The Supreme Counselor Strikes Again!

Imagine having to defend against an all-consuming Trading Empire. That’s just what happened in Star Wars: Episode One, The Phantom Menace. The movie is about a small world in the Mid to Outer Rim of a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Naboo.


The movie begins when the ambassadors of the Galactic Republic arrive at the remote world of Naboo. The Galactic Republic is a massive, intra-galactic organization consisting of almost 2,000 separate entities. The ambassadors are two Jedi. The Jedi are the force-wielding peacekeepers of the Republic. They arrived at Naboo because the Trade Federation blockaded the world, to extort the Republic into giving them special trade rights in the Outer Rim. But the Federation is not the only one behind this. They are secretly being led by a Sith, the arch-nemesis of the Jedi. Once the Jedi enter the flagship of the Federation fleet, they are led to a conference room and kept waiting. In the meantime, the star cruiser which brought them there is blown up and the Federation tries to poison them with dioxide, a type of fatal gas. Meanwhile, the Trade Federation lands on Naboo with their overwhelming robot-like droid armies. They capture the queen and pressure her to sign a treaty which gives them control, while they round up the people and send them to camps.

Will Naboo survive the invasion? Or will it be just the beginning of an invasion of the Outer Rim? The movie itself was very well done. But the book was even better. The book versions of all of the Star Wars books are good, mainly because you can tell what exactly the characters are thinking. The Phantom Menace gives you something to think about. It contains a higher message.