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- "You and the Naboo form a symbiont circle. What happens to one of you will affect the other. You must understand this."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Rugor Nass
The Naboo (singular "Naboo"), also known as Naboolians[2] or Nabooians,[3] were a cultural group of humans from the planet Naboo.[1] Contrary to the native Gungans, with whom they shared their world, the Naboo originated offworld as human colonists from Grizmallt.[4] The Naboo aristocrats were known for their sartorial extravagance.[5] Unlike the Gungans, who were a proud warrior species, the human colonists of Naboo were peaceful. This contrast of ideology caused tension between the two civilizations for centuries.[6]
Society and culture[]
The Naboo valued culture and beauty, which was reflected in their everyday attire. Children wore graceful clothes made of natural materials.[7]
History[]
Before the Invasion[]
The Naboo originated as a group of human colonists who fled the war-torn Core World of Grizmallt thousands of years before the Clone Wars.[8] Led by Kwilaan, the colonists crashed on the homeworld of the Gungan species and established their presence there. They ventured into the Gallo Mountains and created a farming community at Dee'ja Peak.[4] At first, the Gungans tried to avoid contact with the colonists, retreating in the planet's waterways. When the humans and Gungans finally met, however, their relations soon turned to hostility[8] in the Grizmallti–Gungan wars.[9] After fighting over territory and resources for a long time, the two species eventually resolved to simply live apart and ignore each other.[8]
Following the end of their conflicts with the Gungans, the Naboo had to deal with internal wars, as their various city-states broke into factions and engaged in open warfare[8] in what was remembered as the Time of Suffering.[9] Eventually, each side became unified in its own way,[8] although General-[9]-turned-King Jafan also played a role.[10] The end of the fighting end brought abut a Great Time of Peace.[9] Generations before 32 BBY,[11] a dispute arose between the Gungans and Naboo, during which the Monarch of Naboo needed the company of bodyguards.[12]
The Naboo Crisis[]
In 32 BBY, the Trade Federation blockaded and invaded Naboo. The Queen, Padmé Amidala, was forced to flee the planet with Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi; she later returned to Naboo to help her people, and requested the help of Boss Nass and the Gungans.[1]
Eventually, the combined forces of the two Jedi were able to defeat the Federation and the Sith Lord Darth Maul, at the cost of the lives of Qui-Gon Jinn and many Gungans and Naboo.[1] The Naboo Crisis was the prelude to a much larger conflict, as the Trade Federation would eventually join with the Confederacy of Independent Systems in the Clone Wars.[13]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ "Bane's Story" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow Warrior"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
"Crisis on Naboo" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (slides 2-3 captions)
- ↑ Tarkin
- ↑
Gungan Grand Army in the Encyclopedia (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Nexus of Power
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines establishes that the events of Queen's Peril occur in 32 BBY. Furthermore, Queen's Peril establishes that the Gungan-Naboo dispute was "generations" prior, putting it "generations" before 32 BBY.
- ↑ Queen's Peril
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones