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{{short description|Fictional group of warrior people in the Star Wars universe}} |
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'''Mandalorians''' are a group of [[warrior]]s from several [[Lists of Star Wars species|species]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe, in most cases they were humans. They commonly act as [[mercenaries]] or [[bounty hunter]]s. According to [[Star Wars expanded universe|''Star Wars'' expanded universe]] material, they are the cultural descendants of an extinct species called the Taung. The leader of the Mandalorians typically takes on the title of "Mand'alor," the name of their first leader, whose planet was named after him in honor. In the films, they are represented by the bounty hunters [[Jango Fett]] and [[Boba Fett]]. They have also been portrayed in various media, including the novels, ''[[Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero,Order 66, and Imperial Commando|Triple Zero]]'' by [[Karen Traviss]]<ref>A.L. Sirois, Review of ''The Mandalorian Armor Book 1 in The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy'', ''The SF Site'' (1999): http://www.sfsite.com/01a/star48.htm</ref><ref>"[http://theforce.net/books/reviews/tbhw_tma.asp Review of ''The Mandalorian Armor'']"</ref> and [[Hasbro]]'s ''Star Wars Elite Forces'' action figure sets ''Mandalorians & Omega Squad'' and ''Republic Mandalorians & Clone Troopers''. [[Karen Traviss]], author of ''Hard Contact'', expanded Mandalorian culture in the novel, as explained in ''Star Wars on Trial''.<ref>Keith R.A. DeCandido, Tanya Huff, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, ''Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the Most Popular Science Fiction Films of All Time'', ed. David Brin Matthew Woodring Stover (Benbella Books, 2006), 164.</ref> Mandalorians are most commonly portrayed as audacious and dangerous. |
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{{About|the fictional group of people|the television series|The Mandalorian{{!}}"The Mandalorian"|the series' title character|The Mandalorian (character)}} |
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{{redirect|Mandalorian armor|the novel|Boba Fett#The Bounty Hunter Wars{{!}}"The Mandalorian Armor"}} |
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| name = Mandalorian |
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| image = Costume Pageant Mandalorian at Star Wars Celebration IV.jpg |
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| series = [[Star Wars]] |
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| home_world = [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Mandalore table row|Mandalore]] |
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| base_of_operations = [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Mandalore table row|Mandalore]], [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Concordia|Concordia]], [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Concord Dawn|Concord Dawn system]] |
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| language = [[Languages in Star Wars#Mando'a|Mando'a]], [[Galactic Basic]] |
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* [[Joe Johnston]] (design)<ref name="sfgate">{{cite news |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |date=May 14, 2005 |title=Forget Anakin – for die-hard 'Star Wars' fans, Boba Fett rules |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/14/DDG94CO3CN1.DTL&hw=fett&sn=001&sc=1000 |access-date=May 4, 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[George Lucas]]}} |
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| members = {{ubl|[[Boba Fett]]||[[The Mandalorian (character)|Din Djarin]]|[[Jango Fett]]|[[Bo-Katan Kryze]]|[[Sabine Wren]]|[[Paz Vizsla]]|[[Pre Vizsla]]|[[The Armorer]]|[[Canderous Ordo]]}}}} |
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'''Mandalorians''' are a fictional group of people associated with the planet [[List of Star Wars planets and moons#Mandalore table row|Mandalore]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe and franchise created by [[Joe Johnston]] and [[George Lucas]]. Their appearance is often distinguished by gear such as battle helmets, armor, and [[Jet pack|jetpacks]]. |
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==History== |
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Originally, the Mandalorian clans were led by the mysterious "Mand'alor the First" and were ranked among the best fighters in [[Star Wars#Setting|the galaxy]], thriving on battle. They are known for their cutting-edge weaponry and strict [[code of honor]]. These Mandalorians wear crusader armor that differs from one soldier to the next. |
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First conceptualized for ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' as a group of white-armored "supercommandos", the idea developed into a single [[bounty hunter]] character, [[Boba Fett]]. Although Fett was not identified as a Mandalorian in the film, his popularity inspired an extensive inquisition into Mandalorians in future ''Star Wars'' media, including [[List of Star Wars books|novels]], [[List of Star Wars comic books|comics]], [[List of Star Wars television series|television series]], and [[List of Star Wars video games|video games]].{{sfn|Filoni|Plunket|Aron|2010}} |
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Mandalore itself is a temperate, albeit desolate, world located in a rather overlooked and inconspicuous area at the edge of the Outer Rim Territories. Making a living on its surface requires one to constantly battle for survival, and thus the Mandalorians know no other way of success. Most importantly, however, is the rare metal that is only found on this planet to date. It is called Mandalorian Iron, or ''[[beskar]]'' in the Mandalorian language. It is one of the few known substances that can resist the focused energy output of a weapon such as a [[lightsaber]]. The other few exceptions include [[cortosis]] ore, vibro and [[phrik]] alloy, as well as the living shell of the Vonduun crab. |
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The [[Star Wars in other media|''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe]] and the television series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]'', ''[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]'', and ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' expanded upon Mandalorian lore with the introduction of additional characters, and established the Mandalorians not as an "[[Extraterrestrial life|alien race or species]]", but a distinct [[ideology]] of humans and various aliens from Mandalore and nearby worlds united by a common [[creed]] with a [[Stoicism|stoic]], spartan warrior tradition.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} |
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The original mention of Mandalorian Iron is invariably from ''[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith]]''. In the series, The [[Sith|Sith Lord]] [[Exar Kun]] goes to the tomb of [[Freedon Nadd]] on Onderon's moon, [[Dxun]]. Nadd's grave is said to be made of Mandalorian Iron and Exar Kun attempts to pierce the metal at first and it is noted that his [[lightsaber]]'s blow barely even scorches the surface. Kun is then possessed by the power of the Dark Side of the Force and succeeds in breaking through and entering Nadd's tomb. |
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==Creation and development== |
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The Mandalorians play a large role in the [[Great Sith War]], which is portrayed in the ''[[Tales of the Jedi]]'' series. During the war between the [[Sith]] and the Republic, Mandalore and its forces attack and raid the Empress Teta system, drawing the attention of [[Ulic Qel-Droma]]. After being defeated in single combat by Ulic, the Mandalore pledges complete loyalty to the Sith apprentice. He and his warriors participate in many devastating raids and attacks on the Republic, including an attempted invasion of [[Coruscant]]. However, Mandalore is finally defeated at Onderon by local military forces and Republic reinforcements. With his mighty army defeated and shattered, Mandalore flees to [[Dxun]] but is killed by one of the many monsters that inhabit Onderon's moon. A Mandalorian warrior finds his fallen mask and inherits the position of Mandalore. The new Mandalore is manipulated by an unknown [[Sith]] faction into attacking the Republic, triggering the Mandalorian Wars. |
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In production for ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980), [[Ralph McQuarrie]] and [[Joe Johnston]] designed armor intended to be worn by soldiers described as super-commandos from the Mandalore system, armed with weapons built into white suits and known for battling the [[Jedi]].<ref name= "Sketchbook">{{Cite book|title=The Empire Strikes Back Sketchbook|last1=Johnston|first1=Joe|last2=Rodis-Jamero|first2=Nilo|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |year= 1980|isbn=978-0-345-28836-3|location=New York|pages=69|author-link=Joe Johnston}}</ref>{{Sfn|Windham|Ling|2000|p=39}}{{sfn|Filoni|Plunket|Aron|2010}} Initially, the soldiers were called Super Troopers and were intended to look alike.{{Sfn|Windham|Ling|2000|p=39}} The group eventually developed into a single [[bounty hunter]] character, [[Boba Fett]], and the costume was reworked, but it retained elements such as wrist lasers, rocket darts, a jetpack, and a missile.<ref name="Sketchbook" />{{Sfn|Windham|Ling|2000|p=39}} |
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In a 1979 issue of ''[[Bantha Tracks]]'', the newsletter of the Official ''Star Wars'' Fan Club, Boba's armor was described as that of the "Imperial Shocktroopers, warriors from the olden time" who "came from the far side of the galaxy" and are few in number because they "were wiped out by the Jedi Knights during the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]]".{{Sfn|Windham|Ling|2000|p=45}} The backstory of the Mandalorians was first extensively explored in issues of [[Marvel Comics]]' original ''[[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|Star Wars]]'' series and [[Star Wars expanded to other media|various other ''Star Wars Legends'' media]], including comics by [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] and video games by [[LucasArts]]. |
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After their defeat in the Mandalorian Wars at the hands of the Jedi [[Darth Revan|Revan]] and [[Darth Malak|Malak]], the Mandalorians as a united culture are destroyed, their weapons and armor taken and destroyed. Their dissolution is completed when Revan hid the mask of Mandalore, preventing a new leader from rising. They gradually evolve and change into a culture of wandering [[mercenary|mercenaries]], rather than conquerors. |
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''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002) introduces the bounty hunter [[Jango Fett]], who also wore Mandalorian armor, and was the adoptive father of Boba, a [[Cloning|clone]] of Jango. More spin-off material explored Mandalorian lore, including the violent Death Watch sect. Following the acquisition of [[Lucasfilm]] by [[Disney]] in 2014, most existing spin-off material was declared to be non-canon. Only the films and spin-off works produced after April 25, 2014, are part of the restructured canon,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page|title=The Legendary ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe Turns a New Page|website=StarWars.com|date=April 25, 2014|access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref> including television series such as ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]'', ''[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]'', and ''[[The Mandalorian]]'', the latter of which heavily focuses on the Mandalorian creed. |
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When Darth Revan is visiting the various planets of the galaxy seeking out his former apprentice and betrayer, Darth Malak, he encounters numerous Mandalorians who have tried to blend in with society after losing the Mandalorian Wars to the Republic. One such Mandalorian, Gorse Bendak (nicknamed Bendak Starkiller) was encountered by Revan on the Sith controlled planet [[Taris (Star Wars)|Taris]]. Bendak Starkiller, a former Mandalorian field marshal, as indicated by his golden armor, was competing as a combatant in a local arena. Starkiller had a very large bounty on his head, wanted dead or alive, for openly killing his opponents in the ring - which was considered murder due to death matches being illegal on Taris. Starkiller, a retired combatant, came out of retirement at the opportunity to face Revan in the ring. Depending on Revan's choices in battle, Bendak Starkiller was either killed in battle, or committed suicide in order to avoid being turned in to the authorities alive. |
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==Appearances== |
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Another Mandalorian found by Revan on the planet Taris was [[Canderous Ordo]], who was acting as a mercenary for a gang in the Taris Lower City. He escaped the Sith controlled planet before it was utterly destroyed by intentional Sith bombardment from orbit. Canderous Ordo would eventually achieve the mantle of [[Mandalore]] - becoming Mandalore the Preserver, uniting the scattered Mandalorian clans on Dxun, a moon of Onderon. Canderous at one point joins forces with Darth Revan, seeing an opportunity to restore his honor. While on the [[Wookiee]] homeworld of Kashyyyk, the two encounter a former subordinate to Canderous, a Mandalorian named Jagi. Jagi had a great hatred for Canderous, believing that he ordered Jagi and the rest of his squad into a battle they would all die in. After escaping with his life, Jagi spent years searching the galaxy for Canderous Ordo in order to face him in a one on one death match for the restoration of glory. The two met in the Dune Seas of Tatooine, where Jagi ambushed Canderous and Revan with two Dark Jedi. Canderous and Revan managed to overcome the two Dark Jedi, and slew Jagi. |
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In the years following the Mandalorian Wars, many Mandalorian survivors chose exile, and came to [[Dantooine]] because of its seclusion preferred by the Jedi, who had an enclave there. Over the years, more and more Mandalorians came to Dantooine, and began expanding farmlands they took from the farmers as their own territories. When Darth Revan came to Dantooine searching for Darth Malak, the Mandalorian presence there was substantial, so much so that the local authorities had issued a bounty, collectable only on the condition that all Mandalorians in the Dantooine plains be killed, including one such Mandalorian, Sherruk. Because the Mandalorians had contracted mercenaries, the mercenaries also had to be killed in order to collect the price on Sherruk's head. Two Jedi had attempted to stop Sherruk and his mercenary band from terrorizing the innocent people there. Sherruk, a former Mandalorian rally master, as indicated by his red armor, proved much more skillful than the Jedi had anticipated. Although it is unknown whether this was a joint attack, or two separate occasions, it is known that Sherruk proved more than a match for his Jedi assailants. During the wars, Sherruk had received training from the Sith in order to become a Jedi hunter, so it is unknown how many Jedi he slew in the Mandalorian Wars. The Sith training, combined with his training in Mandalorian combat, however, made him the ideal killer, and when the two Jedi came to stop his terror, Sherruk easily killed both of them in battle, decapitating them and then taking their lightsabers as trophies. When Revan came to Dantooine and learned of the price on Sherruk's head, he set out to eradicate the Mandalorian presence there and collect the bounty. After searching all over Dantooine's planes, encountering numerous Mandalorian campsites and mercenary outposts, Revan discovered Sherruk at his camp in a grove. He was identified by his red armor indicating his former rank as officer (the other Mandalorians on Dantooine were all wearing the standard blue armor - indicating that they were regular soldiers, except for one field marshal in the Grove.) In addition to Sherruk, there were two Duros mercenaries, one Mandalorian soldier and one unnamed Mandalorian field marshal - indicated by his gold armor (because the rank of field marshal is above Sherruk's, it is unknown why Sherruk would be the leaders of the Mandalorians on Dantooine, it is possible this was because Sherruk arrived on the planet earlier, and the field marshal came later, and because there was no organized Mandalorian hierarchy at that time due to the result of the war.) Once Revan approached Sherruk's camp, the Mandalorian leader mistook Revan for a Jedi, but immediately labeled him a hostile because he was aware of Revan attacking the Mandalorians in the area. After a heated exchange of words, Sherruk armed himself with two lightsabers (presumably taken from the two Jedi he had previously killed), and the Sith Lord armed himself with his own lightsaber. A battle ensued, in which Revan killed the two Duros mercenaries, the Mandalorian soldier, the field marshal, and finally Sherruk himself. With the Mandalorians utterly exterminated in that sector of Dantooine, Revan collected the substantial bounty that had been placed on Sherruk's head. Mandalorians would not return to Dantooine until the years following the death of Darth Malak. While trying to re-organize the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders at a base on Dxun, Mandalore the Preserver (Canderous Ordo) encountered a campsite on Dantooine occupied by Mandalorian exiles, though unlike Sherruk's band, these Mandalorians were friendly and had not been murdering the settlers and farmers. They followed Mandalore back to Dxun to reorganize themselves against the massing Sith fleets returning to Republic space. |
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{{see also|Boba Fett|Jango Fett}} |
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Mandalorians made their live action cinematic debut in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980), with the bounty hunter [[Boba Fett]], a supporting [[antagonist]]. The character previously appeared in the [[television special]] ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' (1978), and returned in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' (1983) and the prequel film ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]'' (2002), the latter of which established him as a [[Clone trooper|clone]], raised by his genetic template, [[Jango Fett]], to be his son. Jango is also a bounty hunter who is not explicitly identified as a Mandalorian in the film, but wears Mandalorian armor, which passes down to Boba Fett. In ''[[The Mandalorian]]'', Boba refers to his father as a Mandalorian foundling. |
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Revan later tells his friend [[Canderous Ordo]] to unite the Mandalorians after he leaves for the Unknown Regions and tells him where to find the mask. Ordo then takes the mantle of "Mandalore" and gathers a new Mandalorian army on Dxun. These events are covered in detail in [[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]], where Mandalore recruits and trains Mandalorians across the [[Star Wars|Galaxy]], eventually encountering the [[Jedi Exile]], with whom he begins travel. During this time, the [[Jedi Exile]]'s group visits [[Malachor V]], a planet bearing scars of the most atrocious battle of the Mandalorian Wars. Malachor V is the site of the single largest loss of life during the Mandalorian Wars, after the majority of Mandalorian and Republic soldiers were killed, due to an [[Iridonian]] technician, [[Bao-Dur]], who creates and deploys a weapon called the [[Mass Shadow Generator]]. While attempting to enter Malachor V, the party's ship is downed due to Malchor's unusual [[gravity]] and vicious storms. Although they aren't seen again in the game, it is possible in conversation to make [[Darth Traya]] reveal their futures to you. She reveals that none of them die there, including Mandalore. |
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===Television series=== |
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===The Treaty of Coruscant=== |
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====''The Clone Wars''==== |
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The animated series [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'']] expands upon Mandalorian lore with the introduction of new characters, such as Duchess [[Satine Kryze]], the pacifist [[Paramount chief|leader]] of Mandalore and a romantic interest for Jedi Master [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], and [[Pre Vizsla]], the leader of the Death Watch faction of Mandalorians who seek to overthrow Satine and restore Mandalore's warrior traditions. Mandalore is depicted as the fictional home planet of the Mandalorian people, located in the Outer Rim in the sector and system of the same name.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Wallace|first=Dan|date=June 12, 2015|title=''Star Wars: The Essential Atlas'' Appendix|url=http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/06/Starwars.com_Atlas_appendix_June_15.pdf|access-date=2016-08-01|website=StarWars.com|publisher=Lucasfilm}}</ref> It has an inhabited moon called Concordia, a mining settlement to which Mandalorian warriors were exiled.{{sfn|Hsu|2010}}<ref name="ConcordiaDatabase">{{cite web|title=Concordia|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/concordia|access-date=2016-08-01|website=StarWars.com|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]}}</ref> [[Concord Dawn (Star Wars)|Concord Dawn]], located in the Mandalore sector,<ref name=":0" /> is also the homeworld of several Mandalorian characters, including Jango Fett, and the base of operations for the Protectors.<ref name="ConcordDawnDatabase">{{cite web|title=Concord Dawn|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/concord-dawn|access-date=2016-08-01|website=StarWars.com|publisher=Lucasfilm}}</ref>{{sfn|Gilroy|Hopps|2016}} |
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In ''The Clone Wars'', the planet Mandalore is a largely uninhabitable desert, caused by a war with the Jedi that occurred before the timeframe of the series.{{sfn|Filoni|Plunket|Aron|2010}}<ref name="MandaloreDatabank">{{cite web|title=Mandalore|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/Mandalore/|website=StarWars.com|publisher=Lucasfilm|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> The New Mandalorian people built their cities, such as the capital Sundari, in large [[Closed ecological system|biodomes]]. The design of Sundari draws on [[Cubism|Cubist]] elements, and murals located in the city mimic [[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''[[Guernica (Picasso)|Guernica]]''. The concept of Mandalore as a "large desolate planet of white sand with these cube-like buildings" was developed by Lucas early in development for ''The Clone Wars'' season two. Lucas also wanted layers of glass incorporated into the design. Because Sundari did not look enough like a giant city, the production team developed it into a dome with cubes on it. Filoni noted that the desolate and barren appearance was "kind of a [[Jean Giraud|Moebius]]-influenced design". Filoni had the shapes of Boba Fett's armor worked into the windows and the design of the architecture, feeling that the shapes were "emblematic" and that the warrior culture was so strong it was embedded into the architecture.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Filoni|first=Dave|date=March 16, 2010|title=The Art of Mandalore|magazine=[[Star Wars Insider]]|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]|issue=116|pages=22–28}}</ref> |
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For centuries afterwards, the Mandalorians remained unaligned and lacked leadership, until the rise of a young gladiator in the [[Geonosis|Geonosian]] arenas, calling himself the New Mand'alor. He rallied his people for a new challenge against the galactic order, and allied his forces with the Sith Empire. United once more, the Mandalorians worked to blockade the Hydian Way, threatening to choke the primary route for republic military aid to the Outer Rim, as well as the main route for bringing raw goods to the core worlds. The [[Jedi Order]] attacked the blockade, but was defeated profoundly. So effective was the Mandalorian blockade that even as long standing Republic holdouts in the Outer Rim began folding to the empire, supply shortages lead to planet-wide rioting on Coruscant and talk in the Senate turned towards surrender to the Sith. It was only once [[Hylo Visz]] led an intrepid group of smugglers against the blockade, with Republic support, that the blockade was broken, and the Republic granted a vital reprieve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/timeline/return-mandalorians |title=Star Wars: The Old Republic galactic timeline, "The Return of the Mandalorians" |publisher=Swtor.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref> |
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It is established in ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' that Mandalorians had colonized other worlds, such as Concord Dawn and Krownest. The Mandalorians eventually came into contact with the Old Republic and fought their Jedi protectors. Upon seeing the Jedi's force abilities, the Mandalorians created gadgets, weapons and armor to counter Jedi abilities. Despite the animosity between the Mandalorians and the Jedi, Tarre Vizsla became the first Mandalorian Jedi. As a Jedi, Vizsla built the Darksaber and used it to unite his people as their ''Mand'alor''.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Lee, Steward (Director) |date=2017 |title=Trials of the Darksaber |medium=Television |publisher=Lucasfilm Ltd. }}</ref> During ''Star Wars Rebels'', a Mandalorian named [[Sabine Wren]] of Clan Wren discovers the [[Lightsaber#Colors|Darksaber]] from [[Darth Maul|Maul]]'s hideout.<ref name="Newby"/> With the Darksaber, she hoped to unite Mandalore and get her honor back after creating a weapon that would kill Mandalorians. Upon returning to Mandalore, she gained the support of her estranged mother Ursa. Sabine and her mother had differences of opinion as her mother turned to the Empire for support. Ultimately House Wren sides with Sabine. With the Darksaber, she rallies Clan Wren and takes arms against Clan Saxon, which has the backing of the Empire.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} After Clan Saxon is defeated, the Empire seemingly backs off from Mandalore, and Sabine renounces ownership of the Darksaber to [[Bo-Katan Kryze]], sister of the late Duchess Satine Kryze, who promises to unite all Mandalorian clans under her leadership and restore peace to Mandalore.<ref name="Newby"/> |
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Shortly before the fall of the Republic, the Mandalorians became split and they began fighting among themselves. The cause was a man named Tor Vizsla. Jaster Mereel, a reformed murderer, who said that the Mandalorians were high-priced mercenaries, formed the True Mandalorians faction, while those loyal to Vizsla, who believed the Mandalorians should conquer the galaxy, formed the Death Watch. During a battle on [[Concord Dawn (Star Wars)|Concord Dawn]], Jaster Mereel's forces were retreating and were hidden by the local "police officer", a man named Fett. For helping Jaster's men, the Death Watch kills the entire family, except the youngest son, Jango Fett, who while running from Death Watch, bumps into Mereel and his men. Mereel kills the two pursuing members of Death Watch, and, after escaping a fire, takes pity on Jango for being the fault of his family's death. Later they find out that Jango's sister, Arla Fett, also survived. Jango Fett becomes Mereel's protege, and arguable adopted son. On Jango's first mission with a squad many years later, Vizsla ambushes the Mandalorians. Jaster gives the order to evacuate to avoid more deaths. While saving his second in command he falls behind and is trapped with the other Mandalorian. Jango runs back to save Jaster, but arrives too late and was witness to Mereel's death at the hands of Vizsla shortly after the betrayal of his second-in-command, Montross, who escaped because he had a jetpack at the time. Jango took command of the remaining True Mandalorians, but unknowingly led them into a trap at the Battle of Galidraan, where they were framed for murder, resulting in the complete destruction of the True Mandalorians at the hands of the Jedi. Jango is the only survivor, and before being captured, slays half of the members of the Jedi Council as well as a few Jedi Knights single-handedly. This massacre of both sides is also what causes Count Dooku to leave the order. This greatly reduced the number of Mandalorians active in the galaxy. Fett escapes and becomes a bounty hunter, eventually making such a name for himself that he was chosen by [[Count Dooku|Tyranus]] as the genetic source for the clone army being created on [[Kamino (Star Wars)|Kamino]]. It is revealed in Republic Commando: Order 66, that Fett was possibly motivated to serve as the genetic template for this army and later train some elite units in an effort to create a "Mandalorian army" capable of one day annihilating the Jedi Order in revenge for Galidraan. Moreover, clone "trooper armor and equipment is based in part on the battle gear of the Mandalorian..." and a large section of the clone army special forces units were trained by Mandalorian mercenaries such as Kal Skirata, Walon Vau,and Rav Bralor. Jango recruited 100 individuals to help train Clone Troopers, 75 of which were Mandalorians. These 100 individuals were known as the Cuy'val Dar (Those who no longer exist, in Mando'a). When recruited, they were paid in credits, but had to disappear from the galaxy and were not allowed to leave Kamino. These men and women trained clone troopers for close to ten years. Most of the individuals took to being commando sergeants, while Fett personally trained the Alpha-class Advanced Recon Commandos (Alpha ARC's).<ref>''The Complete Visual Dictionary of Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga'' (Hardcover) by DK Publishing (DK CHILDREN, 2006), 104.</ref> |
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During the time of the Clone Wars, Mandalore had become a peaceful world under the leadership of Duchess Satine Kryze, who looked to forget the warrior past of Mandalore. This however made her certain enemies, members of her own royal staff who would betray her (and even Satine's own sister Bo Katan chose violence over tranquility). A Mandalorian terrorist group named Death Watch was formed, which coordinated planned attacks on Mandalore, and the Republic. Their leader was the governor of Mandalore's moon Concordia, Pre Vizsla of Clan Vizsla who betrayed Satine for her tarnishing of the Mandalorian name and his ancestors. Vizsla earned the attention of the Republic and the Separatists, as Count Dooku formed an alliance with Vizsla and orchestrated that the Republic would send clone troopers to Mandalore to keep the peace, which would in turn have the people see the Death Watch as liberators. Obi-Wan Kenobi who was visiting Mandalore discovered Vizsla's terrorist group and had Satine moved to Coruscant for protection, but they were betrayed by Senator Tal Merrik, who was also a member of Death Watch, but he was killed by Anakin Skywalker when he took Satine hostage. When Death Watch failed to get the Republic to send its clones to Mandalore, Dooku ended his alliance with Vizsla. |
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At some point during the Galactic Civil War, between the events of ''Rebels'' (5–1 BBY) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (4 ABY), the Empire returned to Mandalore and purged the Mandalorian people, leaving only a few surviving clans and stealing large quantities of the precious Beskar metal, which no blaster or lightsaber can penetrate; this event became known as the "Great Purge" among Mandalorians.<ref name="Richter"/> ''[[The Mandalorian]]'' follows the exploits of [[The Mandalorian (character)|Din Djarin]], also known simply as "The Mandalorian", or "Mando" for short, a bounty hunter not originally from Mandalore. He was orphaned on another planet during the [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]] (22–19 BBY) when Separatist battle droids killed his parents; saved by a Mandalorian clan called "The Tribe", Djarin was adopted as a Foundling and raised with their Creed ("The Way of the Mandalore", or simply "The Way").<ref name="Richter">{{Cite book |last=Richter |first=Lena |date=2020 |title=The Transmedia Franchise of Star Wars TV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0osIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA160 |location=Cham |publisher=Springer Nature |page=160 |isbn=9783030529581 |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="Newby"/> The Yoda-like toddler that he adopts, [[Grogu]], also known as "the Child", is also considered a foundling, but Djarin decides to return it to the Jedi after discovering it is Force-sensitive.<ref name="Newby"/> |
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The Death Watch were later apparently driven away, and went to the snow planet Carlac, where they aimed to have revenge on Dooku with the help of their new recruit, former Separatist Lux Bonteri, who Vizsla merely saw as a pawn to help him find Dooku. But the Death Watch were once again defeated by [[Ahsoka Tano]], forcing them to leave Carlac. The Death Watch later found a new way to conquer Mandalore, when they found the Sith Lord Darth Maul, and his brother Savage Opress wounded from their encounter with Kenobi. They formed an alliance, and started to form the Shadow Collective, a crime organization with troops from the Black Sun, Pikes, and support from the Hutt Clans. Together they were able to overrun Mandalore with the criminals, while the Death Watch arrested them to look like heroes, which ended up working, and Vizsla became the new prime minister of Mandalore. Vizsla then double-crossed Maul, putting him and Savage in prison. However the Sith brothers escaped, enlisting former Prime Minister Almec to replace him, and Maul challenged Vizsla for rule of Mandalore. The warriors dueled in Lightsaber combat, but Maul ultimately won, and beheaded Vizsla, claiming his darksaber and leadership over Death Watch. He was betrayed by Vizsla's first lieutenant Bo Katan, who left Death Watch and rebelled, starting a war against Maul and his new Death Watch. The outcome of this conflict is unknown, as Maul and Savage were subsequently defeated in battle by Maul's former master, Darth Sidious, who murdered Savage and took Maul as his prisoner. |
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According to Bo-Katan Kryze in "[[Chapter 11: The Heiress]]", Djarin was found by the "Children of the Watch", a group of religious zealots who follow the ancient "Way of the Mandalore", consisting of various forgotten Mandalorian traditions, such as never removing their helmets in front of others; they were excluded from the mainstream of Mandalorian society for trying to spread their beliefs.<ref name="Newby"/> Djarin thus finds out he's part of an extremist group without ever having known it; he was raised by [[The Armorer]] to believe only people who choose to follow the Creed are true Mandalorians.<ref name="Newby"/> But this confrontation with Kryze's group of Nite Owls revealed that there were also other Mandalorians who were Mandalorian by ancestry, which [[Religious denomination|share some broad cultural ideas and practices]] with the Watch such as wearing Mandalorian armor, but have no rule against removing one's helmet.<ref name="Newby">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/how-new-the-mandalorian-character-opens-up-a-world-of-possibilities |title=How New 'The Mandalorian' Character Opens Up a World of Possibilities |author=Richard Newby |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=14 November 2020 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> |
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===Post-Imperial Times=== |
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Twenty-three years after the Battle of Yavin, [[Boba Fett]] became Mand'alor after Fenn Shysa's death on the planet Shogun and continues the tradition of leading the Mandalorian Protectors. During the [[Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong War]], Fett led the Mandalorians in the defense of Mandalore and liberated numerous planets like Tholatin and Gyndine; however, this effort came at a huge cost to the Mandalorians. The Yuuzhan Vong retaliated and attacked Mandalore, damaging the capital city of Keldabe severely in the process. Though the Vong are eventually defeated, the attack permanently scarred Mandalore and leaves over a million Mandalorians dead, nearly a third of the population of Mandalore. |
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[[Moff Gideon]], leading a faction of ex-Imperials, was personally involved in the Great Purge and obtained the Darksaber (a unique, black-bladed [[Lightsaber|lightsaber]] symbolising dynastic authority on Mandalore) from Bo-Katan after defeating her in combat.<ref name="Newby"/> During the show's [[The Mandalorian (season 2)|second season]], it is revealed that Bo-Katan, along with a small number of Mandalorian warriors willing to follow her, is attempting to reclaim the Darksaber and liberate Mandalore from Imperial occupation.<ref name="Newby"/> In the [[Chapter 16: The Rescue|season two finale]], Djarin defeats Moff Gideon in combat, thus becoming the rightful owner of the Darksaber and the legitimate ruler of Mandalore, which Bo-Katan accepts; even though Djarin is not interested in ruling and would rather pass the Darksaber to her as they intended, she insists she needs to obtain it through combat.<ref name="NewbyCh16">{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/where-the-mandalorian-can-go-next |title=Where 'The Mandalorian' Can Go Next |author=Richard Newby |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=19 December 2020 |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> The season thus ends with a cliffhanger, as Djarin could either help Bo-Katan and her forces liberate Mandalore in exchange for their assistance in taking down Gideon, or they could become hostile over possession of the Darksaber and ideological differences.<ref name="NewbyCh16"/> Despite his loyalty to the Creed-following Mandalorians who raised him, Djarin seems ever more open to Bo-Katan's Mandalorian views of the Way, as illustrated by his new willingness to remove his helmet on one occasion in front of living organisms.<ref name="NewbyCh16"/> |
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During the peak of Mandalorian culture, one of their production factories, MandalMotors, spawned branch plants on a few other planets, and this corporation continued to operate in limited capacity. Only two known examples of the Mandalorian battle armor existed, worn by the bounty hunters Boba Fett and Jodo Kast. Fett killed Kast for imitating him and soiling his name. Fett inherited his armor from [[Jango Fett|his father's]] mentor, Jaster Mereel, and placed his father's into storage. Jodo Kast procured his armor when he killed the Mandalorian bounty hunter Feskitt Bobb, whose suit of Mandalorian armor made Kast initially mistake him for Fett. |
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Eventually Kryze and Djarin were able unite Djarin's tribe and Kryze's followers into reclaiming Mandalore from Gideon's Inperial remnant. After Gideon's demise, all mandalorians were to return to Mandalore. |
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Nevertheless, as revealed in the ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'' series, the Mandalorians still exist and maintain a presence in the galaxy. There are numerous small communities and clans scattered around the galaxy, with the majority centered around Mandalore. Also, the ending of the second book in the series, ''[[Bloodlines (Star Wars novel)|Bloodlines]]'', implies that Boba Fett will use his position as Mandalore to restore the power and glory of the Mandalorians. |
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===''Legends''=== |
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After returning to Keldabe, Boba Fett immediately begins instituting reforms to rebuild Mandalore. He begins by recalling all Mandalorians to return to Keldabe. As a result, one of the returnees, a geologist, discovers a huge vein of ''Beskar''. Ironically, this vein was revealed after the vicious Yuuzhan Vong attack. Fett quickly exploits the situation, using the ''Beskar'' to rearm the Mandalorians and increase their economic power. Currently, Mandalmotors can now produce the ''Bes'uliik'', a heavy fighter that outclasses the [[X-wing]]. Fett has also forged a mutual defense and technology deal with Roche, a major Verpine technology corporation. The Mandalorians have now become an economic and military powerhouse that could destabilize both the Galactic Alliance and Confederation. Though as a result of attacks on Roche by the Imperials and the Mandalorian retaliation, the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)#Expanded Universe|Imperial Remnant]] [[moff]]s create a nano weapon that targets the Fett [[DNA|genetic code]] only. For this reason Boba Fett, the current Mand'alor, and his granddaughter Mirta Gev were forced to abandon their homeworld. |
