A starfighter model used by the Trade Federation Droid Army featured a blocky underside with a square front and triangular rear. The unshielded craft was capable of deploying floating proximity mines from a rear compartment.[1]
After the Trade Federation invaded the planet Naboo[1] in 32 BBY,[2] its forces began rounding up civilians and placing them in newly established slave camps. The Droid Army stationed two of its starfighter minelayers to drop mines at a series of camps along the banks of the Andrevea River. The two ships were destroyed and the camps were liberated by Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes, a Naboo pilot who had sneaked into the camps in a stolen Federation gunboat.[1]
Behind the scenes
The minelayer appeared in the 2000 video game Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo, developed by Factor 5 and published by LucasArts. The player encounters them in the eighth level of the game, "Andrevea River."[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo is set during the Invasion of Naboo, which is dated to 32 BBY by The New Essential Chronology.