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[Star Wars] What if Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan got off a distress call?

Right after the Trade Federation tries to kill them with a gas attack in The Phantom Menace, the Jedi get loose on the ship and try to break into the bridge. But they get stalemated by droidekas and forced to go a different way.

Let's say instead of going for the bridge, they go for the comm room. They disable the jamming and send a Jedi distress call back to the Temple and Republic leaders: "It's a trap, ship destroyed with all hands, need backup!" Then they continue down to Naboo as before.

Does Palpatine still end up Supreme Chancellor? Does Qui-Gon still find Anakin? What happens?
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Remember when the Trade Federation asked Darth Sidious whether executing Jedi was legal or not, his response was "I will make it legal." What most likely would have occurred was that Palpatine would have had the transmission intercepted before it reached the Jedi temple, and events would have happened as we know them.

But if the Republic was made aware of it, it's likely Palpatine would have spun it into an anti-Jedi bent to make the invasion even more necessary and further discredit Valorum. The whole reason Jedi were sent was because the previous chancellor ordered it, so Palpatine would have traced the whole thing back to Valorum and ruined some of his power. Maybe he would have had all official recounts make it seem like the Jedi went berserk totally unprovoked (maybe by editing the records to remove references to the gas attack), or had resorted to lightsabers and force powers after only the barest of negotiations, trying to strong-arm law abiding Republic citizens. In that case, Palpatine might spin the story to make it seem like Valorum had started using Jedi as hired thugs to enforce his will, thus preventing legal due process.