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Personal history

Early history
Pre-human colonization

Gungans were the original inhabitants of Naboo prior to the arrival of offworlders.
Originally, Naboo was home to the amphibian Gungans.[1] The earliest offworlders to arrive were a Reptilian species known as the Elders who warred against the Gungans. Eventually, the Elders vanished as mysteriously as they arrived, leaving only stone statues behind.[3]
Arrival of humanity
"Take a moment and look around this glorious city of yours. It wasn't long ago this was all plasma mines. Naboo has indeed come a long way. But as we chart a bold course for the future, let us never forget our past."
―Sheev Palpatine[src]

The Naboo were the descendants of human colonists who migrated from Grizmallt.
Approximately around 4000 BBY, Grizmallti people had discovered the planet, which they had named Nabu, after one of their principal deities. Naboo quickly became notorious as a vacation spot and as a private hunting preserve amongst big-game hunters across the Mid Rim, although it would be around a century before permanent human settlement.[13] Initially, the Gungans retreated underwater and avoided the colonists[3] and new interlopers.[13]
While the Gungans flourished for thousands of years before, this only lasted until around 3900 BBY,[13] a group of human colonists from Grizmallt[3] fleeing a brutal civil war[13] crash-landed on Naboo.[3]
Led by Kwilaan, the colonists ventured into the Gallo Mountains, created a farming community at the Dee'ja Peak,[14] establishing their presence on the planet and eventually taking its name for themselves. The Naboo calendar based its epoch around the arrival of Kwilaan.[51] Tensions arose between the two peoples, and they started separate and apart from that point on.[52]
When the Gungans finally met the colonists, diplomacy failed and the two species fought a series of wars over territory and resources before largely resolving to live apart and ignore each other.[3]
Gungan tribal war
"Gungans no dyin' witout a fight. Wesa warriors."
―Jar Jar Binks[src]

The Gungans built their underwater capital of Otoh Gunga following a tribal war.
Following the wars with humans, the Gungan tribes engaged in war with each other. The war came to an end due to the actions of Boss Gallo, a Gungan who united the tribes under one banner through diplomatic and military means. Gallo eventually attacked the city Spearhead, which was the home of the rogue warlord Boss Rogoe and the other Gungan holdouts, with a massive Gungan army. Gallo then founded the Gungan capital Otoh Gunga on Spearhead's foundations.[13]
Time of Suffering and Great Time of Peace
"It is an honor to be here for this momentous occasion. The pride I feel for this planet cannot be put into words. 847 years ago, Naboo joined the Republic. And tonight. we celebrate that union."
―Sheev Palpatine[src]

The Naboo had achieved a state of peace and prosperity at the end of a prolonged period of brutal conflict.
Meanwhile, the Naboo had fallen prey to a long period of brutal infighting among the large city-states of humans that inhabited the planet. Eventually, a general named Jafan managed to end the war, uniting the opposing factions through both force of arms and force of will.[13] He became King Jafan, ruler of all the Naboo,[9] and ushered in the Great Time of Peace.[13]
In 867 BBY, Naboo joined the Galactic Republic,[53] the democratic union that sought to govern the galaxy.[54] The people of Naboo celebrated this event during the Festival of Light.[55]
In 832 BBY, under the direction of King Jafan, capital city of Theed was founded along the banks of the Solleu River with the Theed Royal Palace built on the Cliffs of Theed.[13]
During the High Republic Era, the wealthy San Tekka clan was based on Naboo.[20]
Twilight of the Republic
Invasion of Naboo
"I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee."
―Queen Amidala, to the Galactic Senate — Listen (file info)[src]
The fourteen year old Padmé Amidala was elected to be the new Monarch of Naboo after Queen Sanandrassa decided to only have a single term. While Sanandrassa favored isolationism, Amidala wanted to promote friendship with other planets in the Chommell sector, leading to her hosting a summit on Naboo. Additionally, after being urged to by Captain Quarsh Panaka, Amidala took on a group of Handmaidens, whom she quickly befriended, planning her days with them instead of Panaka.[43]

The capital of Theed fell to the forces of the Trade Federation during the Invasion of Naboo.
Right as the Naboo summit ended,[43] about ten years before the Clone Wars, Naboo was blockaded and invaded by the Trade Federation. Amidala guided her home planet through the invasion and sealed a new friendship with the Gungans.[56] In an upsurge of sympathy and solidarity toward the invaded planet, the queen's emissary in the Galactic Senate, the seemingly unassuming Senator Sheev Palpatine, was made Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.[10]
Naboo recovered quickly from the invasion under Amidala's remaining years, managing to almost completely restore its harvests and crop yields by the end of her final term. One of Amidala's final projects, which continued under the reign of her successor, was the implementation of an ion pulse in Theed in case of future invasions. The decision to install the pulse, whilst meeting with general approval, was nevertheless controversial as some, such as Quarsh Panaka, favored the idea of more robust and extensive defenses whilst others felt that installing any weapon system was against everything Naboo stood for in terms of peace.[57]
Clone Wars
"I need you to convince the Senate, or the Jedi Council, or whoever is in charge of this terrible war that we are threatened."
―Neeyutnee, to Padmé Amidala[src]

