What is Nute Gunray?
'''Nute Gunray''' is a fictional character in the [[Star Wars]] Universe. Gunray was a neimoidian politician who served as the [[Viceroy]] of the Trade Federation during their invasion of [[Naboo]] and later served as a prominent Separatist leader during the conflict known as the [[Clone Wars]]. Gunray appears in [[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace|Episode 1]], [[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones|Episode 2]] and [[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith|Episode 3]] of the [[Star Wars prequel trilogy|Star Wars Prequels Trilogy]] as well as in other media such as the [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]] Animated Television series. == The Invasion of Naboo == The Invasion of Naboo was an event that took place 32 years before the events of [[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]. The Invasion began as a blockade around the planet, with Nute Gunray taking charge of the fleet, this blockade was set up in order to protest the taxation of trade routes by the new republic, however the real intention of the blockade was to stage a droid invasion of the planet so that Senator [[Palpatine]] (who was secretly controlling Nute Gunray as [[Darth Sidious]]) could gain sympathy in the Galactic [[Senate]]. After the Blockade was set up, the trade federation began sending [[Battle droid|Battle Droids]] down to the planets surface. This event was seen throughout [[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]. === Negotiations === The Republic sent Jedi Master [[Qui-Gon Jinn]] and his Padawan [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] to negotiate with the Viceroy, Gunray assumed they had arrived to force a negotiation so, after consulting [[Darth Sidious]], ordered their death. Droideka's were sent but the two Jedi were able to escape to the planet below were they witnesses the invasion first hand. Nute Gunray would later descend to the planet below of Naboo in an attempt to force the planet's queen [[Padmé Amidala]] into a deal, he would eventually be stopped. == The Senate == Nute Gunray argues that everythin