Why didn't the Nabooians shoot Darth Maul dead?

Originally posted by Darth Kreiger
Ray Park isn't black....
I understand the whole movie big fight scene thing, but he was unarmed, not ready to pull his saber, would have been over so quick

Thank you...

Originally posted by Legion_of_Maul
he can use the force, so do you think he wouldn't know it was coming?

That sure didn't help the Jedi during Order 66, they were taken by complete surprise

Oh my lord.... Maul would be able to see shots from prepared nabooians, that were against him coming. I mean, would you even be able to think that your friend is going to shot you...

this was possibly the coolest moment in ep 1. some of the naboo had seen mauls fight with qui gon and knew he was at least able to stand up to a jedi, and they knew he had a lightsaber. once those doors opened everyone stopped, and decided to take the long way rather than confront him, even with the jedi there. jedi have a pretty good rep and are known as almost inhumanly skilled warriors, maul was able to take a master on, and force him to break combat. he was obviously evil and had no fear of the group of them. i think they didnt shoot becuase they knew he was too much for them. very bad ass.

Thank you 😉

Originally posted by Darth Kreiger
That sure didn't help the Jedi during Order 66, they were taken by complete surprise

Exactly, these were voulenteers, not the best trained soldiers in the galaxy. And the jedi thought they were on their side, of course they didn't excpect to get shot....

right, and the planet was blockaded, and if you payed attention naboo had a low supply of anything, so these men may have even been underfed, because the confederacy said they would kill off the enitre planet if they had to.