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"Mandalore is the name we give to our leader. Becoming Mandalore is the greatest honor any Mandalorian could aspire to."

- Canderous Ordo

Mandalore, or Mand'alor in Mando'a, was the title of the leader of the Mandalorian clans. The title originated with the mythical figure Mandalore the First, whose warriors were said to have conquered the planet of Mandalore. Eventually, the term came to be applied to the Mandalorian leaders, with the first known bearer of the title being Mandalore the Indomitable, who reigned during the Great Sith War. The last known person to claim the title of Mandalore was Boba Fett, whose Mandalorian Protectors fought on both sides during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

The title was notable for surviving at least 4,000 years, through considerable Mandalorian hardships. Despite several lost wars, infighting and the emergence of the Mandalorian mercenary phenomenon, at least eleven Mandalorians declared themselves Mandalores throughout the years, with varying degrees of success in their attempts to lead the Mandalorians.

History
Reference and expand. The first Mandalore was a Taung, and the planet Mandalore and the Mandalorian people came to be named after him. According to legend, he formed the Mandalorian Crusaders around 7,000 BBY, and all the traditions of Mandalore and the Mandalorians began with him.
 * Origins of the title
 * The Indomitable
 * Confusion after the Ultimate
 * Time gaps
 * Boba Fett

The Mandalore wore a special set of armor, which he never removed. The Mandalore's helmet was passed from one leader to the next. Canderous Ordo described the helmet as being more valuable to a Mandalorian than a lightsaber was to a Jedi. This full-body armor was also worn almost all the way by standard infantry troops and fully for officers.

When Revan killed Mandalore the Ultimate, he took his helmet, denying the Mandalorians the ability to choose their next leader. A new Mandalore emerged some time afterward, but was not recognized by all the clans. A new helmet could have been created, but the Mandalorians had been defeated and did not want to lose their traditions too.

Before he left for the Unknown Regions, Revan told Canderous Ordo where the helmet was, and charged him with reuniting the Mandalorians clans under one banner.

The Mandalorians liked their figureheads where they could see them, even after death. Due to this many Mandalores were buried on Mandalore.

Tradition
"When our leader falls in battle, the most worthy takes his place."

- Canderous Ordo


 * See quote
 * Indomitable/Ultimate. Significance of mask.
 * "Home" was where Mandalore hung his mask.

Mandalores
Expand and reference as you go. Images? KOTOR style?

Mandalore the First

 * Mythical, blah blah. Get the NEC.

Mandalore the Indomitable


The first known person to use "Mandalore" as a title, Mandalore the Indomitable led his organization of Mandalorian Crusaders in combat against the Krath some 4,000 years BBY. After losing a duel to Ulic Qel-Droma, a Krath commander and Sith apprentice, Mandalore was forced to swear loyalty to the winning party. Shortly after, the Great Sith War erupted. Mandalore and his warriors participated in several battles on behalf of the Sith, even attacking the important Republic world of Coruscant at one point.

However, the Mandalorian Crusaders and their allies were eventually driven back, suffering their final defeat in the battle of Onderon in 3,996 BBY. Caught between Onderonian and Republic forces, Mandalore ordered his crusaders to retreat back to Dxun, a moon of Onderon. Unfortunately for Mandalore, his Basilisk war droid was shot down, and he crashed in the jungle landscape, where he was immediately killed by the native fauna. One particular Mandalorian found Mandalore's corpse, looted and equipped his mask, then proclaimed himself to be the new Mandalore.

Mandalore the Ultimate


After retrieving Mandalore the Indomitable's mask on Dxun, the new Mandalore set about rebuilding the Mandalorian clans. Adopting the epithet of "the Ultimate," Mandalore set up base on Dxun. From there, he recalled the remaining Mandalorian Crusaders, though few remained to heed his call. To alleviate this problem, Mandalore began accepting other species into the previously single-species Mandalorian clans. This reorganization led to the Mandalorian warriors being relabeled Neo-Crusaders. After being goaded by an unknown Sith faction, the Mandalorians began the series of jihads that would become known as the Mandalorian Wars.

