Space Battle Of Naboo (Star Wars I The Phantom Menace)

[@christianbeck7901]

I feel bad for Jake Lloyd. He got such much undeserved hate and the flak he got from people verbally attacking a 9 year old caused him to quit acting

[@thedarkknight1357]

You the first person I have come across who defends Jake Lloyd and I'm glad you exist

[@systemshocker2875]

and now apparently he has schizophrenia from what I've heard

[@AmicusAdastra]

@@thedarkknight1357 i'm defending him too

[@thedarkknight1357]

@@AmicusAdastra glad to hear, Jake didn't deserve the hate he got he was just a kid and since he had to play a younger Darth Vader of course he was gonna act like a kid and not how Vader is

[@SJMJ91]

It's sad because he's not the only one who's been hated by Star Wars "fans". Ahmed Best wanted to take his own life, Kelly Marie Tran received abuse and so did Moses Ingram. I have my opinions on the characters and performances but nobody deserved the abuse they all got.

[@royalhero4608]

I'd love to see the other pilots reactions when they land and find a kid in the cockpit of the other starfighter lol

[@emiliopelayo6790]

There is, its the last clip of all the starfighters coming back and Anakin landing back at the hangar kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmPCg2CYjLdmrJo

[@thegreatnoldini]

@@markzilla6895 This made me laugh way harder than it should have

[@markzilla6895]

@@thegreatnoldini thank Robot Chicken then

[@thegreatnoldini]

@@markzilla6895 Oh man, it's been so long since I've watched the Star Wars episodes of Robot Chicken. I need to go back and look for those

[@williameggleton414]

Are you crazy? They'd praise him!

[@KingNORTH2020]

I have a huge soft spot for this movie. Plus the use of the soundtrack, the sounds and the Naboo star fighters… this is a good movie I don’t care what anyone says

[@ethanborden4298]

This one is VERY UNDERRATED and got wayyyy too much hate at the time. This one for sure is in my top 5, with the sequels out now and how they are this movie is saying “How do you like me now?”🤣🤣🤣

[@jtschwartz9311]

That’s how I feel man. That hits hard 😊

[@Rico3D567]

Same thing here I have a soft spot for the phantom menace

[@Cosmic-Crusader321]

I Just Accept each Star Wars film for how it is, Even if they Could've been Better

[@SageLakshmi]

​@@Cosmic-Crusader321except for sequel trilogy. Do not accept those.

[@damienknight1002]

I don't get why people don't like young Anakin Skywalker. He never did anything wrong. He's just an innocent, cute kid with a wide sense of imagination and a big heart; he's very kind and sweet towards the people he cares about such as his friends and family. Plus, he's pretty intelligent and amazing at piloting. He even had some awesome moments such as the time he competed in the pod race and tried to help his friends in the final battle.

[@LisaAnn777]

Yes a youngling!

[@brookpickett9235]

I honestly prefer Jake Lloyd performance as Anakin Skywalker over Hayden Christensen. It’s technically a honor for a kid to play a major role in a Star Wars film.

[@admiralinvertebrate5649]

Anakin only became evil later on because Palpatine manipulated and gaslighted him.

[@RatedShadowXrd]

@@admiralinvertebrate5649and the Jedi order treatment towards him

[@bardthenascarfanaticdragon]

He's also easily excited.

[@profestia]

Damn i love the design of the naboo starfighter

[@sicksadworld765]

It looks like a sportcar

[@kreigguardsman3355]

@@sicksadworld765was kind of the point. Their design is meant to engine that high end sports car like feel. It is also important to note Lucas is actually a pretty big car nerd

[@VVx-777]

in the lore it is superior to an x wing X

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Anakin: Mayday!

[@meinName-rt9tg]

The way he flies into the space station kills me every time. I cant imagine what the droids must be thinking

[@DevilDogMuNky]

close the blast door! Roger Roger! OOF

[@tFighterPilot]

They don't. They're not programmed to think.

[@nickirmen6671]

When you go so out of bounds the enemy AI is too confused to notice you as a threat

[@youwayo]

Apparently the b1 battle droids in Episode 1 were even dumber than the ones used for the clone wars.

