Why Skywalker?

It must have been a big risk to send that message out on an open frequency; The Trade Federation were trying to keep it all secret, after all.

I meant Sabe posing as the Queen. She was onboard and gave a look like she should do something.

I'll have to go put that tape in.

Well, it was not shown. Like I said, that they left it open was an error.

Well, someone did something wrong 😮‍💨

i think ushgarak is right at the difinitive point of the discussion. obi-wan wants there not to be a reply, probably, because it can be traced. but to call maul's arrival lucky, may not be so accurate. the reason they go to tatooine, is bred out of mechanical necessity, which from a combat perspective, may easily have been understood by their enemies. then qui-gon suggests that particular location based on logical thinking, which their enemies are certainly not without. now take into account jedi and sith's abilities to sense one another (a-la vader and obi-wan in ANH), and i think everyone here doesn't find the situation all that unbelievable. unless of course you're all about to destroy my thoughts piece by piece. looking forward to either.

That is fair enough except for two things:

1. It's believable, but again we shouldn't HAVE to come up with a believable explanation ourselves; it should have been made clear in the script.

2. In the Coruscant scene with Maul and Sidious, Maul clearly refers to a 'trace', so it wasn't just good guesswork.

So if there was a trace, someone replyed; I come back on that 'just opening it was wrong' thing. It's totaly NOT true, only a reply can give a trace. (or the FBI held back on this one 😉 )

But as presented no-one replied, did they?

'Trace' could refer to many things, of course. But in the end, this confusion is a big cock-up from TPM.

'Trace' could refer to many things, of course. But in the end, this confusion is a big cock-up from TPM.

explain please

Well, when he says 'trace', he could be referring to any number of techno (or even Sith-like) means via which he tracked the Queen's ship.

But it was still a cock-up because how Maul found the ship was NOT MADE CLEAR and it should have been. If someone answered the distress call, it should have been shown.

Just call it an error and get over it! Nobody knows the answer except GL

Whats your problem, yerssot? I HAVE been calling it an error. For a very long time. I'm only repeating ymself because you asked what I was talking about again.

It is a perfectly valid criticism, in any case, that I have a right to make

I want to call it an error because NOBODY really knows the answer and nobody will know it

Well, I wasn't denying that. Unless someone CAN find an explanation that fits what is presented in the film.

There is just not enough in the movie itself to know it