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"This here uniform...well...it marks me fer a Mandalorian Protector. An' I think it's only fittin'...that I wear it...while protectin'!"

―Tobbi Dala^[4]

The Mandalorian Protectors—or the Mando Cabure when translated in the Mandalorian language of Mando'a—were an organization of Mandalorian supercommandos founded during the galaxy-spanning Clone Wars by the ARC trooper turned "Mandalore the Resurrector," Spar. Created in the image of the True Mandalorians of years past, the Mandalorian Protectors were formed from two hundred members of the Mandalorian police, with an additional dozen troops comprised of former members of the Death Watch splinter group, and a thousand BL-series Battle Legionnaire droids. Entering the Clone Wars on the side of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Mandalorian Protectors fought against the Galactic Republic as a hard-hitting shock force, gaining a reputation among Confederacy commanders as an in-demand unit capable of defeating foes in a single day that their legions of battle droids could not conquer in a month. However, due to the machinations of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who secretly manipulated both sides of the war for his own gain, the Mandalorian Protectors were led into a trap on the planet Norval II, where their army of Battle Legionnaire droids were destroyed by Republic clone troopers, and all but three soldiers—Fenn Shysa, Tobbi Dala, and the broken Mand'alor Spar—were killed.

At the end of the Clone Wars, as the Republic transitioned into the Galactic Empire and turned its sights on the Mandalorian homeworld of Mandalore, Fenn Shysa took up the leadership of the Mandalorians and the title of Mandalore. With the new Empire moving to establish a foothold on the planet, Shysa and Tobbi Dala began to train a new incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors as a covert force to combat the Imperial presence should it prove hostile; his worst fears were realized as the Empire began to enslave the Mandalorians and strip-mined their world for valuable beskar iron. The Mandalorian Protectors fought against the Imperial occupiers in a guerrilla war for years, before finally killing the leader of their operations in an attack on the Empire's base within the City of Bone. Their numbers dramatically increased with an influx of freed Mandalorian slaves, the Protectors moved against Imperial Grand Admiral Miltin Takel and forced him from Mandalorian space, truly freeing themselves from the Empire at last. The Mandalorian Protectors under Shysa went on to join forces with the Alliance of Free Planets, first against the extra-galactic Nagai species, then in conjunction with the Nagai against their more dangerous mutual foe, the Tof. Shysa also rallied the Protectors in aid of Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, to combat the forces of Lord Shadowspawn.

Description

Organization and philosophy

Created by Spar—"Mandalore the Resurrector"—during the Clone Wars, the Mandalorian Protectors were a group of Mandalorian supercommandos that originally numbered two-hundred and twelve soldiers strong, their ranks comprised of two hundred members of the Mandalorian police and a dozen former members of the radical Death Watch splinter group. Despite their allowance of former Death Watch troops, the Mandalorian Protectors were assembled in the image of the True Mandalorians, the army of supercommandos loyal to Jaster Mereel and Jango Fett who opposed the Death Watch during the Mandalorian Civil War decades prior to the Clone Wars. Following in the footsteps of the True Mandalorians, the Mandalorian Protectors placed an importance on high moral standards, exemplified in the Supercommando Codex authored by Jaster Mereel. The Codex outlined honorable behavior through a modernization of the ancient Canons of Honor and elaboration on the six Resol'nare, which the Protectors heeded.^[1]

Although Mandalorians of the era traditionally held little regard for official rank and preferred an informal command structure with the ultimate authority belonging to the Mand'alor, a title which meant "sole ruler" in the Mando'a language and represented the traditional leader of the Mandalorian clans,^[5] the Mandalorian Protectors instituted a more rigid structure comprised of numerous military ranks during the Clone Wars. The lowest rank in the Protector army was verd'ika, the equivalent of private in Basic, held by soldiers typically assigned infantry duties. Above verd'ika were the ranks of alor'uus and ruus'alor, which translated as corporal and sergeant, respectively. Ranks above these were considered officer ranks, and included ver'alor, alor'ad, and al'verde—lieutenant, captain, and commander. Despite the institution of more solid ranks, all incarnations of the Protectors remained under the leadership of the reigning Mand'alor.^[1]

The second incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors, created by Fenn Shysa after the Clone Wars^[1] and upon his ascension as Mand'alor, was brought together after the Galactic Empire moved to establish a garrison on the planet Mandalore. Their numerical strength was nebulous, as their ranks were depleted by Imperial counterattacks,^[3] only to be bolstered with every Mandalorian slave the group rescued. After freeing the Mandalorian homeworld from its Imperial occupiers, the Mandalorian Protector ranks were swelled by an influx of volunteers from the countless slaves they had set free. With the Empire gone, the Mandalorian Protectors became literal protectors, establishing a patrolled border around Mandalorian space where they acted as a home guard. Occasionally, members of the Protectors during this era would take up mercenary work, but only with the express permission of Mand'alor Shysa, and only if the job in question posed no threat to innocents. That all changed with the death of Fenn Shysa and the ascension of Boba Fett as his replacement as both Mand'alor and leader of the Mandalorian Protectors. The traditions fostered under Shysa were largely discontinued, and Fett led the Protectors primarily as a mercenary force.^[1]

Tactics and equipment

During the Clone Wars, the Mandalorian Protectors wore personally owned sets of Mandalorian armor into battle,^[1] decorated with sigils on the breastplates or helmets denoting their affiliation to the Protectors.^[2] Green was commonly utilized by members of the Mandalorian Protectors to adorn their armor plates.^[1]^[3] On their backs, the Mandalorian Protectors wore jetpacks, allowing them to take to the air, and several wielded EE-3 carbine rifles.

After the Empire's presence on Mandalore and surrounding Mandalorian space was forcefully removed, the Mandalorian Protectors recovered their stolen armor and weapons, and their numbers were greatly expanded by the newly freed slaves who wished to join them. The Protectors returned to their risky but hard-hitting tactics they had employed during the Clone Wars. The Mandalorian Protectors acquired a fleet of Pursuer-class enforcement ships from the MandalMotors company, and established a defensive patrol with the vessels to defend Mandalorian space. When presented with a hostile capital ship encroaching upon their region of space, the Mandalorian Protectors would forcibly board the ship, capture its bridge, and deliver it to Mandalore's spaceport^[1] in Keldabe, Mandalore's capital city.^[6] At the time of the Nagai–Tof War, the Protectors owned a squadron of twelve Cabur-class starfighters.^[7]

History

The Clone Wars

Rebirth and insurgency

The Mandalorian Protectors attacked slaver convoys moving through Mandalore's forests.

The new generation of Mandalorian Protectors became outlaws,^[3] fighting a covert war against the Imperial slavers and their leader,^[1] an alien known as the Suprema, who had begun to confiscate the armor of Mandalore's warriors. Without the Battle Legionnaire droids they had fought beside in the Clone Wars, and Mandalorian armor growing in rarity among the troops, the Mandalorian Protectors were forced to become an insurgent force making due with their training and what little equipment they had. Shysa personally undertook victimless mercenary work to help finance the Protectors' operations,^[1] including the race to acquire the Tessent.^[2] The Protectors focused their efforts on harassing Imperial slaving operations,^[1] attacking slaver convoys,^[3] and freeing Mandalorian slaves. Reduced to hit-and-run missions, the Mandalorian Protectors' guerrilla tactics were based on their members' familiarity with the Mandalore's forests, allowing them to vanish^[1] before the Imperials could muster a counter attack.^[1] The damage these raids caused did not go unnoticed by the Empire: a bounty was put out for Shysa, and it was during one such attack that Tobbi Dala was captured by the Imperials. When the bounty hunter Dengar came to Mandalore for the price on Shysa's head, he was captured by the Mandalorian Protectors and held hostage in the hopes of initiating a prisoner exchange with the Imperials, swapping Dengar for Dala.^[3]

The Mandalorian Protectors' plans were derailed by the arrival of Princess Leia Organa on Mandalore, seeking Dengar for information on the whereabouts of her close friend and love, Han Solo. Organa became involved with the Protectors after stumbling into one of their strikes against a convoy of slavers, and upon learning that Dengar was being held in their custody, set out to free him and take the bounty hunter off world. Her plan backfired, however, when Dengar signaled the Imperials once he was free, and Organa was captured,^[3] taken to the Imperial base within the City of Bone.^[4]

Unarmored Mandalorian Protectors launch an assault on the City of Bone

With Dengar gone and Dala still imprisoned, now joined by Organa, Shysa decided to personally mount a rescue attempt. He ordered the Mandalorian Protectors to get into position at the edge of the forest near the City of Bone, and dressed himself in stormtrooper armor stolen from a scout to get himself inside. Once he had made it into the base, Shysa located Organa, knocked her trooper escort unconscious, and freed her. Together with the Princess' protocol droid, C-3PO, Shysa and Organa made their way to Tobbi Dala's cell, where they disabled another stormtrooper and freed Dala. From a window, Shysa fired a flare, signalling the waiting Mandalorian Protectors to attack; the Protectors charged from the forest, assaulting the exterior of the City of Bone. In the resulting chaos, Shysa and the others recaptured Dengar, and stole an airspeeder to make their escape, destroying the master control unit that powered the energy cuffs binding the imprisoned slaves in the process. Set loose, the slaves revolted, while Shysa and his allies stormed the Suprema's office in order to open the blast doors trapping everyone inside the base. There, the Suprema shot and wounded Tobbi Dala before being violently subdued by Shysa; the mortally wounded Dala demanded that Shysa leave him behind to open the doors so that his old friend could escape with Organa, Dengar, and the former slaves. Though the slaves and the Mand'alor's speeder made it out, Dala closed the blast doors behind them, knowing full well that the Imperial squadron pursuing them would not be able to stop or break off from their course in time, and the resulting explosion from both fuel and ammunition would consume the base from within. Dala sacrificed himself to destroy the Imperial base and the Suprema.^[4]

