Previous Same conflict; Battle of Korda 6 Immediately; Fifth Battle of Qotile Next New Conflict; Battle of Baltizaar Battle of Galidraan Conflict Mandalorian Civil War Date 44 BBY[1] Place Galidraan Outcome Destruction of the True Mandalorians Destruction of Galidraanian rebels Combatants Jedi Order Jedi strike force Galidraanian Rebels † True Mandalorians † Commanders Jedi Master Dooku Mandalore Jango Fett Strength Galidraanian rebels Judicial Forces 20 Jedi[1] Komari Vosa[1] Mandalorian Shocktroopers Myles † Casualties 11 Jedi killed, majority of the judicial forces also killed[1] Every Mandalorian except Jango Fett, at least 21 deaths. [Source]

The Battle of Galidraan was a conflict that led to the crippling of the True Mandalorians by the Jedi.

Contents 1 First conflict 2 Second conflict 3 Aftermath 4 Participants 4.1 Mandalorians 4.2 Republic 4.3 Other 5 Behind the scenes 6 Appearances 7 Sources 8 Notes and references 8.1 In other languages

First conflictEdit

The Governor of Galidraan had secretly been hiding the Mandalorian Death Watch splinter group on his world. He was also facing an insurrection by some of his colonists, so he hired the True Mandalorians under Jango Fett to eliminate the rebels, which they did. However, under the advice of the Death Watch leader, Vizsla, he also informed the Jedi Council that a group of Mandalorians were murdering "political activists."

Second conflictEdit

A unit of Jedi under Master Dooku were dispatched to Galidraan; no sooner had the True Mandalorians completed their work for the governor than the Jedi arrived and ordered them to stand down, which Fett refused to do. This resulted in a bloody stand-off.

As the battle commenced the Mandalorians switched to projectile weapons. Myles–Fett's aide-de-camp–decided to provide Fett with air support using his jetpack but a Jedi used force jump to reach him and cut him in half. That pushed Fett over the edge and he killed five Jedi with his bare hands. At the same time Komari Vosa aggressively cut down many Mandalorians. Fett confronted the Jedi who killed Myles. After Fett launched himself at the unknown Jedi they had a brief fight before Jango killed him. Jango was then captured by Dooku and the Jedi.

AftermathEdit

The casualties on both sides were heavy, with Jango being one of the only two out of at least three hundred surviving Mandalorians. The Jedi handed Jango over to the Governor of Galidraan, and the Mandalorian was sold into slavery.

Dooku would later reflect that "It was a misguided mission from the start and not the first of the Council's poor decisions" and was one of the main reasons he chose to leave the Jedi Order. About 10 years before the battle of Geonosis, a Mandalorian named Silas was captured by Count Dooku and tortured when he refused to provide information regarding Jango Fett. Eventually, he broke under the torment. After listening to his story, Dooku ordered Silas's death.

In later years, the Battle of Galidraan would become used as a euphemism for a militaristic debacle, and in the aftermath of the Yinchorri Uprising it was used as example by Finis Valorum of why the Jedi could not serve as the Republic's army.

ParticipantsEdit

MandaloriansEdit

• Jango Fett
• Myles

RepublicEdit

• Dooku
• Maoi Madakor
• Komari Vosa
• Unidentified Jedi (Myles' killer)
• Antidar Williams

OtherEdit

• Governor of Galidraan
• Tor Vizsla

Behind the scenesEdit

The battle was originally placed at 34 BBY in Open Seasons. Later, The New Essential Chronology placed it at 40 BBY, The Cestus Deception gave it an implied placement of around 43 BBY, and Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, The Official Star Wars Fact File and the Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide placed it at 44 BBY while the Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Special Edition placed it at 44 BBY and also made reference to "two years before the Battle of Naboo", which would mean 34 BBY. Two different dates (44 BBY and 41 BBY) were also given for the battle in the Star Wars Annual 2008. In addition, the databank article on Antidar Williams, written by a fan for a What's The Story? contest, places the battle several years after the 44 BBY Stark Hyperspace War. The Essential Atlas again places it at 44 BBY. Galaxy at War dates the end of the war (and therefore this battle) to 34 BBY, the first resource to corroborate the original dating. This article uses the 44 BBY date because a plurality of recent sources use it.

The New Essential Guide to Characters states that the Jedi outnumbered the Mandalorians and that Jango Fett was not captured after the fight. Both statements are contradicted by other sources on the battle.

While the True Mandalorian Silas offers to tell Dooku about this battle under torture, there's no evidence he was actually there, and circumstantial evidence, (such as a later statement by Dooku that every Mandalorian but Jango died there) that he was not.

AppearancesEdit

• Jango Fett: Open Seasons (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
• Star Wars: Darth Plagueis (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel (Appears in flashback(s))
• The Cestus Deception (Indirect mention only)
• Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel (Mentioned only)
• Imperial Commando: 501st (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• "The History of the Mandalorians"—Star Wars Insider 80
• The New Essential Guide to Characters
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 124 (VIZ4, Vizsla)
• The New Essential Chronology
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (See Galidraan)
• The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
• The Essential Atlas
• Galaxy at War
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 34
•  Komari Vosa in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
•  Antidar Williams in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

Notes and referencesEdit