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|image=[[File:Mandaloreplanet.jpg]]
|name=Mandalore
|region=[[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]<ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref>
|sector=[[Mandalore sector/Legends|Mandalore sector]]<ref name="TEA" />
|system=[[Mandalore system/Legends|Mandalore system]]<ref name="TEA" />
|suns=1: [[Mandalore (star)/Legends|Mandalore]]<ref name="TEA" />
|position=5<ref name="TEA" />
|moons=*[[Concordia/Legends|Concordia]]<ref name="TMP">{{TCW|The Mandalore Plot}}</ref>
*[[Mandalore's second moon]]<ref name="TEA" />
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|routes=[[Mandalorian Road]]<ref name="TEA" />
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|lengthday=19 [[Standard hour/Legends|standard hours]]<ref name="TEA" />
|lengthyear=366 [[Standard day/Legends|standard days]]<ref name="TEA" />
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|diameter=9,200 [[Kilometer/Legends|kilometers]]<ref name="TEA" />
|atmosphere=[[Atmosphere/Legends#Type I atmospheres|Type I]] {{C|breathable}}<ref name="Sacrifice">''[[Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice]]''</ref>
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|terrain=*[[Desert/Legends|Deserts]]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[Forest/Legends|Forests]]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[Grass/Legends|Grass]] plains<ref name="APM">''[[Boba Fett: A Practical Man]]''</ref>
*[[Jungle/Legends|Jungles]]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[Ocean/Legends|Seas]]<ref name="TEA" />
|water=
|interest=*[[Kelita River]]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[MandalMotors tower|MandalMotors Tower]]<ref name="APM" />
*[[City of Bone]]<ref name="ImpCom501st">''[[Imperial Commando: 501st]]''</ref>
*[[Kyrimorut]]<ref name="ImpCom501st" />
|flora=*[[Amber fern]]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[Galek (tree)|Galek]] [[Tree/Legends|tree]]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[Varos]]<ref name="ImpCom501st" />
*[[Veshok]] tree<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[Vormur]] [[Plant/Legends|blooms]]<ref name="Revelation">''[[Legacy of the Force: Revelation]]''</ref>
|fauna=*[[Fanned rawl]]<ref name="FOCGuide">''[[Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide]]''</ref>
*[[Mythosaur/Legends|Mythosaur]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Strill]]<ref name="ImpCom501st" />
*[[Shatual]]<ref name="TC">''[[Republic Commando: True Colors]]''</ref>
*[[Shriek-hawk/Legends|Shriek-hawk]]<ref name="TMPaC">{{InsiderCite|86|The Mandalorians: People and Culture}}</ref>
*[[Vhe'viin]]<ref name="Revelation" />
|otherlife=
|species=
|otherspecies=*[[Human/Legends|Human]]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Taung/Legends|Taung]]<ref name="TEA" />
*Other<ref name="TMPaC" />
|language=*[[Mando'a/Legends|''Mando'a'']]<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Galactic Basic Standard]]<ref name="TEA" />
|government=*[[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] [[Soldier/Legends|warrior]] clans: Clan [[Chief/Legends|leaders]] under the authority of the [[Mandalore (title)|''Mand'alor'']]<ref name="Sacrifice" />
*[[New Mandalorians/Legends|New Mandalorians]]: [[Prime Minister/Legends|Prime Minister]]-led [[Ruling Council (New Mandalorians)/Legends|Ruling Council]]<ref name="Corruption">{{TCW|Corruption (episode)|Corruption}}</ref>
|population=*Approximately 4 million:<ref name="TEA" /><ref name="Revelation" /><ref name="O66">''[[Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel]]''</ref>
|demonym=Mandalorian<ref name="TEA" />
|cities=*[[Keldabe/Legends|Keldabe]] {{C|[[Capital/Legends|capital]]}}<ref name="TEA" />
*[[Sundari/Legends|Sundari]] {{C|New Mandalorian capital}}<ref name="ShadowConspiracy">''[[The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy]]''</ref>
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'''Mandalore''' was the fifth [[Planet/Legends|planet]] in the [[Mandalore system/Legends|Mandalore system]] of the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]], not far from the [[Hydian Way/Legends|Hydian Way]] [[Hyperlane|trade route]]. The [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of the multi-[[Species/Legends|species]] cultural group known as the [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorians]], the planet was known as '''''Manda'yaim''''' in the [[Mando'a/Legends|Mandalorian language]], and was named after the legendary conqueror of the vibrant world, [[Mandalore the First]]. Mandalore the First's [[Taung/Legends|Taung]] warriors [[Death/Legends|slew]] the indigenous [[Mythosaur/Legends|mythosaurs]] and tamed the savage landscape, solidifying Mandalore's place as a powerbase and the center of [[Mandalore sector/Legends|Mandalorian space]] for millennia to come. Mandalore was covered in a rich natural landscape, largely unspoiled due to its sparse [[Sentience/Legends|sentient]] population. The world was blanketed in lush [[veshok]] [[Tree/Legends|tree]] forests, dense jungle, sprawling hills and [[Grass/Legends|grassland]] well suited to [[Farm/Legends|farming]], inhospitable [[Desert/Legends|deserts]] of [[Color/Legends|white]] sand, and numerous [[river]]s, [[lake]]s, and [[Ocean/Legends|seas]]. It was also the only known world in the galaxy, with the exception of its [[Moon/Legends|moon]] [[Concordia/Legends|Concordia]], to possess the unique, nearly indestructible [[Iron/Legends|iron]] [[Ore/Legends|ore]] known as [[Mandalorian iron|''beskar'']], an element capable of withstanding blows from even a [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]].

An independent world ruled by the [[Mandalore (title)|''Mand'alor'']]—the leader of all the Mandalorian clans, following the tradition established by Mandalore the First—the planet Mandalore found itself the ally and enemy of numerous [[The galaxy/Legends|galactic]] governments and groups throughout the [[Standard year/Legends|years]]. Though largely abandoned by the early [[Mandalorian Crusaders]], who continuously sought fresh conquests, Mandalore became the fallback point for many defeated Mandalorian [[Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders/Legends|Neo-Crusader]] warriors after the end of the [[Mandalorian Wars]]. With the rise of the pacifist [[New Mandalorians/Legends|New Mandalorian]] faction and their efforts to reform Mandalore's warrior ways, distancing themselves from the violent past after the [[Mandalorian Excision|disastrous events]] that lead to their formation, Mandalore was accepted by the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and was known as '''New Mandalore''' throughout the isolationist society that the New Mandalorians created. Originally neutral during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], after the New Mandalorian [[Sundari/Legends|capital]] fell to the machinations of the [[Death Watch/Legends|Death Watch]], the pacifist faction's influence dwindled. Later, when [[Spar|Mandalore the Resurrector]] came to power, the planet broke from the Republic and joined the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]] against the oppressive [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] regime, only to come under the heel of the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] following the [[Declaration of a New Order|end]] of the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]].