Most of the freed slaves volunteered to join the Mandalorian Protectors,^[4] bolstering their numbers by the hundreds, as the Protectors rearmed with liberated weapons and reclaimed armor.^[1] Shysa rallied his soldiers to strike at Grand Admiral Miltin Takel, Imperial overseer of the Mandalore sector,^[2] eventually ousting the Grand Admiral and his forces from Mandalorian space.^[1]

Protectors of Mandalore

Under Shysa's leadership, the Protectors flourished,^[2] and the reinvigorated unit of supercommandos returned to the devastating high-risk tactics that made them famous during the Clone Wars.^[1] Following the Battle of Endor and the death of Emperor Palpatine aboard the second Death Star,^[8] the Mandalorian Protectors effectively locked down the Mandalore sector, which they patrolled with a fleet of Pursuer-class enforcement ships from MandalMotors. Acting as a home guard, when hostile ships ventured into Mandalorian space, the Protectors attacked and boarded the vessel, taking command of its bridge and delivering it to Mandalore's spaceport^[1] in the capital city, Keldabe.^[6] When not defending the Mandalore sector, the members of the Mandalorian Protectors occasionally accepted for-hire mercenary work from outside independent parties, but only if the job in question did not cause harm to innocents, and only with the approval of Mand'alor Fenn Shysa.^[1]

In 4 ABY, Mandalore came under attack by the Nagai. Shysa led the Mandalorian Protectors in defense of the planet, but their forces were not enough to keep the Nagai at bay, leading Shysa to the forest moon of Endor^[7] where he and the Protectors accepted a commission with the^[1] Alliance of Free Planets, committing their troops and a squadron of twelve Cabur-class starfighters to the Alliance forces during the Second Battle of Endor,^[7] and continuing to aid in the war effort against the Nagai.^[1] When it came to light that the Nagai had arrived in the galaxy while fleeing from the aggressive Tof race, who had pursued them from their home galaxy and began to strike at the new worlds they found, the Nagai joined forces with the Alliance of Free Planets to oppose them. Though the Tof presence was eventually defeated, the Nagai abandoned Mandalore and other worlds they had won, and returned to their home galaxy of Firefist to take back their homeworld of Nagi from the Tof;^[7] Shysa led the Mandalorian Protectors to follow them, and aided the Nagai in retaking their home planet before returning back to Mandalore.^[9]

Around six hundred Mandalorian mercenaries were contracted by the Galactic Empire to defend an Inner Rim world from the New Republic. The mercenaries captured several trineutronium power plants, threatening to detonate them if New Republic vessels attempted to land on the surface, in a devastating blast that would kill more than three and half billion sentients living on the planet. Amid negotiations at an asteroid base within the system, between the mercenary commander and diplomatic negotiator Leia Organa, Fenn Shysa was asked to intervene as Mand'alor. The six hundred mercenaries were eventually won over by Shysa, joining the ranks of the Mandalorian Protectors.

Notable Mandalorian Protectors

Fenn Shysa

Main article: Fenn Shysa

As the Empire established a presence on Mandalore, it was Shysa who began to reform the Mandalorian Protectors, forming them into a guerrilla fighting force to covertly resist the Empire. Under Shysa's leadership, the Protectors harassed convoys of Imperial slavers and freed Mandalorian slaves,^[1] until they finally broke the Empire's hold over Mandalore during the battle at the Imperial base in the City of Bone.^[4]

Tobbi Dala

Main article: Tobbi Dala

"That's when me an' Tobbi went underground to form an outlaw band, an' we been fightin' to give Mandalore back to the Mandalorians ever since!"

―Fenn Shysa^[3]

Growing up alongside Fenn Shysa, Tobbi Dala stood together with his childhood friend whether it involved becoming constables or drinking mugs of Mandallian Narcolethe after a long day, and when Shysa readily joined the Mandalorian Protectors, Dala was quick to join, as well. Dala fought for the Mandalorian Protectors throughout the Clone Wars, until the battle at Norval II, when he was one of only three Protectors to survive a Republic ambush, along with Shysa and Spar. Dala returned to Mandalore after the battle, eventually joining up with Shysa's reborn force of Mandalorian Protectors, covertly battling against the newly risen Galactic Empire and the Imperial occupation of Mandalore.^[2]

During one of the Protectors' raids on an Imperial slaving convoy, Dala was captured and imprisoned in the Empire's Mandalore base within the City of Bone. Around the same time, the bounty hunter Dengar had attempted to collect an Imperial bounty on Fenn Shysa, only to fail and be captured by Mandalorian Protectors. The Protectors negotiated a prisoner exchange with the Empire, offering Dengar for Dala; this plan was ruined, however, by the arrival of Princess Leia Organa, who sought Dengar for her own purposes. She freed the bounty hunter but was betrayed and taken by the Imperials herself.^[3] Shysa mounted a rescue of both Dala and the princess under the cover of a Protector assault on the City of Bone. Shysa succeeded in freeing both Dala and Organa, but Dala was mortally wounded in a confrontation with the Imperial overseer, the Suprema. Dala demanded Shysa leave him behind and rescue the Mandalorian slaves that had been captured by the Empire, sacrificing himself once they were away to blow up the City of Bone and break the Imperial hold on Mandalore.^[4]

Boba Fett

Main article: Boba Fett

Behind the scenes

The Mandalorian Protectors first appeared in Star Wars canon in the sixty-eighth issue of Marvel's Star Wars comic series. Entitled The Search Begins, the issue was written by author David Michelinie, illustrated by Gene Day, and published in February of 1983. They appeared again in the subsequent issue, Star Wars (1977) 69, and the leader of the Mandalorian Protectors, Fenn Shysa, continues to make further appearances throughout the series.

Appearances

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (First unnamed mention)
Star Wars (1977) 68 (First appearance)
Star Wars (1977) 69
Star Wars (1977) 100

Notes and references

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 Galaxy at War
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "The History of the Mandalorians" – Star Wars Insider 80
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 Star Wars (1977) 68
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Star Wars (1977) 69
↑ "The Mandalorians: People and Culture" – Star Wars Insider 86
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 The Essential Atlas
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)
↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
↑ The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series

[GaW-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 Galaxy at War

[HotM-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "The History of the Mandalorians" – Star Wars Insider 80

[TSB-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 Star Wars (1977) 68

[DitCoB-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Star Wars (1977) 69

[TMPaC-5] "The Mandalorians: People and Culture" – Star Wars Insider 86

[TEA-6] 6.0 ^6.1 The Essential Atlas

[TFW-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs on Hyperspace (article) (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)

[ROTJ-8] Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi

[TheMarvelSeries-9] The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series

