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Taung

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Taung (Mandalorian)
Homeworld

Coruscant, Roon, Mandalore

Language

Mando'a

Average height

2 meters

Skin color

Gray

Average lifespan

85 years[1]

Famous members

The Taungs, later known as the Mandalorians, were a warlike Near-Human species with gray skin that dominated the planet Coruscant thousands of years before the rise of Humans.

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Taung

The Taungs and the thirteen native Human nations, the Battalions of Zhell, eventually battled for control of Coruscant. Though the Zhell were nearly exterminated in a volcanic explosion, they managed to drive the Taungs from Coruscant. Due to the two years of darkness caused by the ash, the Taungs named themselves the Warriors of the Shadow (Dha Werda Verda).[2][3]

The Taungs, under the leadership of the legendary Mandalore the First, eventually conquered another world which they renamed in honor of their leader, Mandalore. The species as a whole then also took the name, becoming the Mandalorians (or Mando'ade in their native Mando'a).[3]

Eventually, the Mandalorian species became extinct. Much like the Sith species which gave rise to the Sith Order, the name "Mandalorian" became associated with a multi-species organization of warrior clans, who, regardless of species, adhered to the tenets of the Mandalorians. These Mandalorians, who were mostly baseline Humans, held the legacy of the Taungs in high regard.

Taung Heights, a district of Coruscant, was presumably named for the Taung.

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