Subjugation of Parrlay

The subjugation of Parrlay, also known as the destruction of Parrlay, was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation. In 32 BBY, the Trade Federation launched a blockade of the planet in protest of the taxation of Free Trade Zones by the Galactic Republic. In preparation for a full-scale invasion of the planet, Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray sent a Droid Army force commanded by the B1-Series battle droid OOM-9 to eliminate the Naboo's capacity for offworld communications.

OOM-9 approached the city New Centrif first but turned his attention to the nearby city Vis after finding New Centrif to be too well-defended. The battle droids razed Vis and its transmitter with the help of reinforcements commanded by the droid EEK-176. Afterward, the strengthened droid force marched on New Centrif and destroyed its transmitter. The droids then turned toward Parrlay, the city that held the last transmitter, and were helped by more reinforcements from Gunray as they destroyed the Parrlayan transmitter, as well. The destruction of the communications technology was immediately noticed in Theed, Naboo's capital, where a conversation between Queen Amidala of Naboo and an offworld Senator Palpatine was interrupted.

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