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Skirmish at Coruscant

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Duel on Tatooine^[1]

Skirmish at Coruscant

Conflict

Invasion of Naboo^[1]

Objective

Capture Naboo queen Padmé Amidala^[1]
Assassination of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Anakin Skywalker^[2]

Date

32 BBY^[1]

Place

Coruscant^[1]

Outcome

Victory of Naboo^[1] and Jedi^[2]

Factions
Royal House of Naboo^[1] Jedi Order^[2]	Sun Guard^[1] Coruscant mercenaries^[1] Thugs from the Restricted Area^[1]
Commanders
Captain Panaka^[1] Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn ^[2] Jedi master Mace Windu ^[2]	Darth Sidious (Possibly) Thug leader †^[1]
Participants
Queen of Naboo^[1] Captain of Royal Naboo Security Forces^[1] 3 Jedi ^[2] 1 Senate Guard †^[1]	1 Sun Guard †^[1] Mercenaries^[1] Hover cannons^[1] Thugs from the Restricted Area^[1]
Casualties
1 Senate Guard^[1]	1 Sun Guard warrior^[1] Nearly all mercenaries^[1] Nearly all Hover cannons^[1] Many thugs^[1]
Civilian casualties
1 driver of air taxi^[1] Possibly more civilians^[1]

[Source]

"You'll never get outta here alive."

―The Thug leader to Panaka and Padmé Amidala^[src]

The Skirmish at Coruscant was a small battle fought on Coruscant in 32 BBY. It began when Padmé Amidala, the Queen of Naboo, was captured by the Sun Guard, the Coruscant mercenaries, and a group of thugs from the Restricted Area.^[1] The Sun Guard and its allies attempted to assassinate the Queen's two Jedi protectors, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn, and their new friend Anakin Skywalker.^[2] Half of the Coruscant mercenaries, led by a Sun Guard, kidnapped the Queen,^[1] while the rest attacked the Jedi.^[2] The Queen was soon released by Captain Panaka,^[1] and the mercenaries were all killed by Kenobi, Jinn, and Mace Windu.^[2] The leader of the thugs was killed in a duel with Panaka, resulting in the failure of the plot.^[1]

1 Behind the scenes
2 Appearances
3 Sources
4 Notes and references

Behind the scenesEdit

The events in this article are from two distinct missions from the video games Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles, both released in 1999. Both games have strategy guides which reveal the proper course of the missions.

The portion from The Phantom Menace game contradicts the movie. In the movie, the Queen and her retinue arrive on Coruscant, meet Supreme Chancellor Valorum, and take air taxis to their destination. In the game, the Queen and company arrive and are met by a Senate Guard member, who is killed, and the Queen and Panaka must find their own way to the Galactic Senate chambers. The player takes the role of Captain Panaka.