In doing so, they discover a powerful new menace in the Sith, a renegade faction of Jedi that have given themselves over to the dark side of The Force. Defying the Galactic Council’s desire for non-involvement, Qui-Jon and Obi-wan decide to liberate Naboo on their own. As they head on to the galactic capital Coruscant, it becomes clear that the invasion of Naboo is a feint for shadowy political machinations.
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Qui-Jon makes a bet on a pod race to free Anakin with the intention of taking him on as an apprentice. In their search for repair parts, Qui-Gon encounters a young slave boy Anakin Skywalker who has an unprecedented command of The Force. Damage to their ship causes them to put down on nearby Tattooine. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan make an escape with Amidala, the young queen of Naboo. Their arrival panics the Trade Federation into invading Naboo with their droid armies. The Galactic Republic dispatches two Jedi Knights, Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi, to the peaceful planet of Naboo to negotiate an end to the blockade of vessels maintained by the Trade Federation in protest against galactic taxation.