What part of Shady Space UPS invading a planet for a monopoly on that planet except they may or may not already have and also this has something to do with the rise of the Empire and wait, what?
Yeah - I mean why were the blockading the planet in the first place… something about space taxes?
They apparently felt the blockade was legal “as you know our blockade is perfectly legal” - but again what do they get out of it?
It’s also implied that the blockade was a cover for invasion… but the Trade Federation clearly didn’t want anyone to know about said invasion (as they denied it in the Senate… .apparently no one took a video of the invasion with their space phone and put it up on space youtube). But again, I’m not sure what they get out of invading Naboo? Does this somehow help them resolve some dispute over taxation? But wait, they also spent a bunch of time trying to get Padme to sign a treaty legitimizing their invasion and occupation… ok, but again; what do they get out of this? Are they just looting the planet or something?
They really don’t ever explain the motivations of the Trade Federation (other than doing what Sidious tells them to for “reasons”) in the films.
I think the reason for the invasion was to show how Valorum’s government was weak and allowed the Federation to boss them around and therefore he needed to be removed so Palpatine could rise to power.