Unidentified Mandalorian commander

"Another Mandalore, is it? Will you draw arms against those you should serve?"

- The Mandalorian Commander to Canderous Ordo

This Mandalorian Commander was a Humanoid male Mandalorian who led a small unit of Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders in the lower Shadowlands of Kashyyyk during the Jedi Civil War. His unit preyed on Wookiee hunters until he was killed in 3,956 BBY by a redeemed Revan, who had been the Dark Lord of the Sith who initiated the war, and his companions during their quest for the Star Forge, an ancient Rakatan spacestation controlled by Revan's former Sith apprentice, Darth Malak.

Biography
This commander was the leader of a Mandalorian Neo-Crusader poacher unit that was stationed in the Shadowlands of the planet Kashyyyk. His unit used personal cloaking devices and cloaked swoop bikes to track their targets. During the amnesiac Revan's travel to Kashyyyk to find a Rakatan Star Map that would help him locate the Star Forge, the Mandalorian troops wiped out a group of Wookiee hunters.

When Revan and his companions entered the lower Shadowlands with the elder Jedi Jolee Bindo, they ran into a group of three Mandalorians assaulting a Wookiee named Grrrwahrr. Revan and his comrades immediately rushed to the Wookiee's defense, killing the Mandalorians. When Revan healed Grrrwahrr's injuries, the Wookiee begged Revan to avenge his hunting clan, and kill the Mandalorians.

Grrrwahrr also told Revan that the Mandalorians would not attack armed targets, and asked Revan to bring him the commander's helmet. Revan and his companions drew the Mandalorian poachers out by hiding their weapons and entering clearings marked with Wookiee corpses. After two skirmishes, Revan retrieved a signal device belonging to a Mandalorian and located their swoop bikes. Revan found a dataport in the swoop bike, with instructions in Mando'a to insert the signal device so the swoop would start. After Revan inserted the device, the Mandalorian commander appeared with his remaining poachers. After a short battle, the Mandalorians were killed and Revan gave Grrrwahrr the commander's helmet as a trophy.

Personality and traits
Like many Mandalorian warriors, the commander enjoyed fighting and warfare. His decision to attack only unarmed opponents after deactivating his cloaking device were seen as acts of cowardice by the Wookiees, and his orders were even questioned by his own men. Nevertheless, he had been ordered to test the stealth field generators, and he followed the order to the letter.

The commander used two vibroswords during melee combat, and was proficient with a blaster.

Behind the scenes
If the Mandalorian Canderous Ordo is in Revan's party at the time, the commander acknowledges, saying, "Another Mandalore, is it?" and asks Ordo if he would "draw arms against those you should serve."

It is possible to avoid fighting the Mandalorian commander, or any of his soldiers, if Revan does not hide his and his party's weapons in the clearings, and fails to insert a datapad into the swoop bike. The player's alignment with the Force would not change. Should Revan choose to let Grrrwahrr die instead of healing him, he will not be able to fight the commander or the Mandalorians under his command.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic