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A Mandalorian is a member of a group of masked warrior clans in the Star Wars universe.
Originally, the Mandalorian clans were led by the warlord Mandalore the First and were ranked amongst the best fighters in the galaxy, thriving for battle. They were known for their use of cutting-edge weaponry and held to a strict code of honor. They were a gray-skinned warrior race. These Mandalorians wore crusader armor that differed from one solder to the next.
They were frequently allied with the Sith, most notably Exar Kun. After their defeat during the Mandalorian Wars at the hands of the Jedi Revan and Malak, the Mandalorians went into a long decline.
The Neo-Crusaders were led by Mandalore the Ultimate and started the Mandalorian Wars. The Neo-Crusaders armor was more advanced and uniform-like then their old armor. It came in a many colors, though most were blue. Elites, sergeants, and a few other ranks wore green. Captains (and other ranks) wore red. Mandalore Canderous Ordo wore armor resembling Mandalore the Indomitable's but it looked more like armor and was silver and black.
Some one hundred years before the Battle of Ruusan, the leader of the Mandalorians was assassinated by the bounty hunter Durge. The Mandalorians struck back, and inflicted terrible vengeance upon the bounty hunter, but he managed to escape.
Over the next few centuries the Mandalorians slowly transformed into a less-clan based, more mercenary-orientated culture. It was around this time that a schism occurred in their ranks. A violent splinter group, known as the Death Watch, revolted against the leadership of Jaster Mereel, who lead the loyalist faction.
Eventually the civil war between these groups spilled on to the pastoral world of Concord Dawn. Here the Death Watch leader Vizsla attempted to murder Jaster. However, thanks to the assistance of a young orphan named Jango Fett, Jaster and his followers escaped the trap.
Eventually, Viszla caught up to Jango on a distant world and, thanks to the treachery of fellow Mandalorian Montross, Jaster was killed in battle.
Jaster's protege, Jango, took over the reins of leadership, despite Montross's disparaging comment that it would mean a "child leading them."
Jango's tenure as Mandalorian leader ended at the Battle of Galidraan, where a Jedi taskforce under the leadership of Master Dooku led to the death of every Mandalorian, except for Jango.
After this disaster, the Mandalorians were effectively ended as a force in the galaxy. Individuals survived on both on Mandalore and other isolated pockets of known space, but they played little influence on galactic affairs until the Clone Wars, when Jango Fett became the host for Grand Army of the Republic. One clone trooper, an elite ARC trooper named Alpha-02, ended up going rogue and changing the Mandalorians forever.
Through some fluke of the Kaminoans' cloning technology, Alpha-02 had memories of Jango Fett. He went to Mandalore and started rebuilding the Mandalorian supercommandos from Mandalorian Protectors, police, and even Death Watchmen. Alpha-02 became Mandalore the Resurrector and his forces fought for Confederacy of Independent Systems. Among his troopers were Tobbi Dala and future Mandalore Fenn Shysa.
30 years after the Battle of Endor, the Mandalorians experienced a rebirth of some sort, as Boba Fett gathered likeminded individuals under his leadership to fight the Yuuzhan Vong.
Mandalores
- Mandalore the First - Conquered the planet Mandalore, slaughtering its dominant species of mythosaurs.
- Mandalore the Indomitable - Pledged the Mandalorians to the Sith during the Great Sith War; devoured by demon beasts on Dxun.
- Mandalore the Ultimate - Led the Mandalorians in the Mandalorian Wars; killed by Darth Revan.
- Canderous Ordo - Regrouped the scattered Mandalorian clans after the Jedi Civil War; was instrumental in the defeat of Darth Nihilus.
- Jaster Mereel - Former Journeyman Protector who led the True Mandalorians through the Mandalorian Civil War with the Mandalorian Death Watch, but was killed by Death Watch leader Vizsla.
- Jango Fett - Led the Mandalorians from Jaster's death on Korda Six to their destruction by the Jedi on Galidraan.
- Mandalore the Resurrector (AKA Alpha-02, or "Spar") - Rogue ARC trooper who resurrected the Mandalorian supercommandos after Jango's death; eventually succumbed to clone madness and was killed by Boba Fett's daughter, Ailyn Vel.
- Fenn Shysa - Joined Alpha-02's cause. He later became Mandalore. He freed Mandalore from Imperial slavers; led the Mandalorians against the Nagai, the Tofs, and Lord Shadowspawn; eventually killed saving Boba Fett on Shogun.
- Boba Fett - Led the Mandalorians during the Yuuzhan Vong War.
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