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In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded most of the licensed ''Star Wars'' novels, comics, and video games produced since the originating 1977 film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' as ''[[Star Wars expanded universe|Star Wars Legends]]'' and declared them noncanon to the franchise.<ref name="THR Legends">{{cite magazine|last=McMilian|first=Graeme|date=April 25, 2014|title=Lucasfilm Unveils New Plans for ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lucasfilm-unveils-new-plans-star-698973|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]]|access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="SW Legends">{{cite web|date=April 25, 2014|title=The Legendary ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe Turns a New Page|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page|access-date=May 26, 2016|publisher=[[StarWars.com]]}}</ref><ref name="SW Adult">{{cite web|date=April 25, 2014|title=Disney and Random House announce relaunch of ''Star Wars'' Adult Fiction line|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line|access-date=May 26, 2016|publisher=StarWars.com}}</ref> Within the ''Legends'' continuity, the name "Mandalorian" is associated with a multi-species culture of warrior clans who adhere to the tenets of the Mandalorians. While most of them are humans, there are also Mandalorians of various other species. Mandalore serves as the Mandalorians' home planet. It was originally inhabited by the Taung, a [[Simian|simian]] species originally native to [[Coruscant]] who renamed themselves Mandalorian and created the culture practiced by later non-Taung Mandalorians after being expelled from Coruscant by pre-historic humans known as the Zhell. Mandalore is largely sparsely populated wilderness,<ref>{{cite book|title=Star Wars Imperial Commando: 501st|date=October 27, 2009|publisher=[[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn=978-0-345-51113-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/starwars501st00kare/page/28 28]|quote=Kyrimorut was so remote and hard to find in the thinly populated wilderness that made up most of Mandalore that Keldabe might as well have been on another planet.|author-link=Karen Traviss|last1=Traviss|first1=Karen|url=https://archive.org/details/starwars501st00kare/page/28}}</ref> and its capital city of Keldabe is located on a river that acts as a natural [[moat]]. Keldabe is described as an "anarchic fortress" characterized by dissimilar architectural styles.<ref>{{cite book|title=Star Wars Imperial Commando: 501st|date=October 27, 2009|publisher=[[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn=978-0-345-51113-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/starwars501st00kare/page/105 105]|quote=One moment he was in a street that hadn't changed in the best part of a thousand years, all time-twisted wooden frames and ancient plaster, and the next he was in the shadow of a stark industrial warehouse or a polished granite tower. Keldabe was an anarchic fortress of a city on a granite outcrop on the bend in the Kelita River, almost completely surrounded by the Kelita River, a natural moat that changed from picturesque calm to a torrent within a kilometer.|author-link=Karen Traviss|last1=Traviss|first1=Karen|url=https://archive.org/details/starwars501st00kare/page/105}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66|date=May 19, 2009|publisher=[[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn=978-0-345-51385-4|edition=Reprint|page=114|quote=Beneath the granite cliff, the Kelita River was busy cutting a ravine. [...] Alleys threaded between buildings so unalike and eccentric that it was clear the phrase ''Mandalorian town planning'' didn't exist.|author-link=Karen Traviss|last1=Traviss|first1=Karen}}</ref> |
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Mandalorians debuted in Marvel's ''Star Wars'' #68: "The Search Begins", which describes the super-commandos, the official protectors of the planet Mandalore.{{Sfn|Windham|Ling|2000|p=49}} They are described as being two of three survivors of the Clone Wars, in which they fought for [[Emperor Palpatine]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duffy |first1=Jo |last2=Frenz |first2=Ron |title=Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years – Volume 2 |year=2015 |publisher=Marvel |location = New York |isbn=9780785193425 |pages=602–3}}</ref> In ''[[Tales of the Jedi (comics)|Tales of the Jedi]]'', set thousands of years before the original ''Star Wars'' film, the Mandalorians are a major military power who side with the Sith in their war against the Jedi, and their leader is manipulated by the Sith into triggering a war with the Republic. They are defeated with the aid of [[Revan]] and [[Darth Malak|Malak]], and Revan ensures a new Mand'alor, the [[Paramount chief|sole]] [[Tribal chief|ruler]] of the Mandalorian people, cannot rise. Their unity as a people dissolved, and instead, the Mandalorians develop into a culture of wandering [[Mercenary|mercenaries]]. Through instructions from [[Revan]], as depicted in ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' and [[Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|''Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords'']], Canderous Ordo assumes the title of ''Mand'alor'' and reunites the warrior clans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ugo.com/games/star-wars-expanded-universe-characters-top-50/?cur=canderous-ordo|title=Canderous Ordo <nowiki>|</nowiki> Top 50 Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters|last=Rossenberg|first=Adam|publisher=[[UGO Networks]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807003034/http://www.ugo.com/games/star-wars-expanded-universe-characters-top-50/?cur=canderous-ordo|archive-date=2008-08-07|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> Canderous thus redefined Mandalorians from a species to the idea 'that anybody who follows the Mandalorian warrior way could become a Mandalorian'.<ref name="Richter"/>{{rp|156}} |
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''[[Jango Fett: Open Seasons]]'', set shortly before the Clone Wars, depicts the fighting between two factions: Death Watch, led by Tor Vizsla, and the True Mandalorians, led by Jango Fett's adoptive father Jaster Mereel and later Jango himself. A ruse orchestrated by Vizsla tricks the Jedi into attacking and killing all of the True Mandalorians except Jango, but Jango eventually kills Vizsla and scatters Death Watch.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} |
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Prior to 2002, a typeface consisting of narrow vertical characters was developed to represent the written form of the Mandalorian language. It was developed by [[Philip Metschan]] at the request of [[George Lucas]] to be used throughout Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones. The typeface was originally featured on displays within Jango Fett's Slave I and was also used throughout The Clone Wars series to denote instances of written Mandalorian. The spoken Mandalorian language (''Mando’a'') was being developed into a working language by [[Karen Traviss]] however this has ceased since she ceased writing the Republic/Imperial commando series due to "creative differences" with the publisher. |
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A common misconception is that the written form of Mandalorian was developed by Karen Traviss and Jesse Harlin, for the Republic Commando multimedia project. While they did develop the Mando'a spoken language and its associated grammatical rules, they are not responsible for the original written visual depiction developed by Metschan. Karen Traviss often credits a 23-letter alphabet to Jesse Harlin. However, at the time, he was simply working from an incomplete version of Metschan's typeface licensed to them by LucasFilm. |
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Portions exist in the its spin-off books, [[Star Wars Republic Commando: Hard Contact|''Republic Commando: Hard Contact'']], [[Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero|''Republic Commando: Triple Zero'']], [[Republic Commando: True Colors]], and [[Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66|''Republic Commando: Order 66'']]. Order 66 recently added new words to the list which are found at the link: http://www.karentraviss.com/page20/page26/downloads/index.html. A recent article in ''[[Star Wars Insider]]'' contained a guide to the language, and online audio clips have been released as well. |
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In the ''[[Star Wars: Republic Commando|Republic Commando]]'' novels, set during the Clone Wars, Mandalore is an independent planet, although many Mandalorian warriors fight for the Separatists. However, a group of Mandalorians had also acted as training sergeants for the [[clone trooper]] army under the direction of Jango Fett, and many clone troopers practice Mandalorian customs and traditions. After the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the Mandalorian people are characterized as wary of and reluctant to aid the Empire but unwilling to declare open rebellion because Mandalore lacks the resources to wage war. However, Death Watch reappears and openly supports the Empire. The Empire wishes to mine the planet for its beskar, a blaster-resistant steel, and establishes a [[garrison]] in the capital. Mandalore and its people reappear again in the ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'' novels, set forty years after the original ''Star Wars'' film, where Boba Fett is convinced by his granddaughter Mirta Gev to assume the title of ''Mand'alor'' and again reunite the Mandalorian people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ugo.com/games/star-wars-expanded-universe-characters-top-50/?cur=mirta-gev|title=Mirta Gev <nowiki>|</nowiki> Top 50 Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters|last=Rosenberg|first=Adam|publisher=[[UGO Networks]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807003119/http://www.ugo.com/games/star-wars-expanded-universe-characters-top-50/?cur=mirta-gev|archive-date=2008-08-07|access-date=2016-08-01}}</ref> |
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The language started in the video game ''Star Wars: Republic Commando'' as a song heard in the main menu of the game has lyrics by Jesse Harlin at [[LucasArts]], and it is from that that Traviss had begun developing the language. |
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Beskar is also described as being [[lightsaber]]-proof in the reference book ''The Jedi Path'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wallace|first=Daniel|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/752590192|title=The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force|publisher=[[Chronicle Books]]|year=2017|isbn=978-1-4521-0227-6|location=San Francisco, CA|pages=65–66|oclc=752590192|orig-year=2010}}</ref> |
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In the video game ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'', set roughly 4000 years before the original ''Star Wars'' film, the Mandalorian leader (referred to as Mandalore the Ultimate) has been defeated, and no one rules the Mandalorian clans. Mandalorians are also present in the sequels: ''[[Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'', where players can visit a Mandalorian base on a moon called Dxun (where a new leader, Mandalore the Preserver, has ascended to the position), and ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic|The Old Republic]]'', an [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] set almost four centuries after the previous two games. |
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== Characters == |
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Many Mandalorians were organised in clans, such as Eldar, Kryze, Rook, Saxon, Vizsla, and Wren.<ref>{{Cite episode |url=https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/video/03734d53-730b-44b9-932f-a323dca701e8 |title=Heroes of Mandalore: Part 2 |series=Star Wars Rebels |number=Season 4, Episode 2 |format=animated series |publisher=Disney+ |date=2017 |access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>{{rp|at=20:38}}<ref name="Horton" /> Sometimes organisations were formed that transcended the usual boundaries between the clans, such as the Death Watch during the Clone Wars, which any Mandalorian and even non-Mandalorians could join and lead. The Death Watch, originally founded and led by members of Clan Vizsla, but later taken over by the non-Mandalorian [[Darth Maul|Maul]], has been variously characterised as a clan, a crime syndicate, and a warrior faction.<ref name="Horton">{{Cite book|last1=Horton|first1=Cole|title=The Star Wars Book: Expand your knowledge of a galaxy far, far away|last2=Hidalgo|first2=Pablo|last3=Zehr|first3=Dan|date=2020|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|isbn=9780241502211|location=London|pages=283–285}}</ref>{{rp|170, 268–267, 283–285, 313}} Individuals such as Din Djarin (adopted into Mandalorian culture as a foundling by the Children of the Watch, which formed out of the Death Watch) are also shown as members of multi-ethnic organizations, such as the Nevarro-based Bounty Hunters' Guild.<ref name="Horton" />{{rp|286–287}} The Protectors of Concord Dawn were an organisation assigned to protect the royal house of Mandalore.<ref name="Horton" /> After the Great Purge, Bo-Katan Kryze formed a cross-clan unit seeking to retrieve the Darksaber and restore Mandalore.<ref name="Newby"/> |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Almec}} |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mandalore during the Clone Wars. A prominent supporter of Duchess Satine Kryze and her New Mandalorian government, he was imprisoned for his involvement in an illegal smuggling ring, but was later freed and reinstated as Prime Minister after [[Darth Maul]] took over the New Mandalorian capital city of Sundari. When Maul was later captured by Darth Sidious, Almec sent Mandalorian super commandos Gar Saxon and Rook Kast to rescue him. During the Siege of Mandalore, he was captured by warriors led by Bo-Katan Kryze, and later assassinated by Saxon while attempting to give information to [[Ahsoka Tano]], [[Captain Rex|Commander Rex]] and Bo-Katan. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|[[The Armorer (Star Wars)|The Armorer]]}} |
