Plot to assassinate Padmé Amidala

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Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

Concurrent

Antar 4 schism^[2]

Plot to assassinate Padmé Amidala

Conflict

Separatist Crisis^[1]

Objective

Assassination of Padmé Amidala^[1]

Date

22 BBY^[3]

Place

Coruscant^[1]

Outcome

Assassination failed^[1]

Factions
Confederacy of Independent Systems^[1] Trade Federation^[1] Sith (secretly)^[1]	Galactic Republic^[1] Royal House of Naboo^[1] Jedi Order^[1]

Participants
Zam Wesell†^[1] ASN-121†^[1] 2 kouhuns †^[1] Jango Fett^[1] Head of State Count Dooku (orders)^[1] Viceroy Nute Gunray (ordered death of Amidala)^[1]	Senator Padmé Amidala^[1] Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi^[1] Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker^[1] Captain Gregar Typho^[1] Handmaiden Cordé†^[1] Handmaiden Dormé^[1] Handmaiden Versé†^[1] R2-D2^[1] 1 J-type diplomatic barge†^[1] 3 N-1 starfighters^[1]

Casualties
Zam Wesell^[1] 1 ASN courier droid^[1] 2 kouhuns^[1]	J-type diplomatic barge^[1] Cordé^[1] Versé^[1] 1 N-1 starfighter^[1] 6 other Naboo Security Forces members^[1]

"I guess I was wrong. There was no danger at all."

―Gregar Typho, to Padmé Amidala, immediately preceding the first attempt on the latter's life^[src]

Prior to the Clone Wars, at the height of the Separatist Crisis; the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Trade Federation plotted to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo. Amidala, a leading opponent of the Military Creation Act that proposed the creation of an army for the Galactic Republic, was targeted when she arrived on Coruscant for a vote on the measure as part of Darth Sidious' plot to ensure the passing of the legislation. The attempt was carried out by Zam Wesell, a partner of bounty hunter Jango Fett who himself following orders from Count Dooku, leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems so that it could gain the backing of Nute Gunray and the Trade Federation under the condition that Amidala was killed. The attempt failed, though it claimed the life of some of Amidala's associates. As a result of the attempt, the Jedi High Council assigned Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, to protect the senator.^[1]

Wesell attempted another assassination later that evening using venomous kouhuns dispensed by the droid ASN-121, but it was foiled by the two Jedi, who chased Wesell on Coruscant before she was killed by Fett; the bounty hunter killed her to prevent her from revealing their secrets. This set in motion an investigation that led Kenobi to Kamino, where he discovered a clone army that had been secretly created for the Republic. This army became the Grand Army of the Republic and was used during the First Battle of Geonosis, which sparked the Clone Wars.^[1]