Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter 4 Summary

In the misty twilight of Naboo, Federation landing ships drop silently through the clouds and land near a vast murky swamp to disgorge their battle droids and land transports. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon join the stampeding crowd of creatures flushed from hiding by the advancing troops. Qui-Gon, searching for firm ground, encounters a Gungan, named Jar Jar Binks, a strange amphibious creature with a rubbery body, long flat ears, and ducklike snout. Jar Jar is about to be run down by a transport, but is saved at the last minute by Qui-Gon. In effusive gratitude, the Gungan attaches himself to Qui-Gon as a self-appointed servant, and before Qui-Gon can be rid of him, Obi-Wan appears, on the run from an attack platform, which Qui-Gon destroys. Qui-Gon chides Obi-Wan for leaving his light saber's power on and killing the power source.

Jar Jar offers to take them to safety at Otoh Gunga,...
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