Timeline for What was Palpatine's original plan with the Naboo invasion?

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Sep 4, 2019 at 15:01	history	edited	Keith Morrison	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 526 characters in body
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Aug 30, 2019 at 6:18	comment	added	Keith Morrison		Palpatine/Sidious didn't give a crap about a treaty, he wanted a crisis that would force Valorum out and put him in position to become Chancellor. A signed treaty everyone accepted would work against that goal because people would think "Crisis over, shame Naboo gave in so easily" and get on with their lives. The Trade Federation thought Sidious wanted a treaty. They wanted a treaty because it would legalize their actions. That wasn't what Sidious wanted. He wanted people outraged at their actions.
Aug 30, 2019 at 6:03	comment	added	rs.29		This sounds like speculation, from various sources their goal was to capture her and force her to sign the treaty legalizing occupation. Killing her could invalidate treaty.
Aug 29, 2019 at 23:03	comment	added	Cadence		Not to mention, if it was his plan that Amidala was going to narrowly escape Naboo and come to him (and maybe it should've been, imagine how sensationally that must've played in the media!) he was hardly going to say so to her face.
Aug 29, 2019 at 22:32	history	answered	Keith Morrison	CC BY-SA 4.0