What exactly is the function of the room where Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon fight Darth Maul? There are a bunch platforms and beams of light, and then there in the hallway with a series of laser shields that randomly turn on and off, and then the big metallic pit that Darth Maul falls down. What exactly is the room used for?
shareWhat a pleasant observation. But no clue what that room was for.
shareIt's used for Lightsaber battles.
shareDidn't you know? It was used because it was an awesome backdrop for light sabre duels. Any lightsabre duel that happens, happens in this room! The entire room was built for this purpose, pretty cool isn't it.
shareDon't get me wrong - I utterly hate this film and feel like its theatrical run was a demarcation point of the end of my childhood love of cinema-going as well as the end of Hollywood movies being generally good.
My only explanation, in an attempt to steel-man the film, would be that it's some kind of training room or a place for some kind of game (think like a laser-tag studio or obstacle course). As to why it has some giant empty pit in it is anyone's guess, though possibly it was just there to represent an obstacle and had some sort of cushioning, net, or a teleporter at the bottom to prevent fatalities.
I have no idea but it was always my impression that it was like the core or part of whatever makes power on this planet. Like the Star Wars version of a nuclear reactor. The shields regulating the exhaust of ion radiation or something.
shareThat was the power plant below the Palace of Naboo. Not sure why it had rotating energy walls or anything like that, but it mostly just supplied power to the palace above as well as the nearby buildings in the royal compound.
shareit was a power station
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