[@connorrussellsmith2284]

​@@youwayoyes I took a note on that while watching the clone wars TV show

[@4lphab3t43]

Really gotta feel that cheer at the end. You get the same with the Rebels and the destruction of both Death Stars, but the Rebels are a military insurgency winning big but used to battles. The Naboo Royal Starfighter Corps represent a peaceful world, and at least according to the Legends book Plagueis were only created a few years before the events of TPM. The worst they've had to contend with are pirates, they've never been in a battle before. They just kicked the Trade Federation's ass, after they took control of their planet and put their people into concentration camps. That's got to feel good. It'd be like Malta's tiny military kicking Amazon out of their country

[@digitalunity]

The Aurebesh message on Anakin's screen reads: "Anakin, turn the ship around and go back home right away." Curiously, every "A" character is written backwards

[@Trek001]

Thank you - I have wondered that for 24 years

[@not_lexxzaa]

A is written backwards I think of it upside down A to V V a d e r

[@tunasub2398]

​@@not_lexxzaaI like this

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

Lol. 😂That's r2 telling Ani to go back hahaha he was scared

[@RaijinKaze]

Anakin scored a kill count so impressive it was probably only matched by Luke and then Poe for highest on screen kills in the franchise.

[@AlexSerch]

I dont think is to much because the enemies was droids not living beings

[@walterrequiem6467]

It still definitely goes to Tarkin.

[@enshk79]

Who the F is Poe? Dumbest name I’ve ever heard

[@toony1232]

@@AlexSerch We did see a few separatists blowing up onscreen

[@sebsignat8286]

@@toony1232wasn’t clear how many living things there was on the ship.

[@austinjacob6007]

Anakin went from driving a pod racer, to unexpectedly piloting a Naboo fighter and destroying their control ship, and becoming the Galaxy’s best Jedi pilot. He truly went from amateur to professional.

[@RatedShadowXrd]

And became the empire’s ace + ace pilot

[@brianlisk9326]

He went from podracing to killing younglings

[@bhavprajapati]

the real lesson be an opportunist when the chance comes to you :)

[@un-random8783]

I can’t believe a 9 year old is a better pilot than a bunch of adults 😂😂 I love episode 1

[@user-pi1vx4ee8m]

He has been podracing….so makes sense hahaha

[@wolfscar5557]

He really wasn't, the minute autopilot was off, he got shot down and spun right into the hanger bay area. Comparatively, Bravo Squadron lasted way longer than Anakin in actual combat.

[@shreddersaurusrex323]

He is the chosen one!

[@michaelpontbriant6160]

“Impossible, Nothing can get through our shield” Anakin: Hold my beer (albeit proverbial)

[@christopherd2100]

Hold my blue milk.

[@omarbaba9892]

Gotta love how this entire attack would’ve completely failed if this 9 year old didn’t accidentally himself into everything and blowing up the entire ship

[@blairbrown4812]

Not just the space battle. If Anakin hadn't destroyed those Droidekas,clearing the path for Padme's forces,the ground Invasion may have failed as well.

[@omarbaba9892]

@@blairbrown4812 lol and people complain about Rey being good at everything😂

[@blairbrown4812]

@@omarbaba9892 , it's always better to be lucky than good, or so I've been told.

[@Wolfinsheepsclothing7274]

This is when the two little psychopaths started their killing sprees😂

[@MichaelCasanovaMusic]

Just imagine if Anakin had gotten Chopper instead

[@sugdolomar]

​@@MichaelCasanovaMusic Chopper would probably go on a rampage throughout Cato Neimodia

[@Wolfinsheepsclothing7274]

@@sugdolomar that business on Cato neimodia doesn't... doesn't count

[@shreddersaurusrex323]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@gagefarmer9615]

Luke you could of seen your father during the Battle of Naboo. Anakin took out a whole battle droid control ship with one shot

[@Renkencen]

You know I'm suprised how Anakin isn't crying or shitting himself as a little kid would do that he was literally taken into a BATTLEFIELD!!!

[@turboking9238]

He grew up on Tatooine, a planet full of harsh deserts and even more harsh people. He's a tough kid to be sure, he's probably seen worse in the Pod Races.

[@engasal]

Anakin isn't right in the head. He's not normal

[@turboking9238]

@@engasal Is anything normal in this universe?

