- "Chief Daala is getting ready to call in the Mandos."
"Mandalorians? Supercommandos?"
"Come on. Those guys can't even agree on a color for their armor. There isn't anything super about them." - ―Han Solo and Jaden Korr
Mandalorian Supercommandos, or Mando Ori'ramikade in Mando'a, were elite Mandalorian soldiers that followed the Supercommando Codex, as written by Jaster Mereel.
History
In 60 BBY, Mandalore Jaster Mereel issued his Supercommando Codex. Jaster's men served as mercenaries and warriors for hire, but their primary goal was to hunt the Death Watch. During the Mandalorian Civil War, the Supercommandos loyal to Mereel's True Mandalorian faction were eliminated to the last man at the Battle of Galidraan in the year 44 BBY. Decades later, during the Clone Wars, Mandalore the Resurrector and Fenn Shysa trained a battalion of Supercommandos that raided Republic holdings as Separatist mercenaries. By the end of the war, a large number of Supercommandos including those of the Mandalorian Protectors, had been killed in action. It is unknown if Shysa's later incarnation of the Mandalorian Protectors used the term Supercommando. By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War in 40 ABY, Mandalore Boba Fett had a total of one hundred Supercommandos to call on including Fett's granddaughter Mirta Gev, her fiancé Ghes Orade, Orade's adoptive father Novoc Vevut, Baltan Carid, Ram Zerimar, and Goran Beviin.
During the Second Battle of Fondor, Fett led a group of fifty Supercommandos allied with Admiral Natasi Daala aboard the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Bloodfin to retake the ship from forces loyal to the Moffs attempting to join forces with Darth Caedus. The Commandos succeeded, although they were forced to allow Sith apprentice Tahiri Veila to escape with aid from Caedus due to Fett's orders that only Jaina Solo could confront her brother.
Appearances
- Jango Fett: Open Seasons (In flashback(s))
- Star Wars: Republic Commando (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel) (First mentioned)
- Star Wars 68: The Search Begins (First appearance)
- Star Wars 69: Death in the City of Bone
- Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor
- Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
- Legacy of the Force: Revelation
- Legacy of the Force: Invincible
- Fate of the Jedi: Abyss
Sources
- "Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1
- "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Guide to the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Universe, Part 2" — Star Wars Insider 27
- Star Wars: The Power of the Force (1995)
- "Head Hunter: An Interview with Jeremy Bulloch" — Star Wars Insider 30
- The History of the Mandalorians
- The New Essential Guide to Characters
- The New Essential Chronology
- Star Wars Miniatures: Bounty Hunters
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia (as Mandalorian shock trooper)
- Threats of the Galaxy
- The Essential Atlas
- Galaxy at War
- The History of Mandalorian Armor on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)