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| colspan="2" |[[Emily Swallow]] (''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'') |
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| colspan="2" |Female Mandalorian armorer, survivor of the Great Purge, leader and member of The Tribe, and ally of [[The Mandalorian (character)|Din Djarin]]. |
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| rowspan="2" |{{visible anchor|[[The Mandalorian (character)|Din Djarin]]}} (The Mandalorian/"Mando") |
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| colspan="2" |[[Pedro Pascal]] (''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian bounty hunter, and the titular protagonist of ''[[The Mandalorian]]''. He is a foundling, having been adopted by the Children of the Watch after his biological parents were killed during the Clone Wars, a survivor of the Great Purge, a member of The Tribe, and the adoptive father of [[Grogu]], an alien toddler, whom he is protecting from the remnants of the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]] and other threats while searching for his people, the [[Jedi]]. |
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| rowspan="2" |{{visible anchor|[[Boba Fett]]}} |
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| colspan="2" |[[Jeremy Bulloch]] (''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''),<ref name="multiple actors">{{cite web|last=Bray|first=Adam|date=April 2, 2015|title=Split Personalities: ''Star Wars'' Movie Characters Played By Multiple Actors|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/split-personalities-star-wars-movie-characters-played-by-multiple-actors|access-date=December 26, 2016|website=StarWars.com|publisher=Lucasfilm}}</ref> [[Daniel Logan]] (''Attack of the Clones''),<ref name="multiple actors" /> [[Temuera Morrison]] (''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'') |
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Voice: [[Jason Wingreen]] (''The Empire Strikes Back''),<ref name="multiple actors" /> [[Temuera Morrison]] (''The Empire Strikes Back'' [Special Edition]),<ref name="multiple actors" /> Daniel Logan (''The Clone Wars'')<ref name="multiple actors" /> |
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| colspan="2" |Notorious Mandalorian bounty hunter. He is a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, who raised him on Kamino as his son.<ref name="bobafett">{{cite web |title=Fett, Boba |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/boba-fett/ |access-date=October 8, 2008 |website=StarWars.com |publisher=Lucasfilm}}</ref> Following his father's death at the hands of Jedi Master [[Mace Windu]] in ''Attack of the Clones'', the young Fett honors his legacy by becoming a bounty hunter himself and begins a quest of vengeance against Windu, forming a small guild of bounty hunters, but eventually gives up on it and becomes one of the greatest bounty hunters in the galaxy. In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', he is one of the six bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to find the ''[[Millennium Falcon]]''. Fett finds the ship and brings a bounty of its captain, [[Han Solo]], frozen in carbonite, to [[Jabba the Hutt]]. He appears again in ''Return of the Jedi'', at Jabba's palace. When [[Luke Skywalker]] and his friends come to rescue Han, Fett falls into the mouth of Jabba's [[Sarlacc]] during the fight. Fett survives this incident, but is scarred and loses his armor. In ''The Mandalorian'', he rescues the assassin [[Fennec Shand]], whom he recruits as his partner, and attempts to reclaim his armor from Din Djarin, who agrees to give it to him in exchange for Grogu's protection. Fett honors this agreement by helping Djarin rescue Grogu after he is captured by a remnant of the Empire. He and Shand later take over the remains of Jabba's criminal empire from [[Bib Fortuna]]. He then asks Djarin for help against the Pyke Syndicate. |
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| colspan="2" |[[Temuera Morrison]] (''Attack of the Clones'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian bounty hunter, chosen by [[Count Dooku]] to serve as the template for all the [[Clone trooper|clones]] who made up the [[Galactic Republic]]'s army. He is also the father of Boba Fett, whom, despite being another clone, Jango considers to be his "son". In ''Attack of the Clones'', he is shown to be under Dooku's and the Confederacy of Independent Systems' employ, and takes part in the battle of Geonosis, where he is killed by Mace Windu in the Geonosian arena. According to Boba in ''The Mandalorian'' episode "[[Chapter 14: The Tragedy]]", Jango was a Mandalorian foundling and fought in the Mandalorian Civil Wars at some point prior to the Clone Wars. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Hark}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Andrew Kishino]] (''Rebels'') |
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| colspan="2" |Male Mandalorian warrior who served as a captain in the Imperial Super Commandos under Tiber Saxon. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Rook Kast}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Vanessa Marshall]] (''The Clone Wars'') |
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| colspan="2" |Female Mandalorian super commando who served under Darth Maul. She aided Maul's escape from Darth Sidious and commanded his forces during the Siege of Mandalore, until Maul betrayed them all and allowed them to be captured by Bo-Katan's warriors. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|[[Bo-Katan Kryze]]}} |
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| colspan="2" | [[Katee Sackhoff]] (''The Mandalorian'') |
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Voice: Katee Sackhoff (''The Clone Wars'' and ''Rebels'') |
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| colspan="2" |Female Mandalorian, leader of the Nite Owls, and member of the Death Watch, second-in-command to Pre Vizsla and sister to the Death Watch's political enemy, Duchess Satine. She opposed Vizsla's alliance with Darth Maul and Savage Opress, and later led members of the Death Watch loyal to her against those who remained loyal to Maul and his criminal allies. Following the Clone Wars, she briefly became Regent of Mandalore until her refusal to follow the newly appointed Emperor Palpatine resulted with Clan Saxon being placed in power. Siding with Clan Wren during the Mandalorian Civil War, believing that she had lost the right, she accepted the Darksaber from Sabine to lead their people once more as Regent of Mandalore after Sabine and their people convinced her that there was no other that could do it better; she would later lose the Darksaber to [[Moff Gideon]] during the Great Mandalorian Purge. Five years following the Empire's defeat, Bo-Katan planned to reunite the survivors of the purge and liberate Mandalore from Imperial occupation. She enlisted Din Djarin's help in raiding an Imperial freighter transporting weapons, where she had hoped to find the Darksaber, in exchange for telling him where to find [[Ahsoka Tano]], her old Jedi ally from during the Siege of Mandalore. Bo-Katan later agreed to help Djarin rescue Grogu from Moff Gideon in exchange for the Darksaber and his assistance in liberating Mandalore. After Gideon's defeat at Djarin's hands, Bo-Katan renounced the Darksaber, as Djarin had become its rightful owner by besting Gideon in combat. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Satine Kryze}} |
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| colspan="2" |Duchess of Mandalore, sister of Bo-Katan, and romantic interest of Obi-Wan Kenobi. A pacifist leader, she tried not to get involved in the Clone Wars, and formed the Council of Neutral Systems, much to the disgust of the Death Watch, who tried to assassinate and replace her numerous times throughout the war, but all their attempts were thwarted by the Jedi, particularly Kenobi. The Jedi Master had previously protected Satine in her youth, and the two formed a close bond, with Kenobi claiming that he would have left the Jedi Order a long time ago had Satine asked. Satine later watched her world fall to the Shadow Collective, under Darth Maul, who ultimately murdered her in front of a captured Kenobi. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|[[Ketsu Onyo]]}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Gina Torres]] (''Rebels'' and ''Forces of Destiny'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian bounty hunter and former estranged friend of [[Sabine Wren]]. She and Sabine were cadets at the Imperial Academy, later escaping and becoming bounty hunting partners before Ketsu left Sabine for dead and began working for the Black Sun. After they reconciled, Ketsu aided the Rebel Alliance. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Fenn Rau}} |
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| colspan="2" |Leader of the Protectors of Concord Dawn. He accepted Imperial bribes to prevent rebels from traveling through his system, but later ordered his men to permit rebel passage to keep the Empire away after being captured by Sabine. He sided with the Rebellion after his men were slaughtered by the Imperial Super Commandos and eventually joined Clan Wren in the Mandalorian Civil War. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Koska Reeves}} |
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| colspan="2" |[[Sasha Banks]] (''The Mandalorian'') |
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| colspan="2" |Member of the Nite Owls who accompanied Bo-Katan on her quest to reunite survivors of the Great Mandalorian Purge. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Gar Saxon}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Ray Stevenson]] (''The Clone Wars'' and ''Rebels'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian super commando who served under Darth Maul. He aided Maul's escape from Darth Sidious and commanded his forces during the Siege of Mandalore, until Maul betrayed them all and allowed them to be captured by Bo-Katan's warriors. Following the Galactic Empire's takeover of Mandalore, Saxon became Imperial Viceroy and Governor, wiping out the protectors, but was ultimately defeated by Sabine Wren and killed by Ursa Wren |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Tiber Saxon}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Tobias Menzies]] (''Rebels'') |
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| colspan="2" |Governor of Mandalore and brother of Gar Saxon, whom he succeeded as Imperial Viceroy of Mandalore after his death. During the civil war between the Mandalorian resistance and the Imperial government of Mandalore, Tiber deployed the Arc Pulse Generator, a weapon designed by Sabine Wren, whom he captured and forced to finish the weapon. Eventually, Sabine destroyed the weapon with the Darksaber, causing an explosion that killed Saxon. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|[[Paz Vizsla]]}} |
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| colspan="2" |[[Tait Fletcher]] (''The Mandalorian'' and ''The Book of Boba Fett'') |
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| colspan="2" |Physically imposing Mandalorian warrior and member of the Tribe, who holds a grudge against the Empire due to their purge against the Mandalorian people. He was also a member of both House and Clan Vizsla. While he was initially at odds with Din Djarin because he accepted a mission from a remnant of the Empire led by [[Moff Gideon]], he later assisted in his rescue of "[[The Child (Star Wars)|The Child]]" from said remnant. However, this allowed Gideon to find the Tribe's hideout and massacre most of its members. Vizsla was among the survivors, as his armor was not seen among those of the fallen Mandalorian warriors. He and the Armorer were able to relocate themselves to Glavis. There, they reunited with Djarin. Vizsla attempted to reclaim the Darksaber for his house and clan, but was defeated by Djarin. |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Jon Favreau]] (''The Clone Wars'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian warrior and the leader of the Death Watch during the Clone Wars. Formerly the Governor of Concordia, one of Mandalore's moons, he secretly sided with [[Count Dooku]] during the Clone Wars and longed to restore the warrior heritage of Mandalore by overthrowing its pacifist government led by Duchess Satine. His many attempts to do so failed and he eventually broke ties with the CIS. Vizsla later allied himself with the Sith Lords Darth Maul and Savage Opress, and together they recruited the Black Sun, Pyke Syndicate, and Hutt Clan to form a criminal alliance known as the Shadow Collective. After Vizsla ousted Duchess Satine with the help of the collective, he betrayed his allies (except the Death Watch) and had them imprisoned. Later, Maul escaped and challenged Vizla to a duel to determine who shall rule Mandalore. Vizsla accepted, but was ultimately no match for the former Sith Lord, who executed him and took over Mandalore and the Death Watch. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Tarre Vizsla}} |
