Battle over Naboo (20)Full unit name: Battle over Naboo
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First appearance: The Phantom Menace
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Relations: Naboo
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Summary
Once in orbit over Naboo, the pilots of Bravo Squadron, including Porro Dolphe and Arven Wendik, the latter flying his personal starfighter Bravo 3 assaulted the Droid Control battleship, which coordinated all droid forces on the planet. Dinee Ellberger, flying her personal starfighter Bravo 5 also joined the assault. Squadron leader Ric Olie in his starfighter Bravo 1 ordered Bravo Flight A to engage the enemy fighters and Bravo Flight B to make a run on the transmitter. Various wings of pilots, including Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes, Rhys Dallows, Bravo Eight, and Bravo Twelve engaged the ship, taking down its first wing of droid fighters. DFS Starfighter Squadron, the squadron of starfighters assigned to protect Trade Federation command ships, featured advanced targeting routines. Dallows led the strikes on the battleship's fourteen Receiver Stations and knocked them all out. The loss of the control signal prevented the battleship from launching additional fighters. Three pilots chased the last droid starfighter and destroyed it. Dallows and other Naboo pilots then realized the ship would be destroyed only if they could enter it through one of the hangars and reach the main reactor. At that point, a mercenary leader, allied with the Federation, appeared and took out one of the Naboo starfighters. Dallows and other pilots engaged him before chasing him inside the ship, flying into the right-hand hangar bay when the hangar shield was lowered to launch another C-9979 landing craft. Dallows made it in after him but the others were cut off when the shield reactivated.
After the first wave of droid starfighters was down, Bravo Squadron moved in close to engage the Control Ship. Olie ordered Wendik to attack the bridge. One of the Naboo pilots and Rya Kirsch in his starfighter Bravo 4 were killed during a strafing run by the battleship's quad turbolaser cannons, which used complex recursive algorithms to target enemies, but the Naboo pilots managed to land hits on the Droid Control Ship with their proton torpedoes. The torpedoes were not strong enough to affect the Federation ship. Palmer was captured by the hangar tractor beams and drawn into range of the hangar guns. Her engines were knocked out, and she was sent plummeting down to the planet and her death. One of the Naboo pilots subsequently knocked out a tractor beam generator, then Sykes took out the remaining three. The battleship was able to reroute the control signal and launch additional starfighters to harass the Naboo pilots.
As the battle raged in space, down on the planet the young individual Anakin Skywalker accidentally entered the battle when he inadvertently launched his starfighter refuge and took off from the Theed Hangar on autopilot. He asked his astromech droid R2-D2 to disengage the autopilot. Skywalker then succeeded in taking down several droid starfighters before having his own starfighter shot down, and he landed in the battleship's left-hand hangar while its shield was down. In the hangar, Skywalker's ship landed on the hangar floor, overheated. He ducked down to avoid discovery as battle droids surrounded his ship and ordered the pilot to come out. While hiding, he also attempted to restart the fighter by fiddling with the controls. After his starfighter rebooted, he then fired his weapons and unintentionally launched a pair of torpedoes into the main reactor when trying to escape and fire on the droids. Communications officer Tey How reported the disturbance to Captain Daultay Dofine, who dismissed these reports after claiming that it was impossible for a starfighter to get past the deflector shields. However, the reactor explosion caused by Skywalker managed to create a massive explosion that ripped the ship in half. Shocked over the explosion, Skywalker quickly escaped through the ship's main hangar. The ship's impending destruction was also detected by the remaining Bravo Squadron pilots, initially baffling them as their strafing runs against the vessel seemed ineffective, until they saw Skywalker's starfighter escaping from one of the docking bays. A puzzled Dofine and crew saw the starfighters retreating from the ship in a fast manner, but failed to realize what was happening when the control computer in front of them malfunctioned and exploded, killing Dofine and the entire crew in an instant; this process deactivated all the battle droids stationed on Naboo and thus marked the end of the Federation's invasion of Naboo.

