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Mandalorian Civil War(Imperial Era)

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Concurrent

Eventually theGreat Purge of Mandalore^[4]

Mandalorian Civil War

Beginning

2 BBY,^[5]skirmish on Krownest^[6]

End

1 BBY,^[7]mission to Mandalore^[2]

Place

Outcome

Rebel Alliance/Mandalorian resistance victory^[2]
- Deaths ofGar andTiber Saxon^[2]
- Alrich Wren is successfully rescued^[2]
- Lady Bo-Katan Kryze is gifted^[8] theDarksaber^[2]
- The Arc Pulse Generator is destroyed^[2]
- Formation of theMandalorian resistance^[2]

Major battles

Skirmish on Krownest^[6]
Mission to Mandalore^[2]

Combatants
Mandalorian resistance^[2] Clan Eldar^[2] Clan Kryze^[2] Clan Rook^[2] Clan Vizsla^[2] Clan Wren^[6] Protectors^[2] Nite Owls^[2] Alliance to Restore the Republic^[2] Spectres^[2]	Galactic Empire^[6] Clan Saxon^[6] Imperial Super Commandos^[6]

Commanders
Countess Ursa Wren^[6] Protector of Concord Dawn Fenn Rau^[3] Sabine Wren^[6] Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus^[2] Lady Bo-Katan Kryze^[2]	Viceroy/Governor Gar Saxon†^[6] Governor Tiber Saxon†^[2] Captain Hark^[2] AnImperial Jumptrooper Commander^[2]

"We're in the middle of a civil war. Clan Saxon has the Empire's backing, and our forces are stretched to their limit just to protect what ground we have."

―Ursa Wren^[3]

TheMandalorian Civil War broke out onMandalore in theyear 2 BBY, following theuprising ofClan Wren against theImperial governorship of Mandalore, led byClan Saxon. The war began when Mandalorian ViceroyGar Saxon attempted to arrestSabine Wren, a known member of the growingAlliance to Restore the Republic, and two of her fellowoperatives, theJedi Kanan Jarrus andEzra Bridger, for their rebellion against the Empire. He also attempted to eliminate the marginalized Clan Wren, which had been tainted by association with Sabine. The ensuingskirmish at theWren Stronghold onKrownest saw Gar Saxon's death at the hands ofCountess Ursa Wren, and the uprising of Clan Wren.

Prelude[]

Following theSiege of Mandalore,^[9] theNite Owls' leader,Bo-Katan Kryze, becameLady ofHouse Kryze andMandalore'sRegent. After theGalactic Republic wasreorganized into theGalactic Empire, Mandalore wasoccupied by the Empire. Kryze refused to obeyEmperor Palpatine and was betrayed by theSaxon clan^[2] underGar Saxon. Saxon then becameViceroy^[10] and theEmperor's Hand on Mandalore.^[6] Saxon andhis followers later became the Empire'sSuper Commandos.^[10]

During thistime,Imperial Academy cadet Sabine Wren created a weapon^[11] known asThe Duchess. When the Empire tested it on herpeople, Sabine destroyed it^[2] and ran away.^[12]Countess Ursa Wren,^[6] a former member of the Nite Owls,^[13] was forced to pledge loyalty to the Empire by allowingTristan Wren to join the SuperCommandos. Herhusband,Alrich Wren, was takenprisoner by the Empire.^[6] TheMandalorian Protectors underFenn Rau left Mandalore and established abase onConcord Dawn'sThird Moon. The Protectors established an agreement with the Empire.^[14]

In3 BBY,^[15] the Protectors were approached by thePhoenix Cell, who wished to have another route toLothal. At first, Raurefused to allow them passage. However, Rau wascaptured byJedi Kanan Jarrus and Sabine. Rau told his Protectors to allow them passage and not inform the Empire of his capture.^[1] Rau was kept as a prisoner, however, Saxon discovered that the Protectors were allowing rebel ships to pass through Concord Dawn and he decided to destroy the Protectors as traitors to the Empire.^[10]

