Enquanto os fãs geralmente se referem a ele como "eixo do reator", materiais mais oficiais referem-se a ele de maneira diferente.
De acordo com o roteiro do filme Star Wars Episódio 1: O Fantasma Ameaça , onde este evento acontece, é o poço de fusão ligado ao gerador de energia.
INT. THEED - POWER GENERATOR - MELTING PIT
OBI-WAN screams as the pulsing electron gate opens, and the SITH LORD attacks him. The DARK LORD is relentless in his assault on the young JEDI. OBI-WAN and DARTH MAUL use the Force to fling objects at each other as they fight. DARTH MAUL seems to have the upper hand as OBI-WAN grows weary. DARTH MAUL catches OBI-WAN off guard, and the JEDI slips into a melting pit. He is barely able to hold onto a nozzle on the side of the pit. DARTH MAUL grin evilly at OBI-WAN as he kicks OBI-WAN's lightsaber down the endless shaft.
The SITH LORD smiles as he goes in for the kill. At the last moment, OBI-WAN jumps up out of the pit, calls QUI-GON's lightsaber to hi, throwing DARTH MAUL off. The young JEDI swings with a vengeance, cutting the SITH down. DARTH MAUL falls into the melting pit to his death. OBI-WAN rushes over to QUI-GON, who is dying.
O StarWars.com também o chama de "poço de fusão" em sua página para o Núcleo do Reator .
On Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan team up to defeat Darth Maul in a lightsaber duel. After cutting Qui-Gon down, Maul faces off with Obi-Wan, who defeats the Sith Lord by sending his bisected body into a deep melting pit.