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 The '''Mandalorian Protectors'''—or the '''''Mando Cabure''''' when translated in the [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] [[Language/Legends|language]] of [[Mando'a/Legends|''Mando'a'']]—were an organization of Mandalorian [[Mandalorian Supercommando|supercommandos]] founded during [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]]-spanning [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] by the [[Alpha-class Advanced Recon Commando|ARC trooper]] turned "Mandalore the Resurrector," [[Spar]]. Created in the image of the [[True Mandalorians]] of [[Standard year/Legends|years]] past, the Mandalorian Protectors were formed from two hundred members of the [[Mandalorian Guard/Legends|Mandalorian police]], with an additional dozen [[Troop/Legends|troops]] comprised of former members of the [[Death Watch/Legends|Death Watch]] splinter group, and a thousand [[BL-series Battle Legionnaire]] [[Droid/Legends|droids]]. Entering the [[Cloning/Legends|Clone]] Wars on the side of the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]], the Mandalorian Protectors fought against the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] as a hard-hitting [[Shock trooper/Legends|shock]] force, gaining a reputation among Confederacy [[Commander/Legends|commanders]] as an in-demand unit capable of defeating foes in a single [[Galactic Standard Calendar|day]] that their [[Legion/Legends|legions]] of [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droids]] could not conquer in a [[Standard month/Legends|month]]. However, due to the machinations of the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]], who secretly manipulated both sides of the war for [[Gender/Legends|his]] own gain, the Mandalorian Protectors were led into a trap on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Norval II]], where their [[Army/Legends|army]] of Battle Legionnaire droids were [[Mission to Norval II|destroyed]] by Republic [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]], and all but three [[Soldier/Legends|soldiers]]—[[Fenn Shysa]], [[Tobbi Dala]], and the broken [[Mandalore (title)|''Mand'alor'']] Spar—were [[Death/Legends|killed]].
 At the end of the Clone Wars, as the Republic [[Declaration of a New Order|transitioned]] into the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] and turned its sights on the Mandalorian [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of [[Mandalore/Legends|Mandalore]], Fenn Shysa took up the leadership of the Mandalorians and the title of Mandalore. With the new Empire moving to establish a foothold on the planet, Shysa and Tobbi Dala began to train a new incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors as a covert force to combat the Imperial presence should it prove hostile; his worst fears were realized as the Empire began to [[Slavery/Legends|enslave]] the Mandalorians and [[Mining/Legends|strip-mined]] their world for valuable [[Mandalorian iron|''beskar'']] [[Iron/Legends|iron]]. The Mandalorian Protectors fought against the Imperial occupiers in a guerrilla war for years, before finally killing the [[Suprema|leader]] of their operations in an [[Battle of the City of Bone|attack]] on the Empire's base within the [[City of Bone]]. Their numbers dramatically increased with an influx of freed Mandalorian slaves, the Protectors moved against Imperial [[Grand Admiral/Legends|Grand Admiral]] [[Miltin Takel]] and forced him from [[Mandalore sector/Legends|Mandalorian space]], truly freeing themselves from the Empire at last. The Mandalorian Protectors under Shysa went on to join forces with the [[Alliance of Free Planets]], first [[Nagai–Tof War|against]] the [[Firefist|extra-galactic]] [[Nagai]] [[Species/Legends|species]], then in conjunction with the Nagai against their more dangerous mutual foe, the [[Tof]]. Shysa also rallied the Protectors in aid of [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], to combat the forces of [[Cronal|Lord Shadowspawn]].
-In [[21 ABY/Legends|21 ABY]], Fenn Shysa died on the planet [[Shogun]], and leadership of both the Mandalorians and the Mandalorian Protectors fell to the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] and culturally estranged Mandalorian [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]]. The tradition of leading the Protectors in the defense of Mandalore and its people came to an end under Fett's leadership, instead becoming a [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenary]] fighting force. When the [[Yuuzhan Vong]] [[Yuuzhan Vong War|invaded]] from [[Yuuzhan Vong galaxy|beyond]] the known galaxy, Fett pretended to ally the Mandalorians with the would-be conquerors in a deal to spare Mandalorian [[Realspace/Legends|space]] from their aggression, while secretly ordering the Mandalorian Protectors to gather intelligence on the Vong to deliver to the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. When the Yuuzhan Vong learned of the Mandalorians' deceit, they launched a [[Battle of Mandalore (Yuuzhan Vong War)|devastating attack]] on Mandalore that killed one third of the world's meager population before the Protectors were able to repel the Vong. From that point, Fett led the Mandalorian Protectors in open warfare against the Yuuzhan Vong and in defense of the galaxy.
 ==Description==
 ===Organization and philosophy===
-{{Quote|During the Clone Wars, the Protectors believe they are fighting for the good guys, and their actions epitomize history's view that this war has heroes on both sides.|Unattributed|<ref name="GaW" />}}
-[[File:MandaloriansOnGalidraan-JFOS3.jpg|thumb|left|325px|The [[True Mandalorians]], from whom the Mandalorian Protectors drew inspiration]]
 Created by [[Spar]]—"Mandalore the Resurrector"—during the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]], the [[Mandalorian/Legends|Mandalorian]] Protectors were a group of [[Mandalorian Supercommando|Mandalorian supercommandos]] that originally numbered two-hundred and twelve [[Soldier/Legends|soldiers]] strong, their ranks comprised of two hundred members of the [[Mandalorian Guard/Legends|Mandalorian police]] and a dozen former members of the radical [[Death Watch/Legends|Death Watch]] splinter group. Despite their allowance of former Death Watch [[Troop/Legends|troops]], the Mandalorian Protectors were assembled in the image of the [[True Mandalorians]], the [[Army/Legends|army]] of [[Commando/Legends|supercommandos]] loyal to [[Jaster Mereel]] and [[Jango Fett/Legends|Jango Fett]] who opposed the Death Watch during the [[Mandalorian Civil War (True Mandalorians)|Mandalorian Civil War]] [[Standard decade/Legends|decades]] prior to the Clone Wars. Following in the footsteps of the True Mandalorians, the Mandalorian Protectors placed an importance on high moral standards, exemplified in the [[Supercommando Codex]] [[Author/Legends|author]]ed by Jaster Mereel. The Codex outlined honorable behavior through a modernization of the ancient [[Canons of Honor]] and elaboration on the six ''[[Resol'nare]]'', which the Protectors heeded.<ref name="GaW" />
 Although Mandalorians of the era traditionally held little regard for official rank and preferred an informal command structure with the ultimate authority belonging to the [[Mandalore (title)|''Mand'alor'']], a title which meant "sole ruler" in the [[Mando'a/Legends|''Mando'a'']] [[Language/Legends|language]] and represented the traditional leader of the Mandalorian clans,<ref name="TMPaC">{{InsiderCite|86|The Mandalorians: People and Culture}}</ref> the Mandalorian Protectors instituted a more rigid structure comprised of numerous military ranks during the Clone Wars. The lowest rank in the Protector army was ''verd'ika'', the equivalent of [[Private/Legends|private]] in [[Galactic Basic Standard/Legends|Basic]], held by soldiers typically assigned [[Infantry/Legends|infantry]] duties. Above ''verd'ika'' were the ranks of ''alor'uus'' and ''ruus'alor'', which translated as [[Corporal/Legends|corporal]] and [[Sergeant/Legends|sergeant]], respectively. Ranks above these were considered [[Officer/Legends|officer]] ranks, and included ''ver'alor'', ''alor'ad'', and ''al'verde''—[[Lieutenant/Legends|lieutenant]], [[Captain/Legends|captain]], and [[Commander/Legends|commander]]. Despite the institution of more solid ranks, all incarnations of the Protectors remained under the leadership of the reigning ''Mand'alor''.<ref name="GaW" />
-The second incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors, created by [[Fenn Shysa]] after the Clone Wars<ref name="GaW" /> and upon his ascension as ''Mand'alor'', was brought together after the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] moved to establish a [[Garrison/Legends|garrison]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Mandalore/Legends|Mandalore]]. Beginning as a fledgling, covert resistance,<ref name="O66" /> by the [[Time/Legends|time]] of the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], the new Mandalorian Protectors had become a guerrilla fighting force against a growing Imperial [[Slavery/Legends|slaving]] operation that targeted Mandalore's citizens.<ref name="GaW" /> Their numerical strength was nebulous, as their ranks were depleted by Imperial counterattacks,<ref name="TSB" /> only to be bolstered with every Mandalorian slave the group rescued. After freeing the Mandalorian [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] from its Imperial occupiers, the Mandalorian Protector ranks were swelled by an influx of volunteers from the countless slaves they had set free. With the Empire gone, the Mandalorian Protectors became literal protectors, establishing a patrolled border around [[Mandalore sector/Legends|Mandalorian space]] where they acted as a home guard. Occasionally, members of the Protectors during this era would take up mercenary work, but only with the express permission of ''Mand'alor'' Shysa, and only if the job in question posed no threat to innocents. That all changed with the [[Death/Legends|death]] of Fenn Shysa and the ascension of [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] as his replacement as both ''Mand'alor'' and leader of the Mandalorian Protectors. The traditions fostered under Shysa were largely discontinued, and Fett led the Protectors primarily as a mercenary force.<ref name="GaW" />
