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- "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 devices designed to combat the abilities of a Jedi [11] but were utilized for many combative purposes. The Mandalorian Fenn Rau gave a pair of Mandalorian vambraces to Sabine Wren[5] in 2 BBY.[source?] They came equipped with a repulsor, grappling line, paralyzing darts, a shield emitter, paired blaster barrels,[12] and a flamethrower.[7] The Mandalorians developed these vambraces alongside their armor as a reaction to the Jedi's Force abilities encountered during the Mandalorian-Jedi War.[13] They could also be equipped with whistling birds, small automated projectiles used by the bounty hunter Din Djarin.[10]
History
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Following the Mandalorians' war with the Jedi, they developed vambraces to work in tandem with their armor to combat the Jedi's abilities.[13] Bounty hunters, such as Jango Fett[3][14] and later his son Boba[2] used them in their line of work. Death Watch leader, Pre Vizsla[8] 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,[15] and Maul.[8] The post-Great Purge Mandalorian group known as the Tribe also used vambraces.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
- "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 upperhand, 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.[2] They were later identified in the Star Wars Rebels Season Three episode Trials of the Darksaber.[5]
AppearancesEdit
SourcesEdit
- Star Wars Rebels Season Three - Mid-Season Trailer (Official) on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Trials of the Darksaber Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own R2-D2 6 (Droid Directory: EGL Power Droids) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Destiny – Way of the Force (Card: Mandalorian Vambraces)
- Classic Star Wars (Set: 75243 Slave I - 20th Anniversary Edition) (Picture only)
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Directing"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Legacy"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Cast"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Technology"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Practical"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Process"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Score"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Connections"
- Darksaber in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Mandalorian Vambraces in the Databank (backup link)
- Pre Vizsla in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Razor Crest in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Mandalorian – "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "A Friend in Need"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Star Wars Rebels – "Trials of the Darksaber"
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels – "Zero Hour"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars Rebels – "Legacy of Mandalore"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shades of Reason"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Mandalorian – "Chapter 3: The Sin"
- ↑ Mandalorian Vambraces in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Trials of the Darksaber Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link) (slide 4)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lucas Siegel. Star Wars Rebels Showrunner Explains Major Knight of the Old Republic Reference. ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved on February 18, 2017.
- ↑ Age of Republic - Jango Fett 1
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Eminence"