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@turboking9238 Indeed, good thing he managed to adapt

[@turboking9238]

@@TheWarmachine375 He also kept his cool when his Pod was starting to fight him.

[@malachiashley528]

This holds up so well. omg.

[@carsonwong2234]

I just want to say those Naboo pilots are one of the bravest men I ever seen. They are probably facing one or the most devastating firepower and quantity disadvantages, and yet they are still trying their best to finish their mission, a big salute to them.

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

When we first met Anakin in this movie. He was just a little innocent kid who went from being a slave to a badass pilot who help & saved Naboo. But a decade later, in AOTC, things went from good to bad.

[@toony1232]

What people don't realize that this right here already showed Anakin's rebellious streak that would be one of his major flaws throughout the trilogy. He wants to do the right thing even as Artoo and even the ship itself is telling him to go back

[@snapclub8751]

Imagine the look on the Viceroy’s face when they learned that a child blew up there droid control ship.

[@Jsjsusi]

Imagine the same kid 12 years later slices him up lol

[@Cosmic-Crusader321]

In an early Draft for the Film, Anakin and Padme were supposed to fight the Control Ship, Anakin piloting and Padme on Guns.

[@kreigguardsman3355]

Not going to lie that sounds kind of interesting. I do like they gave her a chance to lead her team against the droids though

[@gerod187]

4:10 theaters screaming and cheering

[@MGstaR17]

This movie is underrated.

[@_IShowSlow]

Not underrated but still a good movie

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

I love those Naboo ships. They’re my favourite alongside the Lambda shuttles ^^

[@cutercills9x9gaming49]

2:19 Well, we all know how that happened when he ended up losing the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope as Darth Vader. (Though here, he manually did it, while in A New Hope, Han was the one who caused him to spin out of control).

[@justmoritz]

Damn, that's was good. Music, VFX, the model work-truly amazing

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

This is my favourite space battle in the whole series.

[@Mac14329]

Like father, like son, I guess.

[@laborer_of_rivia76]

I like to imagine that Anakin is flying the same N-1, which Mandalorian will fly in couple of years.

[@mikehance6086]

Its more like almost 40 years after this that mando comes around grogu is probably only a teal baby at this point and only 10 years old

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

Controversial take - this wasn't a bad movie. I was about 8-9 when this movie came out, my folks rented it from a corner store in my local small town and we got to watch it over a weekend and I became completely absorbed. Not long after we bought the cassette classic trilogy and the theatrical release film for PM when I was about 10 or 11. I'll still never get over this space battle, or the amazing sound of the Vulture Droids as they screech through the black skies above Naboo, easily picking off fighter craft that are clearly designed to be ornamental and not at all standard issue for highly militarized space combat. It really sucks that it took Disney's crap trilogy to highlight we didn't have it all that bad. I will miss this Star Wars.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

@@theburbles4260 Controversial Take - Any comment made to smack at someone being nostalgic is objectively shitty.

[@SanDiegosGreatest]

This movie sucks

[@danielraviv4115]

Disneys Star Wars and Lucas’s Star Wars are one and the same, Disney is repairing the damages Lucas did to the series ETC ! @@SanDiegosGreatest

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

⁠@@danielraviv4115Wrong Disney ruined Star Wars

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Man, looking back on Episode 1, Jake Lloyd did a damn good job for his age. For how...well, intentionally stilted some of the prequel dialogue is, this whole scene really sells he knew how to work with what he had.

[@timmy6404]

I dont care what anyone says, I saw that part in the movies and people were screaming lol

[@magicianLogician]

only the OGs remember the moments when the fans bugged out: Darth Maul's twin light saber, etc

[@BOBBIEVALINTINE]

"Why Is there a little girl on our comms?"

[@MariOmor1]

I like the parallels to other SW movies in this scene 0:00 this is a mirrored version of the Rebel ships launching from their base, heading towards the Death Star 0:09 Pilots check in 1:36 The turbolaser shot is also a mirrored version of the Death Star's cannons firing when the fighters begin their attack run 1:47 brief Return of the Jedi parallel when the TIE Fighters first come in during the Battle of Endor 2:39 Anakin pulls the same trick in Episode 3 to rescue Palpatine 3:19 Not only is this an ROTJ mirror by destroying the reactor with torpedoes but it also references how Luke blew up the Death Star 4:12 Large metal sphere blows up... do I even need to say it

[@jtschwartz9311]

Well spotted old sport, Well spotted.

