Soon after their arrival on Tatooine after escapingNaboo blockade, Qui-Gon Jinn, Jar Jar, Padme and R2-D2 reached Mos Espa settlement and there met young Anakin Skywalker at Watto's junk shop. After an unsuccessful attempt to buy replacement parts for their ship's hyperdrive, Qui-Gon and others came to Anakin's house to wait till sandstorm passed by.Meanwhile, Darth Maul - using counterfeit transmission to pinpoint the location of the receiver - found that the Quenn Amidala was on Tatooine. While on Coruscant, he informed his Sith Master, Sidious. Sidious had ordered him to first confront the Jedi and then return the Queen to her homeworld to sign a treaty with the Trade Federation, making its invasion and occupation of the planet "legal." Maul, excited by the task, set off to Tatooine.