Death Watch The Death Watch was a Mandalorian splinter group that opposed the pacifist government of Mandalore , led by Duchess Satine Kryze , during the Clone Wars . After failed attempts at taking over Mandalore , they became part of Darth Maul ' s Shadow Collective , which successfully took control of Mandalore during the war . History . Following the end of the Mandalorian Civil War , the Mandalorian warriors were exiled to the moon of Concordia , where most of the warriors died out . However , the survivors regrouped and began calling themselves the Death Watch . They were then led in secret by Concordia ' s governor , Pre Vizsla of Clan Vizsla , and Duchess Satine Kryze ' s sister , Bo - Katan . Clone Wars . During the Clone Wars , Vizsla and Death Watch allied with Sith Lord and Separatist leader Count Dooku in order to take over Mandalore from Duchess Satine and her New Mandalorian government . Vizsla , as governor of Concordia , pretended to support Satine and root out Death Watch . During this time , one of their saboteurs attacked a Republic cruiser . The saboteur then took his own life . Rumors were also spreading around , saying that Kryze was building an army to fight for the Confederacy . When the Jedi Council sent Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi to ascertain the truth , Vizsla contacted Dooku about the Jedi . Dooku , however assured him that if the Republic occupied Mandalore , the people would rebel and rally to Death Watch . Death Watch then sent a bomber to Sundari ' s memorial shrine to bomb it . The bomber was then discovered by Kenobi , who attempted to capture him . However , the bomber then jumped to his death to avoid to capture . When Kenobi and Kryze traveled to Concordia to deliver the bomber ' s body , Kenobi secretly went to investigate the mines if they were active . When he investigated the inside of one , Kenobi was then captured . However , he was then rescued by Kryze . They then discovered that Vizsla was the leader of the Death Watch , and were able to escape . Another member , Kalevala Senator Tal Merrik , secretly brought a crate full of Assassin probes aboard the " Coronet " to kill Kryze en route to Coruscant . However , Kenobi , Skywalker , and their troops discovered Merrik ' s duplicity . Merrik then took Kryze hostage and contacted Vizsla for reinforcements . He also rigged the " Coronet " s engines to blow . Merrik then attempted to board one of the " Droch " - class boarding ships with Kryze . However , Kryze and Kenobi stopped him . Merrik was then killed by Anakin Skywalker . Death Watch then orchestrated a bombing on Kalevala that killed Deputy Minister Jerec . Dooku and his master , Darth Sidious , then altered a recording of Jerec and delivered it to the Republic Senate in order to force them to occupy Mandalore . During this time , Vizsla prepared his men to fight . He also sent an assassin to kill Kryze . However , the assassin failed and Death Watch was ordered to stand down . Death Watch then broke its ties with the Confederacy , following a fight between Vizsla and Dooku . They set up a new camp on Carlac . There , they forced the women of a nearby Ming Po village to work for them . They then used Senator Lux Bonteri to find and kill Dooku . However , when Bonteri returned , Vizsla was then confronted by the Ming Po elders , who demanded that the Death Watch return their women . At first , Vizsla and his men complied , but he double - crossed the Ming Po , murdering the chieftain ' s granddaughter right in front of him . He and his men then burned down their village . They then discovered Bonteri ' s friend , Ahsoka Tano , was a Jedi . Vizsla then attempted to kill Tano , but both she and Bonteri escaped . Death Watch later came across an escape pod with two Zabrak s ; former Sith Lord Darth Maul and his brother , the Nightbrother Savage Opress . They were then taken to their base on Zanbar . Together , they created the Shadow Collective to control the criminal underworld as well as the Council of Neutral Systems . After forming an alliance with Black Sun , the Pykes , and the Hutts , Death Watch was able to take control of Mandalore by capturing their allies posing as criminals . After declaring himself Mand ' alor , Vizsla then double crossed Maul and Opress by imprisoning them . They quickly freed themselves , and Maul then challenged Vizsla for his title . Maul was successful , and most of the Death Watch members accepted the duel ' s outcome . However , Bo - Katan and her Nite Owls refused to accept Maul and led a resistance against him . Death Watch was then led by Maul , Opress , and the freed Prime Minister Almec . They were then reorganized into the super commandos . However , Maul was captured by his former master , Darth Sidious . Age of the Empire . During the Galactic Civil War , what was left of Death Watch could be found on the distant and seedy world of Ankhural , where Umbaran spies would barter their services to them .