Star Wars (Quebec Independence)

Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The series is set in an unnamed fictional galaxy. The first trilogy centers around a group of rebels and the last Jedi fighting to free the galaxy from the Empire and its Sith overlord. The second trilogy is a prequel and details the fall of the Republic and Jedi along with the rise of the Empire. A third trilogy is currently being released; it is a sequel to the original trilogy set 30 years later.

The Phantom Menace (1997)
The Phantom Menace is chronologically the first film, though the fourth released. 26 years before the events of A New Hope, the Galactic Republic is a corrupt, imperialistic, bureaucratic mess in decline led by Supreme Chancellor Valorum. An independence movement led by Travar Seen hopes to free several systems from the Republic. The Trade Federation, to protest taxation on trade routes, blockades the planet of Naboo. Valorum sends Jedi Master Qui Gon Jinn and his new apprentice, Obi Wan Kenobi, to negotiate with the Trade Federation. Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord and the Federation's secret adviser, orders the Jedi to be killed and an invasion of the planet be launched. The two Jedi escape. The Jedi's top field agent, Master Mace Windu, is sent to the capital to rescue Queen Amidala.

Unbeknownst to the Jedi and Republic, the Trade Federation and Separatists are aligned, and the invasion is also covering a Separatist mission to steal a superweapon hidden on Naboo. The superweapon, a massive laser capable of destroying starships in a single launch, is successfully stolen. Queen Amidala is needed to activate the weapon; she is captured by the Trade Federation and Separatist agents, but Windu successfully rescues her. The two and the Queen's handmaiden, Padme, escape in the Queen's personal ship and manage to outrun the Federation blockade. The Queen tells Windu about the weapon, and how one of her scientists defected to the Separatists and that they are now hunting for it.

Hoping to track down the Separatists, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are sent to the desert planet of Tatooine to find Anakin Skywalker, a rogue smuggler that has been dealing them weaponry. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan hope to recruit Anakin to their side, but the smuggler attempts to escape. The two capture Anakin and hope to interrogate him, but Anakin reveals he owes money to the Hutts just as Hutt soldiers arrive. The three successfully fight off the gangsters, and Anakin reveals that he personally sold weapons to Travar, and overheard Travar mention how he needed the weapons to capture royalty - Queen Amidala.

The Queen's starship was damaged during the blockade run, resulting in the ship landing for repairs on an asteroid.

Attack of the Clones (2000)
5 years later, the Separatist movement has grown and spread, resulting in a civil war between the Confederacy of Independent Systems, led by the traitorous Count Dooku, and the Republic. Senator Padme Amidala travels to the capital to vote "no" a motion from Chancellor Palpatine to create a grand army to defeat the Separatists is set to be voted on by the Senate. Narrowly avoiding assassination on arrival, she is placed under the protection of Obi-Wan and Anakin. Anakin is still training to be a Jedi, and is slowly becoming disillusioned with the Jedi way of life and emphasis on lack of emotion, feeling, and love. A second attempt on her life by the assassin Zam Wessel is foiled. Before the Jedi can interrogate Wessel she is killed by her benefactor to silence her. Anakin is then assigned to escort and protect Padme on Naboo, while Obi-Wan is sent to investigate the bounty hunter.