In2 BBY,^[5] Rau later traveled with Sabine andEzra Bridger toinvestigate the Protectors' base. When they arrived, they found that the Protectors were alldead. Shortly, after they came under attack by Saxon and his commandos. Rau and Sabine overheard Saxon saying that he would have destroyed the Protectors earlier, but allowed the Rebels to use Concord Dawn in order to lure Rau back to finish his job. Rau considered leaving, but decided to save Sabine and Bridger from Saxon. After making their escape, Rau decided to join the rebels.^[10]

Following askirmish withDarth Maul, Sabine recovered theDarksaber in theNightsister lair onDathomir.^[16] At first, she refused it and gave it to Jarrus. However, Rau, Jarrus, and the rest of theSpectres convinced her to allow Jarrus to train her in order to rally bothher family and Mandalore to fight the Empire. Despite her initial her doubts, Sabine was able to prove she could wield the Darksaber.^[11]

The civil war[]

The rebellion[]

Sabine then returned to herclan's stronghold onKrownest with Rau, Jarrus, and Bridger. There, she came under attack by several of her clan's warriors under her brother Tristan. After thePhantom II crash landed, Jarrus, Bridger, and Sabine were taken to the stronghold while Rau andChopper stayed out of sight. At first, Ursa refused to listen to her daughter until she revealed the Darksaber. Ursa then spoke with her daughter, but was still shocked that she designed weapons that were used on them. Sabine told hermother that Saxon was responsible for wiping out the Protectors. Despite this, Ursa told her daughter that she disowned her to protect their family from Saxon and the Empire's reprisal.^[6]

Despite the reunion, Ursa contacted Saxon. In exchange for the Darksaber and the Jedi, Ursa was promised that her daughter would be spared. Ursa later spoke with Jarrus, doubting that he knew her daughter better than she did. However, she was surprised to hear that her daughter had fought Saxon previously as his commandos arrived. Ursa gave him the Darksaber and the Jedi, despite Sabine's objections. However, Saxon betrayed her and declared Clan Wren traitors to the Empire.^[6]

As they prepared for agunfight, Rau broke into through awindow and returnedJarrus' andBridger's lightsabers. The warriors of Clan Wren fought the commandos. When Saxon attempted to kill Ursa with the Darksaber, Sabine was given Bridger's lightsaber. The twofought until Sabine was able to reclaim the Darksaber and held both it and Bridger's lightsaber at Saxon's throat. However, Sabine refused to kill Saxon, who was instead killed by Ursa after the former attempted to shoot Sabine in the back after their duel. Despite this victory, Ursa stated that they could not accept the rebellion's help and that Mandalore must stand by and help itself. Sabine chose to stay behind and help her family and Rau find Mandalore'strue leader.^[6]

Conflict in swing[]

Sabine Wren leads Clan Wren forces in an assault upon an Imperial installation.

During the Mandalorian civil war, Clan Wren found its forces stretched thin to defend its territory against the Imperial-backed Clan Saxon.^[3] Sabine and her younger brother, Tristan, arrived at thestatue of Tarre Vizsla on Mandalore and discovered that the Empire had built an outpost situated on it. Sabine and Tristan were able to destroy the outpost and return the statue to its original state.^[17] Sabine once led a Clan Wren raid through a stormtrooper-staffed Imperial station on Mandalore.^[18]

Clan Wren was later approached by Bridger, who asked for help against the ImperialSeventh Fleet's attack onAtollon. Despite reservation, Ursa allowed her daughter, Rau, and several other volunteers to take out the lastInterdictor destroyer in order to let the survivors of Phoenix Cell and theMassassi Group to retreat. Together, Bridger and Clan Wren warriors were able to take out theInterdictor and escape with the remaining rebels.^[3]

Return ofThe Duchess[]