With the fall of the Empire, Mandalore began a steady period of recovery up until the [[Yuuzhan Vong]]'s [[Yuuzhan Vong War|invasion]] of the galaxy, and the [[Battle of Mandalore (Yuuzhan Vong War)|devastation]] the [[Yuuzhan Vong galaxy|extragalactic]] invaders wrought upon Mandalore. The resilient world did not yield to the Vong's attempt at destruction, however, and by the [[Second Galactic Civil War]], Mandalore was in the midst of a prosperous resurgence brought on by the discovery of fresh lodes of ''beskar'' iron that had been exposed during the Yuuzhan Vong attack. Mandalore suffered an [[Battle of Mandalore (Second Galactic Civil War)|attack]] by elements of the [[Imperial Remnant]] loyal to the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Darth Caedus]] near the war's end, yet persevered, continuing to grow and developing ties with the [[Verpine/Legends|Verpine]] and the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]]. Under the leadership of ''Mand'alor'' [[Yaga Auchs]], the Mandalorians withdrew from the [[Sith–Imperial War]] and remained on Mandalore throughout the [[Second Imperial Civil War]], focused on bettering their world.

==Description==
Mandalore was located in the region of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] known as the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]],<ref name="TEA" /> near the [[Hydian Way/Legends|Hydian Way]] [[Hyperlane|trade route]],<ref name="APM" /> where it occupied the fifth [[Orbit/Legends|orbit]] of the [[Mandalore sector/Legends|Mandalore sector's]] cognominal [[Mandalore system/Legends|Mandalore system]], between the orbits of [[Kalevala/Legends|Kalevala]] and [[Mandallia]]. It sat at the end of the [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] lane known as the [[Mandalorian Road]], an ancient route that connected Mandalore with the planet [[Corsin/Legends|Corsin]] in the [[Inner Rim]]. A terrestrial [[Planet/Legends|world]] spanning nine thousand, two hundred [[Kilometer/Legends|kilometers]] in diameter,<ref name="TEA" /> Mandalore possessed standard gravity<ref name="O66" /> and two [[Moon/Legends|moons]],<ref name="TEA" /> including the one time [[Mining/Legends|mining]] base and [[Agriworld/Legends|agricultural]] center, [[Concordia/Legends|Concordia]].<ref name="TMP" /> Unique to Mandalore and the Concordia moon was [[Mandalorian iron|''beskar'']] [[Iron/Legends|iron]] [[Ore/Legends|ore]], a nearly indestructible metal capable of withstanding blows from even a [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]], and used by Mandalorian [[Metalsmith/Legends|metalsmiths]] to forge [[Armor/Legends|armor]], weapons, and [[Starship/Legends|starships]].<ref name="Sacrifice" /><ref name="HotM" /> A [[Standard year/Legends|year]] on Mandalore comprised three hundred and sixty-six [[Standard day/Legends|days]], and each day was made up of nineteen [[Standard hour/Legends|hours]].<ref name="TEA" /> Mandalore possessed a [[Lung/Legends|breathable]] [[Atmosphere/Legends#Type I atmospheres|atmosphere]], and a climate that varied by region.<ref name="O66" />

Before the rise of the Mandalorians, Mandalore was dominated by the gigantic [[Mythosaur/Legends|mythosaurs]]. The enormous beasts were said to rival [[City/Legends|cities]] with their size,<ref name="TCSWE">''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''</ref> but when the [[Taung/Legends|Taung]] warriors arrived on Mandalore, they set to [[Death/Legends|slaughtering]] the creatures as part of their conquest of the new world, leaving only their massive [[Skeleton/Legends|skeletons]] behind to bleach in the light of [[Mandalore (star)/Legends|Mandalore's sun]].<ref name="TEA" /> [[Homeworld/Legends|Native]] [[veshok]] [[Tree/Legends|trees]] covered much of Mandalore's northern hemisphere,<ref name="O66" /> such as the [[Olankur]] region of its northern continent,<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> forming a dense forest that stretched nearly as far as the polar [[Water/Legends|ice]] caps.<ref name="O66" /> [[Winter/Legends|Winters]] in the north of Mandalore often saw significant snowfall, and bitter cold temperatures.<ref name="TC" /> The herbivorous animals called [[shatual]]s could be found living within the veshok forests, as could the intelligent, six-[[Limb/Legends|legged]] [[strill]]s that preyed upon them for food.<ref name="O66" /> Tall, long-lived [[Galek (tree)|galek]] trees with their [[Silver/Legends|silver]]-[[Color/Legends|colored]] leaves were also a common sight on Mandalore, as were the [[Gold/Legends|golden]] [[amber fern]]s that grew in and around galek groves.<ref name="TCSWE" /> Wild [[Mushroom/Legends|mushrooms]] were known to grow on and around Mandalore's trees,<ref name="SearchBegins">[[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]]</ref> and a number of a [[Snake/Legends|serpentine]] [[Fanned rawl|rawl]] could be found in the Mandalorian wild,<ref name="FOCGuide" /> transplanted from their natural habitat on [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]].<ref name="AED">{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}</ref>

Forty-five degrees north of Mandalore's equator, atop a flat [[Granite/Legends|granite]] hill nestled along a bend in the kilometers-long [[Kelita River]], sat the city of [[Keldabe/Legends|Keldabe]].<ref name="APM" /> Since at least [[3960 BBY]], Keldabe had served as the [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of Mandalore, and the center of government for much of Mandalorian space.<ref name="TEA" /> However, following the foundation of the [[New Mandalorians/Legends|New Mandalorian]] faction, the reformist sect declared the [[Domed city/Legends|domed city]] of [[Sundari/Legends|Sundari]], located in one of Mandalore's expansive<ref name="NewBattlefronts">''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: New Battlefronts: The Visual Guide]]''</ref> and inhospitable<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{SWE|locations|mandalore|Mandalore}}</ref> white-sand [[Desert/Legends|desert]] regions, to be their capital.<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" /> Positioned out on the flat desert plain,<ref name="TMP" /> Sundari was constructed over a large, active ''beskar'' mine,<ref name="FLT">''[[Friends Like These]]''</ref> surrounded by sand and the giant [[Bio-cube/Legends|cube-cities]]<ref name="TMP" /> built by the innovative builders of the New Mandalorian people who rejected the ways of Mandalore's warrior clans.<ref name="NewBattlefronts" /> Keldabe, however, found itself surrounded by [[Wood/Legends|woodland]] and the waters of the Kelita,<ref name="APM" /> along with gentle green hills that spread outward to fertile [[Grass/Legends|grassland]] the more agriculturally-minded Mandalorians took advantage of for [[Farm/Legends|farming]].<ref name="Sacrifice" /> Keldabe boasted two of Mandalore's most renown landmarks, the hundred-[[Imperial standard meter|meter]]-tall [[MandalMotors tower|tower]] of the [[MandalMotors/Legends|MandalMotors]] company headquarters,<ref name="APM" /> and the ''[[Oyu'baat]]'' [[Hotel/Legends|hotel]] and [[Tapcafe/Legends|tapcafe]], one of the oldest establishments on the planet.<ref name="O66" /> With no formal palaces or offices among the warrior clans, the ''Oyu'baat'' was also an informal meeting place for the [[Mandalore (title)|''Mand'alor'']] and clan [[Chief/Legends|chieftains]], making it the unofficial center of Mandalore's clan-based government until [[40 ABY]], when this role was shared by the newly established community building, [[MandalMotors Hall]].<ref name="Sacrifice" />