The government of Naboo remained loyal to the Galactic Republic during the Separatist Crisis and the Clone Wars.
Both the Naboo and the Gungans remained loyal to the Republic during the Clone Wars, though many on Naboo were in despair at the idea of a galaxy-wide war. Senator Padmé Amidala and Representative Jar Jar Binks worked together to represent the interests of the Naboo and Gungans respectively in the Galactic Senate.[18] During the Clone Wars, Neeyutnee served as Queen of Naboo. Amidala and Binks, with the help of the Jedi Order and the Gungan Peppi Bow, discovered the Separatist scientist Nuvo Vindi's secret laboratory in the Eastern swamps.[22] They managed to prevent Vindi from releasing stockpiles of the Blue Shadow Virus into Naboo's surface.[58]
During the Battle of Mon Cala, elements of the Gungan Grand Army led by Representative Binks were dispatched to the watery planet of Mon Cala to aid Senator Amidala, the Jedi, the Clone SCUBA troopers, and the Mon Calamari Prince Lee-Char's forces against the Separatist commander Riff Tamson and his Quarren allies.[59]

By working together the Naboo and the Gungans prevented a Separatist attack on their shared homeworld.
Later, the Gungan Boss Lyonie came under the influence of the pro-Separatist minister Rish Loo. Under Loo's control, Lyonie ordered the Gungan Grand Army to march on the Naboo capital of Theed. Their plan was to rendezvous with a Separatist droid army led by General Grievous, who had been sent by Count Dooku himself. Rish Loo and Dooku's plot was foiled by the combined efforts of Senator Amidala, Representative Binks, the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and General Roos Tarpals. However, the Naboo and Gungans were forced to release Grievous after Dooku took Skywalker hostage.[60]
During the Festival of Light, Dooku sent Cad Bane and his team of bounty hunters to kidnap Palpatine in order to free Separatist prisoners from Republic captivity. At first, Bane and Moralo Eval were successful in capturing Palpatine. However, they were stopped by one of their fellow bounty hunters, Rako Hardeen, who was really Obi-Wan Kenobi in disguise. But, Bane planned a diversion in order to lure the Republic forces away while Dooku carried out the kidnapping. This failed, however, when he fought Kenobi and Skywalker.[55]
The dark times
"Palpatine's stain is heavy on our people, and we carry that shame still."
―Sosha Soruna[src]

Naboo was in a state of mourning for Padmé Amidala, who died following the rise of the Galactic Empire.
Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, thousands of citizens gathered in the streets of Theed in order to assist to Amidala's funeral procession.[61]
Following the rise of the Galactic Empire and Palpatine's self-proclamation as Emperor, Naboo hosted one of the new regime's military garrisons.[46]
Due to its status as Palpatine's homeworld, Naboo prospered during the Age of the Empire. Its economy and environment were regarded to be far healthier than most worlds which had been subject to Imperial rule.[47] The Empire also demilitarized Naboo and dissolved the Royal Naboo Security Forces's starfighter wing. As a result, Naboo lacked any combat-trained pilots by the time of the Battle of Endor.[62]
Naboo's internal politics were also interfered with by the new regime; while the people were still permitted to elect their monarchs, those who gained the office had little real power or influence. Instead, all major decisions regarding Naboo were placed firmly in the hands of the sector's Moff, a position held by former Security Forces officer Quarsh Panaka during the early days of the Empire. Though one of the less corrupt Imperial officials, Panaka was assassinated by Saw Gerrera's Partisans insurgency[63] in 3 BBY.[64]
A new era
Rise of the New Republic
"…Very simply this, that Naboo represents the best of the Old Republic. Its assistance—your assistance, Your Highness—would be invaluable in leading the way to a restoration of the Senate. As we attempt to form a new government, we hope we may rely on Naboo's support, counsel, and aid."
―Leia Organa, to Sosha Soruna[src]

