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[Star Wars-The Phantom Menace] Can someone please ELI5 why the Trade Federation is blockading Naboo? What did Naboo do?
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Naboo used to be an isolated backwater until enormous plasma reserves were discovered in the planet's core. The Trade Federation (Legends: under direction from Darth Plagueis and a young Sheev Palpatine) invested in the planet's infrastructure and even got involved in local politics in order to benefit from the new plasma reserves. Naboo got rich and became noteworthy in the Galactic community, but they felt that the Trade Federation was taking too big of a cut and that they held too much sway over the people of Naboo. A young Queen Amidala requested taxation and tariffs  to keep the Trade Federation in check, which the Federation opposed since Naboo is within the Free Trade Zone.