Concord Dawn/Legends

Concord Dawn was an arid, sparsely populated world inhabited mainly by farmers. It was located in the Outer Rim.

Description
The region of Concord Dawn around the Fett family homestead and its nearby village was arid and dusty, though still capable of growing crops.

History
Before becoming Mandalore, Jaster Mereel was a native of Concord Dawn and a Journeyman Protector on that world. Mereel, a man of strict moral codes, killed a superior officer for the man's corruption and was exiled as a result. While Mereel would eventually rise to be leader of the Mandalorians, his position on Concord Dawn was taken up by a man named Fett.

Over half a century before the Battle of Yavin, the Mandalorian Civil War broke out when the Death Watch, a splinter group of Mandalorians led by Tor Vizsla, launched a coup against Mereel's True Mandalorians. In 58 BBY, the war came to Concord Dawn. The Death Watch won out against Mereel's men, and the True Mandalorians were forced to scatter into hiding as Vizsla hunted them down. Mereel fled to the safety of Fett's farm, where his replacement kept the Mandalore and his men fed and hid. Viszla and the Death Watch tracked them down anyway, and they took Fett's son Jango hostage as they beat Fett for information on Mereel. An attempt by Fett's wife gave Jango an opportunity to escape&mdash;and run directly into Mereel&mdash;but Vizsla's men killed the elder Fetts, took their daughter Arla captive, and burned down their fields to kill Mereel. Jango helped the True Mandalorians escape Mereel's trap, and Mereel tool Jango with him to go after Vizla.

After leaving the Fett farm, Vizsla moved to the nearest village, intending to pillage it for two days before moving on to Moonus Mandel. Mereel and his men caught the Death Watch in ambush there, wiping out many of them, though Vizsla escaped. After securing the town, the True Mandalorians pulled off Concord Dawn.

In 24 ABY, a Devaronian senior magistrate on Concord Dawn sympathized with the anti-Human Diversity Alliance movement, and relocated certain prisoners to the Alliance's headquarters on Ryloth to be executed.

Inhabitants
The law on Concord Dawn were the Journeyman Protectors.

Notable natives of Concord Dawn included Jaster Mereel, Mandalore of the Mandalorians; Jango Fett, Mandalore and prime clone of the Grand Army of the Republic; Cort Davin, Journeyman Protector and Cuy'val Dar trainer of the Grand Army; and Imperial Lieutenant Sheckil, a former warrant officer on the world.

Concord Dawn was the home to the Karatos Plague. All inhabitants of Concord Dawn were vaccinated against it at birth.

Behind the scenes
Jango Fett: Open Seasons explicitly placed Concord Dawn in the Outer Rim Territories, which matched with it possibly being in Mandalorian space. However, a map released by Dark Horse Comics at the 2006 Comic-Con placed it in the Mid Rim. No explanation has been given for the change so far.

In the third draft of the original Star Wars film, there was mention of a Battle of Condawn set during the Clone Wars, which possibly provided inspiration for Concord Dawn.

Jango's accent is described as a "Concord Dawn inflection", implying that natives of the planet have an accent similar to real-world New Zealand.

Concord Dawn is also the name used by Drum and Bass producers Evan Short and Matt Harvey, from New Zealand.

Appearances

 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 * The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett
 * Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance
 * Boba Fett: A Practical Man
 * Bloodlines
 * Sacrifice
 * Revelation

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