[@mysticmarble94]

It's like poetry, it rhymes. 🥸

[@NaliTikva]

The early deathstar designs where actually made by the trade federation. In AOTC we also see these kinds of spheres without the ring around it. The connection is even there in-universe

[@srikanthramprasad565]

Well as the saying says. “Son like father or is it father like son.”

[@mobiusraptor7]

1:37 Fat pilot get shot down 😂

[@Oyakat88]

bro was camping the atat right legs near the hill

[@TraceguyRune]

0:50 It's taken me 25 years, but I finally think Anakin wasn't failing at all. He purposely started the engine, and closed the hatch. Little hustler

[@magicianLogician]

I completely forgot about Anakin flying a fooking fighter by sheer wit alone. No wonder he has the reputation of being the best pilot in the galaxy.

[@jussieronen3707]

Sheer wit and I presume a bit of help from the Force

[@NaliTikva]

@@jussieronen3707 probably more then a bit. Like he subconsiously used the force. Atleast that is my interpertation, being consistent with Obi-Wan in ANH saying that he doesn't belief in luck. It turns the scene from goofy action into part of the greater story, and building up just how powerfull Anakin/Vader is

[@theconfederacyofindependen7268]

Anakin: GO BACK?! QUI GON TOLD ME TO STAY IN THIS COCKPIT SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO! Those two Vulture Droids: *basically "WHAT STAYS IN THE BATTLEFIELD STAY-" both gets shot down*

[@jonmcinnis1645]

If R2-D2 speaks English Anakin:now this is pod racing! R2-D2:agreed!

[@TheLoneGamr]

I get why adults around this time may of hated this but as a kid around this time it was so cools seeing a young person fighting in a space battle.

[@gothelvis3541]

Thank you George Lucas for my childhood

[@Sirstonewall]

3:15 the sound of the naboo starfighter torpedoes firing 🔥💯

[@Vasher-The-Destroyer]

Now this is pod racing

[@thomasalden6263]

The explosions ship model really paid homage to the original movies

[@zamp6969]

I love how the main reactor is in the hangar bay 😂

[@jaredanacleto9239]

Who's here after episode 5 of the book of boba fett?

[@kittivin3272]

Me

[@SomethingNowhereMan]

Not me, lol.

[@vadiamgamer9753]

The N1 Nabooian Starfighter is one of the BEST starfighters

[@noahclark3285]

Needed to remind myself what the blasters/torpedoes sounded like! hahaha

[@Jonny5a]

After ep 6 for me, which i guess is still after ep 5

[@johnwauters8576]

Electrical disruption in the atmosphere like lightning

[@gordonsmith6784]

1:00 Droideka corpse launch. 😂

[@sakalaathletics]

I hate how he three stooged his whole way through this fight. But, I guess it was the force 😂

[@Kalle1854]

Love how that explosion escalated that the center sphere blew up like a ball of blackpowder and the outer ring somehow ripped in two. Because movie.

[@joshuawillis602]

It’s called a “chain reaction”

[@Tank50us]

@@joshuawillis602 And also, practical effects. That was a model they blew up after all. Contrary to popular belief, TPT has plenty of practical effects in play.

[@ElCocoNo_]

3:58 There. I wish there were more moments like this in Star Wars today **crying**

[@cars1-2isthegoat]

Me too, bud. I'm not gonna cry.. I'm not gonna *cries in the corner, too*

[@fraspqr]

He told me to stay in the cockpit and thats exactly what im going to do...the force is strong with this one 😂

[@legendofrayquazagaming5125]

Did anyone else notice that the track used at 2:27 was later reused in Revenge of the Sith for when Obi-Wan was shot by the clones?

[@MariOmor1]

And when Anakin blows up the droid control ship the same music is used in Ep 3 when he lands Grievous' ship

[@multiverse_media2023]

Now this is Podracing!

[@rstein926]

One thing is clear. Luke inherited his dad's ability as a pilot

[@raymondbrereton3298]

Padme: Thanks for firing support Ani, you save my life!

[@legobloc7338]

When you realize your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere...

