Star Wars Theory: Darth Maul Used A Cruel Dark Side Power To Trace Padmé
Darth Maul tracks down Queen Padmé Amidala and her companions in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and while his method is implied in the film, he may have found them using a cruel dark side power. The Sith exclusively call upon the dark side of the Force for their power, using its corrupt energy to gain unnatural powers. While the Jedi tune into and use the Force by being at peace with the natural galaxy around them, the Sith harm others and spread suffering in their perpetual quest for power. The Trade Federation’s brutal occupation of Naboo could have played perfectly into Darth Sidious and Darth Maul’s plans in one specific way, allowing the Sith apprentice to find his targets on Tatooine.
Darth Maul was one of the last Dark Lords in Darth Bane’s Sith lineage, and as such was privy to countless generations of Sith history and deadly dark side techniques. In Legends, Darth Maul was far more focused on the martial aspects of Sith training, serving primarily as an enforcer and assassin for Darth Sidious before his death on Naboo. In canon, Maul’s backstory and species were changed, with Star Wars: The Clone Wars also retroactively having him survive The Phantom Menace and becoming a deadly third party in the titular war, seizing control of Death Watch and founding a vast network of criminals called the Shadow Collective. Maul’s canon history shows that he was skilled in more than just combat, demonstrating dastardly manipulation skills, similar to his master.
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Darth Maul’s specific method of tracing Padmé to Tatooine was explained in the 2012 novel Darth Plagueis, coinciding with both The Phantom Menace’s implication and his near-exclusive focus on the
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