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 Galactic Empire invaded the planet Naboo[1] in 2007,[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)