Other cities and settlements littered Mandalore's surface, including the Keldabe suburb of [[Bralsin]] near the [[Kelita valley]],<ref name="Revelation" /> and the small town of [[Shuror]].<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Most of Mandalore's settlements were built within a heavy [[Fortress/Legends|fortification]] that contributed to the ease with which they could be defended from potential invaders. An example of such a settlement was the hill-[[Fortress/Legends|fort]] town of [[Norg Bral]],<ref name="TCSWE" /> home to several members of [[Clan Bralor]].<ref name="Sacrifice" /> The water supply to these settlements was provided by lengths of pipelines and deeply-dug [[Water well|wells]], often making use of both to ensure the certainty of available water.<ref name="Revelation" /> Further south and away from Keldabe, Mandalore's tropic regions boasted warmer weather and was where [[varos]] [[Fruit/Legends|fruit]] could be found growing.<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Roads on Mandalore were rarely straight, designed so as to grant Mandalorians the advantage in ambushing and pinning down hostiles as they traveled.<ref name="Sacrifice" /> Traditional dwellings known as ''[[vheh'yaim]]e''—made from wood, woven [[Vine/Legends|vines]], and matted mud—were a common choice for the homes of Mandalore's warrior clans<ref name="TMPaC" /> and numerous ''vheh'yaime'' of varying sizes could be found across Mandalore.<ref name="Revelation" /> Due to the varied nature of the different species and backgrounds that comprised the greater Mandalorian people,<ref name="Sacrifice" /> the architecture of Mandalore differed greatly depending on the region and that area's particular inhabitants, from towers of [[Transparisteel/Legends|transparisteel]]<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" /> and granite, to [[Durasteel/Legends|durasteel]],<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> and even tree-bound abodes.<ref name="Revelation" />

==History==
===Early history===
{{Quote|After being driven from ancient Coruscant, the Taungs relocated to Roon and then wandered the Outer Rim, leaving hints of their passage in various species' chronicles and histories. But they attracted little notice until they conquered Mandalore around 7000 BBY.|[[Vilnau Teupt]]|<ref name="TEGtW">''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''</ref>}}
Mandalore was once a wild and savage world,<ref name="TEA" /> uninhabited by sentients, where the dominate [[Species/Legends|life forms]] were the gigantic mythosaurs.<ref name="HotM" /> That all changed with the arrival of the Taung. Forced from the planet [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] in the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]] [[Pre-Republic era|long before]] the foundation of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] by the [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Battalion/Legends|Battalions]] of [[Zhell/Legends|Zhell]], the Taung fled to [[Roon/Legends|Roon]], before arriving at the Outer Rim world they came to call Mandalore circa [[7000 BBY]]. In honor of their leader, [[Mandalore the First]], the Taungs named the world ''Manda'yaim'',<ref name="TEA" /> or "home of the ''Mand'alor'',"<ref name="Mando'a">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.karentraviss.com/page20/page26/index.html|title=Mando'a|author=Karen Traviss|work=[http://www.karentraviss.com Karen Traviss]|archivedate=20110925083955}}</ref> which was later transliterated as Mandalore in [[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Galactic Basic Standard]]. Similarly, the Taungs recast themselves as the Mandalorians,<ref name="GaW">''[[Galaxy at War]]''</ref> or ''Mando'ade'': "sons and daughters of Mandalore."<ref name="TZ">''[[Republic Commando: Triple Zero]]''</ref> The newly branded Mandalorians set to taming their new world, and in the process slaughtered the enormous mythosaurs, leaving only their skeletons behind.<ref name="TEA" /> Mandalore became the home of fierce clans of masked Taung warriors led by a single [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] who always adopted the name ''Mand'alor'',<ref name="TCSWE" />—a title which meant "sole ruler" in the [[Mando'a/Legends|''Mando'a'']] [[Language/Legends|language]]<ref name="Mando'a" />—after Mandalore the First. But a single new planet was not enough for the Mandalorian Taungs who craved fresh conquests, and though Mandalore remained the center of what was to become Mandalorian space, it was largely abandoned by the time of the [[Great Sith War/Legends|Great Sith War]] in [[3996 BBY]], as [[Mandalore the Indomitable]] led the clans outward as [[Mandalorian Crusaders]] to bring new [[Star system/Legends|star systems]] under Mandalorian control.<ref name="TEA" />

The attacks of the Crusaders only intensified as [[Time/Legends|time]] passed,<ref name="TEA" /> and though Mandalore the Indomitable fell in [[Battle of Onderon (Great Sith War)|battle]] while engaging the Republic's [[Republic Military/Legends|military]] with the [[Brotherhood of the Sith]]<ref>[[Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War 6|''Tales of the Jedi &ndash; The Sith War'' 6]]</ref> [[Mandalore the Ultimate]] quickly replaced [[Gender/Legends|him]]. The new ''Mand'alor'', believing the fabled "Great Last Battle" to be at hand,<ref name="HotM" /> turned back to the planet Mandalore at the behest of his advisor, [[Cassus Fett]], for his new [[Army/Legends|army]]. There on the Mandalorian homeworld existed the unorthodox warrior sect known as the [[Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders/Legends|Neo-Crusaders]]. These warriors deviated from the Crusader norm by wearing identical [[Neo-Crusader armor|suits of armor]] and implementing a more rigid chain of command. Following Fett's advice, Mandalore the Ultimate made the Neo-Crusaders the backbone of his new army, and by the time he had instigated the [[Mandalorian Wars]] with the Republic, Neo-Crusaders comprised most of Mandalore's warriors.<ref>''[[Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide]]''</ref> As the Neo-Crusader army conquered more and more worlds, the planet Mandalore became the center of a Mandalore [[Sector/Legends|sector]] that stretched across the majority of the galaxy's northern quadrant.<ref name="TEA" /> Mandalore the Ultimate's endeavors were doomed to failure, however, and when the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Revan/Legends|Revan]] slew the ''Mand'alor'' in [[Battle of Malachor V|single combat]] at [[Malachor V]], the Mandalorian Wars were brought to a swift end. With no purpose, many defeated Mandalorians turned to lives as [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenaries]], [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunters]], and even bandits, while others returned home to Mandalore.<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''</ref>

Thousands of years later, during the period known to history as the [[Republic Dark Age]], an epidemic of the [[Candorian plague]] spread across the galaxy. One of many worlds struck by the plague,<ref name="TEGtW" /> Mandalore was devastated by the deadly illness.<ref name="THoMA">{{SW|url=news/the-history-of-mandalorian-armor|text=The History of Mandalorian Armor|int=The History of Mandalorian Armor}}</ref> Furthermore, a weakened Mandalore sector had come under attack by raiders from the lawless regions of space that surrounded it to such a degree that Mandalorian vessels were forced to form defensive caravans in order to move about. When the veteran mercenary [[Mandalore the Uniter|Aga Awaud]] returned home to Mandalore [[1058 BBY]] to discover most of his clan had perished to the plague and Mandalorian space was under siege from outlaws, it wasn't long before he took up the then-vacant role of ''Mand'alor''. In a move to stem the chaos before him, Awaud began a movement that came to be known as [[Return (Mandalorian)|the Return]], calling upon Mandalorians living throughout the galaxy to rally to the defense of Mandalorian space. Awaud's efforts were ultimately successful, allowing Mandalore to not only survive the tumultuous era, but flourish, becoming a regional industrial power and a symbol of much-needed stability in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories.<ref name="TEGtW" />

