The Mandalorian
TheStar Warsgalaxy has check its bonnie share of annihilating events and purges , but the not bad Purge of Mandalore , as present inThe Mandalorian , is no doubt one of the most severe . FromOrder 66to the purging of the Nightsisters , Star Warshistory has establish just how brutally and , unluckily , easily group of the great unwashed can be wiped out . What ’s worse with the Great Purge , however , is that it did n’t only place Mandalorians themselves , but also their homeworld - which was ransack for its wealth and then destroyed .
The Great Purge was first brought up inThe Mandalorianseason 1 , when the Mandalorian Paz Vizsla spoke of the Empire’sbeskaringots being " spoliation of the Great Purge . " Before then , the Imperial Client onNevarrovaguely cite this event by speak to Din Djarin about returning to the natural order of things . Moff Gideon later identified the Night of a Thousand Tears as the event ’s climactic battle , and from there , Star Warswould continue to flesh out this horrifying case . Here ’s everything that ’s been revealed about the heavy Purge so far .
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Mandalore Falls To The Empire By 3 ABY
It Takes Place During The Galactic Civil War
In footing of its timeline , the heavy Purge - as is the case with the events ofThe Mandalorianitself - is passing vague . There have been conflicting ideas about when the Purge take place , with the droidHuyanginformingEzra BridgerinAhsokaseason 1 that it occurred after the Galactic Civil War had ended , while other sources suggested it had materialize well before then . The most late substantiation we have about the Great Purge of Mandalore ’s timeline comes from the picture gameStar Wars Outlaws , which suggests it indeed take place during the war .
After five year , Star Wars has finally revealed when on the button the gravid Purge of Mandalore took home , and it has reopened this major plot gob .
Stormtrooper negotiation inOutlawsabout the Great Purge necessitates that this upshot had to have materialise by 3 ABY , the year in whichOutlawstakes lieu . This , admittedly , makes a lot more sense for the timeline of this event ; the Empire would have been more willing to divert the necessary military resources if a war was truly taking place , and they felt the Mandalorians were redact them at risk . While theImperial Remnantcould certainly perplex a threat , it ’s unlikely to retrieve they would have been able-bodied to do so right after fall behind the warfare .
Moff Gideon Carries Out The Purge On Behalf Of The Empire
His Interest In Mandalore Only Grows From Here
According to Din Djarin , Moff Gideon was the ISB ( Imperial Security Bureau ) police officer who was oversee the slap-up Purge of Mandalore , though other context clues seem to indicate that he hire on an even more powerful part during this devastating issue . Gideon had his own desires for Mandalore , as evidenced byThe Mandalorian , particularly time of year 3 . The Moff sought to use their beskar to make himself strong with a fortified army and a suit of his own . Whether this desire exist before the Purge or in spark of it is what ’s uncertain .
Gideon would have more of his forces purge the destruction to see to it the death of the Mandalorians they could find , and to plunder some more .
Gideon was ruthless with his siege of Mandalore during the Purge . He not only ordered his forces to struggle and kill the Mandalorians , but he also gave the order for the planet to be bombard . Even that was n’t enough ; Gideon would have more of his effect scour the destruction to check the last of the Mandalorians they could find , and to plunder some more . The fusion re ended up crystallizing the surface of Mandalore completely , making it not quite uninhabitable , but still extremely difficult to go and come through on .
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Bo-Katan Kryze Surrenders The Darksaber & Is Betrayed
Moff Gideon Fails To Uphold His Word
Gideon ’s unpitying attack on Mandalore during the Purge stung even more because it was an act of sorry betrayal . Bo - Katan Kryze , who was leading Mandalore at this time with theDarksaberin paw , could clearly see that her force were lose the fight . As famed as Mandalorian warrior are , it ’s still exceedingly unmanageable to fight against an essentially unending array of strength . On the Night of a Thousand Tears , Kryze thus made the difficult decision to surrender to Gideon , volunteer up the Darksaber in exchange for the safety of her the great unwashed .
As the bang-up warrior in the Star Wars galaxy , Mandalorians have a rich and thrive history , and this is their full timeline in canon explained .
alas , Kryze ’s temporary trustfulness in Gideon did not devote off . Gideon took the Darksaber and pose waste to Mandalore , anyway , killing hundreds of thousands of Mandalorians and direct the ancestral sword for himself . Gideon would go on to wield that brand until Din Djarin gain it from him in fight aboard his calorie-free patrol car inThe Mandalorianseason 2 , and after on , he would destroy the weapon within Kryze ’s own compass . The most tragical part about this betrayal is thatthere were many Mandalorians who never knew Kryze had surrendered , and they presume the battle was still raging on .
Released on November 12, 2019 The Mandalorian follows a lone gunfighter navigating the galaxy’s outer reaches after the Galactic Empire’s fall. As a skilled bounty hunter, he operates in a lawless universe, undertaking various missions on the fringes of the New Republic’s territories.
Mandalorian Survivors Lingered On Mandalore, But Most Fled
The Majority Of Survivors Were Not Onworld
Of course , as evidenced inThe Mandalorian , the Great Purge was n’t a complete success - because there were still Mandalorians who survived . Din Djarin and his screen survived because , according to the Armorer inThe Book of Boba Fett , they were still cloister on the Mandalorian moon ofConcordia , where their forebearers - the fry of the Watch - had been exiled many year before . Had they not been offworld at the time of the Great Purge , they probably would have perished in the devastation .
The Mandalorian has made several references to the Great Purge , an Order 66 - esque event in which many Mandos were wiped out , but several pull round .
Bo - Katan Kryze and her ally presumably survived because they knew that Gideon ’s go forward rape on the planet , even after her surrender , meant there would be no halt him . This give them metre to get to safe while Gideon destroy the major planet and fought off any lingering forces who were n’t aware of the go bad term of surrender . It ’s still unidentified how precisely Kryze and her friend got to condom , include where exactly they fled to , but this still may be unwrap in clip .
Despite how speculative the destruction truly was on Mandalore , there were survivor on the satellite who hold up to see the effect ofThe Mandalorianseason 3 , many old age after this devastating effect took place . Though many of them were in rough shape , these Mandalorian survivor had found a way to live on their ravaged planet , and some were even able-bodied to help guide Kryze , Djarin , and their ally to the Great Forge . Unfortunately , these Mandalorians did n’t know about Kryze ’s failed attempt to surrender , as revealed inThe Mandalorian- which is potential why they could not escape offworld .
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Released on November 12 , 2019 The Mandalorian follow a lone gunfighter navigating the beetleweed ’s outer reaches after the Galactic Empire ’s fall . As a skilled bounty Orion , he work in a anarchical universe , undertaking various delegacy on the fringes of the New Republic ’s territories .
