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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, 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.[2] The Naboo aristocrats were known for their sartorial extravagance.[3] 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.[4]
Society and culture[]
The Naboo valued culture and beauty, which was reflected in their everyday attire. Children wore graceful clothes made of natural materials.[5]
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.[6] 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.[2] 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[6] in the Grizmallti–Gungan wars.[7] After fighting over territory and resources for a long time, the two species eventually resolved to simply live apart and ignore each other.[6]
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[6] in what was remembered as the Time of Suffering.[7] Eventually, each side became unified in its own way,[6] although General-[7]-turned-King Jafan also played a role.[8] The end of the fighting end brought abut a Great Time of Peace.[7] Generations before 32 BBY,[9] a dispute arose between the Gungans and Naboo, during which the Monarch of Naboo needed the company of bodyguards.[10]
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.[11]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
- Angry Birds Star Wars II
- William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth (and audiobook)
- William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back
- ° LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales (In flashback(s))
- William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III (In flashback(s))
- ° LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- William Shakespeare's The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Sources[]
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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
"Crisis on Naboo" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (slides 2-3 captions)
- ↑ Tarkin
- ↑
Gungan Grand Army in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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