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| colspan="2" |First Mandalorian to be inducted into the Jedi Order and creator of the Darksaber, which he used to lead his people and become ruler of Mandalore. |
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| colspan="2" |[[Simon Kassianides]] (''The Mandalorian'') |
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| colspan="2" |Male Mandalorian warrior who accompanied Bo-Katan on her quest to reunite survivors of the Great Mandalorian Purge. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Alrich Wren}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]] (''Rebels'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian artist, husband of Ursa Wren and father of Sabine and Tristan Wren. He was made a captive of Gar Saxon, but was rescued by his family and the rebels. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|[[Sabine Wren]]}} |
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Voice: [[Tiya Sircar]] (''Rebels'' and ''Forces of Destiny'') |
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| colspan="2" |Sixteen-year-old Mandalorian [[graffiti]] artist, Imperial Academy dropout, former bounty hunter and the ''Ghost'' crew's weapons expert. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Tristan Wren}} |
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| colspan="2" | Voice: [[Ritesh Rajan]] (''Rebels'' and ''Forces of Destiny'') |
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| colspan="2" |Mandalorian warrior and brother of Sabine Wren. After his sister deserted the Imperial Academy, he was forced to join the Imperial Super Commandos to prove Clan Wren's loyalty to the Empire. He reunited with Sabine when she returned to persuade Clan Wren to aid the rebellion. When Gar Saxon betrayed Clan Wren and prepared to destroy them, Tristan sided with his family and the rebels, and later fought alongside them in the Mandalorian Civil War. |
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| rowspan="2" | {{visible anchor|Ursa Wren}} |
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| colspan="2" |Countess of Clan Wren and mother of Sabine Wren. Prior to the Empire's occupation of Mandalore, she participated in the Siege of Mandalore under the command of Bo-Katan Kryze. When Sabine fled the Imperial Academy and spoke out against the Empire, Ursa and the rest of her family sided with the Empire instead. Years later, Sabine returned to her homeworld of Krownest accompanied by [[Kanan Jarrus]], Ezra Bridger, and Fenn Rau, hoping to recruit Clan Wren to the rebel cause and unite Mandalore. Ursa made a deal with Gar Saxon in which she would hand over the Jedi if he promised to spare Sabine's life. She later sided with her daughter after being betrayed by Saxon, whom she killed, and then led Clan Wren in the ensuing Mandalorian Civil War. |
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==Mandalorian language== |
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[[File:Mandalorian alphabet, updated.svg|thumb|The Mandalorian language script as created for ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]'']] |
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The written form of the Mandalorian language, created by Philip Metschan for the display screens of Jango Fett's ship, the ''[[Slave I]]'', in ''Attack of the Clones'',<ref>{{Cite web|date= July 16, 2002|title= Holographic Artist: Philip Metschan|url= https://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/feature/20020716/indexp2.html|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041022093034/http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/feature/20020716/indexp2.html|archive-date= 2004-10-22|access-date= 2016-04-23|publisher= Lucasfilm}}</ref> later re-appeared in ''The Clone Wars'' and ''Rebels''.<ref>{{Cite web|title= The Academy Trivia Gallery|url= https://www.starwars.com/tv-shows/clone-wars/the-academy-trivia-gallery?dlid=5679951a3049898d25023c45|access-date= January 29, 2016|website= StarWars.com|publisher= Lucasfilm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Visions and Voices Trivia Gallery|url= https://www.starwars.com/tv-shows/star-wars-rebels/visions-and-voices-trivia-gallery?dlid=584ef7f1f6895b163aec963fa|access-date= November 18, 2017|website= StarWars.com|publisher= Lucasfilm}}</ref> Composer Jesse Harlin, needing lyrics for the choral work he wanted for the 2005 [[Star Wars: Republic Commando|''Republic Commando'']] video game, invented a spoken form, intending it to represent an ancient language. It was named ''Mando'a'' and extensively expanded by [[Karen Traviss]], author of the [[Star Wars Republic Commando (series)|''Republic Commando'' novel series]].<ref>{{Cite web|last= Bielawa|first= Justin|date= March 8, 2006|title= Commando Composer: An Interview with Jesse Harlin|url= http://www.musiconfilm.net/get_feature.php?id=6|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100108152622/http://www.musiconfilm.net/get_feature.php?id=6|archive-date= 2010-01-08|access-date= 2016-07-13|publisher= MusicOnFilm.net}}</ref> |
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''Mando'a'' is a primarily spoken, [[agglutinative language]] that lacks [[grammatical gender]] in its nouns and pronouns.<ref name="SWITraviss">{{cite magazine|last= Traviss|first= Karen|author-link= Karen Traviss|date= February 2006|title= No Word for Hero: The Mandalorian Language|magazine= [[Star Wars Insider]]|publisher= [[IDG Entertainment]]|issue= 86|pages= 25–26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last= Traviss|first= Karen|title= Star Wars Republic Commando: True Colors|date= October 30, 2007|publisher= [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn= 978-0-345-49800-7|pages= 356|quote= It was the same word for 'mother' or 'father.' ''Mando’a'' didn't bother with gender.|author-link= Karen Traviss}}</ref> The language is also characterized as lacking a [[passive voice]], instead primarily using the [[active voice]].<ref name="SWITraviss" /> It is also described as having only three [[grammatical tense]]s—[[Present tense|present]], [[Past tense|past]], and [[Future tense|future]]—but it is said to be often vague and its speakers typically do not use tenses other than the present.<ref name="SWITraviss" /><ref>{{Cite book|last= Traviss|first= Karen|title= Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero|date= February 28, 2006|publisher= [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn= 978-0-345-49009-4|pages= 341|quote=I thought you ''Mando’ade'' lived only for the day. You even have trouble using anything but the present tense.|author-link= Karen Traviss}}</ref> The language is described as having a [[Mutual intelligibility|mutually intelligible]] [[dialect]] called Concordian spoken on the planet Concord Dawn, as stated in Traviss' novels ''Order 66'' and ''501st'',<ref>{{cite book|last1= Traviss|first1= Karen|title= Star Wars Republic Commando: Order 66|date= May 19, 2009|publisher= [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn= 978-0-345-51385-4|edition= Reprint|page= 327|quote= It wasn't ''Mando’a'', but it was close enough for any Mandalorian to understand.|author-link= Karen Traviss}}</ref><ref> |
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{{cite book|last1= Traviss|first1= Karen|url= https://archive.org/details/starwars501st00kare/page/105|title= Star Wars Imperial Commando: 501st|date= October 27, 2009|publisher= [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]]|isbn= 978-0-345-51113-3|page= [https://archive.org/details/starwars501st00kare/page/105 105]|quote= In Concordian, the Concord Dawn dialect of ''Mando’a'', the phrase—brother, sister—sounded very similar.|author-link= Karen Traviss}} |
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* {{cite AV media |first=Dave|last=Filoni |author-link=Dave Filoni|first2=Killian |last2=Plunket |first3=Joel |last3=Aron |year= 2010 |title= Creating Mandalore |medium= DVD |publisher= [[Lucasfilm]] |time = 0:20–1:52}} |
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*{{Cite episode |title= The Mandalore Plot|series= Star Wars: The Clone Wars|series-link= Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|first= Melinda|last= Hsu|author-link=Melinda Hsu|date= January 29, 2010|season= 2|number= 12 }} |
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*{{Cite episode |title= The Protector of Concord Dawn|series= Star Wars Rebels|series-link= Star Wars Rebels|first= Henry|last= Gilroy|author-link=Henry Gilroy|first2=Kevin|last2=Hopps|date= January 27, 2016|season= 2|number= 12}}{{full citation needed|date=November 2019}} |
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== Further reading == |
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* {{cite book |last=Belluomini |first=L. |contribution=''The Mandalorian'' as Philosophy: "This Is the Way" |editor=Johnson D. K. |title=The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy | year=2022 | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-97134-6_104-1 |isbn=978-3-319-97134-6|s2cid=245779254 }} |
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* [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Mandalorian Mandalorian] on [[Wookieepedia]], a ''Star Wars'' wiki |
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* {{Wookieepedia|Taung}} - Contains information about the original Taung/Mandalorian alien race |
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| Mandalorian | |
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| Star Wars race | |
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| Home world | Mandalore |
| Base of operations | Mandalore, Concordia, Concord Dawn system |
| Language | Mando'a, Galactic Basic |
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Mandalorians are a fictional group of people associated with the planet Mandalore in the Star Wars universe and franchise created by Joe Johnston and George Lucas. Their appearance is often distinguished by gear such as battle helmets, armor, and jetpacks.
First conceptualized for The Empire Strikes Back as a group of white-armored "supercommandos", the idea developed into a single bounty hunter character, Boba Fett. Although Fett was not identified as a Mandalorian in the film, his popularity inspired an extensive inquisition into Mandalorians in future Star Wars media, including novels, comics, television series, and video games.[2]
The Star Wars Expanded Universe and the television series The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Mandalorian expanded upon Mandalorian lore with the introduction of additional characters, and established the Mandalorians not as an "alien race or species", but a distinct ideology of humans and various aliens from Mandalore and nearby worlds united by a common creed with a stoic, spartan warrior tradition.[citation needed]
Creation and development
[edit]In production for The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston designed armor intended to be worn by soldiers described as super-commandos from the Mandalore system, armed with weapons built into white suits and known for battling the Jedi.[3][4][2] Initially, the soldiers were called Super Troopers and were intended to look alike.[4] The group eventually developed into a single bounty hunter character, Boba Fett, and the costume was reworked, but it retained elements such as wrist lasers, rocket darts, a jetpack, and a missile.[3][4]
In a 1979 issue of Bantha Tracks, the newsletter of the Official Star Wars Fan Club, Boba's armor was described as that of the "Imperial Shocktroopers, warriors from the olden time" who "came from the far side of the galaxy" and are few in number because they "were wiped out by the Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars".[5] The backstory of the Mandalorians was first extensively explored in issues of Marvel Comics' original Star Wars series and various other Star Wars Legends media, including comics by Dark Horse and video games by LucasArts.
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) introduces the bounty hunter Jango Fett, who also wore Mandalorian armor, and was the adoptive father of Boba, a clone of Jango. More spin-off material explored Mandalorian lore, including the violent Death Watch sect. Following the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney in 2014, most existing spin-off material was declared to be non-canon. Only the films and spin-off works produced after April 25, 2014, are part of the restructured canon,[6] including television series such as The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The Mandalorian, the latter of which heavily focuses on the Mandalorian creed.
Appearances
[edit]Film
[edit]Mandalorians made their live action cinematic debut in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), with the bounty hunter Boba Fett, a supporting antagonist. The character previously appeared in the television special Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), and returned in Return of the Jedi (1983) and the prequel film Attack of the Clones (2002), the latter of which established him as a clone, raised by his genetic template, Jango Fett, to be his son. Jango is also a bounty hunter who is not explicitly identified as a Mandalorian in the film, but wears Mandalorian armor, which passes down to Boba Fett. In The Mandalorian, Boba refers to his father as a Mandalorian foundling.
