Mandalorian War

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The Mandalorian Wars are a fictional event in the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars saga.


Mandalorian Wars
Date 3,964 BBY- 3960 BBY
Location Star Wars Universe
Result Republic Victory, Fall of Revan, Malak and many other Jedi leading to the rise of the Sith
Combatants
Galactic Republic Mandalorians
Commanders
Revan Mandalore the Ultimate
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties
Unknown Unknown
Unknown

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[edit] Origin

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The Mandalorians were a clan-based warrior culture known for their advanced weaponry, incredible training, and unmatched tenacity in combat.

The Mandalorian Wars started after the hordes of Mandalorian clans invaded Republic space. The Mandalorians first invaded Dxun, a moon of Onderon. The Republic would not face the invaders, so the Mandalorian leader, Mandalore, began ruthless attacks on helpless civilians on the planet Onderon. The Republic finally intervened, yet the Mandalorians won planet after planet.

[edit] The Mandalorian Invasion

In year 3,996 BBY, after their defeat during the Sith War, a warrior army known as the Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders began raiding worlds on the edge of the galaxy. After 20 years conquering non-Republic worlds, including Althir, Cathar and Ryloth, they invaded Republic space in the year 3,964 BBY, clashing with Republic Forces at Surja and attacking the Onderon moon of Dxun. They then continued to attack Republic worlds with great ease.

They started their "crusade" at Dxun, where the Mandalorian leader Mandalore, created a military outpost in the heart of the moon's dense jungles. After the invasion of Dxun and Onderon, the Mandalorians began attacking the nine Iridonian worlds in the Outer Rim.

Attacking from three different invasion corridors, the Mandalorians' next targets were the Stereb cities of the planet of Serroco the woods of Eres 3, the cities of Duro, the Corellian worlds, the Venjagga system, the city-world of Taris, and Dagary Minor.

The battles here were mentioned in the Star Wars videogame Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords (KotOR 2). The other dates, tales and facts are mentioned or happened in both games of the KotOR saga.

[edit] The Jedi intervene

The Republic begged the Jedi Council to enter the war; however, the Jedi were slow to act. The Council believed that the true threat had yet to reveal itself, and thus refused to assist the Republic and forbade its members to go to war. Two young Jedi Knights, Revan and Malak, decided to take action, calling for support from the ranks of Jedi who considered the Council to be making a mistake. Many Jedi Knights answered this call to follow the ingenious, charismatic Revan. Some of these Jedi were Xaset Tarep, Arren Kae, Nisotsa, Talvan Esan, Cariaga Si, and the famous Jedi Exile. The Republic eagerly accepted this support, and so the war 'truly' began. The Jedi members who joined Revan and Malak in the war became generals and led Republic armies to fight the Mandalorians with the help of Republic soldiers such as General Derred, Mon Halan and Admiral Saul Karath, who later betrayed the Republic, following Revan and Malak in their fall. Revan proved to be an excellent tactician, willing to make sacrifices to bring greater victories and was able to almost always outmaneuver the Mandalorians both on the ground and in space. Republic forces took incredible casualties throughout the war, in many cases losing as many as ten to twenty soldiers for every Mandalorian at the battle of Dxun, but the Jedi's leadership managed to carry them through victory after victory, pushing the Mandalorians back to Yavin, across Korriban, out of Dxun and Onderon.

The war ended at Malachor V. The Jedi Exile, led the Republic assault on the Mandalorian fleet in orbit over Malachor V, bringing an end to the war. Revan had sent a massive fleet of Republic soldiers and Jedi whose loyalty was in question. Unknown to the Mandalorians and to a large extent the most of the Republic soldiers, the Republic had hidden a weapon known as a "Mass Shadow Generator," designed by Zabrak engineer Bao-Dur, on the planet. Overseeing its use was the Jedi Exile, one of the Jedi who followed Revan to war and became one the Republic's top Generals. The Exile gave the command to Bao-Dur to activate the weapon, and in doing so, watched as the Mandalorian and Republic fleets alike were destroyed, crashing into and nearly destroying the entire planet.

[edit] Aftermath

Few from either fleet survived this final battle. It marked Revan's final move before truly falling to the dark side. This terrible act of destruction resulted in Jedi Exile losing connection with the Force, thus causing a hole within the Force. The Exile was the only one of Revan's followers to turn from the dark side, returning to the Jedi Council on Coruscant. The Council exiled this Jedi for following Revan to war, but their true reasons were quite different. They feared the hole in the Force they felt in this person, and furthermore feared the failings in the Jedi teachings that this fallen Jedi represented. The Exile defiantly stabbed the lightsaber into the centerstone of the Jedi Council as the Council demanded this Jedi to relinquish it, as if the saber represented the failing of their teachings. The Exile then left for the outer rim.

On the surface of Malachor V, Revan found the ancient Trayus Academy, a former Sith stronghold deeply marked with the dark side. The Jedi was corrupted by the Sith teachings. Revan and Malak were hailed as heroes within the Republic. Revan left along with a third of the Republic fleet, reportedly to pursue the final remains of the Mandalorian fleet, but in truth searching for the ancient Star Forge. One year later, Revan and Malak returned at the head of a massive Sith armada, the Jedi and Republic soldiers who had once followed them now Sith. So began the Jedi Civil War.

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