How did Darth Maul trace the Queen/Jedi back to Tatooine?
In Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), when the protagonists find themselves on Tatooine to repair their ship and hide from the Trade Federation, it is established that governor Sio Bibble's distress call from Naboo is a trap to lure them into responding, thereby establishing a connection trace that would allow the Trade Federation to track them down.
BIBBLE : ...cut off all food supplies until you return...the death toll is catastrophic...we must bow to their wishes, Your Highness...Please tell us what to do! If you can hear us, Your Highness, you must contact me...
AMIDALA looks upset...almost nervous.
OBI-WAN : It's a trick. Send no reply... Send no transmission of any kind.
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QUI-GON : It sounds like bait to establish a connection trace.
Obi-Wan confirms that no reply was sent
OBI-WAN : ...the Queen is upset...but absolutely no reply was sent.
In the very next scene, we learn that the Sith have somehow traced them back to Tatooine:
DARTH SIDIOUS and DARTH MAUL look out over the vast city.
DARTH MAUL : Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master.
So, what gives? The logic put forward was that they ought not to reply in order to avoid being traced, then we learn that no reply was sent, only to find out that they were traced anyway. How did that trace occur? Has this been officially addressed?
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Because Amidala was necessary for their plans—the queen needed to sign a treaty that would legitimize the illegal occupation of Naboo—Sidious dispatched Maul to find the queen and the Jedi. Maul traced a distress call from Sio Bibble, the governor of Naboo, which Queen Amidala received on Tatooine. With his master's blessing, Maul traveled to Tatooine to locate the queen. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul
Ok so accordig to Wookieepedia it appears that he was able trace the call from Bibble to Amidala and she didn't need to reply to the call like Qui-Gon suggests. (I'm still going to look harder though and see if I find anything else).
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How did Darth Maul trace them to Tatooine?
With Maul's help, counterfeit messages from the Queen's adviser Sio Bibble had been transmitted to the missing starship, and one transmission had returned a faint connection trace to the Hutt-owned world of Tatooine.Who was Darth Maul after on Tatooine?
After tracking Kenobi to Tatooine, Maul engaged him in a brief Lightsaber duel, which resulted in Maul's demise. Before dying, Maul was comforted with the knowledge that Kenobi was protecting the Chosen One, finding some peace in the idea that the end of the Sith was at hand and that he would be avenged.What did Darth Maul think of Qui-Gon?
Dooku didn't know Sidious was Palpatine either. If Maul knew, he would have tole Obi Wan or another Jedi during the Clone Wars. Dooku knew Palpatine was Sidious as he told Obi-Wan about him controlling the senate and referred to him as the dark lord. There's no real way of actually knowing if he knew ab palpatine.Darth Maul: ecco come è sopravvissuto allo scontro con Obi-Wan in Episodio I
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