Jedi Padawan Eldra Kaitis is the prisoner of profiteering gangster Xev Xrexus. Xrexus has gathered the most dangerous crime bosses in the galaxy to participate in a nefarious auction to purchase the Padawan.

Little does Xrexus know, Sith apprentice Darth Maul has infiltrated the auction. With a group of bounty hunters - including Cad Bane and Aurra Sing - Maul plans on purchasing or kidnapping the Padawan. Maul plans on purchasing or kidnapping the Padawan, and then killing her, in order to satiate his desire for vengeance against the Jedi.

But Maul's Master - the mysterious Darth Sidious - has forbidden Maul from interacting with the Jedi. Maul operates in secrecy, knowing he will fce severe punishment if Sidious discovers his disobedience....

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