Chapter 13 Summary

When the light turns green, Anakin feeds in maximum fuel to the engines and they both stall. It looks as though the race is over for Anakin before it has begun. He calmly restarts the Podracer and is off chasing the pack ahead of him. The power of the engines in his racer gives Anakin the advantage at the beginning of the race where the terrain is flat and even. By the time he reaches the tricky part of the course, he has almost caught up to the pack.

He works his way past his competitors, partly using sheer force and partly using guile, until he nears on Sebulba who is now in the lead, and who quickly destroys another racer who has the audacity to try to pass him. In the stands, Qui-Gon waits tensely, eyes closed, searching within his consciousness for...