Why did Palpatine send Maul to Tatoine?

Well.. If Palpatine was just making up a bunch of **** about him wanting th treaty signed, why the heck did he send Maul to Tatoine? To reveals themselves to the Jedi? Why would they do that though?

 

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Alpha Red you get an A++

Perfect answer.

 

Alpha-Red has it, well done.

 

Yep

 

Uh huh.

 

Sidious knew that the Jedi were protecting her. Maul was sent there to manhandle Kenobi and Master Qui-Gon so that nothing stood in Sidious's way. The Jedi were like a blockage between Maul and the Queen.

 

Ahh, yes, what a puppet master.
As good 'ol Qui-Gon would say, "Either way, you win".

 

At the time, Palpatine was busy trying to get elected Chancelor. He sent Maul to Naboo to make sure things went as planned. Palpatine still wanted the treaty signed in order for the Trade Federation to remain powerful. I don't believe they thought Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan would still be guarding the queen. The Jedi Council sent Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan with the Queen in order to "draw out the Queen's attacker". It worked and they were able to destroy Maul at determined that it was a Sith. Maul should have avoided a direct fight with 2 Jedi. It almost worked out as Maul killed Qui-Gon and almost defeated Kenobi.

 

I think the real question is what brought up Tatooine in the first place. They had no idea that they were there...they tried to get a trace on them but since they didn't a reply, there was no trace. Therefore there was no indication that they were on Tatooine...so why did Maul go there?

 

DARTH MAUL: "Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master?

 

But how did they establish the trace when there was no reply to the message?

 

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Exactly

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