For years, Mandalore the Ultimate's forces sacked unaffiliated worlds outside of Republic space. The Republic initially failed to respond, until the conflict neared the planet Taris. The ensuing conflict lasted for three years, and saw Mandalore's Neo-Crusaders using devastating tactics such as nuclear bombing entire planets to ensure victory. It was not until a splinter group of Jedi, led by Knights Revan and Malak, entered the fray using tactics similar to Mandalore's, that the Mandalorian clans were pushed back. Mandalore the Ultimate was killed by Revan in the final battle of the war above Malachor V.

Unknown Mandalore
After he had defeated Mandalore the Ultimate, Revan took Mandalore's mask for himself, effectively prohibiting the appointment of any new Mandalores. However, there was at least one who tried to reunite the Mandalorian clans following the crushing defeat in the Mandalorian Wars. Little is known of this person&mdash;even his name is unascertained. What is known is that he employed the assassin droid HK-47 around 3,957 BBY, and that he sent a small team of Mandalorians to Kashyyyk in 3,956 BBY to test cloaking equipment. By 3,951 BBY, this unknown Mandalore had been either killed or deposed.

Canderous Ordo


Canderous Ordo was born on the planet Ordo to the Clan of Ordo. He fought for the Mandalorian clans both in Mandalore the Indomitable's Great Sith War, and in Mandalore the Ultimate's Mandalorian Wars. Following the defeat at Malachor V in 3,960 BBY, Canderous became a mercenary on the planet Taris. After a series of events, he joined the amnesiac Jedi Revan in his quest to kill Darth Malak (who had helped Revan defeat Mandalore the Ultimate in the Mandalorian Wars), destroy his Sith Empire, and end the Jedi Civil War. After accomplishing this, Revan revealed to Canderous the location of Mandalore's mask, and ordered him to reforge the Mandalorian clans. Canderous retrieved it, declared himself the new Mandalore, and set about the rebuilding from a military base on Dxun.

In 3,951 BBY, the Jedi Exile happened upon Canderous's still small operation on Dxun. After being persuaded by Kreia, a companion of the Exile's, he helped the former Jedi General defeat several powerful Sith. During the time spent traveling with the Exile, Canderous recruited quite a few Mandalorian mercenaries to his cause. One of the slain Sith predicted that Canderous's life would continue to be one of battle, and that thanks to his actions, the Mandalorians would be remembered for thousands of years.

Ung Kusp
Some time after the reign of Canderous Ordo, a Mandalorian mercenary named Ung Kusp claimed the title of Mandalore. Little is known of him, other than that he had a feud with the Mandalorian training master Jaing. At some point, he sent a squad of Mandalorians to capture a Sith artifact from a cyberneticist. They retrieved the artifact, killed Jaing (though he was later resuscitated), and earned the ire of the bounty hunter Durge, a friend of Jaing's, who swore to kill every last Mandalorian. Durge's hatred of the Mandalorians would play a pivotal role in the life of a later Mandalore.

Murdered Mandalore
This unidentified Mandalore reigned around 100 BBY. That year, he was assassinated by the Durge and a group of rogue Jedi Knights in an act of vengeance for the Mandalorians' genocide of the Ithullans a century earlier. In return for Mandalore's death, the Mandalorians captured and tortured Durge, sending him past the brink of insanity and forcing him to spend decades in healing hibernation.

Jaster Mereel



 * Meh.

Jango Fett

 * Where does it say he was Mandalore?

Mandalore the Resurrector

 * Text goes here.

Fenn Shysa

 * Text goes here.

Boba Fett

 * Better times for the Mandalorians? Ask book readers.

Appearances
Underpopulated.
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 8: Flashpoint, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 10: Flashpoint, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 14: Days of Fear, Part 2
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 15: Days of Fear, Part 3
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 19: Daze of Hate, Part 1
 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 20: Daze of Hate, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Prototypes
 * A Practical Man
 * Bloodlines
 * Sacrifice