Television series
[edit]The Clone Wars
[edit]The animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars expands upon Mandalorian lore with the introduction of new characters, such as Duchess Satine Kryze, the pacifist leader of Mandalore and a romantic interest for Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Pre Vizsla, the leader of the Death Watch faction of Mandalorians who seek to overthrow Satine and restore Mandalore's warrior traditions. Mandalore is depicted as the fictional home planet of the Mandalorian people, located in the Outer Rim in the sector and system of the same name.[7] It has an inhabited moon called Concordia, a mining settlement to which Mandalorian warriors were exiled.[8][9] Concord Dawn, located in the Mandalore sector,[7] is also the homeworld of several Mandalorian characters, including Jango Fett, and the base of operations for the Protectors.[10][11]
In The Clone Wars, the planet Mandalore is a largely uninhabitable desert, caused by a war with the Jedi that occurred before the timeframe of the series.[2][12] The New Mandalorian people built their cities, such as the capital Sundari, in large biodomes. The design of Sundari draws on Cubist elements, and murals located in the city mimic Pablo Picasso's Guernica. The concept of Mandalore as a "large desolate planet of white sand with these cube-like buildings" was developed by Lucas early in development for The Clone Wars season two. Lucas also wanted layers of glass incorporated into the design. Because Sundari did not look enough like a giant city, the production team developed it into a dome with cubes on it. Filoni noted that the desolate and barren appearance was "kind of a Moebius-influenced design". Filoni had the shapes of Boba Fett's armor worked into the windows and the design of the architecture, feeling that the shapes were "emblematic" and that the warrior culture was so strong it was embedded into the architecture.[13]
Rebels
[edit]It is established in Star Wars Rebels that Mandalorians had colonized other worlds, such as Concord Dawn and Krownest. The Mandalorians eventually came into contact with the Old Republic and fought their Jedi protectors. Upon seeing the Jedi's force abilities, the Mandalorians created gadgets, weapons and armor to counter Jedi abilities. Despite the animosity between the Mandalorians and the Jedi, Tarre Vizsla became the first Mandalorian Jedi. As a Jedi, Vizsla built the Darksaber and used it to unite his people as their Mand'alor.[14] During Star Wars Rebels, a Mandalorian named Sabine Wren of Clan Wren discovers the Darksaber from Maul's hideout.[15] With the Darksaber, she hoped to unite Mandalore and get her honor back after creating a weapon that would kill Mandalorians. Upon returning to Mandalore, she gained the support of her estranged mother Ursa. Sabine and her mother had differences of opinion as her mother turned to the Empire for support. Ultimately House Wren sides with Sabine. With the Darksaber, she rallies Clan Wren and takes arms against Clan Saxon, which has the backing of the Empire.[citation needed] After Clan Saxon is defeated, the Empire seemingly backs off from Mandalore, and Sabine renounces ownership of the Darksaber to Bo-Katan Kryze, sister of the late Duchess Satine Kryze, who promises to unite all Mandalorian clans under her leadership and restore peace to Mandalore.[15]
The Mandalorian
[edit]At some point during the Galactic Civil War, between the events of Rebels (5–1 BBY) and Return of the Jedi (4 ABY), the Empire returned to Mandalore and purged the Mandalorian people, leaving only a few surviving clans and stealing large quantities of the precious Beskar metal, which no blaster or lightsaber can penetrate; this event became known as the "Great Purge" among Mandalorians.[16] The Mandalorian follows the exploits of Din Djarin, also known simply as "The Mandalorian", or "Mando" for short, a bounty hunter not originally from Mandalore. He was orphaned on another planet during the Clone Wars (22–19 BBY) when Separatist battle droids killed his parents; saved by a Mandalorian clan called "The Tribe", Djarin was adopted as a Foundling and raised with their Creed ("The Way of the Mandalore", or simply "The Way").[16][15] The Yoda-like toddler that he adopts, Grogu, also known as "the Child", is also considered a foundling, but Djarin decides to return it to the Jedi after discovering it is Force-sensitive.[15]
According to Bo-Katan Kryze in "Chapter 11: The Heiress", Djarin was found by the "Children of the Watch", a group of religious zealots who follow the ancient "Way of the Mandalore", consisting of various forgotten Mandalorian traditions, such as never removing their helmets in front of others; they were excluded from the mainstream of Mandalorian society for trying to spread their beliefs.[15] Djarin thus finds out he's part of an extremist group without ever having known it; he was raised by The Armorer to believe only people who choose to follow the Creed are true Mandalorians.[15] But this confrontation with Kryze's group of Nite Owls revealed that there were also other Mandalorians who were Mandalorian by ancestry, which share some broad cultural ideas and practices with the Watch such as wearing Mandalorian armor, but have no rule against removing one's helmet.[15]
Moff Gideon, leading a faction of ex-Imperials, was personally involved in the Great Purge and obtained the Darksaber (a unique, black-bladed lightsaber symbolising dynastic authority on Mandalore) from Bo-Katan after defeating her in combat.[15] During the show's second season, it is revealed that Bo-Katan, along with a small number of Mandalorian warriors willing to follow her, is attempting to reclaim the Darksaber and liberate Mandalore from Imperial occupation.[15] In the season two finale, Djarin defeats Moff Gideon in combat, thus becoming the rightful owner of the Darksaber and the legitimate ruler of Mandalore, which Bo-Katan accepts; even though Djarin is not interested in ruling and would rather pass the Darksaber to her as they intended, she insists she needs to obtain it through combat.[17] The season thus ends with a cliffhanger, as Djarin could either help Bo-Katan and her forces liberate Mandalore in exchange for their assistance in taking down Gideon, or they could become hostile over possession of the Darksaber and ideological differences.[17] Despite his loyalty to the Creed-following Mandalorians who raised him, Djarin seems ever more open to Bo-Katan's Mandalorian views of the Way, as illustrated by his new willingness to remove his helmet on one occasion in front of living organisms.[17]
Eventually Kryze and Djarin were able unite Djarin's tribe and Kryze's followers into reclaiming Mandalore from Gideon's Inperial remnant. After Gideon's demise, all mandalorians were to return to Mandalore.
Legends
[edit]In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded most of the licensed Star Wars novels, comics, and video games produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars as Star Wars Legends and declared them noncanon to the franchise.[18][19][20] Within the Legends continuity, the name "Mandalorian" is associated with a multi-species culture of warrior clans who adhere to the tenets of the Mandalorians. While most of them are humans, there are also Mandalorians of various other species. Mandalore serves as the Mandalorians' home planet. It was originally inhabited by the Taung, a simian species originally native to Coruscant who renamed themselves Mandalorian and created the culture practiced by later non-Taung Mandalorians after being expelled from Coruscant by pre-historic humans known as the Zhell. Mandalore is largely sparsely populated wilderness,[21] and its capital city of Keldabe is located on a river that acts as a natural moat. Keldabe is described as an "anarchic fortress" characterized by dissimilar architectural styles.[22][23]
Literature
[edit]Mandalorians debuted in Marvel's Star Wars #68: "The Search Begins", which describes the super-commandos, the official protectors of the planet Mandalore.[24] They are described as being two of three survivors of the Clone Wars, in which they fought for Emperor Palpatine.[25] In Tales of the Jedi, set thousands of years before the original Star Wars film, the Mandalorians are a major military power who side with the Sith in their war against the Jedi, and their leader is manipulated by the Sith into triggering a war with the Republic. They are defeated with the aid of Revan and Malak, and Revan ensures a new Mand'alor, the sole ruler of the Mandalorian people, cannot rise. Their unity as a people dissolved, and instead, the Mandalorians develop into a culture of wandering mercenaries. Through instructions from Revan, as depicted in Knights of the Old Republic and Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Canderous Ordo assumes the title of Mand'alor and reunites the warrior clans.[26] Canderous thus redefined Mandalorians from a species to the idea 'that anybody who follows the Mandalorian warrior way could become a Mandalorian'.[16]: 156
Jango Fett: Open Seasons, set shortly before the Clone Wars, depicts the fighting between two factions: Death Watch, led by Tor Vizsla, and the True Mandalorians, led by Jango Fett's adoptive father Jaster Mereel and later Jango himself. A ruse orchestrated by Vizsla tricks the Jedi into attacking and killing all of the True Mandalorians except Jango, but Jango eventually kills Vizsla and scatters Death Watch.[citation needed]
In the Republic Commando novels, set during the Clone Wars, Mandalore is an independent planet, although many Mandalorian warriors fight for the Separatists. However, a group of Mandalorians had also acted as training sergeants for the clone trooper army under the direction of Jango Fett, and many clone troopers practice Mandalorian customs and traditions. After the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the Mandalorian people are characterized as wary of and reluctant to aid the Empire but unwilling to declare open rebellion because Mandalore lacks the resources to wage war. However, Death Watch reappears and openly supports the Empire. The Empire wishes to mine the planet for its beskar, a blaster-resistant steel, and establishes a garrison in the capital. Mandalore and its people reappear again in the Legacy of the Force novels, set forty years after the original Star Wars film, where Boba Fett is convinced by his granddaughter Mirta Gev to assume the title of Mand'alor and again reunite the Mandalorian people.[27]
Beskar is also described as being lightsaber-proof in the reference book The Jedi Path (2010).[28]
Video games
[edit]In the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, set roughly 4000 years before the original Star Wars film, the Mandalorian leader (referred to as Mandalore the Ultimate) has been defeated, and no one rules the Mandalorian clans. Mandalorians are also present in the sequels: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, where players can visit a Mandalorian base on a moon called Dxun (where a new leader, Mandalore the Preserver, has ascended to the position), and The Old Republic, an MMORPG set almost four centuries after the previous two games.
