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.
Opening Crawl: Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.
Realizing the Senate will not save her people, Padmé decides to return to Naboo with the Jedi and fight the Trade Federation directly. Star Wars- Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Federation has invaded Theed, capturing Queen Padmé Amidala. However, the Jedi rescue her, and she decides to flee to Coruscant (the Republic capital) to plead for help in the Senate. During their escape, a Federation battleship damages their hyperdrive. The crippled royal starship limps to the Outer Rim desert planet: Tatooine.
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. Onboard the Federation flagship, the Neimoidian Viceroy Nute
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.
On Tatooine, Qui-Gon, Jar Jar, and the handmaiden Padmé (disguised as a handmaiden while the queen is in decoy armor) seek spare parts from the junk dealer Watto. Qui-Gon senses a powerful Force presence in a young slave boy: Anakin Skywalker. Anakin is a nine-year-old genius who built his own protocol droid, C-3PO, and is an incredible podracer pilot. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star
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.