I remember Lucas saying that the purpose of the 1st half of the Trilogy (in particular Episode I ) was to show how beautiful and peaceful the "world" was before the Empire took over.

Given that statement - in Ep 1 we see beautiful shots of Naboo with lush greenery growing on these beautiful buildings.

However, by the time we reach Ep 6 - Jedi we should assume that the Empire has taken over - and put such an economic and personal freedom stranglehold on the galaxy - that people are willing to fight and risk their life for such a cause.

So we should expect to see Naboo at the end of the "revised SE" to be somewhat war torn, or stripped of it's natural resources. The Empire enslaved the wookies and wanted to take over the mining operation in Cloud City. I doubt that the Empire would take over Naboo and then employ workers for the "Parks Department" or "Landmark beautification." But this looks to be the case as we see the same Naboo at the end of Jedi as we did in Ep 1.

Any one else notice this?

Naboo had no full military (hence having ton enlist the gungans at the end of TPM, so I doubt the empire would bother much with them.

Plus, it was Palpatine's homeworld, so he probably didn't want to destroy it. Maybe he still had a summer home there when he became emperor.

Yeah, Palpatine's own "Eagle's Nest"!

If I was the empire, I would of hunted down gungans instead of the jedi............they should of use the death star on Naboo.

Well, that scene certainly shot down the theory that Dagobah was really Naboo after it's population was destroyed in the war and nature reclaimed the place.

Heh, in the game Star Wars Galaxies, he does. Kind of funny.

Anyone else disappointed that Lucas created "Naboo" for the prequels in the first place? It just seems like it was an extremely lost opportunity to use Alderaan instead. Alderaan is pretty much exactly the way I pictured Naboo to be (peaceful, artistic, etc.). And think of how much more impact Alderaan's destruction would have had for us if we had gotten to know the planet and its people in three prior movies.

Alderaan was also a much cooler name. (One thing that Lucas lost touch with was his ability to name characters and planets in the prequels.)

The planet would have been much more ideal for takeover by the Trade Federation, since they appeared to be pacificsts: "We have no weapons," says Leia. Naboo would have better suited as a footnote for Palpatine's homeworld, if nothing else. He could just have easily put on the same charade about the Trade Federation attacking a defenseless planet, etc. in order to gain sympathy/power from other systems.

Yeah we all would have cheered in ANH when those stupid Gungins died

Awww, there's nothing wrong with Gungans. Just one in particular.

Who came up with that corny theory about Naboo and Dagobah being the same place?

How could a jungle take over a planet in 25 years?

Why do people persist in trying to infuse real-world physics into fantasy story? HELLO there are floating cities and laser swords...