Whatever happened to Naboo?

I never read any pre-ROTJ EU (the Clone Wars just weren't my thing... I did enjoy the cartoon tho, hehe), but I've always been curious as to what happened to Naboo. They seemed to be very heavily represented on the Old Republic senate, and they seemed to have very advanced ship designs, as well as a lush, vibrant planet with a rich culture and heritage... but why aren't they politially and militarialy involved after the Clone Wars- ESPECIALLY during the Vong invasion? Did something happen to knock them out of the spotlight, or did the EU authors simply not mess with it? It seems to me that they could have gotten involved... atleast throw a Naboo Starfighter into the mix, or something like that haha... anyone have any ideas and/or direct knowledge on this subject?

 

I'd rather they not throw the Naboo fighter into things. It's still unnamed, like the Corellian corvette and gunship. Not even the Naboo monarch's personal ships are named! How can you not name your own ship?

Even Zahn in SQ called the bloody thing "clawcraft"---Jaina's slang for it 3yrs later, when Skywalker couldn't have known it. It has a name, Nsiss! And if that's too hard, translate it into eng. Call it, mmmm, Sither.

Since nobody knew what would happen to Naboo in ROTS, it was untouchable material. Although truth be told, as if anything drastic was going to happen!

 

ERm, the Naboo starfighter is the N1. Caught an aside in TUF, IIRC.

Keep in mind that Naboo was described as small and unimportant in TPM. I'm not even sure they were in the invasion corridor in the NJO.

 

Excellence, it's Nssiss.

The reason they say "clawcraft" is because nobody can spell it right. Doesn't really roll off the tongue nicely either, does it?

 

Very true. So why make such a pronounciation?

 

Well, for a small and unimportant planet, it sure meant a lot when it wanted to give the power to the Senate leader... but that aside, what other planet has its own freakin fighter squadron? The Naboo fighters (or N1's) were quick and powerful, from what I saw... seems like the galaxy would have adopted their designs...

 

Yeah, I would love to know what happens to Naboo in the post-Endor era. I imagine it joining the New Republic at some point, especially given the fact that by 15 years after Endor the remnants of the Empire are all forced into a corner of the galaxy far from Naboo. We know that Gungan forces worked nominally with the Rebellion, as well as the fact that many human Naboo were sympathetic as well. (All from SW: Galaxies)

Now, being the homeworld of Palpatine, I can see a future short story in which the New Republic either takes or liberates the world, probably set before the liberation of Coruscant. Seeing as how the newly formed Republic was big on symbolic gestures, I feel that the taking or liberation of Naboo would of been pretty high on their list.

Granted, all of this is just speculation on my part, but I have a feeling that someday we will find out what happened to Naboo.

--Adm. Nick

 

The public face of Naboo was one of open support for Palpatine -- "Local Boy Does Good," and all that rot -- but privately, there were many murmurs of dissent, formented by (among other folks) Senator Pooja Naberrie, whom Leia knew for years but never twigged to.

The Emperor maintained a palace on Naboo, the OT-era Queen was in his back pocket, but the Gungans were marginalized and herded back into the swamps by the Empire's stormtroopers. We've a few mentions of Naboo in the NJO period, but the "liberation" tale ain't been retconned yet.

 

Didn't we see people celebrating the emperor's death at the end of the newest incarnation of ROTJ? - Wouldn't have taken much to liberate a world like that.

 

Leia knew Pooja Naberrie?? how and when... and uh... wha???

 

counterpoint: we saw celebrations on Coruscant, and it took several years and quite a few X-Wing books to liberate that planet.

 

>>>Leia knew Pooja Naberrie?? how and when... and uh... wha??? <<<

They were both Senators, remember? I'm sure Leia knew a lot of people that knew her mother, but nobody ever made the connection.

 

just because they are both senators doesn't mean that they necessarily know each other. after padme's death, naboo might have been left out of the loop on the secret circle of rebellion-plotting senators, as any new senator might be seen as a palpatine-sympathizer.

if the senate of the pre-ANH days is similar to the ROTS-senate, there are still lots (hundreds) of senators.. while they might recognize each other's names and likenesses, it seems quite probable that any two senators might not really know each other, unless they worked on the same committee or same political fight. with leia so active in pro-rebel stuff, it seems doubtful that she would want to be close to other politicians who weren't also in her clique.

 

My take on Naboo:

-One of their own was Emperor; not only that, but he was also the one who helped defeat the Trade Federation
-One of their own was the Chommell Sector moff
-They always seemed pretty snooty and disliked nonhumans
-They're a human-majority world in a region that's not a human majority
-It seems that they were spared any strife in the civil war (at least pre-Endor)
-It seems that they were pretty much left alone by the Empire

From all that, I figured that the Naboo pretty much supported the Empire.

 

I would love it if some Imperial Warlord gave an order: "Base Delta-Zero. Because those Gungans are so damn stupid."

 

unlikely, unless they really didn't care about the Emperor's wrath.. after all, he kept his own private retreat on Naboo.

 

But what about when Palpy's "dead"?

 

then rather than zapping the planet, why not raid his personal retreat for cool secrets and loot!

even if the gungans were suitably a thorn in some warlord's cap, it would be tough to justify zapping the surface of naboo -- the political repercussions of destroying so many imperial supporters and a cultured world so associated with palpatine would mean that whoever did it probably would lose more support than anything.

 

Nssiss might be Chissy name, Jello, but what does a vong Miid ro'ik destroyer mean in eng, Mario Destroyer? Native names are fine, just make it pronouncible unlike COPL's Bith consular ship.

 

It turned back into a pumpkin.

 

Well, the reason why we haven't seen that much is it didn't exist untill 1999. And it can't be that important, even as the homeworld of the Emperor, since the Trade Federation thought they could get away with blockading it.


Though I think it would be awesome to see Luke go there and look through the Empire's personal retreat looking for Jedi data.

 

but that aside, what other planet has its own freakin fighter squadron?

Lots. Utapau has it's own defense force, as do many others.

Naboo was nothing special pre TPM, just some quiet mid-rim world. But then the Trade Fed blockaded it and it drew in galactic attention...

 

Well, there have been quite a few EU books written since '99, and just remember that the person "allowing" them to blockade the planet, or giving them the orders to do so, WAS the Emperor...

 

Still, the fact that the republic did immediately lay down the hammer like they would for say Correlia or Kuat shows how (un)important Naboo was to the republic.


And you can't really expect it to appear in the NJO- most of the fighting took place on the farside of the galaxy, or more coreward. If I remember my map correctly, Naboo was just rimward of the Vong's farthest expansion into the GFFA.