Almec / Legends Almec was a male Human Mandalorian from the planet Mandalore , and a member of the peaceful New Mandalorian faction . During the Clone Wars , Almec served in the New Mandalorian government as Prime Minister , taking up residence in the New Mandalorians ' domed capital city of Sundari . A supporter of New Mandalorian ruler , Duchess Satine , Almec was a firm believer in the New Mandalorians ' peaceful ways and did as he thought best to watch over and represent the interests of Mandalore . His dedication to his people became his undoing , however , as when Mandalore was cut off from Republic aid , Almec took it upon himself to establish a black market trade network of illicit smugglers to bring much needed goods to the New Mandalorian people . These smugglers poisoned the people of Sundari with slabin - tainted tea , putting numerous children in the hospital . Almec was exposed as the leader of the black market network , and therefore one of the parties responsible for the children ' s poisoning , and was summarily imprisoned for his crimes . When Darth Maul took over Sundari around 20 BBY , he broke Almec out of prison and reinstated Almec as Prime Minister over Armatan after Maul disposed of Pre Vizsla . Biography . A male Human native of the planet Mandalore , Almec was a member of the pacifistic New Mandalorian faction of Mandalorians and a strong supporter of their peaceful ways . By the time of the Clone Wars , Almec had become the New Mandalorians ' Prime Minister , serving at the head of the Ruling Council of minister s that comprised the New Mandalorian government . Around the year 22 BBY , he met with Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi upon his arrival on Mandalore , in the New Mandalorian capital city of Sundari . Kenobi had been sent by the Jedi Council to ascertain the truth behind rumors that Duchess Satine Kryze , leader of the New Mandalorians , was building a Mandalorian army to fight for the Confederacy of Independent Systems , although Almec assured the Jedi that these rumors were false . He wholeheartedly believed that Mandalore would never turn against the Galactic Republic , stating that the infamous violence of the Mandalorians was confined to their past . When Kenobi mentioned his encounter with the Mandalorian mercenary Jango Fett , Almec — either unaware of , or unwilling to accept the fact that Fett had been the " Mand ' alor " , the traditional leader of the Mandalorians ' warrior clans — dismissed him as nothing but a mere bounty hunter who ' d acquired his armor by unknown means . During Kenobi ' s audience with Duchess Satine Kryze , Almec spoke out when the Jedi Master presented a recording of a Mandalorian saboteur responsible for an attack on a Republic cruiser , declaring that no Mandalorian would perpetrate such an attack . Although the Prime Minister expressed interest in the whereabouts of the Mandalorian in question , he appeared quite shocked when Kenobi revealed that the man had chosen suicide rather than submit to questioning . Following the revelation that the saboteur was a member of the resurgent group known as the Death Watch — a Mandalorian splinter - faction intent on returning the Mandalorians their ancient ways , with the ultimate goal of starting another war of conquest — and that the once trusted ally Pre Vizsla , the Governor of Mandalore ' s moon Concordia , was now leading the Death Watch , Almec was part of the cadre of retainers and guards that escorted Kryze to her personal starship , the " Coronet " , for her trip to Coruscant . There , she hoped to convince the Galactic Senate that the Death Watch did not represent the views of the entire Mandalorian community . While the Duchess spoke on behalf of her people in the Senate chamber , Almec remained on Mandalore . It was there that he received a troubling report from a Mandalorian scout : the Death Watch was amassing an army at their base on Concordia . Almec agreed with the scout ' s assessment that the Death Watch would be unable to take over Mandalore without the popular backing of its residents , although he also surmised that were the Republic to deploy a military force as they planned to do , it would drive the people to support the Death Watch as liberators standing against foreign oppressors . Left with no other recourse , Almec could only place his trust in Duchess Satine ' s efforts , trust that was rewarded when the Duchess convinced the Senate against sending an occupying force of clone troops to Mandalore . The Duchess ' efforts successfully allowed Mandalore to remain free of entanglement in the Clone Wars , but it ' s neutrality came at the cost of losing vital Republic aid in the form of supply shipments . In response , Almec took it upon himself to establish a network of black market trade in order to ensure the continuing importation of much needed supplies for the New Mandalorian people . At a later point in time , Republic Senator Padmé Amidala came to Sundari to assure the New Mandalorian government that aide would come from sympathetic parties within the Senate . During her stay , Amidala , together with Kryze , discovered the illegal smuggling ring circumventing the previous loss of Republic trade , when it was revealed to endanger the lives of Mandalorian children . The Moogan smugglers moving the goods had diluted imported tea with the chemical slabin , which in the high doses used by the smugglers proved toxic to its consumers . Almec was informed of this development by Amidala and Kryze , though he reflectively implicated the Death Watch as the party behind the illicit activities . When the Duchess and senator shut down the smuggling ring and brought the issue of the corruption growing in the New Mandalorian government to Almec ' s attention , the New Mandalorians ' Prime Minister offered to form a committee to further investigate the issue . Not long after , Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano was invited to Mandalore in order to lecture at the New Mandalorian Royal Academy on the perils of corruption . She was met at the landing platform in Sundari by Almec , Kryze , and a gathering of New Mandalorian academy cadets . These cadets — Amis , Lagos , Soniee , and Duchess Kryze ' s own nephew , Korkie — along with Tano , uncovered Almec ' s involvement in the black market trade network , and thus his complicity with the poisonings of Sundari ' s school children . Using the New Mandalorian Secret Service , over which the Prime Minister ' s office held authority , Almec had the cadets and Tano arrested , in addition to Duchess Kryze herself upon learning that she had been informed of his involvement as well . He attempted to have the Duchess sign a confession of conspiracy , but upon being denied , Almec used a shock collar as a means of persuading her . When Kryze refused to yield , he turned his attention to her nephew , Korkie ; Tano and the cadets fought back , managing to overpower Almec and his guards until he could be fitted with a shock collar , himself , forcing the Prime Minister to surrender . Almec and his conspirators were placed under arrest , and subsequently imprisoned . Some time later , after Death Watch allied with crime syndicates and the Sith brothers , Darth Maul and Savage Opress , Kryze was overthrown in a political coup led by Pre Vizsla and was imprisoned in a cell next to Almec . The former Prime Minister refused to apologize for his past actions and mocked Kryze for her beliefs . He was later recruited by the Nightbrothers , who had been betrayed by Death Watch , to stand as their puppet ruler once they had overthrown Vizsla . Maul then challenged Vizsla to an honorable death match for the allegiance of Death Watch , which he inevitably won . Almec was then reinstalled as Prime Minister and told the general populace that Satine murdered Vizsla . He then began setting up a new administration , and Maul warned that him that he would be held fully responsible for their failures . Almec was later present in the throne room when Obi - Wan Kenobi was brought before Maul and bore witness to Satine ' s murder by Maul . Personality and traits . Almec was a large man , standing at a height of 1 . 89 meters , and possessed both blond hair and fair skin , in addition to violet - colored eyes . Almec was a firm believer in the peaceful ways of the New Mandalorians , and took great pride in the success the New Mandalorian government had in renouncing the violent reputation Mandalore had held in the past . He came to resent the opinion of offworlders who associated Mandalore only with the planet ' s warrior clans rather than the progressive New Mandalorian society , and in keeping with the low opinion the New Mandalorians generally held for Mandalore ' s warrior clans , he angrily dismissed the former " Mand ' alor " Jango Fett as nothing but a common bounty hunter , when questioned by Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . While he held a high - ranking office in the New Mandalorian government , Almec was a humble man , preferring simple clothes and considering himself a servant of the people . That did not change the fact that Almec was a talented , dignified diplomat , and shrewd politician , able to correctly deduce the Death Watch ' s plans to rally favor for their cause by instigating a Republic invasion in order to appear as liberators to the Mandalorian populace . Almec was a friend of the New Mandalorians ' leader , Duchess Satine Kryze , and placed a great deal of faith in her leadership abilities . When the New Mandalorian people were threatened with starvation after the Republic shut down trade routes to Mandalore in the face of the planet ' s declared neutrality , Almec took it upon himself to find a solution to the problem plaguing his people . To that end , he established an illegal black market trade network to smuggle the needed goods from the galaxy into Sundari , but in doing so , opened himself up to the risk of greed and corruption . In trying to help his people , Almec instead made it possible for Moogan smugglers to poison innocent children throughout Sundari with toxin - laced tea , and in trying to cover it up , turned on his long - time friend and ally Duchess Kryze and betrayed his pacifistic beliefs by torturing Kryze and threatening to do the same to her young nephew , Korkie . Behind the scenes . Almec first appeared in the " " episode " The Mandalore Plot , " the first in a trilogy of episodes featuring the Mandalorians . He would appear again in the flashback reel at the start of the subsequent episode , " Voyage of Temptation , " before making his second true appearance in the final episode of the trilogy , " Duchess of Mandalore . " Almec received entries in both the " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " and " " . Almec ' s hair and clothing incorporate the same hexagonal design of the small , center plate of traditional Mandalorian chest armor , and in elements of Sundari ' s architecture . Almec is potrayed by voice actor Julian Holloway .