Death Watch/Legends

"It’s the Death Watch!.''" "Who?" "Before your time, Silas. Ex-Mandalorians who split with Jaster years ago. We thought they were finished. Guess we were wrong."

- Jango Fett and Silas during an ambush by the Death Watch at the Battle of Korda 6

The Death Watch, or Kyr'tsad in Mando'a was a Mandalorian splinter group.

Early history
Its members, under the leadership of Tor Vizsla, fought against Jaster Mereel's "True Mandalorians" during the Mandalorian Civil War. They opposed his reforms and wished to continue to be savage raiders. At least some of them, including Vizsla, wished to start a new Mandalorian War and conquer the galaxy. They wore unique helmets and were led by an "Overlord."

Ill-disciplined to the extreme, they were skilled warriors nonetheless, but constant in-fighting and the egotistical nature of Vizsla's leadership of the Death Watch was its downfall. When Jango Fett finally defeated Vizsla, the remaining members of the group scattered, and it ceased to have any influence on the galaxy. Whilts seemingly destroyed, the beliefs of the Death Watch remained amongst some Mandalorians. After the formation of the Grand Army of the Republic, Fett created the Cuy'val Dar to train the clones and amongst the trainers were Isabet Reau and Dred Priest who intended to train the Clone troopers with the beliefs of the Death Watch in secret by using Battle Circles. After Jango Fett discovered this, he put an end to the practice though Reau and Priest still attempted to bring about the resurrection of the Death Watch.

When Alpha-Ø2 resurrected the Mandalorians, he invited many former Death Watch members to join his Protectors. Other members took up base in the Death Watch Bunker on the forest moon of Endor under the leadership of Teti Viba before he was killed by an unknown raiding party.

Legacy
A warrior was seen wearing a typical Death Watch Armor, protecting Tungo Li during the hearing of Janek Sunber. Dred Priest along with others tried and failed to restart the Death Watch as a means of fighting off the Empire.

As a child, Nashiak Llalik was impressed with the armors of this group. He read a lot about it and entertained his younger sister, Saren, with stories about those armors. As an adult, Saren regretted being separated from her brother, partly because she would have enjoyed those stories again.

In 40 ABY, Mandalore Boba Fett believed the destruction of the Death Watch was his father's lasting legacy for the Mandalorians. Walon Vau (handpicked by Jango Fett later on to train Clone Commando's) was known to say the Death Watch was the only group he truly considered his enemy.

Known members

 * Epo Areur
 * Rarckokoo Athaichoso
 * Fenri Dalso
 * Weno Deowasoac
 * Lorka Gedyc
 * A-Op Igi
 * Arla Vhett (ex-member)
 * Klin Nif
 * Dred Priest
 * Isabet Reau
 * Rageon Vart
 * Teti Viba
 * Oorkes Vilaz
 * Pre Vizsla
 * Tor Vizsla (leader)

Behind the scenes
According to the plot summary of Karen Traviss's novel Imperial Commando 2, the Death Watch were expected to had returned during the rise of the Galactic Empire after decades in hiding. After their re-emergence, the Death Watch were to fall under the payroll of the Empire and threatened to bring a civil war to the Mandalore Sector though the fate of the group remains unknown.

Appearances

 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 * Star Wars Rebellion 4: My Brother, My Enemy, Part 4
 * Sacrifice
 * Sacrifice

Notes and references
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