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Related locations
Naboo
OperationsOrganizationsRoyal House of NabooOperated as Governing Body (after Battle of Theed)RolesGovernorRoyal House of Naboo (Governing Body, after Battle of Theed)
Related organizations
DFS Starfighter Squadron
Part of / Served on / OperatedTrade Federation
Trade Federation
StructureOrganizationsDFS Starfighter Squadron
Royal House of Naboo
StructureOrganizationsRoyal Naboo Security ForcesSecurityRolesGovernorGoverning Body, Naboo (after Battle of Theed)Security» Royal Naboo Security ForcesPart of / Served on / OperatedNabooOperated as Governing Body (after Battle of Theed)
Royal Naboo Security Forces
StructureOrganizationsRoyal Naboo Starfighter CorpsRolesSecurityRoyal House of NabooPart of / Served on / OperatedRoyal House of NabooSecurity
Royal Naboo Starfighter Corps
StructureOrganizationsBravo SquadronStarshipsNaboo N-1 StarfighterPlanetary Defense, Patrol and EscortSources
RolesGuard» Naboo N-1 Starfighter (Planetary Defense, Patrol and Escort)Sources
Part of / Served on / OperatedRoyal Naboo Security Forces
Bravo Squadron
StructureCharactersDinee EllbergerRic Olie, Flight LeaderRya KirschRolesCommander» Ric Olie (Flight Leader)Part of / Served on / OperatedRoyal Naboo Starfighter Corps
Related units, characters and other technologies
Anakin Skywalker
Personal detailsRolesPilotNaboo N-1 StarfighterMembership / Duties / LocationsNaboo N-1 StarfighterPilot
Rya Kirsch
Membership / Duties / LocationsBravo SquadronNaboo N-1 Starfighter
Daultay Dofine
SpeciesNeimoidianMembership / Duties / LocationsVuutun Palaa
Jull Dremon
SpeciesNeimoidianMembership / Duties / LocationsVuutun Palaa
Dinee Ellberger
Membership / Duties / LocationsBravo SquadronNaboo N-1 Starfighter
Tey How
SpeciesNeimoidianPersonal detailsRolesCommunications OfficerVuutun PalaaMembership / Duties / LocationsVuutun PalaaCommunications Officer
Ric Olie
Personal detailsRolesCommanderBravo Squadron (Flight Leader)PilotNaboo N-1 StarfighterMembership / Duties / LocationsBravo SquadronFlight LeaderNaboo N-1 StarfighterPilot
Sil Unch
SpeciesNeimoidian
R2-D2
ModelR2-series Astromech DroidPersonal detailsRolesAstromechNaboo N-1 StarfighterMembership / Duties / LocationsNaboo N-1 StarfighterAstromech
R2-A6
ModelR2-series Astromech DroidPersonal detailsRolesAstromechNaboo N-1 StarfighterMembership / Duties / LocationsNaboo N-1 StarfighterAstromech
R2-series Astromech Droid
Sub-models or named unitsR2-A6R2-D2
Neimoidian Lucrehulk-class Battleship
Sub-classes or named shipsVuutun Palaa
Naboo N-1 Starfighter
Crew, Passengers and CargoCharactersAnakin Skywalker (Pilot)Dinee EllbergerR2-A6 (Astromech)R2-D2 (Astromech)Ric Olie (Pilot)Rya KirschRolesPilot» Anakin Skywalker» Ric OlieGuardPlanetary Defense, Patrol and Escort, Royal Naboo Starfighter CorpsSources
Astromech» R2-D2» R2-A6Used by / Part of complement / OperatedRoyal Naboo Starfighter CorpsPlanetary Defense, Patrol and EscortSources
Vuutun Palaa
Miscellaneous
Commander
MembershipRic OlieBravo Squadron (Flight Leader)Bravo Squadron» Ric Olie (Flight Leader)
Communications Officer Pilot Governor