===War and reformations===
In the years following the Galactic Republic's [[Seventh Battle of Ruusan|defeat]] of the [[Brotherhood of Darkness/Legends|Brotherhood of Darkness]] at [[Ruusan/Legends|Ruusan]], and the subsequent Republic [[Ruusan Reformation|reformation]] that marked the end of the [[New Sith Wars]], the Mandalorians on Mandalore pushed to remake themselves into a more technologically adept and more rigid, militant society. The rise in Mandalore's militancy so soon after the devastating war with the [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] alarmed both the Republic and its [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] protectors,<ref name="TEA" /> and while several clan leaders urged Mandalore to make peace and join with the Republic, they were summarily shouted down. Unwilling to suffer through a second war with the Mandalorians, in [[738 BBY]] the Jedi led a Republic strike force in a brief and overwhelming conflict known as the [[Mandalorian Excision]] that brought devastation to the Mandalore sector,<ref name="TEGtW" /> and transformed parts of Mandalore<ref name="NewBattlefronts" /> into inhospitable<ref name="Encyclopedia" /> deserts of white sand.<ref name="NewBattlefronts" /> Out of this disaster arose a pacifist sect calling themselves the [[New Mandalorians/Legends|New Mandalorians]]; the reformist [[Politics/Legends|political]] faction formed from the remnant of the pre-Excision peace movement renounced violence and the [[Canons of Honor|warrior codes]] of Mandalore's past,<ref name="TEGtW" /> in what they believed to be an effort to save Mandalore and survive in a hostile galaxy. Instead, the New Mandalorians preached peace, neutrality, and tolerance. They used their talents as builders and inventors to create grand cube cities in Mandalore's desert, forging a new society isolated from Mandalore's warrior clans,<ref name="TEA" /><ref name="NewBattlefronts" /> on the planet they deemed "New Mandalore."<ref>''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.20]]''</ref>

The New Mandalorians' dedication to peace, their love of advanced technology,<ref name="NewBattlefronts" /> and the wealth of ''beskar'' afforded to them by Sundari's mines,<ref name="FLT" /> allowed for the pacifist sect to claim ascendancy over the scattered, squabbling warrior clans on Mandalore for centuries,<ref name="TEA" /> and for the first time in the planet's history<ref name="TCSWE" /> Mandalore was welcomed by the Republic, and offered [[Senator/Legends|representation]] in the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]].<ref name="TMP" /> In spite of this, a significant number of Mandalorians continued to live much as they had for generations, continuing their warrior traditions in locations such as Keldabe.<ref name="O66" /> These traditional practitioners came to be known as "Old Mandalorians,"<ref name="FLT" /> the ''[[Aka'liit]]'', or in some cases, the "Mandalorian Faithful." Among many of the so-called Faithful, the New Mandalorians were, in turn, deemed the Faithless, for turning their backs upon the Mandalorians' cultural heritage.<ref name="TBHC">''[[The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett]]''</ref>

The year [[60 BBY/Legends|60 BBY]]<ref name="NEC" /> saw the ascension of [[Jaster Mereel]] to the role of ''Mand'alor''. Born on the planet [[Concord Dawn/Legends|Concord Dawn]], Mereel served as a member of the world's [[Law enforcement agency/Legends|law officers]] known as the [[Journeyman Protector/Legends|Journeyman Protectors]] until his strong moral code drove him to kill a corrupt superior [[Officer/Legends|officer]]; Mereel was [[Exile (punishment)/Legends|exiled]] from Concord Dawn as punishment for his own crime, and joined the Mandalorian culture soon after. Having noticed many Mandalorians' dissatisfaction with the wide-spread savagery that had become prevalent in certain warrior circles, Mereel hoped to hold the Mandalorians to a higher standard of behavior. As ''Mand'alor'', Mereel instituted the [[Supercommando Codex]], a new behavioral guideline influenced by Mereel's own moral ideals, in which Mereel decreed that any Mandalorians who wished to fight would be merely highly-[[Galactic Credit Standard|paid]] [[Soldier/Legends|soldiers]], and should conduct themselves as honorable mercenaries. Mereel was opposed in this effort by a number of amoral Mandalorians who resented Mereel for his attempts to rein in their lifestyles of unaccountability.<ref name="HotM" /> These malcontents rallied to a barbaric<ref name="OpenSeasons">''[[Jango Fett: Open Seasons]]''</ref> Mandalorian soldier named [[Tor Vizsla]],<ref name="TEA" /> and therein formed a splinter group known as the [[Death Watch/Legends|Death Watch]] with Vizsla as their leader,<ref name="HotM" /> a [[Secret Mandalore]] in opposition to Mereel, who pledged to destroy the New Mandalorian regime,<ref name="TBHC" /> and return the Mandalorians to their ancient roots as conquerors and raiders, with the ultimate goal of instigating another war of galactic conquest.<ref name="HotM" /> Around this time, Chieftain [[Nam Beroya/Legends|Nam Beroya]] departed Mandalore with numerous members of [[Clan Awaud/Legends|Clan Awaud]], having grown disillusioned with the divisive politics that were overtaking Mandalore, instead seeking a simpler way of life for him and his clan.<ref name="FLT" /> [[Mandalorian Civil War (True Mandalorians)|Civil war]] soon broke out between the Death Watch and Mereel's loyal [[Mandalorian Supercommando|supercommandos]]—now calling themselves the "[[True Mandalorians]]"—while the New Mandalorians kept to their ideals of pacifism and non-violence, rejecting both groups and remaining out of the conflict.<ref name="TEA" />

In spite of its philosophical and ideological importance to the Mandalorian people, the war had was fought between two relatively small factions of soldiers, in what was seen by some as little more than a common power struggle. Mandalore's full-time army was swallowed by the conflict, along with several prominent clans, but it scarcely touched Mandalorians living off-world, even those in the surrounding Mandalore sector.<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Jaster Mereel was eventually [[Battle of Korda Six|killed]] by Tor Vizsla on [[Korda Six]], though command of the True Mandalorian army and the role of ''Mand'alor'' was taken up by Mereel's surrogate son, [[Jango Fett/Legends|Jango Fett]]. Waged on several non-Mandalorian worlds, the tide of the civil war slipped back and forth in favor of either side until the disastrous [[Battle of Galidraan|battle]] on the planet [[Galidraan/Legends|Galidraan]], where the schemes of the Death Watch allowed for a misled Jedi strike team to kill the True Mandalorians, all but Jango Fett, who was taken into custody by the Jedi and delivered to the [[Governor of Galidraan]], who subsequently sold Fett into [[Slavery/Legends|slavery]]. Though Fett was able to escape his unjust captivity and take his revenge on Vizsla,<ref name="OpenSeasons" /> his losses and time in captivity made Fett a bitter man, and though he was still ''Mand'alor'', he grew distant from the Mandalorian people.<ref name="O66" />