Characters
[edit]Many Mandalorians were organised in clans, such as Eldar, Kryze, Rook, Saxon, Vizsla, and Wren.[29]: 20:38 [30] Sometimes organisations were formed that transcended the usual boundaries between the clans, such as the Death Watch during the Clone Wars, which any Mandalorian and even non-Mandalorians could join and lead. The Death Watch, originally founded and led by members of Clan Vizsla, but later taken over by the non-Mandalorian Maul, has been variously characterised as a clan, a crime syndicate, and a warrior faction.[30]: 170, 268–267, 283–285, 313 Individuals such as Din Djarin (adopted into Mandalorian culture as a foundling by the Children of the Watch, which formed out of the Death Watch) are also shown as members of multi-ethnic organizations, such as the Nevarro-based Bounty Hunters' Guild.[30]: 286–287 The Protectors of Concord Dawn were an organisation assigned to protect the royal house of Mandalore.[30] After the Great Purge, Bo-Katan Kryze formed a cross-clan unit seeking to retrieve the Darksaber and restore Mandalore.[15]
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| Almec | Voice: Julian Holloway (The Clone Wars) | |
| Mandalorian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mandalore during the Clone Wars. A prominent supporter of Duchess Satine Kryze and her New Mandalorian government, he was imprisoned for his involvement in an illegal smuggling ring, but was later freed and reinstated as Prime Minister after Darth Maul took over the New Mandalorian capital city of Sundari. When Maul was later captured by Darth Sidious, Almec sent Mandalorian super commandos Gar Saxon and Rook Kast to rescue him. During the Siege of Mandalore, he was captured by warriors led by Bo-Katan Kryze, and later assassinated by Saxon while attempting to give information to Ahsoka Tano, Commander Rex and Bo-Katan. | ||
| The Armorer | Emily Swallow (The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett) | |
| Female Mandalorian armorer, survivor of the Great Purge, leader and member of The Tribe, and ally of Din Djarin. | ||
| Din Djarin (The Mandalorian/"Mando") | Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett) | |
| Mandalorian bounty hunter, and the titular protagonist of The Mandalorian. He is a foundling, having been adopted by the Children of the Watch after his biological parents were killed during the Clone Wars, a survivor of the Great Purge, a member of The Tribe, and the adoptive father of Grogu, an alien toddler, whom he is protecting from the remnants of the Galactic Empire and other threats while searching for his people, the Jedi. | ||
| Boba Fett | Jeremy Bulloch (The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi),[31] Daniel Logan (Attack of the Clones),[31] Temuera Morrison (The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett)
Voice: Jason Wingreen (The Empire Strikes Back),[31] Temuera Morrison (The Empire Strikes Back [Special Edition]),[31] Daniel Logan (The Clone Wars)[31] | |
| Notorious Mandalorian bounty hunter. He is a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, who raised him on Kamino as his son.[32] Following his father's death at the hands of Jedi Master Mace Windu in Attack of the Clones, the young Fett honors his legacy by becoming a bounty hunter himself and begins a quest of vengeance against Windu, forming a small guild of bounty hunters, but eventually gives up on it and becomes one of the greatest bounty hunters in the galaxy. In The Empire Strikes Back, he is one of the six bounty hunters hired by Darth Vader to find the Millennium Falcon. Fett finds the ship and brings a bounty of its captain, Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, to Jabba the Hutt. He appears again in Return of the Jedi, at Jabba's palace. When Luke Skywalker and his friends come to rescue Han, Fett falls into the mouth of Jabba's Sarlacc during the fight. Fett survives this incident, but is scarred and loses his armor. In The Mandalorian, he rescues the assassin Fennec Shand, whom he recruits as his partner, and attempts to reclaim his armor from Din Djarin, who agrees to give it to him in exchange for Grogu's protection. Fett honors this agreement by helping Djarin rescue Grogu after he is captured by a remnant of the Empire. He and Shand later take over the remains of Jabba's criminal empire from Bib Fortuna. He then asks Djarin for help against the Pyke Syndicate. | ||
| Jango Fett | Temuera Morrison (Attack of the Clones) | |
| Mandalorian bounty hunter, chosen by Count Dooku to serve as the template for all the clones who made up the Galactic Republic's army. He is also the father of Boba Fett, whom, despite being another clone, Jango considers to be his "son". In Attack of the Clones, he is shown to be under Dooku's and the Confederacy of Independent Systems' employ, and takes part in the battle of Geonosis, where he is killed by Mace Windu in the Geonosian arena. According to Boba in The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 14: The Tragedy", Jango was a Mandalorian foundling and fought in the Mandalorian Civil Wars at some point prior to the Clone Wars. | ||
| Hark | Voice: Andrew Kishino (Rebels) | |
| Male Mandalorian warrior who served as a captain in the Imperial Super Commandos under Tiber Saxon. | ||
| Rook Kast | Voice: Vanessa Marshall (The Clone Wars) | |
| Female Mandalorian super commando who served under Darth Maul. She aided Maul's escape from Darth Sidious and commanded his forces during the Siege of Mandalore, until Maul betrayed them all and allowed them to be captured by Bo-Katan's warriors. | ||
| Bo-Katan Kryze | Katee Sackhoff (The Mandalorian)
Voice: Katee Sackhoff (The Clone Wars and Rebels) | |
| Female Mandalorian, leader of the Nite Owls, and member of the Death Watch, second-in-command to Pre Vizsla and sister to the Death Watch's political enemy, Duchess Satine. She opposed Vizsla's alliance with Darth Maul and Savage Opress, and later led members of the Death Watch loyal to her against those who remained loyal to Maul and his criminal allies. Following the Clone Wars, she briefly became Regent of Mandalore until her refusal to follow the newly appointed Emperor Palpatine resulted with Clan Saxon being placed in power. Siding with Clan Wren during the Mandalorian Civil War, believing that she had lost the right, she accepted the Darksaber from Sabine to lead their people once more as Regent of Mandalore after Sabine and their people convinced her that there was no other that could do it better; she would later lose the Darksaber to Moff Gideon during the Great Mandalorian Purge. Five years following the Empire's defeat, Bo-Katan planned to reunite the survivors of the purge and liberate Mandalore from Imperial occupation. She enlisted Din Djarin's help in raiding an Imperial freighter transporting weapons, where she had hoped to find the Darksaber, in exchange for telling him where to find Ahsoka Tano, her old Jedi ally from during the Siege of Mandalore. Bo-Katan later agreed to help Djarin rescue Grogu from Moff Gideon in exchange for the Darksaber and his assistance in liberating Mandalore. After Gideon's defeat at Djarin's hands, Bo-Katan renounced the Darksaber, as Djarin had become its rightful owner by besting Gideon in combat. | ||
| Satine Kryze | Voice: Anna Graves (The Clone Wars) | |
| Duchess of Mandalore, sister of Bo-Katan, and romantic interest of Obi-Wan Kenobi. A pacifist leader, she tried not to get involved in the Clone Wars, and formed the Council of Neutral Systems, much to the disgust of the Death Watch, who tried to assassinate and replace her numerous times throughout the war, but all their attempts were thwarted by the Jedi, particularly Kenobi. The Jedi Master had previously protected Satine in her youth, and the two formed a close bond, with Kenobi claiming that he would have left the Jedi Order a long time ago had Satine asked. Satine later watched her world fall to the Shadow Collective, under Darth Maul, who ultimately murdered her in front of a captured Kenobi. | ||
| Ketsu Onyo | Voice: Gina Torres (Rebels and Forces of Destiny) | |
| Mandalorian bounty hunter and former estranged friend of Sabine Wren. She and Sabine were cadets at the Imperial Academy, later escaping and becoming bounty hunting partners before Ketsu left Sabine for dead and began working for the Black Sun. After they reconciled, Ketsu aided the Rebel Alliance. | ||
| Fenn Rau | Voice: Kevin McKidd (Rebels) | |
| Leader of the Protectors of Concord Dawn. He accepted Imperial bribes to prevent rebels from traveling through his system, but later ordered his men to permit rebel passage to keep the Empire away after being captured by Sabine. He sided with the Rebellion after his men were slaughtered by the Imperial Super Commandos and eventually joined Clan Wren in the Mandalorian Civil War. | ||
| Koska Reeves | Sasha Banks (The Mandalorian) | |
| Member of the Nite Owls who accompanied Bo-Katan on her quest to reunite survivors of the Great Mandalorian Purge. | ||
| Gar Saxon | Voice: Ray Stevenson (The Clone Wars and Rebels) | |
| Mandalorian super commando who served under Darth Maul. He aided Maul's escape from Darth Sidious and commanded his forces during the Siege of Mandalore, until Maul betrayed them all and allowed them to be captured by Bo-Katan's warriors. Following the Galactic Empire's takeover of Mandalore, Saxon became Imperial Viceroy and Governor, wiping out the protectors, but was ultimately defeated by Sabine Wren and killed by Ursa Wren | ||
| Tiber Saxon | Voice: Tobias Menzies (Rebels) | |
| Governor of Mandalore and brother of Gar Saxon, whom he succeeded as Imperial Viceroy of Mandalore after his death. During the civil war between the Mandalorian resistance and the Imperial government of Mandalore, Tiber deployed the Arc Pulse Generator, a weapon designed by Sabine Wren, whom he captured and forced to finish the weapon. Eventually, Sabine destroyed the weapon with the Darksaber, causing an explosion that killed Saxon. | ||
| Paz Vizsla | Tait Fletcher (The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett)
Voice: Jon Favreau (The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett) | |
| Physically imposing Mandalorian warrior and member of the Tribe, who holds a grudge against the Empire due to their purge against the Mandalorian people. He was also a member of both House and Clan Vizsla. While he was initially at odds with Din Djarin because he accepted a mission from a remnant of the Empire led by Moff Gideon, he later assisted in his rescue of "The Child" from said remnant. However, this allowed Gideon to find the Tribe's hideout and massacre most of its members. Vizsla was among the survivors, as his armor was not seen among those of the fallen Mandalorian warriors. He and the Armorer were able to relocate themselves to Glavis. There, they reunited with Djarin. Vizsla attempted to reclaim the Darksaber for his house and clan, but was defeated by Djarin. | ||
| Pre Vizsla | Voice: Jon Favreau (The Clone Wars) | |
| Mandalorian warrior and the leader of the Death Watch during the Clone Wars. Formerly the Governor of Concordia, one of Mandalore's moons, he secretly sided with Count Dooku during the Clone Wars and longed to restore the warrior heritage of Mandalore by overthrowing its pacifist government led by Duchess Satine. His many attempts to do so failed and he eventually broke ties with the CIS. Vizsla later allied himself with the Sith Lords Darth Maul and Savage Opress, and together they recruited the Black Sun, Pyke Syndicate, and Hutt Clan to form a criminal alliance known as the Shadow Collective. After Vizsla ousted Duchess Satine with the help of the collective, he betrayed his allies (except the Death Watch) and had them imprisoned. Later, Maul escaped and challenged Vizla to a duel to determine who shall rule Mandalore. Vizsla accepted, but was ultimately no match for the former Sith Lord, who executed him and took over Mandalore and the Death Watch. | ||
| Tarre Vizsla | — | |
| First Mandalorian to be inducted into the Jedi Order and creator of the Darksaber, which he used to lead his people and become ruler of Mandalore. | ||
| Axe Woves | Simon Kassianides (The Mandalorian) | |
| Male Mandalorian warrior who accompanied Bo-Katan on her quest to reunite survivors of the Great Mandalorian Purge. | ||
| Alrich Wren | Voice: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Rebels) | |
| Mandalorian artist, husband of Ursa Wren and father of Sabine and Tristan Wren. He was made a captive of Gar Saxon, but was rescued by his family and the rebels. | ||
| Sabine Wren | Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Ahsoka)
Voice: Tiya Sircar (Rebels and Forces of Destiny) | |
| Sixteen-year-old Mandalorian graffiti artist, Imperial Academy dropout, former bounty hunter and the Ghost crew's weapons expert. | ||
| Tristan Wren | Voice: Ritesh Rajan (Rebels and Forces of Destiny) | |
| Mandalorian warrior and brother of Sabine Wren. After his sister deserted the Imperial Academy, he was forced to join the Imperial Super Commandos to prove Clan Wren's loyalty to the Empire. He reunited with Sabine when she returned to persuade Clan Wren to aid the rebellion. When Gar Saxon betrayed Clan Wren and prepared to destroy them, Tristan sided with his family and the rebels, and later fought alongside them in the Mandalorian Civil War. | ||
| Ursa Wren | Voice: Sharmila Devar (The Clone Wars and Rebels) | |
| Countess of Clan Wren and mother of Sabine Wren. Prior to the Empire's occupation of Mandalore, she participated in the Siege of Mandalore under the command of Bo-Katan Kryze. When Sabine fled the Imperial Academy and spoke out against the Empire, Ursa and the rest of her family sided with the Empire instead. Years later, Sabine returned to her homeworld of Krownest accompanied by Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, and Fenn Rau, hoping to recruit Clan Wren to the rebel cause and unite Mandalore. Ursa made a deal with Gar Saxon in which she would hand over the Jedi if he promised to spare Sabine's life. She later sided with her daughter after being betrayed by Saxon, whom she killed, and then led Clan Wren in the ensuing Mandalorian Civil War. | ||
Mandalorian language
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The written form of the Mandalorian language, created by Philip Metschan for the display screens of Jango Fett's ship, the Slave I, in Attack of the Clones,[33] later re-appeared in The Clone Wars and Rebels.[34][35] Composer Jesse Harlin, needing lyrics for the choral work he wanted for the 2005 Republic Commando video game, invented a spoken form, intending it to represent an ancient language. It was named Mando'a and extensively expanded by Karen Traviss, author of the Republic Commando novel series.[36]
Mando'a is a primarily spoken, agglutinative language that lacks grammatical gender in its nouns and pronouns.[37][38] The language is also characterized as lacking a passive voice, instead primarily using the active voice.[37] It is also described as having only three grammatical tenses—present, past, and future—but it is said to be often vague and its speakers typically do not use tenses other than the present.[37][39] The language is described as having a mutually intelligible dialect called Concordian spoken on the planet Concord Dawn, as stated in Traviss' novels Order 66 and 501st,[40][41] and a dialect spoken on Mandalore's moon Concordia is heard in "The Mandalore Plot", a season-two episode of The Clone Wars.[8]
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Further reading
[edit]- Belluomini, L. (2022). "The Mandalorian as Philosophy: "This Is the Way"". In Johnson D. K. (ed.). The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97134-6_104-1. ISBN 978-3-319-97134-6. S2CID 245779254.
External links
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Look up Appendix:Mandalorian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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