Vazus Mandrake Vazus Mandrake was a Human male from the planet Corulag . He was born during the waning years of the Galactic Republic and , by the time of the Clone Wars , was in his middle ages . Mandrake commanded a mercenary unit that had been hired by the Confederacy of Independent Systems , a separatist government that was fighting the Republic , and he was sent to fight on the planet Felucia in the Outer Rim . However , during the battle , Mandrake ' s unit was wiped out by Republic troops , and Mandrake fled into the Felucian jungle . Mandrake nursed himself back to health and , following the end of the Clone Wars and the formation of the Galactic Empire , went to live with a group of Felucians . He stayed with them in a village deep in the Felucian jungle , where he encountered a group of Alderaanian Resistance agents who were passing through the forest . An Imperial scout trooper flew by the village on a speeder bike , so Mandrake persuaded the agents to leave and prevent the trooper from reporting the village ' s location to the Empire . Biography . The Clone Wars . Vazus Mandrake was a Human who was born on the planet Corulag during the waning years of the Galactic Republic and was in his middle ages by the time of the Clone Wars . Mandrake was the commander of a group of mercenaries who were hired by the Confederacy of Independent Systems , a separatist government that was fighting the Republic . During the later stages of the war , he and his troops were sent to fight on Felucia , a jungle - covered planet that was located in the Outer Rim . They brought with them a group of kybuck s , a species of ungulate creatures that were native to the planet Kashyyyk and could be used as mounts . During a battle against Republic forces there , Mandrake ’ s unit was attacked and destroyed by several Republic clone troopers . Mandrake was seriously injured in the engagement , and he was able escape from the troopers by crawling off into the Felucian jungle . Alone in the jungle , Mandrake nursed himself back to health . Some of the kybucks had survived the battle , so Mandrake tended to them and named them after his fallen comrades . Elsewhere , the leaders of the Confederacy were executed by the Sith apprentice Darth Vader , ending the Clone Wars and leading to the reformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire , a more authoritarian government . When Mandrake learned of the existence of the new government , he decided to go and live with the Felucians , Felucia ’ s native sentient species . Life with the Felucians . Mandrake went to live with a group of Felucians at a remote village that was located deep in the jungle . They accepted him into their community , and he learned to speak Felucianese , which he eventually became fluent in . However , when the Empire established a prison on Felucia , many of the Felucians from the village were imprisoned in the facility , where its commander , Captain Vischera , carried out experiments on them . This made Mandrake angry , and he planned to sabotage the facility , although he didn ’ t believe he could do so by himself . After the Imperial Admiral Gilder Varth began aiding the Alderaanian Resistance , an anti - Imperial rebel group , the admiral was sent to the Felucian prison by the Empire . Senator Bail Prestor Organa , the leader of the Resistance , responded by dispatching a group of agents to Felucia to free Varth . However , as they trekked through the jungle on their way to the facility , they came to the edge of the village where Mandrake lived . Believing them to be Imperials , some Felucian scouts from the village attacked the Resistance agents . Mandrake realized from their appearances that the agents were not Imperials , so he intervened and broke up the fight . The agents entered the village and Mandrake conversed with them , as he was curious about why they were on Felucia . However , a short time later , they were interrupted when an Imperial scout trooper from the prison flew by the village on a speeder bike . This worried Mandrake , as he believed that the trooper would report the village ’ s location to the Empire , who would launch an attack on the village . However , Mandrake realized that , as the chemicals released by mushrooms that grew in the area blocked long - range communications , the trooper wouldn ’ t be able to report in until it arrived back at the prison . If the trooper was stopped , the village would be safe , so Mandrake begged the Resistance agents to take his kybucks and chase after the Imperial . The agents agreed and after mounting the kybucks , they rode off in pursuit of the speeder bike . Personality and traits . Mandrake had a scarred face and stringy gray hair . Although he was generally a genial person , he felt bitter toward the Empire because of his defeat during the Clone Wars . His dislike of them was increased by the presence of the Imperial prison on Felucia , which he wanted to destroy . However , he was unwilling to attack it by himself ; living with the Felucians had made him a more measured person , and he was not as eager to fight as he had been when he was a mercenary . Behind the scenes . Mandrake was created by writer Rodney Thompson and made his first and only appearance in " The Traitor ' s Gambit " , the first scenario in the " Dawn of Defiance " campaign , a Wizards of the Coast online supplement to the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " . In the supplement , the players role - play as the Alderaanian Resistance agents and their actions can influence what Mandrake does . After the player characters have fought the Felucian scouts , if the players are unwilling to enter the Felucian village , then Mandrake invites them in . Once they enter the village , Mandrake offers to act as a go - between for the players and the villages , if the players did not bring a translator droid with them . If the players reveal to Mandrake that they are opposed to the Empire , then he becomes very friendly with them and treats them like old friends . If they tell him that they are going to the Imperial prison , then he gives them an explosive device and asks them to detonate it in the prison ’ s communications center , which he believes would destroy the entire structure .