At one point, an individual served as the Mandalore, the leader of[2] the Aka'liit faction of[1] the Mandalorian warrior culture.[2] Around 132 BBY,[1] the long-lived Gen'Dai bounty hunter Durge,[3] who was harboring a long-standing hatred of the Mandalorians,[2] was hired to kill the Mandalore[3]—on whom a bounty had been placed[4]—a task that he successfully accomplished.[3] However, the Mandalore's followers[2] subsequently struck back at the bounty hunter and, subduing and restraining him, tortured the Gen'Dai to the point of rendering him mentally unstable and necessitating for him to later spend nearly a century in hibernation in order to recuperate physically.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The Mandalore was first mentioned in the StarWars.com Databank entry for Durge, which was published at some point by October 24, 2003.[3]
Sources[]
Star Wars: Clone Wars toy line (Pack: Durge (Commander of the Separatist Forces)) (backup link)- The Force Is With Them (Mostly) on Wizards.com (original site is defunct)
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I ("Durge")
- The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- Durge in the Databank (original site is defunct) (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Durge in the Databank (original site is defunct) establishes that the Mandalore was killed around one hundred years before the Battle of Naboo, which corresponds to approximately 132 BBY per The New Essential Chronology. The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett further establishes that the Mandalores during the time period between the Mandalorian Excision and Jaster Mereel becoming Mandalore—events that The Essential Guide to Warfare dates to 738 BBY and 60 BBY, respectively—belonged to the Aka'liit faction of the Mandalorians.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Durge in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- ↑
Star Wars: Clone Wars toy line (Pack: Durge (Commander of the Separatist Forces)) (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ Jango Fett: Open Seasons 2 dates the death of Jaster Mereel while serving as the leader of the True Mandalorians—with The Essential Guide to Warfare further specifying that he held the title of Mandalore—to twenty years before the Battle of Naboo, which corresponds to 52 BBY per The New Essential Chronology.