Star Wars- Episode I - The Phantom Menace File
Upon landing, Qui-Gon saves a bumbling, clumsy, but well-meaning Gungan outcast named Jar Jar Binks from a transport vehicle. Jar Jar, indebted by Gungan life-debt, leads the Jedi to the underwater Gungan city of Otoh Gunga. There, Qui-Gon tries to persuade Boss Nass to help the Naboo, but the Gungans refuse, distrusting the surface dwellers. The Jedi depart in a bongo submarine, traveling through the planet's core to the capital city, Theed.
Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Padmé, and Anakin flee Tatooine. But Qui-Gon is forced to leave Anakin's mother behind, promising to return. Anakin leaves with the Jedi, beginning his tragic path.
Onboard the Federation flagship, the Neimoidian Viceroy Nute Gunray receives a holographic transmission from Sidious: "Kill them immediately." The Viceroy tries to gas the Jedi, but they escape and fight through droid forces. They commandeer a landing craft and flee to the swampy planet Naboo. Star Wars- Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Trade Federation, under the secret leadership of the mysterious Darth Sidious, has blockaded the peaceful planet of Naboo with a massive droid army. Supreme Chancellor Valorum dispatches two Jedi Knights—Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi—to negotiate a settlement.
Meanwhile, Queen Amidala (the real one, revealed to be the handmaiden Padmé all along) addresses the Senate. But she sees the bureaucracy is paralyzed by corruption. The Supreme Chancellor’s puppet, Senator Palpatine (secretly Darth Sidious), manipulates her: "Vote for a vote of no confidence in Valorum. Then they will elect a new chancellor… a strong chancellor." She does so, and Palpatine is elected Supreme Chancellor. Upon landing, Qui-Gon saves a bumbling, clumsy, but
On Coruscant, Qui-Gon reports to the Jedi Council (led by Yoda and Mace Windu) that a Sith Lord—believed extinct for a millennium—has reappeared. He asks to train Anakin. The Council is troubled: Anakin is too old, too fearful, and attached to his mother. Yoda senses "much fear" in the boy. They refuse to train him but allow Qui-Gon to keep Anakin close.
Realizing the Senate will not save her people, Padmé decides to return to Naboo with the Jedi and fight the Trade Federation directly. The Jedi depart in a bongo submarine, traveling
Anakin enters the race, which features six laps of deadly canyons, Tusken Raiders shooting at racers, and rival pilots. Against all odds, he wins, destroying Sebulba’s pod in the process. Watto gives him the prize—but then, Darth Sidious’s apprentice, the horned, red-skinned Zabrak Sith Lord , appears on Tatooine, hunting the Jedi.
Opening Crawl: Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.