Darth Maul's Revenge
Author: Eric Arnold
Illustrator: Tommy Lee Jones Edwards
Medium: Picture book
Publication Date: November 2000
Timeline Placement: 32 BBYIllustrated children's picture book following Darth Maul from the scene on Coruscant where Darth Sidious dispatches him to capture Queen Amidala to his lightsaber duel with Qui-Gon Jinn on Tatooine. Accordingly, much of this book is retold scenes from The Phantom Menace but there is some non-film material in the middle where Maul, while waiting for reports from his probe droids, gets ambushed by a gang of Tusken Raiders and has to fight them lightsaber-to-gaderffii. Even this section isn't really an original story, however, as it's an adaptation of a scene that first appeared in Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul, a novel by Jedi Apprentice author Jude Watson retelling the events of The Phantom Menace from Maul's point of view. So really Darth Maul's Revenge isn't an original story in any way, and isn't worth tracking down and reading for Expanded Universe fans interested in such. That said, I'm still including it here because it isn't an adaptation of purely movie material and does include some EU content. It's fine for what it is, but that isn't much. The artwork is pretty nice. I guess the title is supposed to be a reference to the "At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi, at last we will have revenge" line from the movie but since the book doesn't actually feature Maul getting revenge at any point it's a questionable choice.
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