[@GalenNight]

3:32 Someone apparently needs to fire that ADR guy

[@chrisburns514]

This is the last “real” space battle in Star Wars. As much as I love Rogue One, etc., nothing really comes close to capturing that feel of the original trilogy’s scenes set in space

[@MediaLoverChris02]

The opening’s of both Revenge of the Sith and The Last Jedi are better than this…. along with Rogue One

[@carlosalbert7667]

You are 1000% correct. This is the last time I felt that phisicality of practical models and explosions that felt like OT. After this, no space battle comes even close. Rogue one CGI plaged is terrible compared.

[@superlean5991]

@@carlosalbert7667 agreed. Phantom menace as a whole looks way better than episode 2 and 3. This space battle looks so good too

[@graybonesau]

@@carlosalbert7667 disagree, rogue one was a spectacle

[@SanDiegosGreatest]

What are you smoking? Rouge ones space battle kills this terrible mess of a fight where everything happened on accident . This is thee worst space battle of the entire franchise .

[@Oyakat88]

When the president starts to talk to you

[@Kapustomyl]

I still think that all the star wars moviest before 7,8,9 had way more depth, better sounds, models and combat scenes both in space and land just felt somehow more "real" than new over CGIed movies.. just as this video, hearing the engine sounds of Naboo N1 is more convincig..

[@mikehance6086]

I wonder if mandos ship was any of these fighters from the battle

[@davidmaher9415]

Damn only gripe would be more runtime too good

[@JB-vv1xc]

Really clever of the designer of the ships to include child size helmets just incase

[@cesargrenier3465]

The Trade Federation is going to be furious, after this !

[@beatricesanfilippo6925]

Is the first time Anakin help the pilots to destroy the federation saving Naboo

[@KCCOmug]

Yes. Clearly a Mary Sue. But since I first saw this when I was 7 I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@KCCOmug To be fair, Anakin wanted to help Padme and her troops take out the Droidekas but accidentally activated the Naboo Starfighter to fly out. Besides, he did Pod Racing before and it was a dangerous sport where the racers die there.

[@brandonlee934]

@@KCCOmug ya, thankfully they made him more emotional to balance out his absurd piloting skill

[@hermos3602]

@@KCCOmug First off, he didn't pilot the fighter the entire time. Most of the time it was on autopilot. Secondly have you watched the film more than once? Because it seems that you completely forgot about the podrace scene. Podracing is very similar to piloting a starfighter. So it's obvious Anakin has had some experience with piloting. So how exactly does this make him a Mary Sue?

[@hermos3602]

@@TheWarmachine375 They even mentioned that podracing is similar to piloting.

[@Pucukax]

4:09 Always loved this guy. That's the face of somebody who already accepted death but somehow came up on top.

[@leonardogabriel955]

Sometimes expanded lore goes way over board by trying to explain every single detail about evey single character but its not always the case. In this fight the small Naboo space force was going to get obliterated, they were counting on disabling the antena for the ground forces and fall back, they had one of the most powerful torpedo weapons, but the shields were uncommonly strong, they did not know that. Since the shields was that powerful interior defenses were not so much and Anakin unintencionally got his first kills.

[@chavezadventure9711]

I love this Space Battle, so much better than last battle in Rise of Skywalker

[@richardjones1604]

The design of the N1 starfighters is so on point

[@jeffgerritsen6502]

Too bad R2-D2 didn't take a hologram of Anakin when Anakin was nine and onward. Then he could have shown Luke what his father looked like before Anakin became Darth Vader.

[@AM-dk3wy]

The sound effects In this film is just top notch as lucasfilm did an amazing job with it

[@stacyt8331]

My baby boy did so good 🥺

[@korvasterindar9672]

You know, even though he is a kid in this, he really does have enormous amounts of skill. Especially for one of his age. I mean think about it, he was able to evade being shot in the middle of a heated battlefield and then when he was finally hit he was able to successfully land a crippled Starfighter into a crowded hanger without hitting anything. Say what you will but that takes a lot of skill

[@onyxemmanuelcapalla7114]

Otherkids: being kids while anakin:

[@pop-culturecinephile8144]

0:58, you like that kid, don’t you Padmé? 😉 Had to say it

[@hermos3602]

Dude, she's 14 and he's 9 at the time. They didn't call in love each other until 10 years later. There's nothing in this film that hinted at Padmè being in love with Anakin

[@pop-culturecinephile8144]

@@hermos3602, I put this down to be funny. Why so serious? 😤

[@pop-culturecinephile8144]

@@hermos3602, also, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqS6lp58gLerjtE

[@pop-culturecinephile8144]

@Charles Tristan Hernando, if you want to think of it that way then yes

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

“Weerloosinpowah! Derseemdoopeaproblomwitdahmainreactah!”

