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Scripter: Ron Marz Penciler: Jan Duursema Inker: Rick Magyar Letterer: Steve Dutro Colorist: Dave McCaig Cover Artist: Drew Struzan Book Design: Jeremy Perkins Assistant Editor: Michael Carriglitto Editor: Dave Land Publisher: Mike Richardson CHARACTER Featured Darth Maul (1st time appearing without shirt) Supporting Darth Sidious Guest Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi DROID Sith attack droid (as seen with the Deluxe Darth Maul figure from Hasbro), training droids, spider repair droid (seen in the hangar bay) LOCATION Coruscant (most notably, the Sith's secret base) STARSHIP Sith Infiltrator (1st chronological appearance) TECHNOLOGY Darth Maul's lightsaber (red, double bladed), Sith communication gauntlet | ||
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This timeline in this issue indicates the events of this series take place 6 months prior to The Phantom Menace, while the online timeline indicates 33 years before A New Hope.
Published both with an artwork cover by Drew Struzan and a photo cover variant.
Darth Maul is meditating as four training droids approach him from the rear. Using the Force, he retrieves his lightsaber and stands ready. He disables two of the droids with his lightsaber while deflecting laser blasts. When the lasers get to be too much, he turns and runs up the wall of his training room, flipping over backwards and slicing up the third and fourth droids. It is then that Darth Sidious approaches with a task for him.
Sidious instructs Maul to ready himself for a journey. He must assure that Black Sun will not interfere with their plans for the Neimoidians. Sidious goes on to explain the vast criminal underworld that is Black Sun, and directs Maul to throw them into disarray. To do this he must destroy the head of Black Sun, as well as the nine Vigos that report to him. As a gift, Lord Sidious presents Darth Maul with the Sith Infiltrator, his tool to achieving his goal.
Maul pledges his loyalty and departs in the ship from the hidden docking port somewhere on Coruscant. Somewhere else on the city-planet, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are taking a walk when Qui-Gon senses a disturbance in the Force. His padawan asks what it was, but he can offer no answer other than to say that it's meaning will eventually reveal itself.