing that while their battle had been lost, the battle above must have been won.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Battle for Naboo
 * ''Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds