Mandalorians

[Sir Degrader]

Why doesn't the Star Wars Expanded Universe have anything on the mandalorians. BTW are their any books on them, or ANYTHING besides KOTOR. I want to know, since these guys are UBER badasses.

[Ilander]

Well, there's the "Bounty Hunter Trilogy" that cover's Boba Fett...but that's about as close as it gets...the "Unofficial Online Star Wars Encyclopedia" says this:

Mandalore
this was the name taken by one of the commanders of the ancient Mandalorian warriors. Mandalore was defeated by Ulic Qel-Droma, and agreed to help Ulic during the Sith War. He helped Ulic realize that Aleema was misleading him, but continued to fight for the Sith. He sent his forces to Kemplex Nine, while he himself went to Coruscant to rescue Ulic and Exar Kun. After regrouping their forces, the Sith Lords ordered the Mandalorians to descend on Onderon. Mandalore agreed to the mission, and attacked Iziz. However, his forces were overcome Onderon during a pass of the Dxun moon, and fled to the moon for refuge. There, Mandalore was killed by one of the Dxun beasts. (TSW)


Mandalore
an urban legend held that this jungle world was Boba Fett's home planet. According to the legend, Emperor Palpatine ordered the Mandalorian warriors to join his forces during the Clone Wars. Of 212 warriors who went into battle, just three survived: Boba Fett, Fenn Shysa, and Tobbi Dala. What was known for sure was that, in the wake of the Clone Wars, slavers moved in an established a base of operations within the huge skeleton of a long-dead beast. It was later revealed that Boba Fett's father, Jango Fett, was one of the few Mandalores left in the galaxy, at the time of the Battle of Geonosis. The natives of the planet were again beseiged by slavers during the era of the New Order, this time a group of Nagai, and they struggled to rid the planet of the slavemasters. It was during this time that Fenn Shysa and Tobi Dala tried to retake the planet, working with Leia Organa and the Alliance to free Mandalore once and for all. (MC68, JFOS, MC100)


Mandalore System
the planetary star system which is home to the Death Watch soldiers and the Mandalorian Shocktroopers. (ESB, ISB)


Mandalorian
this was the dialect spoken by the Mandalorian people. It was believed to have died out with the death of Jango Fett at the Battle of Geonosis. (WOTC)


Mandalorian Crushgaunt
a specialized, armored glove created in the Mandalore System. It enhances the wearer's ability to crush objects, such as hands or other body parts, with minimal effort. (RM)


Mandalorian Dungeon Ship
the basis for the Lictor-class ship, the Mandalorian dungeon ships were huge prisoner transport vessels which provided the most uncomfortable conditions for almost any species. This meant that the prisoners suffered the maximum discomfort before they were imprisoned on bleak, harsh worlds and left to die. (DE1, DESB)


Mandalorian Iron
a metal that is virtually indestructible, even to a lightsaber blade. Jedi Master Arca hid Freedon Nadd's Sith artifacts in a storehouse built from Mandalorian Iron in an effort to seal it forever, but Exar Kun used the Dark Side of The Force to penetrate it. (DLS)


Mandalorian Manacles
locking devices used to clasp a captive's wrists together, these strong cuffs are made from Mandalorian Iron and are virtually inescapable. They come in many sizes to fit all kinds of races. (TOJ)


Mandalorian Shocktroopers
this group of supercommando warriors was formed from the traditions of the ancient Mandalorians. Decades before the Battle of Endor, the Mandalorians - known for their distinctive armor and helmets - fractured into two distinct groups. The true Mandalorians were led by Jaster Mereel, while the splinter group named themselves the Death Watch, and were led by Vizsla. Vizsla nearly destroyed the true Mandalorians on Concord Dawn, but could not. Jaster and his forces regrouped and grew strong again, with the help of mercenaries like Jango Fett. However, they were continually led into traps set by Vizsla and the Death Watch, which led Montross to believe that Jaster's leadership was failing. Many of the Mandalorians, however, stood behind Jaster, and later Jango Fett after Jaster was killed by Vizsla on Korda 6. Montross fled the group, which managed to survive for several more years before being led into an ambush on Galidraan. They were hired by the planetary governor to help defeat a group of insurrectionist rebels, unaware that the governor was under the control of Vizsla himself. The governor, acting on Vizsla's orders, had also contacted the Old Republic Senate, requesting the assistance of the Jedi Knights in defeating the Mandalorians. The governor claimed that the Mandalorians had been slaughtering political activitists and killing women and children, claims that Vizsla's forces actually committed. The Jedi task force, led by then-Master Dooku, eliminated the Mandalorians in combat. Only Jango Fett survived, but he was turned over to the planetary governor of Galidraan and enslaved. Note that this military band was referred to as the Imperial Shocktroopers in issue number 5 of the Bantha Tracks newsletter According to the newsletter, the Imperial Shocktroopers were wiped out by the Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars. (ESB, VD2, JFOS, BTRKS5)


Mandalorian Wars
this was the name used by historians to describe series of battles waged by the Old Republic against the ancient Mandalorians, some thirty-five years after the onset of the Great Sith War. After the Mandalore himself agreed to fight alongside the Sith, the Old Republic decided that they needed to confront them as an enemy. Great effort was expended in defeating the Mandalorians, thereby eliminating the physical threat of the Great Sith War. The Republic could then focus its efforts on assisting the Jedi in the more mystical aspects of the war. (KOTOR)

and the Official Star Wars encyclopedia says MUCH less, because it is six years old...

SOURCE: http://www1.theforce.net/cuswe/entri...age=4&search=M