MandalMotors tower

MandalMotors tower was the headquarters of the MandalMotors starship company, located on the planet Mandalore. Situated in the planet's capital city of Keldabe, the MandalMotors tower stood one hundred meters tall, and was adorned with the corporation's large mythosaur skull logo. The tower's size made it a Keldabe landmark, and pilots would use it as a point of navigational reference when approaching Keldabe's spaceport. Around the tower's base stood a series of additional engineering workshops, and a research wing consisting of a number of interconnected sheds and hangars that, while run-down and unassuming on the outside, housed advanced technology and company prototypes within.

MandalMotors tower was built years before the galaxy-spanning conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems known as the Clone Wars. By this point in time, the tower had already become an easily recognizable facet of Keldabe's skyline, and MandalMotors customers could collect parts and equipment from the company headquarters. Despite the habit of using the tower as a navigational landmark many Mandalorian pilots had adopted, when the Republic was transformed in the Galactic Empire and Imperial forces arrived on Mandalore to establish a garrison on leased land, Imperial gunships nearly clipped the top of MandalMotors tower during a low-flying sweep over the capital city.

In 29 ABY, long after the Empire had fallen and Imperial forces were driven from Mandalore, the planet was attacked by the extra-galactic invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong. Though the Mandalorians were able to repel the Yuuzhan Vong attackers, many Mandalorian soldiers were killed and the planet Mandalore itself suffered significant damage; MandalMotors tower incurred scars that remained for decades after.

Behind the scenes
MandalMotors tower first appeared in Star Wars canon in the 2006 e-novella, Boba Fett: A Practical Man by author Karen Traviss. The tower continued to feature in further works by Traviss, the Legacy of the Force novels Sacrifice and Revelation, and the Republic and Imperial Commando novels, Order 66 and Imperial Commando: 501st.

Appearances

 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man
 * Sacrifice
 * Revelation