+The second incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors, created by [[Fenn Shysa]] after the Clone Wars<ref name="GaW" /> and upon his ascension as ''Mand'alor'', was brought together after the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] moved to establish a [[Garrison/Legends|garrison]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Mandalore/Legends|Mandalore]]. Their numerical strength was nebulous, as their ranks were depleted by Imperial counterattacks,<ref name="TSB" /> only to be bolstered with every Mandalorian slave the group rescued. After freeing the Mandalorian [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] from its Imperial occupiers, the Mandalorian Protector ranks were swelled by an influx of volunteers from the countless slaves they had set free. With the Empire gone, the Mandalorian Protectors became literal protectors, establishing a patrolled border around [[Mandalore sector/Legends|Mandalorian space]] where they acted as a home guard. Occasionally, members of the Protectors during this era would take up mercenary work, but only with the express permission of ''Mand'alor'' Shysa, and only if the job in question posed no threat to innocents. That all changed with the [[Death/Legends|death]] of Fenn Shysa and the ascension of [[Boba Fett/Legends|Boba Fett]] as his replacement as both ''Mand'alor'' and leader of the Mandalorian Protectors. The traditions fostered under Shysa were largely discontinued, and Fett led the Protectors primarily as a mercenary force.<ref name="GaW" />
 ===Tactics and equipment===
-{{Quote|See, if we can't say no, and if we can't raise the kind of conventional army that can show unwelcome visitors the door, then our only option is to be ready to do the kind of sneaky fightin' that your good selves are so fine at.|Fenn Shysa, referring to the guerrilla tactics of the second incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors|<ref name="O66" />}}
+During the Clone Wars, the Mandalorian Protectors wore personally owned sets of [[Mandalorian armor/Legends|Mandalorian armor]] into battle,<ref name="GaW" /> decorated with sigils on the breastplates or helmets denoting their affiliation to the Protectors.<ref name="HotM" /> Green was commonly utilized by members of the Mandalorian Protectors to adorn their armor plates.<ref name="GaW" /><ref name="TSB" /> On their backs, the Mandalorian Protectors wore [[Jetpack/Legends|jetpacks]], allowing them to take to the air, and several wielded [[EE-3 carbine rifle/Legends|EE-3 carbine rifles]].
-[[File:BLdroid.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A [[BL-series Battle Legionnaire]] droid]]
-During the Clone Wars, the Mandalorian Protectors wore personally owned sets of [[Mandalorian armor/Legends|Mandalorian armor]] into battle,<ref name="GaW" /> decorated with sigils on the breastplates or helmets denoting their affiliation to the Protectors.<ref name="HotM" /> Green, a [[Color/Legends|color]] traditionally associated with the concept of duty in the Mandalorian culture<ref name="Revelation">''[[Legacy of the Force: Revelation]]''</ref> and a popular choice of [[Armor/Legends|armor]] color among Mandalorians,<ref name="TMPaC" /> was commonly utilized by members of the Mandalorian Protectors to adorn their armor plates.<ref name="GaW" /><ref name="TSB" /><ref name="Revenants">{{Tales|18|Revenants}}</ref> On their backs, the Mandalorian Protectors wore [[Jetpack/Legends|jetpacks]], allowing them to take to the air, and several wielded [[EE-3 carbine rifle/Legends|EE-3 carbine rifles]]. Their meager two hundred troops were bolstered by a [[Legion/Legends|legion]] of one thousand [[BL-series Battle Legionnaire]] [[Droid/Legends|droids]], designed by Fenn Shysa<ref name="GaW" /> and supplied by [[Baktoid Combat Automata/Legends|Baktoid Combat Automata]]<ref name="NEGD">''[[The New Essential Guide to Droids]]''</ref> after the Protectors allied with the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]].<ref name="GaW" /> These already formidable droids were equipped with [[Mandalorian battle harness/Legends|Mandalorian battle harness]]es, providing a range of additional weaponry that included numerous [[Blaster cannon/Legends|laser emplacements]], a powerful claw arm, and a large trip hammer.<ref name="HotM" />
-Under Spar, the Mandalorian Protectors operated as a powerful [[Shock trooper/Legends|shock trooper]] force for the Confederacy. Utilizing weapons technology superior to that of the Separatists' [[B1-Series battle droid]]s and Spar's own intimate knowledge of the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]] from his [[Galactic Standard Calendar|days]] as an [[Advanced Recon Commando/Legends|Advanced Recon Commando]], Spar led the Protectors in hard-hitting blitzkrieg assaults. One successful strategy he implemented was to command the Protectors' Battle Legionnaire [[Battle droid/Legends|combat droids]] to attack the enemy's front line, while the Protectors used their jetpacks to drop into the middle of the enemy position, behind their lines, and strike. Assignments that took the Confederacy's droids [[Standard month/Legends|months]] to accomplish could be finished by the Protectors often within a single day.<ref name="GaW" />
-When the Protectors were reformed under Fenn Shysa in the advent of the Imperial occupation of Mandalore, their resources were severely limited. The group lacked the deadly Battle Legionnaire droids it had so enjoyed during the Clone Wars, and over time, even Mandalorian armor became scarce as sets of armor were confiscated by the Imperials that took over Mandalore. Shysa's Protectors were forced to act as an insurgent fighting force, using their familiarity with the [[Tree/Legends|forests]] of Mandalore to launch hit-and-run attacks on Imperials. Instead of actually winning battles, their focus turned to harassing the Empire's slaving operations and rescuing slaves whenever they could.<ref name="GaW" />
-[[File:Slave2_negv.png|thumb|left|225px|Mandalorian Protectors defended Mandalorian space with [[Pursuer-class enforcement ship|''Pursuer''-class ships]]]]
 After the Empire's presence on Mandalore and surrounding Mandalorian [[Realspace/Legends|space]] was forcefully removed, the Mandalorian Protectors recovered their stolen armor and weapons, and their numbers were greatly expanded by the newly freed slaves who wished to join them. The Protectors returned to their risky but hard-hitting tactics they had employed during the Clone Wars. The Mandalorian Protectors acquired a [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] of [[Pursuer-class enforcement ship|''Pursuer''-class enforcement ships]] from the [[MandalMotors/Legends|MandalMotors]] company, and established a defensive patrol with the [[Starship/Legends|vessels]] to defend Mandalorian space. When presented with a hostile [[Capital ship/Legends|capital ship]] encroaching upon their region of space, the Mandalorian Protectors would forcibly board the ship, capture its [[Bridge (starship)/Legends|bridge]], and deliver it to Mandalore's [[Spaceport/Legends|spaceport]]<ref name="GaW" /> in [[Keldabe/Legends|Keldabe]], Mandalore's [[Capital/Legends|capital]] [[City/Legends|city]].<ref name="TEA">''[[The Essential Atlas]]''</ref> At the time of the [[Nagai–Tof War]], the Protectors owned a [[Squadron/Legends|squadron]] of twelve [[Cabur-class starfighter|''Cabur''-class starfighters]].<ref name="TFW">{{Hyperspace|url=fans/hyperspace/source/nagai11202009/index.html|text=The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs|int=The Forgotten War: The Nagai and the Tofs}}</ref>
-In the early stages of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy's]] [[Yuuzhan Vong War|war]] against the [[Yuuzhan Vong]], the Mandalorian Protectors under Boba Fett acted as [[Spy/Legends|spies]] and double agents, agreeing to work for the extra-galactic invaders while secretly gathering intelligence and samples of their bio-technology in order to discover their weaknesses. By engaging one of the Yuuzhan Vong warriors, the Protectors learned that [[Crushgaunt/Legends|crushgaunts]] were effective in breaking the aliens' [[Vonduun Skerr Kyrric|Vonduun armor]].<ref name="APM" /> Protector forces made use of older ''Pursuer''-class enforcement ships during the war with the Yuuzhan Vong, in addition to [[Meteor-class Q-Carrier|''Meteor''-class Q-Carriers]], [[Gladiator-class assault fighter|''Gladiator''-class fighters]], ancient [[Mandalorian dungeon ship|dungeon ships]],<ref name="HotM" /> and a small fleet of [[Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft/Legends|''Firespray''-class attack crafts]].<ref name="Revenants" /> Protector forces in the [[Second Galactic Civil War]] had access to a number of [[Bes'uliik|''Bes'uliik''-class starfighters]],<ref name="Invincible">''[[Legacy of the Force: Invincible]]''</ref> and by [[44 ABY]], the Mandalorian Protectors also possessed numerous [[Canderous-class assault tank|''Canderous''-class assault tanks]],<ref name="FotJ:A">''[[Fate of the Jedi: Allies]]''</ref> [[QuickStryke assault sled]]s, [[Vyrhawk fighter-bomber]]s,<ref name="Vortex">''[[Fate of the Jedi: Vortex]]''</ref> and multiple [[Tra'kad-class transport|''Tra'kad'']] starships.<ref name="FotJ:A" />
 ==History==
-===Formation===
-{{Quote|So, who's to know whether Jango had more than one son or not, or even how old he is? Come on now, Spar, it's time to be doing your bit for ''Manda'yaim''.|Fenn Shysa|<ref name="O66" />}}
-The roots of the Mandalorian Protectors could be traced back to the Advanced Recon Commando Alpha-Ø2, better known by the nickname of Spar. A [[Cloning/Legends|clone]] of the Mandalorian soldier Jango Fett, Spar was born on the planet [[Kamino/Legends|Kamino]],<ref name="HotM" /> a [[Water/Legends|water]]-covered world in the region of the galaxy known as [[Wild Space/Legends|Wild Space]],<ref name="TEA" /> where he was one of millions of [[Clone trooper/Legends|clone troopers]] bred to serve the Galactic Republic. However, Spar was unique among his clone brethren in that he had somehow inherited the memories of his [[Prime clone|progenitor]], Jango Fett. Knowing he would be reconditioned were the [[Kaminoan/Legends|Kaminoans]] in charge of the army's production to find out about Fett's memories, Spar resolved to escape the [[Ocean/Legends|ocean]] planet.<ref name="HotM" /> Having befriended the Mandalorian [[Doctor/Legends|doctor]], [[Mij Gilamar]]—one of the one hundred members of the ''[[Cuy'val Dar]]'' brought to Kamino by Fett to train the army's [[Clone commando/Legends|clone commandos]]—Spar was [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggled]] off Kamino in the cargo hold of Jango Fett's ship, [[Slave I/Legends|''Slave I'']], as payment for a favor Fett owed to Gilamar.<ref name="O66" />
-[[File:TobbiDalaHS-Hasbro.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Tobbi Dala]], one of Spar's first Protector recruits]]