[@TheWriteFiction]

You know, as silly as it is, I can totally buy the fact Anakin didn't get immediately shot down and killed in this battle. The Naboo starfighter was put on autopilot, so it took him straight to the location the other fighters were gathered on the GPS and just began orbiting the control ship waiting for the next instruction. Because he was just flying in circles, not even the droids could predict what he was gonna do as this random other ship just barrelled recklessly into their formations and forced them all to break off from their attacks. Then when Anakin got out of auto pilot he started doing so much random and dangerous shit that the droid fighters chasing him still couldn't predict what the heck this rando newbie was gonna do- spinning randomly, doing barrel rolls and flying so close to the main ship that the fighters had to bank sharply just to keep up with him, which made me laugh.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

The phantom menace is FREAKING AWESOME! I was 9 when I first saw it, 32 and idk where all the HATE came from Oh yea plinkett

[@namhead140]

Movie is a masterpiece compared to the slop being pumped out by Disney and even then it’s still very good.

[@andrewcarlson3486]

Feel like the ship was based on me262 especially where the blaster cannons are located

[@yongchun2183]

This battle even appear in Star Wars Starfighter game but its Rhys Dallows who joins the battle with Bravo Team instead of young Anakin

[@bradyking9778]

1:37 porkins?

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

bro was an unintentional trojan horse

[@richards.monroe8668]

3:14 "Now THAT'S how you supposed to shoot! From now on, that's how you shoot!" Mike Lowery, Bad Boys 2

[@Oyakat88]

yiou're going to fly with people that hate you but you're the star

[@funnydylan9834]

2:16 I’ve tried this trick in an airplane ww2 game and it actually works. The enemy has a hard time hitting you when you spin your airplane. 👍🏻

[@johnwauters8576]

My Tesla hahahaha 😂

[@reubenrobson2003]

OH YEAH IT TIME

[@dangerguy9561]

Not even the republics best fighters could do anything but a kid who likes pod racing takes down the entire terminal.

[@kreigguardsman3355]

They weren’t the republics best. This was Naboo’s best. The republic had a small judiciary force to keep the peace

[@kmm-studioz8161]

@ 1:36: Getting Shot down by dates like.

[@M.A.S.K._Crusader]

Roger bravo leader!

[@monsterdude2517]

After the sequel trilogy the prequals sure do look better lol

[@animallover1404]

Happy 24th Anniversary "STAR WARS: EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE" (MAY 19, 1999)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesgray1210]

How on earth did the Last Jedi do better with the critics than this? Yes, Lucas wrote some pretty clunky dialogue, but there was genuine tension and foreboding whereas the sequels have nothing except cringe-worthy attempts at humour and dislikable characters. And look at space battles like this - you feel real euphoria when they blow the control ship up. Incredible!

[@TheWarmachine375]

Disney done goofed

[@franchisefanatic4142]

the last jedi is way better.

[@franchisefanatic4142]

@@dancooper6002 no it did not. FAKE FAN

[@mrdollyman5675]

@@franchisefanatic4142 troll moment

[@BTTFMovie]

Because in this movie stuff just happens and the characters lack motivations. Why is Anakin even there? Consider this: it would've been one thing if he'd stowed his way back to Naboo and joined the battle because he wanted to prove to the Jedi Council that he was worthy of being trained. But no, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon just bring a child to a warzone because the script needs him to (accidentally) blow up the droid control ship later.

[@JoshuaModerwell]

I would've preferred the Vulture-class droid starfighters to be piloted by the OOM Battle Droids with the blue markings.

[@twistedyogert]

Wait, isn't R2 supposed to be the autopilot? I wonder if he waited until Anakin was in space before handing him the controls.

[@Oyakat88]

oh we"re above

[@ACWolf700]

R2D2: JESUS CHRIST THT WENT PAST MY FREAKING TOP