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"These Sand People are tiring me. I must save my strength for my mission!"

- Darth Maul

In 32 BBY, a group of thirty Tusken Raiders ambushed Darth Maul in a canyon on planet Tatooine while he was searching the two Jedi he had been ordered to kill.

Prelude
"Tracking down the Jedi should be simple enough. And once I defeat them, the Queen will be back in my master's hands. I will not fail."

- Darth Maul

In his secret lair on Coruscant, the mysterious Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious, tasked his Sith apprentice Darth Maul with eliminating the Jedi who were protecting Queen Amidala of Naboo. According to the trace, Maul knew the Queen's J-type royal starship was headed for Tatooine. After being attacked by Togorian pirates upon exiting hyperspace, Maul made a night landing on an isolated mesa close to Mos Espa.

The ambush
"The Sand People advance on me angrily. In their breath masks and goggles they are protected from the sand that now stings my eyes and clogs my mouth."

- Darth Maul

After sending his probe droids to track down Qui-Gon Jinn, Maul had spent the night aboard his Sith Infiltrator. The next morning, he woke up early to practice his Sith art of battle. After beating two assassin droids similar to those he used to fight when he was younger, the Dathomirian warrior noticed bantha tracks circling his ship. Fearing it may have been a spy sent by the Jedi, Maul decided to investigate and followed the prints in the sand. The tracks led him over the dunes, into a canyon. While he was scanning the canyon in search for lifeforms, one riderless bantha lurched into sight around a rocky wall, temporarily breaking the Sith Lord's concentration. Suddenly, a lone Sandperson rose from the shadow under the cliff and tried to attack Maul with his gaderffii stick. The Dathomirian activated one end of his saberstaff and cut the Raider's weapon in one stroke.

After a brief sparring match, Maul prepared himself to strike his opponent down. Unexpectedly, a flock of at least thirty other Sand People appeared out of nowhere, spilling out from behind the cliff. Soon, the Raiders began to surround Maul. While he coud have easily defeated five of them in the blink of an eye, Maul knew it would only infuriate the rest. The Tusken Raiders kept maneuvering Maul closer to the face of the canyon wall. As the only way out was to avoid the fight, Maul quickly elaborated a fallback strategy. He ran straight for the canyon wall and managed to scale it. With a burst of dark side strength, Maul performed an impressive backward flip, flew in the air and landed behind his attackers.

The Sand People were so bewildered they just couldn't react. Maul startled they don't react. Maul grasped the opportunity to run, and headed back to his ship through the canyon. The Raiders finally engaged in chasing the Sith, but they couldn't match his speed. They finally gave up and walked away, in hopes of finding easier preys.

Aftermath
"If he's heading out of town on foot, he must be going to his ship. No time to waste!"

- Darth Maul

Maul had never run from battle before, but he knew he couldn't defeat all thirty Raiders so easily. Still, this fallback filled him with rage. Back at the Scimitar, he received a report from one of his Dark eye probes. The collected coordinates indicated Jinn was heading out of Mos Espa spaceport, most likely returning to the Queen's ship in the company of a local boy. The tattooed warrior got on the Bloodfin, his personal speeder bike, and raced through the sands of Tatooine. When he finally reached his Jedi prey, Maul engaged in a first duel with Jinn.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
 * Darth Maul's Revenge
 * Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul