Mandalorian Excision

"Mandalorian Space was occupied and disarmed, with a caretaker government created from elements of the failed peace movement. The occupation would last for decades, and create a new schism in Mandalorian society."

- Vilnau Teupt

The Mandalorian Excision of 738 BBY was a brief but brutal conflict that saw the devastation of Mandalorian Space at the hands of the Galactic Republic. Following the Republic's enactment of the Ruusan Reformations in 1,000 BBY, the Mandalorian people experienced a growth in technological prowess and military power, but they refused to join the Republic due to their traditional warrior ways. Alarmed by the potential threat of the Mandalorians, the Jedi Order organized the Republic's Judicial Forces and Planetary Security Forces in a preemptive strike on Mandalorian Space. The Mandalorians had no hope of winning a war against the Republic, and they suffered greatly in the resulting battles, with a number of planets including Concord Dawn, Ordo, Fenel, and Mandalore itself crippled by bombardment. The damage lasted for centuries, with entire sections of Mandalorian worlds remaining barren deserts.

Following the Excision, the Republic disarmed the Mandalorians and occupied Mandalorian Space, installing a provisional government to oversee Mandalorian affairs. The Excision also birthed a schism of ideology among the Mandalorians: the pacifistic New Mandalorians became prevalent in many areas of governmental operation and society, while unrepentant warriors continued their practices, eventually leading to the formation of such splinter groups as the True Mandalorians and the Death Watch.

Background
"[Some clan leaders] argued that Mandalore should join the Republic, immediately becoming one of its most powerful and influential sectors. But the peacemakers were shouted down: If Mandalorians weren't warriors, they weren't Mandalorians at all."

- Vilnau Teupt

In the last millennia of the regime of the Galactic Republic, the Mandalorian warrior people of Mandalorian Space clashed with the Republic on several occasions, most notably in the Mandalorian Wars from 3,976 BBY to 3,970 BBY. After losing their leader, Mandalore the Ultimate, in the last battle of the conflict, the Mandalorian warrior clans were disarmed and surrendered to the Republic, though they retained their simmering resentment of the Republic and the Jedi Order that had defeated them. The Mandalorian warrior codes came to be followed only in Mandalorian Space, but it was not until the emergence of a new leader, Mandalore the Uniter, in 1,051 BBY that the Mandalorians began to truly rebuild. In a movement called the Return, Mandalore the Uniter urged his fragmented people to return to and defend Mandalorian Space. They were thus able to survive the century-long New Sith Wars and emerged as a regional industrial power, safeguarding neighboring sectors and star systems from trouble. Although Mandalorian protection was far from cheap, some clients were not in a position to be choosy.

The Excision
"The Mandalorian Excision was brief but overwhelming: Key Mandalorian worlds such as Fenel, Ordo, Concord Dawn, and Mandalore itself were subjected to devastating bombardment, with swathes of those worlds still desolate in Imperial times."

- Vilnau Teupt

Aftermath
"Master Kenobi, Mandalore's violent past is behind us. All of our warriors were exiled to our moon, Concordia. They died out&hellip;years ago."

- Prime Minister Almec of the New Mandalorians

Behind the scenes
"We get more detail about the conflict between the Republic and Jedi and the Mandalorians&mdash;a conflict I called the Mandalorian Excision. I wanted a cold, clinical name&mdash;one that clearly expressed the Republic’s attitude about Mandalore, and that would ensure Mandalorian hatred and resentment. I also wanted to show where the New Mandalorians came from&mdash;that their roots were in an effort to engage with the Republic (though on Mandalorian terms) and avoid war."

- Jason Fry