Which then got me thinking - what if the entire movie is framed as the story of Naboo? In many ways it is - it begins and ends there, and the Tattooine and Coruscant sections are about Padmé trying (albeit failing) to get help back to the planet.
If the entire story was centered on Naboo, that’d be quite easy to grasp - the jeopardy is to the citizens, and our main characters are ultimately working towards saving it from the Trade Federation (and shadowy benefactor). The audience would need less politics up front, but through the lens of Naboo the plot would slowly (in this movie and beyond) expand to a more galactic scope - which I think is fitting for the movie which comes chronologically first.
Great minds think alike, Eddie! That’s exactly what I did for my edit, although my crawl is different:
"It is a dangerous time for the people of Naboo. The greedy TRADE FEDERATION has established a blockade of warships around the planet and threatened her people with starvation.
Concerned about the threats, the newly elected QUEEN AMIDALA has asked the chancellor to send two jedi, a knight and an apprentice, to settle the dispute.
Little knowing that the evil NUTE GUNRAY is planning an invasion of her home planet as he obtains more power throughout the galaxy…"
Of course, my edit has the jedi fighting at the station, so I’m not sure how well it works for this scenario.