-After the death of Jango Fett in the [[First Battle of Geonosis/Legends|opening battle]] of the Clone Wars at [[Geonosis/Legends|Geonosis]], Spar journeyed to the planet Mandalore with the intent to rebuild an army of Mandalorian supercommandos the likes of which hadn't been seen since the True Mandalorians were [[Battle of Galidraan|struck down]] decades earlier on [[Galidraan/Legends|Galidraan]]. In need of soldiers for his new Mandalorian Protector army, Spar recruited two hundred Mandalorian [[Law enforcement agency/Legends|police]], and another dozen recruits came from former members of the Death Watch faction. Among the first to rally to Spar's call were [[Tobbi Dala]] and his lifelong friend Fenn Shysa, a local [[Constable/Legends|constable]]<ref name="HotM" /> and Mandalorian clan [[Chief/Legends|chieftain]]. Shysa convinced Spar to act as Jango Fett's heir, believing that Fett's reputation as a [[Jedi hunter/Legends|Jedi killer]] could be used as a symbol of strength for the Mandalorians,<ref name="O66" /> and spread the rumor that led many to believe Spar was Fett's son.<ref name="HotM" /> Spar won out over the pacifistic [[New Mandalorians/Legends|New Mandalorian]] faction that had been ascendant on Mandalore for [[Standard century/Legends|centuries]]<ref name="TEA" /> but had recently been [[Takeover of Mandalore/Legends|broken]] by the [[Shadow Collective/Legends|machinations]] of a reborn sect of the Death Watch.<ref name="ShadowConspiracy">''[[The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy]]''</ref> As a symbol that the traditional warrior ways would regain their prominence over the New Mandalorians' pacifism,<ref name="TEA" /> in addition to being an inspiration to his troops, Spar claimed the title of ''Mand'alor'', taking the sobriquet of "Mandalore the Resurrector."<ref name="GaW" />
 ===The Clone Wars===
-{{Quote|Mandos. You ever fought those guys? I have. They keep popping up in Sep forces. They kill us.|Clone sergeant Barlex|<ref name="Republic Commando: True Colors">''[[Republic Commando: True Colors]]''</ref>}}
-With his authority as ''Mand'alor'', Spar officially allied the Mandalorians and the planet Mandalore with the Separatists of the Confederacy of Independent Systems,<ref name="GaW" /> and the Mandalorian Protectors seized the [[MandalMotors tower|facilities]] of the MandalMotors company in Keldabe,<ref name="HotM" /> Mandalore's capital city,<ref name="TEA" /> for exclusive use by the Confederacy.<ref name="HotM" /> The Mandalorian Protectors' numbers were bolstered by a [[Battalion/Legends|battalion]] of BL-series Battle Legionnaire droids, designed in part by the Protector Fenn Shysa,<ref name="GaW" /> and constructed in a limited, thousand-unit run by Baktoid Combat Automata<ref name="NEGD" /> in Separatist-owned droid foundries.<ref name="HotM" />
-Under Spar's leadership, the Mandalorian Protectors became renowned as a Separatist shock force. While the Confederacy's [[Separatist Droid Army/Legends|droid army]] relied on the relatively weak tactic of simply overwhelming Republic's [[Republic Military/Legends|military]] forces with sheer numerical advantage, the Mandalorian Protectors made use of superior weaponry and elite training to outmatch their foes.<ref name="GaW" /> Other units of Protector supercommandos were deployed to perform more covert operations on behalf of the Confederacy.<ref name="HotM" /> Over time, the Mandalorian Protectors garnered a reputation for effectiveness, and were in high-demand among the Separatist leadership. When faced with Republic holdouts that their onslaught of droids could not defeat, sometimes even after a several month-long engagement, Confederacy commanders would requisition the aid of the Mandalorian Protectors, who were often capable of eliminating the problem within a single day.<ref name="GaW" />
 [[File:Mandaloriansclonewars.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Spar led the Mandalorian Protectors on numerous battlefields during the Clone Wars]]
-The Mandalorian Protectors struck hard against the Republic at the [[Battle of Null|Battle]] of [[Null/Legends|Null]] and again during the [[Battle of Zaadja|battle]] on [[Zaadja/Legends|Zaadja]], securing victory for the Separatists,<ref name="GaW" /> though the fighting on Zaadja wrought a number of Protector [[Mandalorian cave|casualties]].<ref name="ForeverYoung">[[Republic 67|''Republic'' 67]]</ref> At [[New Holstice/Legends|New Holstice]], the Mandalorian Protectors [[Battle of New Holstice|engaged]] the Grand Army of the Republic's<ref name="GaW" /> [[327th Star Corps/Legends|327th Star Corps]] under [[Clone trooper commander|Clone Commander]] [[CC-5052/Legends|Bly]]. Though they were eventually forced to enact a full retreat, the Protectors had reduced the 327th to an effective fighting force of only sixty percent.<ref name="SoF">[[Republic 65|''Republic'' 65]]</ref> After the death of a prominent Confederacy leader, the Mandalorian Protectors executed a blitzkrieg [[Battle of New Bornalex|assault]] on [[New Bornalex/Legends|New Bornalex]],<ref name="HotM" /> where they faced off against the [[Galactic Marines]]. Amidst the battle, Commander [[CC-1138/Legends|Bacara]] and the Marines earned themselves a fierce reputation for literally tearing the Protector's [[B2 super battle droid/Legends|super battle droids]] reinforcements apart using their suits of powered [[Zero-G assault stormtrooper|spacetrooper]] armor,<ref name="Bacara">{{DB|character|commanderbacara|Bacara, Commander|archivedate=20100305172326}}</ref> but the Protectors were ultimately able to claim victory over the Republic<ref name="HotM" /> at the cost of a significant number of their own Battle Legionnaire droids.<ref name="NEGD" /> In another blitzkrieg attack in response to the Separatist leader's death, the Mandalorian Protectors [[Battle of Kamino (Separatist–Mandalorian invasion)|struck]] at the clone troopers' homeworld of Kamino. There, they besieged the cloning facilities, devastating them in a move that earned the Protectors the ire of Kaminoan [[Scientist/Legends|scientists]] like [[Taun We/Legends|Taun We]] for decades after.<ref name="HotM" />
-The Mandalorian Protectors' role in the Clone Wars finally came to an end when they were contacted by [[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]],<ref name="HotM" /> the secretive [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] that had orchestrated and manipulated both sides of the Clone Wars for his personal gain.<ref name="NEC" /> [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] Sidious contracted the Protectors to capture Republic [[Senator/Legends|senator]] [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Padmé Amidala]] on [[Norval II]],<ref name="HotM" /> but in his alter ego of [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] Palpatine of the Galactic Republic,<ref name="NEC" /> Sidious simultaneously arranged a trap to await the Mandalorian forces. When the Protectors arrived at Norval II, Republic troops ambushed them, and in the resulting [[Mission to Norval II|battle]], the Protectors' Battle Legionnaire droids were all but wiped out and only three of the Protectors escaped alive: Spar, Fenn Shysa, and Tobbi Dala. The three returned home to Mandalore, where a shell-shocked Spar stepped down as ''Mand'alor'',<ref name="HotM" /> despite Shysa's repeated attempts to get him to reclaim the title.<ref name="O66" />
 ===Rebirth and insurgency===
-{{Quote|You still want me and the ''Cuy'val Dar'' to train your resistance, is that it?''"<br />"Resistance'' sounds a bit too romantic and hasty for my tastes.  I'm thinking of it more as...an ''intention to respond in kind'' if the Empire doesn't turn out to be the reliable and reasonable tenant any self-respecting ''Mand'alor'' would want.|Kal Skirata and Fenn Shysa|<ref name="ImpCom501st">''[[Imperial Commando: 501st]]''</ref>}}
-Following the end of the Clone Wars and the Republic's [[Declaration of a New Order|transformation]] into the Galactic Empire, the new Empire set its sights on occupying Mandalore,<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> just as the Republic had [[Mandalore Defense Resolution/Legends|attempted]] during the Clone Wars.<ref name="DoM">{{TCW|Duchess of Mandalore}}</ref> Though the clan chieftains agreed to the Empire's request to purchase land on Mandalore in order to establish a base in the [[Sector/Legends|sector]], Fenn Shysa was wary of the Imperial interest in the Mandalorian world; as the Empire arrived, Shysa accepted the title of ''Mand'alor'' in accordance with public opinion,<ref name="O66" /> succeeding Spar, who eventually left Mandalore to wander the galaxy.<ref name="HotM" /> The Empire ultimately purchased the defunct, [[Mythosaur/Legends|mythosaur]]-shaped amusement park outside of Keldabe<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> known as the [[City of Bone]],<ref name="GaW" /> and while Imperial forces worked to install their new garrison within the park's skeletal shell, Shysa likewise began to lay the foundation for a new organization of Mandalorian Protectors in case they one day needed to resist the Empire.<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Together with Tobbi Dala, Shysa began training a contingent of new recruits, including volunteers from the [[Mandalorian Guard/Legends|Mandalorian police]],<ref name="GaW" /> even seeking the aid of Mandalorians formerly with the ''Cuy'val Dar''—Jango Fett's hand-picked band of soldiers contracted to train the Republic's clone commandos—and attempting to recruit the clone deserters of [[Clan Skirata]] in order to seamlessly infiltrate the ranks of the Empire's [[clone stormtrooper]]s.<ref name="ImpCom501st" /> Shysa's fears regarding the Empire were vindicated when the Imperial presence became an tyrannical occupation, focused on enslaving the Mandalorian populace<ref name="GaW" /> and strip-mining Mandalore of [[Mandalorian iron|''beskar'']] [[Iron/Legends|iron]] [[Ore/Legends|ore]], a highly valuable and highly resilient metal capable of withstanding blows from even a [[Lightsaber/Legends|lightsaber]].<ref name="Sacrifice">''[[Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice]]''</ref>
 [[File:SkirmishForest.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Mandalorian Protectors attacked slaver convoys moving through Mandalore's forests.]]
