Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1949)

(the Chancellor who preceded Palpatine, viewed as weak and ineffective)

(Neimoidian executive and politician leading the Trade Federation)

(Qui-Gon's twenty-five-year-old Jedi Padawan, who holds his master in high regard)

(a clumsy Gungan exiled from his home and taken in by Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan)

(a Jedi Master who discovers Anakin Skywalker)

(she hopes to protect her planet from the Trade Federation's blockade invasion)

(a middle-aged senator of Naboo and a secret Sith Lord)

(a nine-year-old slave boy and a skilled pilot who dreams of becoming a Jedi)

(a Jedi Master and member of the council.)

(an astromech droid from Naboo that saves Queen Amidala's ship)

(the governor of Naboo)

(a protocol droid built by Anakin)

(a Trade Federation Senator.)

(Queen Amidala's chief of security at the Theed Palace)

(a Jedi Master and high-ranking member of the Jedi Council)

(Darth Sidious's Zabrak Sith apprentice, who wields a double-bladed lightsaber)

(Gunray's chief lieutenant and Settlement Officer in the Trade Federation)