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- "It is amazing how beautiful beskar can be when forged by its ancestral artisans."
- ―"The Client"
Beskar, also known as Mandalorian steel, was an alloy used in Mandalorian armor, notable for its high tolerance to extreme forms of damage. The metal was durable enough to withstand a direct blaster shot and could repel lightsaber strikes. A superweapon created by the Mandalorian Sabine Wren and used by the Galactic Empire, called the Arc Pulse Generator, was capable of super-heating the metal to the point that it would burn to a crisp everything it was protecting, as in the case of Mandalorian warriors encased within their beskar armor. However, Wren was able to destroy her weapon during the Mandalorian Civil War.
Description
Beskar was one of the toughest and most legendary metals in the galaxy.[1] The alloy could withstand direct blaster fire and was capable of repelling the strikes of a lightsaber.[3] The metal could also be reforged to any warrior's liking.[1]
Usage
Beskar was a common material used by the various groups,[4] clans[5] and houses[6] of Mandalore's people,[1] such as the clans Wren, Vizla, Saxon, Kryze, Vizlas, the Nite Owls as well as Din Djarin's clan. Due to its unique properties, beskar was used to forge armor capable of repelling Jedi lightsabers during the Mandalorian-Jedi War.
History
- "The Beskar belongs back into the hands of a Mandalorian."
- ―"The Client"
The Arc Pulse Generator targets a Clan Wren warrior's beskar armor
The Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders wore armor composed of Beskar.[7] Armor forged from beskar was used as early as 501 BBY.[1] During the Clone Wars, the Death Watch and the Nite Owls continued to use beskar in their armor.[4] The Death Watch continued using the alloy in their armor when they became part of Maul's Shadow Collective[8] and Viceroy Gar Saxon's Imperial Super Commandos.[9]
During Mandalore's third civil war, Imperial Governor Tiber Saxon had the Arc Pulse Generator rebuilt and used it against Clan Wren's and House Kryze's warriors. Despite its limited range, the "Duchess" was able to target the beskar in their armor.[1]
Behind the scenes
The name beskar originated in the Star Wars Legends article The Mandalorians: People and Culture, published in Star Wars Insider in 2006. Before that, it was simply known as Mandalorian iron. It was first introduced unnamed, in the form of Mandalorian manacles, in the Legends comic Tales of the Jedi 5: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, Part 3, and was later named Mandalorian iron in the comic Freedon Nadd Uprising. In Legends, it was regarded as a natural-forming ore rather than the rebooted canon’s depiction of it as an alloy.
Appearances
Sources
Heroes of Mandalore Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as Mandalorian iron)- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious
- Star Wars: Smuggler's Guide
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- Darksaber in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Pre Vizsla in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Razor Crest in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- The Mandalorian in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore
- ↑ Template:The Mandalorian
- ↑ Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Mandalore Plot"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "The Protector of Concord Dawn"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Wookiee Hunt"
- ↑ Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 2
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Imperial Super Commandos"