MembershipRoyal House of NabooGoverning Body, Naboo (after Battle of Theed)NabooRoyal House of Naboo (Governing Body, after Battle of Theed)
Guard
MembershipRoyal Naboo Starfighter Corps» Naboo N-1 Starfighter (Planetary Defense, Patrol and Escort)Sources
Naboo N-1 StarfighterPlanetary Defense, Patrol and Escort, Royal Naboo Starfighter CorpsSources
Security Astromech
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Full unit name: Battle over Naboo Last updated: 10.07.2026 12:31:22

Naboo
Vuutun Palaa
Trade Federation
Naboo N-1 Starfighter
Bravo Squadron (RNSFC)
Kirsch, Rya
Skywalker, Anakin
N-1 Torpedo Launching System
N-1 Proton Torpedo
Dofine, Daultay
How, Tey
Dremon, Jull
Ellberger, Dinee
Olie, Ric
Vulture-class Droid Fighter
DFS Starfighter Squadron
C-9979 Landing Ship
R2-D2
B1 Battle Droid
Royal House of Naboo
Governor
Battle of Theed
Royal Naboo Security Forces
Royal Naboo Starfighter Corps
Security
Guard
Commander (Role)
Unch, Sil
R2-A6
Pilot
Neimoidian
Communications Officer
R2-series Astromech Droid
Astromech
Lucrehulk-class Battleship
Podracer
Sebulba
S-5 Heavy Blaster Pistol
RNSFC Helmet
AAT
MTT
Sheathipede-class Shuttle
Haako, Rune
Gunray, Nute
Single Trooper Aerial Platform (STAP)
Lapiz Cutter
OOM-9
Theed
Arrival on Coruscant (32BBY)
Falcon's Escape
Ambassadors to Naboo
Journey from Otoh Gunga to Theed
Fall of Theed
Battle over Endor
Endor Campaign (ROTJ)
Arrival at Endor (ROTJ)
Battle of Yavin
Yavin Award Ceremony
Escape from Death Star
Anakin's Test (32BBY)
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's Debrief (32ABY)
Geonosis Arena Battle
Aftermath (BoE)
Luke's Surrender (ROTJ)
Death Star Meeting
Rendezvous on Redemption
Battle of Coruscant (ROTS)
Palpatine Reveals Himself (ROTS)
The Fall of the Jedi Temple (ROTS)
Escape from Theed
Duel on Naboo
Departing Tatooine (32BBY)
Qui-Gon Encounters Anakin (32BBY)
Battle of Kashyyyk (ROTS)
Return to Naboo (32BBY)
Introducing Darth Maul (32BBY)
Palpatine meets Padme in His Office (32 BBY)
Special Session of the Senate (32BBY)
Theed Celebration
Battle of Utapau (ROTS)
R2-D2 fights SBDs (BoC)
Investigation on Kamino
Battle of Geonosis
Anakin and Padme on Naboo (AOTC)
Separatist Council Departs from Utapau
Making Contact (ROTS)
Recovery on Mustafar (ROTS)
Travel from Coruscant to Naboo (AOTC)
Bombing at Landing Pad (AOTC)
Searching for Saberdart Origin (AOTC)
Special Session of the Senate (AOTC)
Jedi Rocks (ROTJ)
Duel on Mustafar (ROTS)
Sidious sends Maul to Tatooine (32BBY)
Vader's Visit to the DS-2 (ROTJ)
Duel in Palpatine's office (ROTS)
Anakin and Padme depart Tatooine
Senate oversees deployment of GAR
Palpatine's Nomination
Palpatine arrives on Naboo
Qui-Gon Jinn's funeral
Meeting in Palpatine's office (AOTC)
Palpatine flattering Anakin (AOTC)
The Emperor arrives (ROTJ)
Return to Dagobah (ROTJ)
Slaughter on Mustafar (ROTS)
Seeds of the Rebellion (ROTS)
The birth of Luke and Leia (ROTS)
Rise of Darth Vader
Boontha Eve Classic (32BBY)
Battle of the Great Grass Plains
Battle over Naboo
Nubian-221 Sublight Engine
Monarc C-4 Hyperdrive
N-1 Engine Coolant System
Theed Space Vessel Engineering Corps
Energy Torpedo
Xi Char
Destroyer Droid
Saak'ak (Profiteer)
Gungan
Naboo Royal Starship
Panaka, Quarsh
Jinn, Qui-Gon
Kenobi, Obi-Wan
Jedi Order