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Imperial Academy of Mandalore

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This article is aboutthe former Royal Academy of Government on Mandalore. You may be looking fortheRoyal Imperial Academy onCoruscant or theTheed Royal Academy onNaboo.

Imperial Academy of Mandalore

General information

Location

Sundari,Mandalore^[1]

Chronological and political information

Affiliation

"Those that sought to become leaders on Mandalore would apply to the Royal Academy of Government. Only the best of the best could become cadets."

―Aran Tal^[4]

TheImperial Academy of Mandalore, also known as theMandalorian Imperial Academy and formerly known as theRoyal Academy of Government, was anImperial Academy located inMandalore'scapital city ofSundari.

Description[]

"My lady, if I may, what do the Jedi know of our ways? Do we really want them meddling with our children's education?"
"Surely there is nothing to fear from exposing them to new ideas, Prime Minister."

―Prime Minister Almec and Duchess Satine Kryze^[1]

Located inMandalore'scapital city ofSundari,^[1] the Royal Academy of Government was originally an institution that groomed the best and brightest ofMandalorian youth to help steer theplanet's future^[5] in leadership positions.^[6] However, after it was transformed^[2] into theImperial Academy of Mandalore,^[7] the school instead taughtcadets about combat techniques, weapons technology and repair, and explosives^[8] to prepare them for service in theImperial Military.^[7] The academy also hadespionage training, attached to which was a unit that taught otherlanguages,^[9] includingAqualish andHuttese.^[8]Aurebesh, the written form ofGalactic Basic Standard,^[9] andMandalorian,^[10] the written form ofMando'a, the spoken language of the Mandalorian people,^[9] were both used within the academy.^[1]

History[]

As the Royal Academy of Government[]

"According to Senator Amidala, Mandalore is a deeply corrupt world. If the cycle is to be broken, the future leaders at the Royal Academy of Government must learn the evils of corruption."

―Anakin Skywalker, to Ahsoka Tano^[1]

During theClone Wars, a series of conflicts fought between theGalactic Republic and the breakawayConfederacy of Independent Systems,Korkie Kryze, the nephew ofNew Mandalorian rulerDuchess Satine Kryze, attended the Royal Academy of Government along with his friendsAmis,Lagos, andSoniee. At the behest of Duchess Satine, theJedi High Council sentJedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano to Mandalore to aid her in exposing corruption in the Mandalorian government, under the guise of instructingcadets at the academy. The young Kryze and his friends, with Tano's assistance, worked to expose MandalorianPrime Minister Almec's involvement in theblack market.^[1]

As the Imperial Academy of Mandalore[]

"Hera, you know what happened when I was a cadet at the Imperial Academy on Mandalore. I trusted the Empire, followed its orders blindly, and it was a nightmare."

―Sabine Wren, toHera Syndulla^[3]

After the Clone War's conclusion, the Galactic Empire seized control of Mandalore^[11] and reconfigured the Royal Academy into the Imperial Academy of Mandalore.^[2] A star pupil,^[7] the MandalorianSabine Wren studied the tactics used byTwi'lek freedom fighterCham Syndulla^[12] andMandalorian Protector leaderFenn Rau used during the Clone Wars^[11] and learned that the Empire was developing anew cruiser withgravity well projectors powerful enough to pull aship out ofhyperspace.^[13] She was also the fastest cadet to complete the language unit during espionage training. During hertime at the academy, Wren encountered a number of Imperial officials that she felt enjoyed being arrogant, comparing them unfavorably with theLothal Academy's Commandant Cumberlayne Aresko.^[9] However, her trusting the Empire and following its orders blindly led to a nightmarish^[3] experience^[8] that caused Wren to abandon the academy and become abounty hunter, eventually joining a group ofrebels who operated on the planetLothal.^[14]