Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Vocabulary

This set covers key characters, technologies, species, and concepts from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace based on the film's transcript.

Trade Federation

An organization that established a blockade around the planet Naboo and later deployed a droid army for an invasion.

Jedi Knight

A member of an order of mystical warriors, such as Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who serve the Republic and use the Force.

The Force

An energy field described as having a living component that guides those sensitive to it, including the Jedi.

Padawan

A term for a Jedi apprentice, such as young Obi-Wan Kenobi or the role proposed for Anakin Skywalker.

Droideka

A type of droid also known as a "Destroyer" that is equipped with its own shield generators.

Gungan

An amphibious species native to the planet Naboo, living in hidden underwater locations like Gunga City.

Life-debt

A custom where one's life belongs to another after being saved, as claimed by Qui-Gon Jinn regarding JarJar Binks.

Bongo

A Gungan transport vehicle used to travel through the Naboo planet core.

Symbiont

Life-forms living together for mutual advantage, such as the relationship between the Naboo and Gungans, or humans and midi-chlorians.

Sith

An order of warriors thought to be extinct for a millennium that follows a rule of two: a master and an apprentice.

R2-D2

An astromech droid that saved the Naboo cruiser by bypassing the main power drive to restore the deflector shields.

Tatooine

A remote, desert planet in the outer rim controlled by the Hutts and primarily populated by moisture farmers and scavengers.

Hutts

A group described as gangsters who control systems like Tatooine and are heavily involved in gambling.

Watto

A Toydarian junk dealer on Tatooine who owned Anakin Skywalker and resisted Jedi mind tricks.

Podracing

A fast and dangerous sport on planets like Tatooine and Malastare that involves betting on specialized racing pods.

Anakin Skywalker

A young slave on Tatooine with a midi-chlorian count over $20,000$, who built C-3PO and won the Boonta Eve Podrace.

Midi-chlorians

Microscopic life-forms residing within all living cells that communicate the will of the Force to their host.

Boonta Eve

A specific occasion on Tatooine that features a major annual Podrace.

Dug

The species of Sebulba, described as an especially dangerous type of being on Tatooine.

C-3PO

A protocol droid specialized in human-cyborg relations, built by Anakin Skywalker to help his mother.

Senator Palpatine

The senator from Naboo who was elected Supreme Chancellor after Queen Amidala moved for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum.

Coruscant

The central system of the Republic, described as a planet that is entirely a city.

Japor snippet

A small object carved by Anakin Skywalker and given to Padm\u00e9 to bring her good fortune.

Vergence

A concentrated point of Force energy, which Qui-Gon Jinn claimed to have found centered around Anakin Skywalker.

Boss Nass

The leader of the Gungans (Big Boss Nass) who formed an alliance with the Naboo to fight the Trade Federation.