Levando em conta a novela oficial , certamente parece que a intenção de Maul foi desenhar os Jedi na Sala do Gerador (aquele com as passarelas de vários níveis). Ele teve bastante tempo para pensar em onde confrontá-los e parece se adequar ao seu estilo de luta pouco ortodoxo:
But Qui-Gon recognized that while it might seem as if the Jedi were driving him before them, it was the Sith Lord who was controlling the struggle. Wheeling and spinning, leaping and somersaulting with astonishing ease, their enemy was taking them with him, drawing them on to a place of his own choosing.
... Considerando que sua decisão de entrar na Sala de Fusão (com seu corredor de grade a laser) foi realmente um erro, impulsionada por seu desejo de fugir de Qui Gon depois que ele ganhou uma vantagem:
One after the other, the three antagonists passed through the small door into a corridor beyond. They were moving quickly in their frenzied chase and were into the corridor before they realized what it was. Lasers ricocheted off buffer struts, pulsing in long bursts of crisscrossing brilliance that segmented the corridor at five points.
...
Shocked into immobility by the buzz and flash of the lasers, the antagonists froze where they were, casting about for an escape, finding none. Qui-Gon took a quick measure of
their location.