-The new generation of Mandalorian Protectors became outlaws,<ref name="TSB" /> fighting a covert war against the Imperial slavers and their leader,<ref name="GaW" /> a [[Shimholt]] known as the [[Suprema]],<ref name="AitE">''[[Aliens in the Empire]]''</ref> who had begun to confiscate the armor of Mandalore's warriors. Without the Battle Legionnaire droids they had fought beside in the Clone Wars, and Mandalorian armor growing in rarity among the troops, the Mandalorian Protectors were forced to become an insurgent force making due with their training and what little equipment they had. Shysa personally undertook victimless mercenary work to help finance the Protectors' operations,<ref name="GaW" /> including the race to acquire the [[Alsakan Tessent|Tessent]].<ref name="HotM" /> The Protectors focused their efforts on harassing Imperial slaving operations,<ref name="GaW" /> attacking slaver [[Convoy/Legends|convoys]],<ref name="TSB" /> and freeing Mandalorian slaves. Reduced to hit-and-run missions, the Mandalorian Protectors' guerrilla tactics were based on their members' familiarity with the Mandalore's forests, allowing them to vanish<ref name="GaW" /> into the planet's plentiful [[veshok]] trees<ref name="O66" /> before the Imperials could muster a counter attack.<ref name="GaW" /> The damage these raids caused did not go unnoticed by the Empire: a [[Bounty/Legends|bounty]] was put out for Shysa, and it was during one such attack that Tobbi Dala was captured by the Imperials. When the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Dengar/Legends|Dengar]] came to Mandalore for the price on Shysa's head, he was captured by the Mandalorian Protectors and held hostage in the hopes of initiating a [[Prisoner/Legends|prisoner]] exchange with the Imperials, swapping Dengar for Dala.<ref name="TSB" />
+The new generation of Mandalorian Protectors became outlaws,<ref name="TSB" /> fighting a covert war against the Imperial slavers and their leader,<ref name="GaW" /> an alien known as the [[Suprema]], who had begun to confiscate the armor of Mandalore's warriors. Without the Battle Legionnaire droids they had fought beside in the Clone Wars, and Mandalorian armor growing in rarity among the troops, the Mandalorian Protectors were forced to become an insurgent force making due with their training and what little equipment they had. Shysa personally undertook victimless mercenary work to help finance the Protectors' operations,<ref name="GaW" /> including the race to acquire the [[Alsakan Tessent|Tessent]].<ref name="HotM" /> The Protectors focused their efforts on harassing Imperial slaving operations,<ref name="GaW" /> attacking slaver [[Convoy/Legends|convoys]],<ref name="TSB" /> and freeing Mandalorian slaves. Reduced to hit-and-run missions, the Mandalorian Protectors' guerrilla tactics were based on their members' familiarity with the Mandalore's forests, allowing them to vanish<ref name="GaW" /> before the Imperials could muster a counter attack.<ref name="GaW" /> The damage these raids caused did not go unnoticed by the Empire: a [[Bounty/Legends|bounty]] was put out for Shysa, and it was during one such attack that Tobbi Dala was captured by the Imperials. When the [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] [[Dengar/Legends|Dengar]] came to Mandalore for the price on Shysa's head, he was captured by the Mandalorian Protectors and held hostage in the hopes of initiating a [[Prisoner/Legends|prisoner]] exchange with the Imperials, swapping Dengar for Dala.<ref name="TSB" />
 The Mandalorian Protectors' plans were derailed by the arrival of [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]] on Mandalore, seeking Dengar for information on the whereabouts of her close friend and love, [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]]. Organa became involved with the Protectors after stumbling into one of their strikes against a convoy of slavers, and upon learning that Dengar was being held in their custody, set out to free him and take the bounty hunter off world. Her plan backfired, however, when Dengar signaled the Imperials once he was free, and Organa was captured,<ref name="TSB" /> taken to the Imperial base within the City of [[Bone/Legends|Bone]].<ref name="DitCoB" />
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 ===Protectors of Mandalore===
-{{Quote|You've got a short memory. Or maybe you were still in diapers when Shysa had to kick some pride back into us.|Baltan Carid|<ref name="Sacrifice" />}}
-[[File:FennShysa-Hasbro.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fenn Shysa, ''Mand'alor'' and leader of the Mandalorian Protectors]]
 Under Shysa's leadership, the Protectors flourished,<ref name="HotM" /> and the reinvigorated unit of supercommandos returned to the devastating high-risk tactics that made them famous during the Clone Wars.<ref name="GaW" /> Following the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]] and the death of [[Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] Palpatine aboard the [[Death Star II/Legends|second Death Star]],<ref name="ROTJ">{{Film|VI}}</ref> the Mandalorian Protectors effectively locked down the Mandalore sector, which they patrolled with a fleet of ''Pursuer''-class enforcement ships from MandalMotors. Acting as a home guard, when hostile ships ventured into Mandalorian space, the Protectors attacked and boarded the vessel, taking command of its bridge and delivering it to [[Keldabe spaceport|Mandalore's spaceport]]<ref name="GaW" /> in the capital city, Keldabe.<ref name="TEA" /> When not defending the Mandalore sector, the members of the Mandalorian Protectors occasionally accepted for-hire mercenary work from outside independent parties, but only if the job in question did not cause harm to innocents, and only with the approval of ''Mand'alor'' Fenn Shysa.<ref name="GaW" />
-In [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]],<ref name="NEC" /> Mandalore came under [[Battle of Mandalore (Nagai invasion)|attack]] by the [[Nagai]], a [[chalk]]-white [[Species/Legends|species]] from the [[Satellite/Legends|satellite]] galaxy [[Firefist]].<ref name="TEA" /> Shysa led the Mandalorian Protectors in defense of the planet, but their forces were not enough to keep the Nagai at bay, leading Shysa to the forest [[Moon/Legends|moon]] of [[Endor/Legends|Endor]]<ref name="TFW" /> where he and the Protectors accepted a commission with the<ref name="GaW" /> [[Alliance of Free Planets]], committing their troops and [[Resurrector Squadron|a squadron]] of twelve ''Cabur''-class [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] to the Alliance forces during the [[Second Battle of Endor]],<ref name="TFW" /> and continuing to aid in the war effort against the Nagai.<ref name="GaW" /> When it came to light that the Nagai had arrived in the galaxy while fleeing from the aggressive [[Tof]] race, who had pursued them from their home galaxy and began to strike at the new worlds they found, the Nagai joined forces with the Alliance of Free Planets to oppose them. Though the Tof presence was eventually defeated, the Nagai abandoned Mandalore and other worlds they had won, and returned to their home galaxy of Firefist to take back their homeworld of [[Nagi]] from the Tof;<ref name="TFW" /> Shysa led the Mandalorian Protectors to follow them, and aided the Nagai in retaking their home planet before returning back to Mandalore.<ref name="TheMarvelSeries">''[[The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series]]''</ref>
+In [[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]], Mandalore came under [[Battle of Mandalore (Nagai invasion)|attack]] by the [[Nagai]]. Shysa led the Mandalorian Protectors in defense of the planet, but their forces were not enough to keep the Nagai at bay, leading Shysa to the forest [[Moon/Legends|moon]] of [[Endor/Legends|Endor]]<ref name="TFW" /> where he and the Protectors accepted a commission with the<ref name="GaW" /> [[Alliance of Free Planets]], committing their troops and [[Resurrector Squadron|a squadron]] of twelve ''Cabur''-class [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] to the Alliance forces during the [[Second Battle of Endor]],<ref name="TFW" /> and continuing to aid in the war effort against the Nagai.<ref name="GaW" /> When it came to light that the Nagai had arrived in the galaxy while fleeing from the aggressive [[Tof]] race, who had pursued them from their home galaxy and began to strike at the new worlds they found, the Nagai joined forces with the Alliance of Free Planets to oppose them. Though the Tof presence was eventually defeated, the Nagai abandoned Mandalore and other worlds they had won, and returned to their home galaxy of Firefist to take back their homeworld of [[Nagi]] from the Tof;<ref name="TFW" /> Shysa led the Mandalorian Protectors to follow them, and aided the Nagai in retaking their home planet before returning back to Mandalore.<ref name="TheMarvelSeries">''[[The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Marvel Series]]''</ref>
-After the Alliance of Free Planets had transitioned truly into the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]],<ref name="NEC" /> around six hundred Mandalorian mercenaries were contracted by the Galactic Empire to defend an [[Inner Rim]] [[Unidentified planet (Inner Rim)|world]] from the New Republic. The mercenaries captured several [[trineutronium]] power plants, threatening to detonate them if New Republic vessels attempted to land on the surface, in a devastating blast that would kill more than three and half billion [[Sentience/Legends|sentients]] living on the planet. Amid negotiations at an [[Asteroid/Legends|asteroid]] base within the [[Unidentified star system (Inner Rim)|system]], between the [[Unidentified Mandalorian mercenary commander|mercenary commander]] and [[Diplomat/Legends|diplomatic]] negotiator Leia Organa, Fenn Shysa was asked to intervene as ''Mand'alor''. Though Shysa appealed to the mercenaries' sense of honor and duty to their ''Mand'alor''<ref name="LSatSoM">''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]''</ref> as laid out in the ''Resol'nare'',<ref name="TMPaC" /> it was only when Shysa's associate [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]] stated that the New Republic would acquiesce to their terms and refrain from landing ships, informing the mercenaries that since the Imperial presence had already fled the [[Star system/Legends|star system]] they were unlikely to be paid, that the Mandalorians agreed to cease hostilities. Calrissian subsequently hired the mercenaries to aid the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] and New Republic [[General/Legends|General]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] in his [[Battle of Mindor|fight]] against the [[darksider]] [[Cronal|Lord Shadowspawn]].<ref name="LSatSoM" /> The six hundred mercenaries were eventually won over by Shysa, joining the ranks of the Mandalorian Protectors<ref>In the novel ''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]'', the Mandalorian mercenaries are never referred to as anything other than unaffiliated mercenaries. However, both the [[The History of the Mandalorians|''History of the Mandalorians'']] article and the ''[[Galaxy at War]]'' sourcebook state that the Mandalorians Shysa led into battle combat during the [[Battle of Mindor]] are Mandalorian Protectors. In the interest of heeding all sources, this article assumes that the mercenaries joined the Protectors prior to participating in the battle.</ref> before touching down on the planet Mindor.<ref name="LSatSoM" /> There, they became a critical part of [[Lord/Legends|Lord]] Shadowspawn's defeat,<ref name="HotM" /> assaulting and capturing the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark]] [[The Force/Legends|Force]]-user's defensive [[Fortress/Legends|fortifications]] among Mindor's [[Volcano/Legends|volcanos]] with the help of [[Shadow stormtrooper|stormtrooper]] defectors, before helping to evacuate innocent civilians from the area and subsequently protecting them when the troopers attempted to slaughter the civilians on the [[Meltmassif|command]] of Shadowspawn.<ref name="LSatSoM" />
