Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Dramatis Personae
Anakin Skywalker; slave (male human)
C-3PO; Protocol Droid
Darth Lady Baynetta; Sith Apprentice (female human)
Darth Maul; Sith Apprentice (Zabrak male)
Darth Sidious; Dark Lord of the Sith (male human)
Eirtae Elizabeth; Handmaiden of Queen Amidala (female human)
Jar Jar Binks; (Gungan male)
Kitster Banai; slave (male human)
Nute Gunray; Viceroy of the Trade Federation (Neimoidian male)
Obi-Wan Kenobi; Jedi Padawan (male human)
Padme Amidala; Queen of Naboo (female human)
Palpatine; Senator of the Chommel Sector, Representative of Naboo (male human)
Panaka; Head of the Naboo Royal Security Forces (male human)
Qui-Gon Jinn; Jedi Master (male human)
R2-D2; Astromech droid
Rabe de Silva; Handmaiden of Queen Amidala (female human)
Sabe Segura; Handmaiden of Queen Amidala (female human)
Sache Bryne; Handmaiden of Queen Amidala (female human)
Shmi Skywalker; slave (female human)
Watto; Mechanist (Toydarian male)
Yame Sing; Handmaiden of Queen Amidala (female human)
Chapter 1: The Beginning of It All
Year 13, New Galactic Republic Era (NRE)
It was around the time former Princess of Theed, Padme Amidala was elected as Queen of Naboo that the Trade Federation started chaos across the galaxy with the aide of a mysterious figure known only as Darth Sidious. The Sith Lord had made a deal with the Federation's Viceroy Nute Gunray weeks prior of the new Queen's election. So by the time the young monarch was placed onto the throne, a few days later, the Trade Federation blockaded the planet with a flotilla of imposing warships, stopping all transportation from entering or leaving the planet. This caused the necessities of food, supplies, and clothing from entering within, leaving many Naboo citizens without these needs.
Something had to be done about this. And so something was. The current Supreme Chancellor of the New Galactic Republic, Finis Valorum, secretly sent out two Jedi Knights, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Naboo as his personal Ambassadors to bring an end to the conflict. Or at least Valorum and the Jedi Council had thought it was a secret that the Ambassadors were Jedi. And in fact it was, to everyone save Darth Sidious and his daughter Lady Baynetta that is. However, being as it was not yet time to act, they merely watched and were mindful.
The second day of the blockade, Queen Amidala sent a transmission to Viceroy Gunray aboard the main Federation battleship, which turned out to be a Droid Control ship, orbiting the planet. She was in the Theed Royal Palace's throne room by herself at the time, for she'd told her head of security, Captain Panaka, and the rest of the Royal Court that this was something she must do herself. A lie, yet she knew that if she threatened the Viceroy he would disrupt all communications on the planet. And that wasn't exactly something she could do in front of the Naboo Royal Court, now was it?
Later, while she and the rest – the court and Panaka were invited back in following her communication with Gunray – were receiving a transmission from Senator Palpatine on Coruscant concerning the Chancellor's Ambassadors, they lost all communications. This action shocked and alarmed everyone. No one knew what to think. They were all saying that the planet was going to be invaded and how this would lead to a war.
About a half-hour after the meeting, the planet was indeed invaded by countless numbers of Trade Federation landing ships, which contained inside them numerous battle droids. Being that Padme knew Viceroy Gunray intended to capture her and force her into signing a treaty that would make the Federation's invasion of Naboo legal, she switched roles with her decoy handmaiden, Sabe, an almost replica of herself, so she posed as a handmaiden, while Sabe stood as the Queen. That way should Gunray do anything to harm the "Queen", it would be Sabe that was harmed, not the actual.
Not long after the invasion began, about a dozen battle droids came for everyone inside the Palace and captured them. Viceroy Gunray, thinking he was speaking with Queen Amidala, proclaimed to Sabe how he and she would sign a treaty to legitimize their occupation on Naboo. And how he had assurance that the Senate would ratify it. However, after Sabe responded that she would not cooperate, Gunray then had them moved into a hostage camp and said that in time the suffering of her people would persuade her to see his point of view.
On the way to the camp, however, the two Jedi ambassadors emerged along with, to Padme's puzzlement, a primitive of Naboo, a Gungan to be exact, and destroyed all the battle droids that surrounded them in captivity. After then exiting the street, the Jedi introduced themselves as the Ambassadors of the Supreme Chancellor and after much discussion it was decided that the Queen would go to Coruscant and help Senator Palpatine plead their case to the Senate.
Leaving, though, was a bit of a hassle. The Jedi had to destroy countless more battle droids that were in the Palace hanger guarding all the ships. Once aboard the Naboo Royal Starship, the official cruiser used by electoral monarchs while in office, they had to get through the blockade. They did get through, but just barely, and at the result of the hyperdrive generator becoming damaged. Because of the latter, their destination was decided as the Outer Rim planet of Tatooine to acquire a new one. The Jedi did ask the Queen's permission first however, and to this she gave to them through Sabe.
On the way there, while cleaning the doom-shaped astromech droid that helped them escape the blockade, R2 D2, Padme talked, if only halfheartedly, to the strange Gungan who introduced himself to her as Jar Jar Binks. He'd met the Jedi in the swamp regions of the planet and decided to tag along since they'd saved his life from some invasion droids.
Afterwards, excusing herself from Jar Jar and entering another room of the ship, she contacted Sidious through their mental bond to tell him everything that had transpired thus far. Baynetta also mentioned that perhaps while she and the others were on Tatooine she could look for the Jedi's Chosen One. He would be about nine standard years presently, and naturally she knew all of her father's plan for her to marry and help lure the boy to the dark side.
Sidious, however, said no to this suggestion, saying he'd send Lord Maul to look for the boy, and them – even though the Dark Lord already knew where they were, he had Maul searching anyway.
Through the mental bond that had existed between the two of them since Baynetta was an infant, father and daughter meditated together to discover more information about the Chosen One boy. They knew his name, age, and mother's name. Yet through more meditation, discovered what he looked like, and what Tatooine settlement he lived in.