The death of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine was celebrated on his homeworld of Naboo by humans and Gungans alike.
When news of Emperor Palpatine's death had spread across the galaxy after the Battle of Endor, an outpouring of joy occurred on Naboo, the inhabitants of which considered themselves free at last.[65]
Some twenty days after the Battle of Endor—which resulted in the defeat of the Empire by the Alliance to Restore the Republic—the Royal House of Naboo received a visit by Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, who had been sent by Mon Mothma, Chancellor of the Alliance. In the royal palace's throne room, Organa met the then-Queen of Naboo, Sosha Soruna, and asked for Naboo's support in the establishment of a New Republic and the restoration of the Senate. The queen heartily accepted Organa's offer, claiming that the Naboo felt great shame over Palpatine's actions.[66]
Operation: Cinder
"Jamming at full power, Captian. Climate disruption array now at twenty percent. We count three class-five hurricanes already, another dozen forming."
"I want one hundred percent within eight hours, Lieutenant Gulin. By order of the Emperor…Naboo is to be scoured…"
―Gulin and Lerr Duvat[src]

Aided by the Rebel Alliance, the Naboo fought to save their world from the Empire during Operation: Cinder.
During the meeting, gigantic storms suddenly began to rage, and Naboo's orbital sensors were all jammed. The Empire had set up a climate disruption array in orbit, as ordered by the late Emperor Palpatine. Named Operation: Cinder, the Empire's plan was to disrupt Naboo's environment and climate, and thus render the planet inhospitable.[66] The storms caused fires and flooding across the world, and many buildings were demolished. Soruna, Organa, and Alliance pilot Shara Bey finally decided to use three old N-1 starfighters—that had been stored by Queen Neeyutnee in the Theed Hangar during the Clone Wars—and go protect Naboo by destroying the Empire's satellites. Once in space, the three women were attacked by a squadron of TIE fighters, but managed, nonetheless, to knock out all of the satellites. A Rebel fleet led by Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb soon arrived to take care of the Imperial forces.[62] The fleet consisted of members of Danger Squadron, which arrived in T-65B X-wing starfighters led by Danger Leader Duros Shriv Suurgav,[26] Nunb in the Mellcrawler II, and the MC80 Star Cruiser Restoration.[62]

With their weapons and vehicles disabled by Theed's ion defense, the Imperials were forced to surrender to the Naboo and their Rebel allies.
Danger Squadron temporarily included former Inferno Squad members and recent Imperial defectors Iden Versio and Del Meeko to assist the three women in the destruction of the satellites. After their destruction, the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Torment was then engaged by Danger Squadron and several Y-wing bombers, and the Restoration delivered the fatal blow to the hull of the Torment. The Alliance forces then gathered upon the ground to immobilize remaining Imperials in the final ground assault to try and take control of Theed. Imperial forces were immobilized by the ion pulse rendering all of their weapons and vehicles inoperable leading to the surrender of Imperial forces.[26]
Due to the fact that Naboo had been the Emperor's homeworld, the planet became a rallying point for Imperial sympathizers. Months after the failed Operation: Cinder, the Imperial Navy deployed three attack forces to wipe out the New Republic's presence in the Naboo system. However, these attempts were successfully foiled by Corona Squadron.[47]
Rise of the First Order
"All remaining systems will bow to the First Order, and will remember this as the last day of the Republic!"
―Armitage Hux[src]
During the Cold War nearly thirty years later between the First Order and the Resistance, Senator Thadlé Berenko represented Naboo in the reconstituted New Republic Senate.[67] Berenko was among thousands killed when the First Order destroyed Hosnian Prime, the home of the Senate at the time.[68]
By 35 ABY,[69] Naboo's skies were being patrolled by Star Destroyers from the First Order as part of its expansive efforts to establish galactic dominance. At some point later, Naboo engaged in open rebellion against the First Order, simultaneous with other planets such as Bespin and Coruscant leading to the successful overthrow of the entire regime.[70]

Education

Points of interest
Emperor's Retreat[13]
Gallo Mountains[14]
Great Grass Plains[13]
Gungan Sentry Post[15]
Hiram Zataire's vineyard[16]
Kwilaan Spaceport[17]
Lake Country[18]
Lake Paonga[19]
Solleu River[1]
Theed Royal Palace[10]
Varykino[18]

Employment

Elective monarchy[10]
Region
Mid Rim Territories[1]
Trailing Sectors[2]
Sector
Chommell sector[1]
System
Naboo system[1]

Accomplishments & Achievements

Major imports
Grain[43]
Ore[43]
Processed foods[3]
Technology[13]
Silk[43] Major exports
Gungan stew[44]
Art[43]
Cultural items[13]
Grain[43]
Plasma[45]
Wine[3]

Intellectual Characteristics

Native species
Gungans[10]
Immigrated species
Elders[3]
Humans[10][14]
Naboo[10]

Known Languages

Primary language(s)
Galactic Basic Standard[10]
Gunganese[13]

Personality

Social

Birthplace

25 BBY (4), Naboo[2]