THE HISTORY OF MANDALORE
THOUGH THE MOST PROMINENT AND
REMEMBERED WARRIORS REMAIN JANGO AND BOBA FETT, THE HISTORY OF THE
ANCIENT MANDALORE WARRIORS ARE BEHIND THE TWO BONTY HUNTER'S CLONE
COUNTERPARTS. EVEN BEFORE THE OLD REPUBLIC COMMANDOS KILLED DROIDS,
OLDER WARRIORS POPULATED THEIR ORIGINAL HOME PLANET OF MANDALORE.
THE MANDALORIAN CUSTOMS ARE NOT
AS THE JEDI COUNCIL TWISTED THEM TO BE. APART FROM BEING CRUEL AND
RUTHLESS TO OTHER CREATURES WHO DISTURBED PEACE, MANDALORIAN WARRIORS
FORMED A PUPIL-TEACHER BOND MUCH LIKE THE JEDI. HOWEVER, AS THE
MANDALORIANS ARE SO OLD, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE JEDI BRUTALLY COPIED
THIS IDEA. MANDALORIANS EACH WORE THEIR ARMOR LITTERED WITH THE LATEST
WEAPONRY ACHIEVEMENTS. THUS, BOBA'S SUIT MAY HAVE MORE ADVANCEMENTS
THAN THE ORIGINAL SUIT WORN BY THE ANCIENT RACE.
THOUGH PORTRAYED AS EVIL, THE WARRIORS WERE ACTUALLY SMART, RESOURCEFUL, AND
EVIL. THEY LIVED IN PEACE WITH EACH OTHER, REMEMBERING THAT THEY WOULD
BE CRUEL TO JEDI OR ANY OTHER SENTIENT BEINGS WHO DISTRUPTED "THEIR"
PEACE. MANDALORIANS WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR AWESOME SHIP-BUILDING
TECHNIQUES. THEIR MODIFIED VEHICLES WOULD SHOW THEIR EXCELLENCY IN
TECHNOLOGY. THE MANDALORIANS SHOW THIS THROUGH JANGO AND BOBA FETT.
THE MANDALORE PLANET WAS HEADED BY A
WARRIOR KNOWN AS MANDALORE. MANDALORE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
FIGURE IN THE RACE'S HISTORY. HE WAGED SEVERAL WARS, DEFEATING A SMALL
KAMINOEN SYSTEM, BUT LOSING IT TO THE "MORAL" JEDI, WHO GOT THE SYSTEM
TO REVOLT OVER THE "CRUEL" RULE OF THE MANDALORIANS. MANDALORE'S
MASTERY IN WEAPONRY HELPED HIM DEFEAT 7 JEDI PADAWANS, WHEN ALL
AMBUSHED HIM WHILE HE APPROACHED HIS SHIP. TWO OF THEM WERE LETHALLY
POISONED ON THEIR STRIKE, ONE HAD A LASER SHOT THROUGH HIS HEAD, 2 WERE
KILLED FROM A ROCKET FROM THE JETPACK, WHILE THE OTHER TWO WERE KILLED
AFTER MANDALORE TOOK ANOTHER LIGHTSABER AND DEFEATED THEM IN SINGLE
COMBAT. HE ALSO WON A BATTLE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HIS PLANET, ONCE
AGAIN DRIVING OFF A FIERCE FORCE OF JEDI. MANDALORE WAS ALSO FACED WITH
THE CHALLENGE OF FACING THE SITH LORDS. THE SITH WERE DEVIOUS IN SHIP
BUILDING. ONE SQUADRON OF WARRIORS WAS AMBUSHED BY JEDI SHIPS WHILE
ABOUT TO MAKE A HYERSPACE SHIFT. THE JEDI WERE DEFEATED, AND THE
MANDALORES HAD TO SUSTAIN THEIR SHIP'S WOUNDS. UNFORTUNATELY, A SITH
FLEET SHOT AT THEM AS THEY MADE THE JUMP TO HYPERSPACE. THE SQUADRON
HAD LOW FUEL AND ENERGY AND THEIR SHIPS DISINTEGRATED, LOST IN THE
VASTNESS OF HYPERSPACE. MANDALORE WAS FINALLY DEFEATED AND KILLED WHEN
JEDI WAGED A WAR; HE WAS KILLED WHEN 4 JEDI KNIGHTS AMBUSHED HIM.
