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They head for the exit. As they are about to go through the door, suddenly everyone scatters, revealing Darth Maul standing in the doorway. Captain Panaka, Padme, and her troops back away. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan step forward.

"It must be the sith," Qui-Gon mutters. "We'll handle this…" he says, louder this time.

The two Jedi take off their capes and ignite their laser swords. Darth Maul takes off his cape, and ignites his laser sword. Both ends of the sword light up.

The Jedi begin to fight the Sith Lord.

The Jedi are engaged in a fierce sword fight with Darth Maul. They have moved into the center of the hanger.

The sith lord's moves are incredible. He is fighting the two Jedi at once, flipping into the air, outmaneuvering them at every turn.

The sith lord drives the Jedi out of the hanger and into the power generator area next door.

Three swords are crossed in an intense display of swordsmanship. The Jedi and the Sith Lord fight their way across the narrow bridge of the Theed power generator. Darth Maul jumps onto the bridge above them. The Jedi follow, one in front of the Sith Lord and one behind. They continue their sword fight.

Their laser sword battle continues on the small catwalk around the vast power pit. Darth Maul kicks Obi-Wan off one of the ramps and he falls several levels. Qui-Gon knocks the Dark Lord off another ramp, and he lands hard on a ramp two levels below. Qui-Gon jumps down after him. The Dark Lord backs away along the catwalk into a small door. Qui-Gon follows as Obi-Wan runs to catch up.

The Sith Lord, followed by Qui-Gon, enters a long hallway filled with a series of deadly rays that go on and off in a pulsing pattern that shoots down the corridor every minute or so. Darth Maul makes it down several walls of deadly rays before they close. Qui-Gon is one wall away from the Dark Lord. Obi-Wan is just starting into it and is five walls away from Darth Maul.

The Jedi must wait until the next pulse to advance down the corridor. Obi-Wan is impatient and paces, waiting for the wall of rays to open. Qui-Gon sits and meditates. The Sith lord tries to patch up his wounds.

The electric rays cycle as Qui-Gon sits meditating. The wall of the deadly rays turn away, and Obi-Wan starts running toward Qui-Gon and the Dark Lord. When the wall between Qui-Gon and Darth Maul opens, Qui-Gon is in a split second fighting the Dark Lord with a ferocity not seen before. They move into the area at the end of the corrider called the melting pit, a small area that is mostly made up of a deep hole.

The electron ray gates begin to close. Obi-Wan tries to make it to the melting pit but is caught one gate short. He slides to a stop just before he hits the deadly electron field.

Qui-Gon and Darth Maul battle around the melting pit as a frustrated Obi-Wan watches.

Darth Maul catches Qui-Gon off guard. The sith makes a quick move, bashes his lightsaber handle into Qui-Gon's chin, and runs him through. Qui-Gon slumps to the floor in a heap.

Obi-Wan screams as the pulsing electron gate opens, and the Sith Lord attacks him. The Dark Lord is relentless in his assault on the young Jedi. Obi-Wan and Darth Maul use the force to fling objects at each other as they fight. Darth Maul seems to have the upper hand as Obi-Wan grows weary. Darth Maul catches Obi-Wan off guard, and the Jedi slips into a melting pit. He is barely able to hold onto a nozzle on the side of the pit. Darth Maul grins evilly at Obi-Wan as he kicks Obi-Wan's lightsaber down the endless shaft.

The sith lord smiles as he goes in for the kill. At the last moment, Obi-Wan jumps up out of the pit, calls Qui-Gon's lightsaber to him, throwing Darth Maul off. The young Jedi swings with a vengeance, cutting the sith down. Darth Maul falls into the melting pit to his death.

Obi-Wan rushes over to Qui-Gon, who is dying.

"Master!" Obi-Wan exclaims, "Master!"

"It is too late… It's…" Qui-Gon manages to get out.

"No!"

"Obi-Wan, promise…promise me you'll train the boy…"

"Yes, Master…"

"He is the chosen one…he will…bring balance…train him!"

Qui-Gon dies. Obi-Wan cradles his master, quietly weeping.