
TO ACHIEVE THIS, HE HAD TO DEFEAT THE REPUBLIC AND ITS JEDI PROTECTORSĬALLING TOGETHER THE MANDALORIAN CLANS AND RECRUITING NEW WARRIORS AS “NEO-CRUSADERS”, MANDALORE BEGAN CONQUERING WORLDS IN THE OUTER RIM.

MANDALORE THE ULTIMATE SOUGHT TO CREATE THE MOST POWERFUL ARMY IN THE GALAXY. OF ALL WARS IN REPUBLIC HISTORY, THE WAR WITH THE MANDALORIANS WAS THE BLOODIEST, DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE MANDALORIANS’ AMBITIOUS LEADER. REVAN AND MALAK’S DESCENT INTO DARKNESS ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH COMPASSION-THE COMPASSION THAT COMPELLED THEM TO ENTER THE MANDALORIAN WARS. THEY TURNED AFTER YEARS SPENT IN WAR AND IN DEFIANCE OF THE JEDI COUNCIL. REVAN AND MALAK DID NOT FALL TO THE DARK SIDE IN A SINGLE MOMENT. You can also download a high resolution version of this video.And the timeline text: Watch the latest Timeline holorecord, The Mandalorian Wars narrated by actor Lance Henriksen. The bittersweet victory in the Mandalorian Wars took a toll on the Republic for which the price is still being paid to this day… Though there has never been a hint that the Sith were involved in the Mandalorian Wars, new analysis from Jedi Master Gnost-Dural suggests that the influence of the dark side was involved. Though the Jedi Council resisted the Mandalorian challenge, the splinter group led by Revan and Malak eventually joined the fray and won the war. As is the tradition in their culture, the Mandalorians sought to establish themselves as the most powerful faction in the galaxy by defeating the faction they considered to be their greatest rivals. When Mandalore the Ultimate called together the clans and began augmenting his armies further with Neo-Crusaders, his intention was to pull the Jedi Order into open conflict. Jedi Master Gnost-Dural’s historical investigation analyzes the conflict with the perspective of modern events, highlighting the implications for the war against the Sith Empire.īTC 311 – Too often, the Mandalorian Wars are characterized solely as a prelude to the Jedi Civil War, but the events surrounding the conflict itself bear close examination. Though the entrance of a Jedi splinter faction into the war is perceived as the factor that turned the tide against the Mandalorians, the perseverance of Republic soldiers and pilots like Carth Onasi cannot be underestimated.

Mandalore the Ultimate’s relentless campaign to goad the Jedi into open conflict cost the lives of millions. The Mandalorian Wars included some of the bloodiest battles in the Republic’s history.

The Jedi for the most part didn't take the bait, but a few (led by Revan and Malak) did join the war and eventaully defeated the mandalorians. It talks about how the mandalorians started a war with the Republic, hoping to draw the Jedi out to fight. The ninth timeline update is about the Mandalorian Wars, the events directly preceding the first Knights of the Old Republic game.
