Blockade

A blockade was when a military entity stationed a fleet in orbit around a planet in order to prevent the coming and going of starships. The Trade Federation would blockade the peaceful world of Naboo in order to pressure it's leader, Queen Padmé Amidala, to sign a petition treaty. This would escalate into the Invasion of Naboo. The Corporate Alliance would blockade the planet Malastare, leading the Galactic Republic in dispatching a Jedi-led task force that would destroy their fleet. Admiral Trench, the same commander responsible for the blockade of Malastare, would lead the Separatist Alliance's blockade of Christophsis. The fleet would be annihilated after the destruction of his flagship, the Providence-class cruiser-carrier Invincible, by an experimental stealth ship, allowing a Republic naval fleet to destroy the blockade. Later in the conflict, a fleet led by Captain Mar Tuuk would blockade Ryloth, though his forces would be destroyed by the Republic.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * Heir to the Jedi