Chapter 21 Summary

Obeying Qui-Gon's directive, Anakin ducks underneath a starfighter and watches the action while the Jedi assisted by Padmy and her troops clear the hanger of droids. Pilots rush to the starfighters and with a roar of powerful engines launch their craft out of the hangar. When the last of the droids is destroyed, the two Jedi and Padmy's troops move toward an exit in the hangar. Qui-Gon sees Anakin hiding in one of the parked starfighters with R2-D2 at his side, and orders him to stay where he is. At this moment, Darth Maul appears blocking the exit, fire and rage in his eyes. Qui-Gon orders the rest of the group to back away, and then he and Obi-Wan engage the Sith warrior in what promises to be a fight to the death.

On the plains near the swamp the main battle...