With opposition from the True Mandalorians removed, the Death Watch sought to take advantage of growing hostilities on Mandalore between feuding clans with their loyalties divided. As open war erupted, Death Watch made attempts to garner support from the populace to overthrow the New Mandalorians, but the [[Blood/Legends|bloody]] conflict that became known as the [[Great Clan Wars]] harmed their cause as much as any other, and the splinter group suffered notable losses to the fighting.<ref name="TBHC" /> This second civil war divided clans and pitted family members against one another,<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" /> leading to the death of a great many Mandalorians,<ref name="VoT">{{TCW|Voyage of Temptation}}</ref> and seeing further devastation incurred to Mandalore in addition to the scars of the centuries-old Excision. The Death Watch ultimately failed to unseat the New Mandalorian regime, while the majority of the chieftain warlords responsible for the conflict either joined the New Mandalorians, weary of war, or went into exile on Mandalore's moon, Concordia.<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" />

===Clone Wars===

====The New Mandalorian coup====
{{Quote|Listen, Duchess. Do you hear the people? They cry out for change. Your weak-minded rule of Mandalore is at an end.|[[Pre Vizsla/Legends|Pre Vizsla]], speaking to Duchess Satine Kryze|<ref name="SoR">{{TCW|Shades of Reason}}</ref>}}
Nearly two years since their last attempt to wrest power from the New Mandalorians, the Death Watch returned to Mandalore at the same time Sundari came under attack by a contingent of criminals known as the [[Shadow Collective/Legends|Shadow Collective]].<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" /> As the foot soldiers of [[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun]], the [[Pyke Syndicate/Legends|Pyke Syndicate]], and the [[Hutt Cartel]]s terrorized Sundari, Death Watch presented themselves to the New Mandalorian people as saviors. In truth, however, Death Watch was in collusion with the Shadow Collective, having struck a deal with the criminal alliance's leaders, the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]] and his [[Sith apprentice/Legends|apprentice]] [[Savage Opress/Legends|Savage Opress]], wherein the outlaws would sow chaos and disorder throughout New Mandalorian territory, only for Death Watch to appear to come to the people's rescue and win public favor. Across Sundari and the New Mandalorian-held cities of Mandalore, Death Watch beat back and arrested the criminal members of the Shadow Collective in staged battles, making a display of the ineffectiveness of Duchess Satine Kryze's leadership, before finally confronting the New Mandalorian leader in her palace throne room. With the will of the people turned to support him, Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla [[Takeover of Mandalore/Legends|deposed]] Kryze, [[Sundari prison|imprisoning]] the duchess and her council of [[minister]]s,<ref name="SoR" /> before finally installing himself as the new Prime Minister and claiming the title of ''Mand'alor'' of the New Mandalorians.<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" />

His goals met, Vizsla turned on his Sith allies, imprisoning both Maul and Opress in the same facility where the New Mandalorian government's officials had been incarcerated. Unbeknownst to Vizsla, [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] Maul had anticipated and planned for such a betrayal, allowing himself to be captured so that he might find a more malleable replacement for Vizsla as puppet ruler of the New Mandalorians. Within the prison, Maul came across the former Prime Minister Almec, who was willing to side with the Sith in order to escape prison and regain his lost standing. Breaking free of their confines, Maul stormed the Royal Palace with his apprentice and Almec in tow, where he challenged Vizsla to [[Lightsaber duel/Legends|single combat]] for the right to rule.<ref name="SoR" /> Bound by honor to the ancient warrior codes he sought to reinstate,<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" /> Vizsla [[Lightsaber combat/Legends|battled]] Maul in a furious duel through the throne room, finally losing to Maul when the Sith [[Lord/Legends|Lord]] [[Sai cha/Legends|decapitated]] him.<ref name="SoR" />

Though Maul had won leadership of Death Watch in accordance with the old ways the group venerated, a [[unit]] of [[Nite Owls/Legends|soldiers]] loyal to Vizsla's [[Lieutenant/Legends|lieutenant]] [[Bo-Katan Kryze/Legends|Bo-Katan]] refused to concede leadership to a non Mandalorian.<ref name="ShadowConspiracy" /> The breakaway group fled the palace amidst a heated [[Lightfight|firefight]], and moved to rescue the imprisoned Duchess Kryze. While Kryze was apprehended shortly after the Death Watch renegades' escape attempt, she had succeeded in contacting the Jedi Temple with news of the coup, bringing Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to Mandalore on a mission to save Kryze shortly thereafter. Kenobi's rescue attempt fared no better than Bo-Katan and her [[Troop/Legends|troops]]', and Kryze was [[Shiak|slain]] by Maul in order to cause her former lover, Kenobi, anguish. In spite of their inability to rescue the duchess, Bo-Katan and her warriors freed Kenobi from Maul's Death Watch [[Mandalorian super commando/Legends|loyalists]], and rushed the Jedi Master out of Sundari and off of Mandalore in the middle of a [[Battle of Sundari|battle]] between the two Death Watch factions. Concurrently, the [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] Darth Sidious arrived on Mandalore, upon having sensed the whereabouts of his one-time apprentice, Darth Maul. In the Sundari palace, Sidious faced off against Maul and Savage Opress in a duel to settle a breach of the [[Order of the Sith Lords|Sith Order's]] [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]], eventually killing Opress and subduing Maul for his own future purposes.<ref name="Lawless">{{TCW|The Lawless}}</ref>

====The balance of power shifts====
The New Mandalorians were not the only citizens of Mandalore to fall upon hard times during the Clone Wars. Having been marginalized by the Republic, much of Mandalore had grown impoverished and in need of funds. This was the climate into which stepped [[Spar]]—the former [[Alpha-class Advanced Recon Commando|Alpha-class]] [[Advanced Recon Commando/Legends|ARC trooper]] who fled Kamino and deserted the Grand Army before the start of the Clone Wars—when he arrived on Mandalore.<ref name="HotM" /> Encouraged by clan chieftain [[Fenn Shysa]], who spread rumors that Spar was the son and heir of Jango Fett in order to capitalize on Fett's reputation as a [[Jedi hunter/Legends|Jedi killer]],<ref name="O66" /> Spar took up the vacant position of ''Mand'alor''. Determined to rebuild a new army of Mandalorian [[Commando/Legends|supercommandos]] in the image of the fallen True Mandalorians, Spar found many willing recruits among the ranks of the local police, and his growing [[Mandalorian Protectors/Legends|Mandalorian Protector]] army even attracted nearly a dozen former members of the Death Watch.<ref name="GaW" />