+Around six hundred Mandalorian mercenaries were contracted by the Galactic Empire to defend an [[Inner Rim]] [[Unidentified planet (Inner Rim)|world]] from the New Republic. The mercenaries captured several [[trineutronium]] power plants, threatening to detonate them if New Republic vessels attempted to land on the surface, in a devastating blast that would kill more than three and half billion [[Sentience/Legends|sentients]] living on the planet. Amid negotiations at an [[Asteroid/Legends|asteroid]] base within the [[Unidentified star system (Inner Rim)|system]], between the [[Unidentified Mandalorian mercenary commander|mercenary commander]] and [[Diplomat/Legends|diplomatic]] negotiator Leia Organa, Fenn Shysa was asked to intervene as ''Mand'alor''. The six hundred mercenaries were eventually won over by Shysa, joining the ranks of the Mandalorian Protectors.
-Nearly forty years after the Clone Wars, the Mandalorian Protectors' actions during the war returned to haunt Shysa as the Kaminoan scientist Taun We hired bounty hunter Boba [[Clan Fett|Fett]] to kill Shysa, the last living Protector responsible for attacking Kamino in service to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Fett hunted Shysa and eventually confronted him on the planet [[Shogun]]<ref name="HotM" /> in [[21 ABY/Legends|21 ABY]],<ref name="GaW" /> where the two came under attack by the [[Sevvets]]. Shysa was mortally wounded<ref name="Revelation" /> while saving Fett's life,<ref name="HotM" /> and begged Fett to promise to replace him as ''Mand'alor'' upon his death. Unable to save him, Fett gave Shysa his word, before mercifully killing Shysa rather than leave him to the Sevvets. Fett departed Shogun with Shysa's helmet, with which he erected a [[Fenn Shysa's memorial|memorial]] to the fallen Mandalorian leader on Mandalore, in the Keldabe suburb of [[Bralsin]]. True to his word, Fett succeeded Shysa as ''Mand'alor''.<ref name="Revelation" />
-===Further actions===
-{{Quote|I thought I had made myself quite clear, but apparently Jedi need things explained in the simplest terms. I am here for a single, specific purpose. And that purpose is to take Sothais Saar and Turi Altamik into custody. This is not Sothais Saar, nor is it Turi Altamik. I am not here to negotiate, discuss, or even capture and interrogate. No one leaves the Temple until this matter is resolved. Anyone attempting to do so will be dealt with in this same manner. You now have twenty-four hours to turn over the Jedi. At the end of that time, your Temple will be leveled, your people slain, and Altamik and Saar recovered. The girl stays here, as a reminder. Any attempt to recover her body and we will open fire on the Temple.|Mandalorian Protector Belok Rhal, after killing Kani Asari on the steps of the Jedi Temple|<ref name="FotJ:A" />}}
-In the wake of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Mandalorian people were left to repair the damage done to their world by the extra-galactic invaders,<ref name="Sacrifice" /> without any aid from the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]]<ref name="Revelation" />— a multi-governmental political conglomerate established during the war formed from the New Republic, [[Imperial Remnant]], and a number of other independent states<ref name="TEA" />—despite their role in defending several worlds threatened by the Yuuzhan Vong.<ref name="HotM" /> The importance placed on rebuilding led Boba Fett to declare Mandalore a neutral world during the [[Second Galactic Civil War]], between the Galactic Alliance and a new [[Confederation]], though the ''Mand'alor'' did not attempt to ban an individual's right to mercenary work for either side.<ref name="Sacrifice" /> By [[41 ABY]], the Yuuzhan Vong War-era Mandalorian Protector<ref name="Protectors" /> Cham Detta had become a [[Bartender/Legends|bartender]] at the ''[[Oyu'baat]]'' [[Cantina/Legends|cantina]] in Keldabe,<ref name="Revelation" /> and his one-time comrade Goran Beviin, had come to spend the majority of his time working on [[Clan Beviin|his family's]] [[Beviin-Vasur farm|farm]].<ref name="Revelation" /><ref name="Sacrifice" /> Because of Mandalore's established neutrality, when ''Mand'alor'' Fett was contracted by Imperial Admiral [[Natasi Daala]] to [[Second Battle of Fondor|provide aid]] to her old colleague, [[Gilad Pellaeon/Legends|Gilad Pellaeon]], Fett took a cadre of fifty Mandalorian commandos with him to [[Fondor/Legends|Fondor]],<ref name="Revelation" /> instead of the Protectors.<ref>The Mandalorian troops under Boba Fett in the novel ''[[Legacy of the Force: Revelation]]'' are never specifically referred to as Mandalorian Protectors, just supercommandos. However, the later novel ''[[Fate of the Jedi: Allies]]'' confirms that the Mandalorian Protectors are still together and functioning as a unit during this time.</ref>
-In [[44 ABY]], after a number of Jedi had fallen victim to a mysterious [[Force psychosis]] and gone mad, the then Galactic Alliance [[Chief of State (Galactic Alliance)|Chief of State]], Natasi Daala, hired a contingent of one thousand Mandalorian Protectors under the command of the ruthless soldier [[Belok Rhal]], to [[Siege of the New Jedi Temple|lay siege]] to the [[New Jedi Temple|Jedi Temple]] on Coruscant in order to force the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi]] to surrender their afflicted Knights, [[Sothais Saar]] and [[Turi Altamik]]. Rhal's detachment of the Protectors [[Jammer|jammed]] [[Comlink/Legends|communications]] and established a heavily armed perimeter around the Temple, utilizing multiple ''Tra'kad'' starships, several [[Canderous Ordo|''Canderous'']]-class assault [[Tank (vehicle)/Legends|tanks]], and numerous other [[Landspeeder/Legends|ground vehicles]],<ref name="FotJ:A" /> in addition to QuickStryke assault [[Hoversled/Legends|sleds]], and a number of Vyyrhawk fighter-[[Bomber/Legends|bombers]].<ref name="Vortex" /> Rhal publicly demanded the Jedi release Saar and Altamik into Galactic Alliance custody within thirty-six hours, under threat of hostile action should they refuse. When interim [[Grand Master/Legends|Grand Master]] [[Kenth Hamner]]'s [[Padawan/Legends|apprentice]], [[Kani Asari]], was sent out to negotiate with Rhal, the man<ref name="FotJ:A" /> went against every ideal the Mandalorian Protectors had traditionally stood for<ref name="GaW" /> and shot the unarmed Asari dead on the Temple steps, decreeing that any other Jedi beside Altamik and Saar that came out of the Temple would meet the same fate, and any attempt to recover Asari's body would result in the destruction of the Temple. The siege eventually came to an end after Luke Skywalker, the Jedi Grand Master in exile, [[Mission to the Maw|put an end]] to the source of the mysterious psychosis, and both Altamik and Saar were publicly shown to be cured of the disease.<ref name="FotJ:A" />
 ==Notable Mandalorian Protectors==
-===Spar===
-{{Main|Spar}}
-[[File:Spar.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Spar, the founder of the Mandalorian Protectors]]
-{{Quote|You know that Shysa even got a clone deserter to pose as Jango Fett's heir, just to give the ''aruetiise'' the idea that we were solid again? Nobody really knew who or what was under the armor. Worked...for a while.|Goran Beviin|<ref name="Revelation" />}}
-An [[Alpha-class Advanced Recon Commando]] originally known by the designation Alpha-Ø2, Spar deserted the clone trooper homeworld of Kamino before the start of the Clone Wars. Unique among his clone brethren due to the [[DNA/Legends|genetic]] memories of Jango Fett he possessed, Spar traveled to Mandalore following the death of Fett at the start of the Clone Wars,<ref name="HotM" /> where, with the support of clan chieftain Fenn Shysa,<ref name="O66" /> he claimed the title of ''Mand'alor'' and set out to create a new army of Mandalorian supercommandos. As the newly christened Mandalore the Resurrector, Spar recruited two hundred and twelve Mandalorian soldiers to his army known as the Mandalorian Protectors,<ref name="HotM" /> and won out over the pacifist New Mandalorian faction,<ref name="TEA" /> leading the Mandalorians into an alliance with the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.<ref name="GaW" />
-Under Spar, the Mandalorian Protectors became a devastating force for the Confederacy, often doing in days what their army of droids could not accomplish in months.<ref name="GaW" /> However, the Protectors eventually fell victim to the machinations of Darth Sidious,<ref name="HotM" /> the [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] manipulating both sides of the war for his own gain. As the secret leader of the Confederacy,<ref name="NEC" /> Sidious ordered the Mandalorian Protectors to capture [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Senator]] Padmé Amidala at Norval II, while ordering Republic troops to ambush the Protectors there,<ref name="HotM" /> as the Republic's Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.<ref name="NEC" /> The Mandalorian Protectors were decimated in the resulting battle, with only Spar and two others—Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala—emerging from the conflict with their lives. The shell-shocked Spar abandoned his place as ''Mand'alor'',<ref name="HotM" /> and refused Shysa's attempts to get him to reclaim the title once they had returned to Mandalore.<ref name="HotM" /> Spar eventually left to wander the galaxy, finally coming to the [[Extrictarium Nebula]], where, suffering from [[clone madness]], he was shot and killed by the vengeful daughter of Boba Fett, who mistook the clone for her father.<ref name="HotM" />
 ===Fenn Shysa===
 {{Main|Fenn Shysa}}
-[[File:FennShysa.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Fenn Shysa, second leader of the Mandalorian Protectors]]
-{{Quote|Shysa led us to kick out the Empire. Didn't you, ''Fen'ika''? A great ''Mand'alor''. But he always wanted Fett as the front man, and Fett wasn't having it. Shysa got his way in the end, though.|Goran Beviin|<ref name="Revelation" />}}
