- "Mandalorian vambraces? Where did you get these?"
"Try them on. Grappling line, paralyzing darts, repulsor. All designed to combat the abilities of the Jedi." - ―Sabine Wren and Fenn Rau
Mandalorian vambraces were forearm brace-like devices designed to combat the Force abilities of a Jedi, but were also utilized for many other combative purposes. Vambraces could be equipped with a large array of different weapons, such as blasters, darts, flamethrowers, rockets, vibroblades, and whipcords. The Mandalorians developed these vambraces alongside their armor as a reaction to the Jedi's abilities encountered during the Mandalorian-Jedi War.
Description[]
Mandalorian vambraces were combat gear designed to counteract the Force abilities of a Jedi.[10] As such, they were equipped with various weapons that also proved useful against other foes. What was specifically on each pair of vambraces varied depending on the owner's fighting style. Like their armor, a Mandalorian's vambraces were made of beskar, making them impervious to lightsaber attacks. A few Mandalorians had touchscreen displays on their vambraces, allowing them to control systems and weapons.[2]
Variations[]
Jango and Boba Fett's vambraces[]
Boba Fett's vambraces
Jango and Boba Fett's vambraces were equipped with a variety of different offensive and defensive capabilities. His right vambrace had a laser targeting system. Beneath that, was a tiny launcher for tracking devices. Right below that was a dart launcher, capable of firing tranquilizer, stun, shock, or explosive darts. On the other side of his right vambrace, was a whipcord launcher, which could fire a 25-meter-long fibercord whip. On his left vambrace, was a Micro-Rocket Armor-Mounting; which could accommodate a wide variety of micro-rockets, including MM9 concussion missiles from Kelvarek Consolidated Arms. Off to the side was a ZX miniature flame projector from Czerka Arms, that when combined with a reinforced fuel line connected to his Z-6 jetpack, could provide a steady supply of fuel for up to three minutes. Further down on the left vambrace, was a holoprojector, communications system, and a Dur-24 wrist laser from BlasTech Industries.[11] However, while his vambraces contained multi-purpose buttons and switches, they did not contain a touchscreen display. Fett also integrated a chain code into his armor's vambraces.[12]
Bo-Katan Kryze's vambraces[]
Bo-Katan Kryze's vambraces
Bo-Katan Kryze utilized vambraces since her time as a member of Death Watch during the Clone Wars, and later during the Imperial and New Republic Eras. Her left vambrace contained a shield projector.[13] The right vambrace was equipped with a wrist blaster,[14] electroshock darts,[15] a wrist vibroblade,[16] and a whipcord launcher.[17]
Din Djarin's vambraces[]
Din Djarin's vambraces
Din Djarin owned vambraces that were forged by the Armorer. The vambraces supplemented Djarin's other weapons and fighting techniques. As such, many features were substituted for a more complementary style. His left vambrace was equipped with whistling birds, allowing him to launch twelve miniature explosive projectiles at once.[8] Djarin had a whipcord launcher in both of his vambraces, allowing him to fire slightly less durable but significantly longer lariats. Both vambraces were also equipped with a flamethrower as well as a fuel tank, enabling him to operate without the need of his jetpack. Djarin could control his jetpack with his right vambrace, even if it was not on him.[18][19]
Sabine Wren's vambraces[]
Sabine Wren's vambraces
Sabine Wren's vambraces were a gift from Protector of Concord Dawn, Fenn Rau.[1] They were similar to Fett's, yet the left vambrace contained a shield projector above the laser targeting system and motion detectors below the paralyzing darts and repulsor. The right vambrace was equipped with an electroshock device,[20] a flamethrower, and a grappling line. Both of Wren's vambraces contained touchscreen displays, providing her with an alternate means of monitoring and controlling weapons, sensors, communications systems, and the heads-up display inside her helmet.[2]
History[]
Jango Fett's vambraces
Following the Mandalorians' war against the Jedi, they developed vambraces to work in tandem with their armor to combat the Jedi's abilities.[21] Bounty hunters, such as the famed Mandalorian mercenary and foundling[22] Jango Fett,[23] and later[24] his son Boba, used them in their line of work.[25]
Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla[5] and his followers, such as Bo-Katan Kryze, used vambraces during Death Watch's exile from Mandalore. Vizsla used vambraces when he fought Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano,[4] forces of the Hutt Clan,[26] and when he dueled the renegade Sith Lord Maul for control of the Shadow Collective.[5]
Sabine Wren holds up Mandalorian vambraces
During her training with the Darksaber in 2 BBY, Sabine Wren used her vambraces in combat with Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus and his Padawan Ezra Bridger. After learning to fight with the vambraces and Darksaber combined, she was able to defeat both Force users.[1] The post-Great Purge Mandalorian group known as the Tribe also used vambraces.[18] In 9 ABY, the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin utilized vambraces in battling Moff Gideon's Imperial remnant on multiple occasions.[8][27][28]
In 35 ABY,[29] the bounty hunter Carib Diss wore a Mandalorian vambrace equipped with whistling birds while residing on Kijimi.[30]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Mandalorians are prideful, brilliant warriors in their own right. They're also technologically savvy and advanced. This is how they've fought the Jedi. So again this kind of plays into the opening with Tarre Vizsla in the images of them fighting. So you're seeing here almost a small re-enactment of a Jedi-Mandalorian war and how a Mandalorian would get the upper hand, surprising Jedi with technology and then cutting them down, finishing them off. So they'd get this advantage."
- ―Dave Filoni
The Mandalorian vambrace first appeared with Boba Fett in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.[24] They were first identified as such in the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels' season three episode Trials of the Darksaber.[1]
Appearances[]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09
Star Wars Rebels — "Trials of the Darksaber"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Rebels — "Legacy of Mandalore"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Friend in Need"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shades of Reason"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Phantom Apprentice"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 3: The Sin"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 8: Redemption"
- ↑ Mandalorian Vambraces in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Boba Fett Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Old Friends Not Forgotten"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Friend in Need"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 11: The Heiress"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 10: The Passenger"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Crawler Commandeers"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels Showrunner Explains Major Knight of the Old Republic Reference by Lucas Siegel on ComicBook.com (backup link archived on February 20, 2017)
- ↑ Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
- ↑ Age of Republic - Jango Fett 1
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Eminence"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 23: The Spies"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary states that the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker occur thirty five years after the Battle of Yavin. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Battle of Yavin to 0 BBY, the events of The Rise of Skywalker, which includes Diss's appearance, must occur in 35 ABY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three