Spar and the Protectors won control of Mandalore, and Spar took the sobriquet "Mandalore the Resurrector" as an indication that the traditions of the warrior clans had regained supremacy.<ref name="TEA" /> The new ''Mand'alor'' brought the planet over to the side of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, viewing the Republic as a corrupt oppressor, and seized the production facilities of MandalMotors in Keldabe for the Confederacy's exclusive use.<ref name="HotM" /> Once Mandalore was on the side of the CIS, the ranks of Spar's Mandalorian Protector army were supplemented by one thousand [[BL-series Battle Legionnaire]] [[Droid/Legends|droids]], partially designed by Fenn Shysa,<ref name="GaW" /> and supplied by the Confederacy's [[Geonosis droid foundries|droid foundries]].<ref>''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref> Setting out from Mandalore, the Mandalorian Protectors entered into the Clone Wars as a Confederate [[Shock trooper/Legends|shock force]]. Confederacy [[Commander/Legends|commanders]] called upon the Protectors to deal with stubborn Republic opposition that their mass-produced [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droids]] could not overcome; once the Protectors arrived on the battlefield, the enemy was often defeated in under a day.<ref name="GaW" />

They stormed planets such as [[New Bornalex/Legends|New Bornalex]], [[New Holstice/Legends|New Holstice]], [[Null/Legends|Null]], and [[Zaadja/Legends|Zaadja]],<ref name="GaW" /> until finally being assigned to capture Senator Padmé Amidala on [[Norval II]], a task given to them by the shadowy Darth Sidious on behalf of the CIS. Once on Norval II, the Protectors were overwhelmed in a surprise Republic ambush orchestrated by Sidious' alter-ego, Chancellor Palpatine. Nearly all of the Protectors' Battle Legionnaire droids were destroyed and the Mandalorians killed, all except for Fenn Shysa, [[Tobbi Dala]], and ''Mand'alor'' Spar himself. After the devastating defeat,<ref name="HotM" /> the three returned to Mandalore,<ref name="O66" /> where a shell-shocked Spar stepped down from being ''Mand'alor'',<ref name="HotM" /> though Shysa made repeated unsuccessful attempts to get the ex-''Mand'alor'' to resume his post.<ref name="O66" />

As the Clone Wars came to an end, the Galactic Republic was [[Declaration of a New Order|transformed]] into the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]], under the newly crowned [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] Palpatine.<ref name="RotS">{{Film|III}}</ref> Despite Mandalore's role in the Confederacy of Independent Systems late in the war, the fledgling Empire granted the planet amnesty, and even offered Mandalorians paying mercenary work<ref name="O66" /> as part of the [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|Jedi purge]] Palpatine had initiated.<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> The Imperials were also interested in purchasing land on Mandalore where they could establish a [[Garrison/Legends|garrison]] as a base of operations for the surrounding quadrant. The clans met, and finding the Empire's offer to be generous, they agreed to a temporary lease of land near Keldabe.<ref name="O66" /> The Imperials moved into what became known as the [[City of Bone]], a failed [[amusement park]] designed by an [[Hayar's brother|enterprising Mandalorian]] to look like a giant mythosaur skeleton, in the hopes of attracting adventure tourism to Mandalore.<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> At the same time as the Empire began to move onto Mandalore, Fenn Shysa acquiesced to popular opinion and accepted the position of ''Mand'alor''.<ref name="O66" />

During this time, Mandalore became a haven for numerous clone troopers of the former Republic, who had deserted from their positions in the Grand Army for the promise of a life of freedom. This underground movement was centered around [[Kyrimorut]], home of the former ''[[Cuy'val Dar]]'' clone trainer [[Kal Skirata]] and [[Clan Skirata|his clan]].<ref name="O66" /><ref name="Revelation" /> However, clone deserters were not the only increased presence on Mandalore during this period. In the aftermath of the New Mandalorians' fall and the dissolution of the Shadow Collective, elements of Black Sun moved to fill the void the fleeting criminal contingent had left. The syndicate established a known presence on Mandalore's moon, Concordia, and [[Tyno Fabris]]—lieutenant to the Black Sun [[Vigo/Legends|Vigo]] [[Xizor/Legends|Xizor]]—took up residence in Keldabe, where the [[Arkanian/Legends|Arkanian]] gangster worked out of an office in the ''Oyu'baat'' cantina. Around [[18 BBY/Legends|18 BBY]], the Jedi Knight [[Jax Pavan]] traveled to Mandalore in search of information on the whereabouts of [[Thi Xon Yimmon|a friend]] taken by the Empire. He met with Fabris at the ''Oyu'baat'' on multiple occasions, eventually acquiring the information he sought after making a deal with Fabris' superior, Vigo Xizor.<ref name="TLJ">[[The Last Jedi (novel)|''The Last Jedi'']]</ref>

===Imperial occupation===
Though the Empire's relationship with Mandalore was cordial at first—offering large sums for mining rights in the ''beskar''-rich [[Tokursh]] region of the planet, and brokering starship contracts with MandalMotors<ref name="ImpCom501st" />—by the start of the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the Imperial grip on the Mandalorian homeworld had tightened harshly.<ref name="HotM" /> Aided by elements of the reborn Death Watch, operating on Mandalore under the leadership of [[Lorka Gedyc]],<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Imperial advisers were installed on MandalMotors' executive board, accumulating power in the name of the Empire. One such adviser, known as the [[Suprema]],<ref name="HotM" /> confiscated the traditional armor of Mandalore's citizens,<ref name="GaW" /> and instituted a massive slaving operation that sent a large portion of Mandalore's population into [[Stun cuffs|chains]].<ref name="HotM" /> These slaves were used by the Empire to operate factories contributing to the Imperial war effort, and to aid the Imperials' endeavors<ref name="SearchBegins" /> to strip-mine Mandalore of valuable ''beskar'' ore.<ref name="Sacrifice" /> The Empire also established an [[Imperial Academy/Legends|Imperial Academy]] on Mandalore.<ref name="FLT" />

It was during this time that the [[Zann Consortium/Legends|criminal organization]] run by the [[Crime lord/Legends|crime lord]] [[Tyber Zann]] engaged in a [[Mission to Mandalore (Zann Consortium)|mission to Mandalore]], successfully kidnapping the being known as the "[[Supreme Strategist]]." His [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] were also responsible for several raids on facilities owned by [[Mandal Hypernautics/Legends|Mandal Hypernautics]], carried out in order to convince the Mandalore-based company to supply his organization with their ships and war machines.<ref name="FoC">''[[Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption]]''</ref>

[[File:BattleCity.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Members of [[Fenn Shysa]]'s Mandalorian Protectors [[Battle of the City of Bone|assault]] the Imperials within the [[City of Bone]].]]
Against the Imperial occupation, ''Mand'alor''<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Fenn Shysa covertly trained a new iteration of the Mandalorian Protectors. Without the widespread availability of Mandalorian armor or weaponry, Shysa instructed his new army in guerrilla tactics as an insurgent force.<ref name="GaW" /> Shysa and Tobbi Dala,<ref name="SearchBegins" /> the only other surviving member of the original Mandalorian Protectors beside Spar,<ref name="HotM" /> led numerous raids on slaver operations, rescuing Mandalorian slaves from their Imperial captors, and disappearing before the Empire could strike back, tactics which made use of the Protector's familiarity with Mandalore's dense jungles.<ref name="GaW" /> However, the success of the Protectors made Shysa a target for an Imperial [[Bounty/Legends|bounty]], and during the late years of their campaign against the Empire's presence on Mandalore, Dala was captured by the Suprema. When the bounty hunter [[Dengar/Legends|Dengar]] came to Mandalore to capture Shysa for the reward on the ''Mand'alor''{{'s}} head, he was instead taken captive by the Protectors and negotiations were made to exchange him for the release of Dala.<ref name="SearchBegins" />