-Fenn Shysa was a Mandalore native, born on a small province off the coast of Mandalore's largest continent.<ref name="HotM" /> Over time, he grew to become a well-respected clan chieftain<ref name="O66" /> and, together with his childhood friend Tobbi Dala, a local constable. Aware of his homeworld's history of being marginalized by the Galactic Republic, and the destitute state that loomed over a number of Mandalorians living on the planet, when Spar called for recruits to his force of Mandalorian Protectors, Shysa more than willingly joined,<ref name="HotM" /> spurring Spar to become the new ''Mand'alor'' and spreading the rumor that the clone deserter was truly Jango Fett's heir.<ref name="O66" /> Shysa designed the Protectors' Battle Legionnaire droids in part, and fought alongside them throughout the Clone Wars at New Bornalex, Null, and Kamino, up until the disastrous battle at Norval II, where Shysa was one of only three Mandalorian Protectors to make it out of the fight alive, along with his good friend Tobbi Dala and Spar.<ref name="GaW" /> Spar abandoned his post as ''Mand'alor'',<ref name="HotM" /> and though Shysa would attempt to get him to reconsider, it was Shysa himself who succeeded Spar as ''Mand'alor'' following the rise of the Galactic Empire.<ref name="O66" />
-As the Empire established a presence on Mandalore, it was Shysa who began to reform the destroyed Mandalorian Protectors,<ref name="O66" /> forming them into a guerrilla fighting force to covertly resist the Empire. Under Shysa's leadership, the Protectors harassed convoys of Imperial slavers and freed Mandalorian slaves,<ref name="GaW" /> until they finally broke the Empire's hold over Mandalore during the battle at the Imperial base in the City of Bone.<ref name="DitCoB" /> Shysa then led the Mandalorian Protectors to oust Imperial Grand Admiral Miltin Takel from Mandalorian space, and rebuilt the Protectors into an organization capable of defending the entire Mandalore sector.<ref name="GaW" /> His ties with the Alliance of Free Planets<ref name="NEC" /> led Shysa to rally the Protectors to the government's aid during the Nagai–Tof War,<ref name="TFW" /> and he aided the subsequent New Republic at the Battle of Mindor, against the [[Dark Jedi/Legends|darksider]] Shadowspawn.<ref name="LSatSoM" /> However, Shysa's actions against Kamino during the Clone Wars had far-reaching repercussions, and decades later, the Kaminoan scientist Taun We hired the renowned bounty hunter Boba Fett to kill Shysa. Fett confronted Shysa on the planet Shogun,<ref name="HotM" /> where the two came under attack by the Sevvets.<ref name="Revelation" /> Shysa was mortally wounded while saving Fett's life,<ref name="HotM" /> and asked that Fett succeed him as ''Mand'alor''. Fett gave his word, before killing Shysa in an act of mercy, rather than leave him to suffer with the Sevvets.<ref name="Revelation" />
+As the Empire established a presence on Mandalore, it was Shysa who began to reform the Mandalorian Protectors, forming them into a guerrilla fighting force to covertly resist the Empire. Under Shysa's leadership, the Protectors harassed convoys of Imperial slavers and freed Mandalorian slaves,<ref name="GaW" /> until they finally broke the Empire's hold over Mandalore during the battle at the Imperial base in the City of Bone.<ref name="DitCoB" />
 ===Tobbi Dala===
 {{Main|Tobbi Dala}}
-[[File:Fennandtobbicropped.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Tobbi Dala gave his life in service to the Protectors]]
 {{Quote|That's when me an' Tobbi went underground to form an outlaw band, an' we been fightin' to give Mandalore back to the Mandalorians ever since!|Fenn Shysa|<ref name="TSB" />}}
 Growing up alongside Fenn Shysa, Tobbi Dala stood together with his childhood friend whether it involved becoming constables or drinking mugs of [[Mandallian Narcolethe/Legends|Mandallian Narcolethe]] after a long day, and when Shysa readily joined the Mandalorian Protectors, Dala was quick to join, as well. Dala fought for the Mandalorian Protectors throughout the Clone Wars, until the battle at Norval II, when he was one of only three Protectors to survive a Republic ambush, along with Shysa and Spar. Dala returned to Mandalore after the battle, eventually joining up with Shysa's reborn force of Mandalorian Protectors, covertly battling against the newly risen Galactic Empire and the Imperial occupation of Mandalore.<ref name="HotM" />
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 ===Boba Fett===
 {{Main|Boba Fett/Legends}}
-[[File:BobaFettEAtlas.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Boba Fett, leader of the Protectors during the Yuuzhan Vong War]]
-{{Quote|For a man who says he doesn't care about anyone else, you always come good for the ''Mando'ade'' when you're needed.''"<br />"''I'm Mandalore. It's just my job.|Goran Beviin and Boba Fett|<ref name="APM" />}}
-The cloned son of ''Mand'alor'' Jango Fett,<ref name="O66" /> Boba Fett had only just begun his Mandalorian [[Verd'goten|training]]<ref name="AotCDictionary">''[[Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary]]''</ref> when his father was killed at the Battle of Geonosis.<ref name="NEC" /> Though he set out to follow in his father's footsteps as a bounty hunter, rising to earn a place of both esteem and notoriety as one of the greatest bounty hunters of his era, Fett remained estranged from his Mandalorian heritage for the majority of his life.<ref name="Bloodlines">''[[Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines]]''</ref> It was only when Kaminoan scientist Taun We,<ref name="HotM" /> whom Fett had grown up with on Kamino,<ref name="TFTS">''[[Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive]]''</ref> offered a bounty on the life of Fenn Shysa for the damage he and the Mandalorian Protectors had wrought on Kamino during the Clone Wars, that Fett was brought back into contact with the Mandalorian culture. Fett hunted Shysa to the planet Shogun,<ref name="HotM" /> where they were both attacked by the Sevvets<ref name="Revelation" /> and Shysa was mortally wounded while saving Fett's life.<ref name="HotM" /> As he was dying, Shysa asked that Fett become the next ''Mand'alor'' after he was gone, believing in the symbolic strength of the Fett name. Fett gave Shysa his word, before mercifully killing him so as to spare him from suffering under the Sevvets. True to his word, Fett became the new ''Mand'alor'',<ref name="Revelation" /> leading the Mandalorians during the Yuuzhan Vong War and bringing the Mandalorian Protectors to bear against the extra-galactic invaders in defense of the galaxy. Together with the Protectors,<ref name="HotM" /> Fett fought off the Yuuzhan Vong's attack against Mandalore,<ref name="TEA" /> and engaged them at worlds such as Gyndine, Tholatin,<ref name="HotM" /> and Caluula.<ref name="TUF" /> After the war came to an end and the Yuuzhan Vong settled peacefully on the living planet Zonama Sekot,<ref name="NEC" /> Fett made a priority of helping Mandalore rebuild. With a third of the planet's population killed in the battle with the Yuuzhan Vong, Fett called for two million Mandalorians throughout the galaxy to journey to Mandalore in order to reinvigorate the planet's infrastructure. He declared the world neutral during the conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation, and donated a portion of his accumulated personal wealth to the restoration of Mandalore.<ref name="Sacrifice" />
 ==Behind the scenes==
-[[File:MandalorianHistory_SWI80.jpg|thumb|left|175px|"The History of the Mandalorians"]]The Mandalorian Protectors first appeared in ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[canon]] in the sixty-eighth issue of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel's]] [[Star Wars (Marvel Comics 1977)|''Star Wars'']] [[Star Wars comic books|comic series]]. Entitled [[Star Wars (1977) 68|''The Search Begins'']], the issue was written by [[Author/Legends|author]] [[David Michelinie]], illustrated by [[Gene Day]], and published in [[February]] of [[1983]]. They appeared again in the subsequent issue, [[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]], and the leader of the Mandalorian Protectors, Fenn Shysa, continues to make further appearances throughout the series.
+The Mandalorian Protectors first appeared in ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[canon]] in the sixty-eighth issue of [[Marvel Comics|Marvel's]] [[Star Wars (Marvel Comics 1977)|''Star Wars'']] [[Star Wars comic books|comic series]]. Entitled [[Star Wars (1977) 68|''The Search Begins'']], the issue was written by [[Author/Legends|author]] [[David Michelinie]], illustrated by [[Gene Day]], and published in [[February]] of [[1983]]. They appeared again in the subsequent issue, [[Star Wars (1977) 69|''Star Wars'' (1977) 69]], and the leader of the Mandalorian Protectors, Fenn Shysa, continues to make further appearances throughout the series.
-Details of the Mandalorian Protectors' exploits during the Clone Wars and beyond were later provided in ''[[The History of the Mandalorians]]'', a ''[[Star Wars Insider]]'' article written by [[Abel G. Peña]] and published in the [[March]] [[2005]] [[Star Wars Insider 80|issue]] of the magazine. The article [[retcon]]s the idea of the Protectors being led during the war by Boba Fett—an idea made impossible following the release of the second [[Prequel trilogy|prequel film]], [[Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones|''Star Wars'': Episode II ''Attack of the Clones'']], and the revision of Boba Fett's origins within—by introducing the rogue clone trooper Spar to fill the place of Fett. ''The History of the Mandalorians'' also provides information on the Protectors' equipment and vehicle usage. The later sourcebook ''[[Galaxy at War]]'', by [[Daniel Wallace]], supplements this with a significant amount of additional information on the history, tactics, and organization structure of the Mandalorian Protectors.
-[[Karen Traviss]]'s novel [[Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel|''Order 66'']], the fourth entry in her [[Republic Commando|''Republic'' and ''Imperial Commando'']] novel series, featured Fenn Shysa and Spar as a prominent secondary characters. The end of ''Order 66'', and Shysa's continued appearance in Traviss' next novel, ''[[Imperial Commando: 501st]]'', hint at Shysa's formation of the second iteration of the Mandalorian Protectors as the Empire begins to establish a presence on Mandalore. ''[[Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor]]'', a [[2008]] novel by [[Matthew Stover]], featured Shysa during his tenure as a Mandalorian Protector, mentioning the group, and introducing a number of Mandalorian mercenaries who join Shysa by the novel's end.
 ==Appearances==
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-{{Interlang
-|es=Protectores Mandalorianos
-|pl=Mandaloriańscy Protektorzy
-|ru=Мандалорские защитники
-|fi=Mandalorialaiset suojelijat
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