Anakin's Mother (Part 1)
Darth Malthael parked the Red Comet in an extremely secluded valley on the planet, activated its cloaking device to hide the ship completely, then mounted a speeder bike and instantly accelerated past 500 kilometers per hour, vanishing into the distance.
Guided by the faint connection within the Death Force, Darth Malthael took no detours and headed straight for an estate.
It was an unremarkable-looking farmstead, but numerous sensors and guards had been deployed around it. Several automated machines could even be seen tending the crops.
Naboo had an excellent climate and a relatively sparse population, with many naturally cultivated crops like these growing across the planet. If not for the plasma mines, Naboo would have had great potential even as an agricultural world.
However, the plasma mines gave Naboo excellent economic conditions, and naturally, they also attracted the covetous eyes of many major powers.
Both the InterGalactic Banking Clan and the Trade Federation had set their sights on this plasma-rich planet, but both had ultimately returned empty-handed.
After the war broke out, the Galactic Republic deployed heavy forces in the sector where Naboo was located. This was not only because of the planet's plasma mines, but also because Naboo held immense political significance for the Galactic Republic.
The current Chancellor, Sheev Palpatine, and the highly prestigious Senator Padmé Amidala both came from Naboo. Moreover, the Battle of Naboo had been the starting point of Palpatine's rise to the chancellorship.
In the words of the senators of Palpatine's loyal lapdogs—the Loyalty Committee—the Battle of Naboo had practically been glorified into the beginning of the Galactic Republic's splendor.
Furthermore, the hyperspace lanes around Naboo could not support operations by massive fleets. The planet lay at the end of the Enarc hyperspace lane, so although it appeared close to