Shortly after, [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] also traveled to Mandalore, hoping to locate Dengar. Organa sought to ascertain from him the whereabouts of his bounty hunter associate, [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]], in order to recover the Alliance officer Fett had taken, [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]. Stumbling into the middle of a Protector [[Skirmish in the Mandalorian forest|strike]] on a slaver convoy, Organa was inadvertently drawn into Mandalore's fight for freedom when she was taken back to the Protector's [[Mandalorian forest encampment|camp]] near Keldabe, only to be turned over to the Empire by Dengar after he escaped Protector custody.<ref name="SearchBegins" /> Disguised as a [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtrooper]], Shysa infiltrated the Imperial base at the City of Bone with the intent to free both Princess Organa and his friend, Dala. Once inside, he signaled his Protectors to strike, launching an [[Battle of the City of Bone|attack]] on the Imperial headquarters that culminated with the destruction of the enormous structure. Though Organa was ultimately freed, Dala gave his life to ensure that the slavers were defeated, and the Suprema was killed. Many of the slaves Shysa had freed decided to join the Mandalorian Protectors,<ref name="DitCoB">[[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]]</ref> and with the armor and weapons he recovered, Shysa had a planetary army numbering several hundred strong.<ref name="GaW" />

===New threats===
With the Empire's control over Mandalore broken, Shysa's victory made the ''Mand'alor'' a symbol of hope for his home planet. Under Shysa, Mandalore was set on the path to restoration, and the renewed Mandalorian Protector army rose up against [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Miltin Takel]], the Imperial overseer of the Mandalore sector,<ref name="HotM" /> swifty ousting Takel and the influence of the Empire from Mandalorian space.<ref name="GaW" /> When the [[Nagai]] [[Battle of Mandalore (Nagai invasion)|attacked]] Mandalore<ref>[[Star Wars (1977) 100|''Star Wars'' (1977) 100]]</ref> not long after the death of Emperor Palpatine and the Imperial defeat at the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]],<ref>{{Film|VI}}</ref> Shysa led Mandalore into a coalition with the [[Alliance of Free Planets]]—an interim government formed from the Rebellion, while preparing to become a [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] in the wake of Palpatine's death<ref>''[[The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook]]''</ref>—and together, drove the Nagai off Mandalore, before aiding the Alliance in their [[Nagai–Tof War|fight]] against both the Nagai and the [[Tof]]. Once peace had been restored, the Mandalorian Protectors began to live up to their name in more literal capacity: patrolling Mandalore's sector of [[Realspace/Legends|space]], if any hostile ship entered Mandalorian territory, the Protectors would board and capture the vessel, taking it back to Mandalore.<ref name="GaW" /> Almost twenty years after Mandalore freed itself from the grip of the Empire, the world's most beloved leader in recent history, Fenn Shysa, passed away in [[21 ABY/Legends|21 ABY]] on the planet [[Shogun]], saving the life of Boba Fett. In accordance with Shysa's final wish, Fett became the next ''Mand'alor''.<ref name="Revelation" /><ref name="HotM" />

====Second Galactic Civil War====
As Mandalore's economy and infrastructure flourished, the [[Galactic community|outside galaxy]] was in the midst of a division that quickly escalated into the [[Second Galactic Civil War]], as the Galactic Alliance faced off against the [[Corellia/Legends|Corellian]]-led [[Confederation]]. In order to better focus on Mandalore's restoration, Boba Fett declared the planet to be neutral in the conflict, though he also recognized the importance of mercenary work in providing needed credits to some Mandalorian residents, and thus did not interfere with the right of individuals to take up personal contracts. Due to Mandalore's recent treaty with Roche, however, Mandalorians declined work from Verpine disfavored [[Kem Stor Ai]], and punitively [[Bomber/Legends|bombed]] several factories on [[Murkhana/Legends|Murkhana]] after the planet abused and ignored Verpine technological patents. The bombing raid on Murkhana was also a display of Mandalore's new ''[[Bes'uliik]]'' [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]], designed and constructed by MandalMotors using the new ''beskar'' lodes;<ref name="Sacrifice" /> several ''Bes'uliik'' fighters became part of Mandalore's defense fleet, in addition to more heavily armed and armored [[Tra'kad-class transport|''Tra'kad'']]-class assault ships.<ref name="Revelation" /> By the ''Mand'alor''{{'s}} proclamation, ''Bes'uliik'' fighters were to be available for sale and export to all interested parties, regardless of side in the current civil war, though he stipulated that [[Darth Caedus|Jacen Solo]]—having recently killed Fett's daughter, [[Ailyn Vel]]—would have to come to Mandalore personally to deal for the Republic. The [[Bothan Council|government]] of [[Bothawui/Legends|Bothawui]] sent a formal offer to Mandalore to acquire a [[Squadron/Legends|squadron]] of ''Bes'uliik'' fighters, and offered a larger premium to gain exclusive purchasing rights to the vessel. The [[Bothan/Legends|Bothans]] also offered twenty million credits per month for the services of a Mandalorian assault fleet and additional [[Infantry/Legends|infantry]] forces.<ref name="Sacrifice" />

Despite Mandalore's state of planetary neutrality,<ref name="Sacrifice" /> when Boba Fett was contacted by Imperial [[Admiral/Legends|Admiral]] [[Natasi Daala]] just prior to the [[Second Battle of Fondor]], Fett agreed to assemble a group of supercommando mercenaries in order to aid Grand Admiral [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]]. When Pellaeon was killed by the Sith apprentice [[Tahiri Veila]], Fett and his commandos attacked and took control of Pellaeon's [[Flagship/Legends|flagship]], [[Bloodfin (Star Destroyer)|''Bloodfin'']], wounding both Veila and her Sith Lord [[Sith Master/Legends|master]], Darth Caedus—formerly Jacen Solo. Though the injured Sith managed to escape, the battle at [[Fondor/Legends|Fondor]] was a victory for the Galactic Alliance and [[Imperial Remnant]]-comprised "[[Jedi Coalition]]." Soon after, Fett's granddaughter, [[Mirta Gev]] was [[Wedding of Ghes Orade and Mirta Gev|married]] to her lover [[Ghes Orade]] on Mandalore, and a [[Marriage/Legends|wedding]] reception was held in Keldabe.<ref name="Revelation" />

