Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Setting & Symbolism

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Objects/Places

Tatooine

The two-sunned planet on which Anakin Skywalker lived the first nine years of his life, it is a slave planet controlled by a race called the Hutts.

Mos Espa

This is the largest community on Tatooine, where Anakin makes his home, and where his slave master has a shop dealing in used parts and droids.

Podracer

A flying racing machine consisting of two powerful engines and a pilot's pod from which the racer is controlled is called a podracer.

Republic

The Republic is the democratic governing body of the galaxy, ruled by a Senate with delegates from signatory planets.

Trade Federation

This is a business federation governed by its members, and existing within the structure of the Senate.

Naboo

Naboo is the planet on which Queen Amidala's subjects live, which also is home to the Gungans, an amphibious race with advanced technology.

Theed

Nabooan city where Queen Amidala's palace is located is Theed.

Otoh Gunga

Capital city of the Gungan...
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