Later, Sabine and her clan, along with Spectres Jarrus and Bridger,attacked anImperial prison in an attempt to rescue her father, Alrich. There, they fought against theEmpire's forces and commandos, now under the command of Gar Saxon's brother,Governor Tiber Saxon. As Saxon deployed reinforcements, Clan Wren was joined by the Nite Owls ofClan Kryze under Bo-Katan. Despite their victory over Saxon's forces, Alrich was not there.^[2]

Clans Wren and Kryze learned that Alrich was taken aboard aconvoy underCaptain Hark bound forSundari. Together they attacked the convoy near a canyon. As Sabine took out thescout troopers and threw apaint bomb at the convoy, Hark informed Saxon that the convoy was under attack and was informed that reinforcements had been sent and the weapon was being prepared. Clan Kryze, Rau and the Spectres continued their attack on the convoy as Bridger boarded to free Alrich. As the convoy approached the edge of a cliff, Bridger gave Alrich hisjetpack to jump before theImperial Troop Transport went off the cliff. Sabine and Alrich briefly reunited before Imperial reinforcements arrived. Despite Ursa's belief they would have two victories, the Empire deployed aAT-DP of unusual design. Sabine heard a noise through herwrist comm that made her realize it was her weapon being deployed. Sabine told Ursa and Tristan to get out of there. After the weapon was used, all Sabine found were disintegrated bodies and damagedarmor.^[2]

At first, Sabine believed Ursa and Tristan were dead, but they had survived. The Wrens, along with Rau and the Spectres made their escape thanks to Clan Kryze'sgauntlet fighter. Bridger and Kryze were able to destroy a pairTIE fighters. Following the weapon test, Saxon contactedGrand Admiral Thrawn and told him of it's success against the Mandalorians'armor. Thrawn however wanted it to have greater range in order to bring the rebellious Mandalorians down. Thrawn suggested capturing the weapon's designer, Sabine.^[2]

At theKryze command camp, the warriors present there were disgusted by how Sabine created the weapon. However, Sabine's family stood by her and Kryze was able to convince everyone to destroy the weapon. Together, they planned to sneak aboard Saxon'sStar Destroyer stationed at Sundari. They planed to destroy both the weapon and erase the weapon's designs.^[2]

Sabine destroys the Duchess. — Sabine destroysthe Duchess.

As they boarded theStar Destroyer, they saw that the weapon core was not there. As Jarrus, Bridger, and Chopper erased the weapons designs from the database, the Mandalorians fought both the commandos and stormtroopers. As Kryze and Sabine foundthe Duchess, they were both subdued by Saxon who demanded that Sabine increase the weapons capacity. Kryze and Sabine weretortured bythe Duchess until Sabine acquiesced to his wishes, despite Hark's and Kryze's objections to this. After Sabine fixedthe Duchess, Saxon reactivated it. However, Sabine had altered to targetstormtrooper armor andthe Duchess then targeted Saxon and the stormtroopers all across the Star Destroyer. At first, Sabine wanted to kill Saxon for rebuilding her weapon, but Kryze convinced her to destroy and fight with honor. Sabine used the Darksaber to destroythe Duchess and both teams and the Spectres escaped as the Star Destroyer was destroyed.^[2]

Aftermath[]

"Once the Empire knew they couldn't control it, they made sure no one else could either."

―Din Djarin, referring to Mandalore^[19]

Back at her camp, Sabine told Kryze that she has proven herself to be Mandalore's true leader. Despite uncertainty, Kryze was told by Ursa and Sabine that their people were willing to follow her. Kryze was brought before a gathering of warriors from Mandalore's other clans. With Clan Wren's and the Protector's support, Kryze accepted the Darksaber and her role as leader of Mandalore.^[2]

The Mandalorian Civil War had thus ended, with the planet regaining its autonomy^[20] despite still being threatened by the Empire. After the actions on Mandalore, Sabine then chose to return to the Spectres and the Rebel Alliance onYavin 4.^[21] In response to losing control of Mandalore, the Empire launched a campaign known as theGreat Purge of Mandalore^[19] towards the end of theGalactic Civil War.^[22]