The Mandalorians were later called to [[Battle of Roche|defend]] the Verpine [[Asteroid/Legends|asteroid]] [[Nickel One]] against an attack by Imperial Remnant forces loyal to Darth Caedus, as part of Mandalore's treaty with Roche. Fett and his soldiers were on hand during the Jedi Coalition's [[Second Battle of Roche|assault]] on Caedus, even participating in killing several Imperial [[Moff/Legends|Moffs]] loyal to the Sith Lord. But in retaliation for the Mandalorians' participation, Caedus sent what [[Capital ship/Legends|ships]] were left of the [[Galactic Alliance Fifth Fleet]] to [[Battle of Mandalore (Second Galactic Civil War)|attack]] Mandalore, and released a [[nanovirus]] across the surface, engineered via blood stolen from Mirta Gev to kill any member of the [[Clan Fett|Fett clan]] who stepped foot on the world. However, unknown to the Imperials who used a modified version of the Clone Wars&ndash;era [[FG36]] virus,<ref name="Invincible">''[[Legacy of the Force: Invincible]]''</ref> much of Mandalore's populace had been inoculated for the base nanovirus years earlier during the reign of ''Mand'alor'' Fenn Shysa by the formerly Separatist [[Scientist/Legends|scientist]] [[Ovolot Qail Uthan]], a cure which was communicable by both air and touch, and was transmitted from [[Parent/Legends|parent]] to child.<ref name="ImpCom501st" />

==Inhabitants==
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Since the Taung first arrived from Roon, Mandalore has been dominated by the Mandalorian people. Over time, the planet became the political center of Mandalorian space, and the one true homeworld acknowledged by the often nomadic warriors.<ref name="TEA" /> However, as the Mandalorians were spread out in communities across the galaxy, many Mandalorians were not born on Mandalore, and had never seen the planet during their lifetime.<ref name="TMPaC" /> Though the term "Mandalorian" was originally used by the Taung to describe themselves,<ref name="GaW" /> by the end of the [[Great Sith War/Legends|Great Sith War]], the Mandalorians began accepting beings of other races into their fold, viewing those who joined them on equal footing to those who had been born into the culture, and transforming what it meant to be a Mandalorian.<ref name="HotM" /> Having become a mixed group of beings from numerous worlds and species, those who considered themselves Mandalorian were bound by a single, unifying culture as defined by the ''[[Resol'nare]]''.<ref name="TMPaC" />

Never a densely populated world, Mandalore maintained a population that hovered around four million individuals throughout much of its history.<ref name="Revelation" /> Due to its sparse population, land outside of what urban zones there were was free for an individual to settle at their choosing, so long as it was not already occupied.<ref name="TC" /> Despite the large place mercenary work held in the culture honored by Mandalore's warrior clans,<ref name="HotM" /> many Mandalorians took up non-martial occupations on Mandalore. Several toiled in workshops and factories,<ref name="TMPaC" /> while others tended [[Cantina/Legends|bars]], ran shops, and worked as [[Doctor/Legends|doctors]], veterinarians,<ref name="Sacrifice" /><ref name="ImpCom501st" /> and in New Mandalorian society, even formal teachers.<ref name="Corruption" /> As Mandalore was the only known world<ref name="Sacrifice" />—in addition to its moon, Concordia,<ref name="NewBattlefronts" />—to possess the element ''beskar'',<ref name="Sacrifice" /> Mandalorians have mined Mandalore for the nearly indestructible metal for generations, with Mandalorian blacksmiths passing down the closely-guarded secrets of how to manipulate ''beskar'' through the ages.<ref name="HotM" />

===Government and economy===
{{Quote|You can't rule Mandalorians. You just make sensible suggestions they want to follow. And since when have Mandalorians needed to be told what makes sense?|Boba Fett|<ref name="Sacrifice" />}}
The ultimate authority on Mandalore, and in the greater Mandalorian culture, rested with the ''Mand'alor''.<ref name="TMPaC" /> A position that was non-hereditary, and considered a combination of [[General/Legends|general]], [[King/Legends|king]], and warlord,<ref>Non-Canon Ref</ref> the word ''Mand'alor'' meant "sole ruler,"<ref name="Mando'a" /> and was the closest to an official [[Head of State/Legends|head of state]] the Mandalorian warrior clans traditionally had.<ref name="TMPaC" /> Beneath the ''Mand'alor'', were the numerous leaders of the many Mandalorian clans. These clan chieftains functioned as an unofficial senate, and would gather—often alongside the current ''Mand'alor''—to make decisions affecting Mandalore.<ref name="Sacrifice" /><ref name="O66" /> The New Mandalorians, however, had a different system of government. More centralized and bureaucratic<ref name="Corruption" /> than the loose affiliation of Mandalore's warrior clans,<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> the New Mandalorian government was comprised of a [[Ruling Council (New Mandalorians)/Legends|Ruling Council]] of ministers, led by a [[Prime Minister/Legends|Prime Minister]].<ref name="Corruption" /> The Prime Minister was also subservient<ref name="TMP" /> the New Mandalorians' own ''Mand'alor'', chosen in opposition to those who ruled the warrior clans.<ref name="TBHC" />

For much of Mandalore's history, Mandalore's planetary economy has been driven by the MandalMotors company,<ref name="TCSWE" /> which based its headquarters in Keldabe, Mandalore's capital city.<ref name="Sacrifice" /> Famous for its vehicle designs, MandalMotors produced such starships as the [[StarViper-class attack platform/Legends|''StarViper''-class attack ship]],<ref name="HotM" /> the [[Bes'uliik|''Bes'uliik''-class starfighter]],<ref name="Sacrifice" /> and the [[Keldabe-class battleship|''Keldabe''-class battleship]], in addition to [[Canderous-class assault tank|''Canderous''-class assault tanks]]<ref>''[[Rebellion Era Campaign Guide]]''</ref> and [[Buirk'alor-class airspeeder|''Buirk'alor''-class airspeeders]],<ref>''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles]]''</ref> among many other designs.<ref name="HotM" /> During the New Mandalorians' period of ascendancy on Mandalore,<ref name="TEA" /> Republic trade routes were established and New Mandalorian society enjoyed food and supplies from Republic benefactors. However, once the New Mandalorian government established Mandalore's neutral role during the Clone Wars, the flow of goods was stemmed as the trade routes were closed.<ref name="Corruption" /> Despite a history of being marginalized,<ref name="TCSWE" /> Mandalore managed to carve out a niche in the [[galactic economy]] with ''beskar'' iron, which was one of the strongest metals known to science, and among the most valuable metals on the galactic market.<ref name="Sacrifice" /> On the individual level, Mandalorian mercenaries and bounty hunters were one of Mandalore's largest exports,<ref name="TEA" /> and Mandalorian weaponsmiths, [[veterinarian]]s, [[Metalsmith/Legends|metallurgists]],<ref name="Sacrifice" /> and shop keepers could earn a sustainable living via their trade.<ref name="ImpCom501st" />

==Behind the scenes==
The origins of Mandalore can be found in an early story concept for [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']]. A group of armored supercommandos from the Mandalore system were conceived and designed for the film, but the idea was later dropped and the [[:File:Sketch-02.jpg|concept art]] for their armor was reassigned to Boba Fett.<ref name="ESBS">''[[The Empire Strikes Back Sketchbook]]''</ref> Mandalore and the idea of the Mandalorian supercommandos remained, however, and the world, the soldiers, and the name were finally brought into ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[canon]] in the [[1983]] [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[Star Wars comic books|comic]], [[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]].<ref name="SearchBegins" />

==Appearances==
*[[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]] {{1st}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 101|''Star Wars'' (1977) 101]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 100|''Star Wars'' (1977) 100]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 107|''Star Wars'' (1977) 107]] {{Imo}}

==Sources==
*''[[Imperial Sourcebook]]''

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