CLASSIC IMAGE: DROID DEBARKATION!

Newly arrived on the peaceful world of Naboo, Trade Federation Battledroids begin dispersing their armies out into the planet's forests, in this great conceptual art by Doug Chiang for Episode One.

THE 'PHANTOM' AT TWENTY: WHEN JAR JAR WENT TO WAR!

No time to rest, Jar Jar!

It's "ouch time' for the Gungans as their battle against the Trade Federation is cut short with the destruction of their shield and the arrival of the rolling Droidekas, forcing them back into the hills and ultimately to surrender, but not before 'Bombad General' Jar Jar Binks' clumsiness soon sends him back into the war zone to cause unintentional enemy casualties! A deliberately whacky comedy sequence for the film created by George Lucas in homage to the incredible comic talents and stunt works of the Classic Hollywood B/W movie great, Buster Keaton.

Going downhill in an avalanche of Booma energy balls.

Hang on Jar Jar!

Captain Tarpals (far left) to the rescue?

THE 'PHANTOM' AT TWENTY: BLASTING AWAY!

Aware of the Gungan Army gathered in the Naboo plains beyond Theed, the Trade Federation war machines are swiftly dispatched to meet and destroy them, though their tanks energy weapons are ineffective at penetrating the Gungans powerful umbrella defensive screen.

And they have other types of weaponry at their disposal...

ILM model veteran Steve Gawley with one of the tanks, and in conversation with Dennis Muren.