Mandalore system / Legends The Mandalore system was a star system located within the Mandalore sector of the galaxy ' s Outer Rim Territories . Positioned in the galactic north - east , the Mandalore system was comprised of nine planets — Nog , Akaan , Tracyn , Kalevala , Mandalore , Mandallia , Bonagal , Shukut , and Werda — and their numerous moons , all orbiting the star Mandalore . Though the Mandallian Giant s were originally the system ' s only sentient inhabitants , the Mandalore system gained its name and notoriety from the Mandalorian Taung , who arrived from Roon to conquer not only the system , but the entire sector of surrounding space . From that point in time onward , the Mandalore system became a powerbase for the Mandalorian warrior culture . In 738 BBY , the system bore the brunt of a Galactic Republic assault that left Mandalore and portions of the surrounding sector heavily damaged . From this disaster arose the pacifistic New Mandalorian faction , who established a presence on at least two of the system ' s worlds , Mandalore and Kalevala . Several hundred years later , in 4 ABY , the Mandalore system came under attack by the Nagai people , who launched assaults on both Mandalore and Mandallia . The Mandalorians were able to repel the Nagai , and later the attacks of the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong , before entering a period of economic resurgence after discovering a large lode of " beskar " iron on Mandalore . Description . The Mandalore system was one of several star systems that comprised the Mandalore sector . The Mandalore system was ocated within the Outer Rim Territories , in the north - east region of the galactic plane . Centered around the cognominal star , Mandalore , the Mandalore system consisted of nine planets and their combined total of seventy - three moons . Of the system ' s nine worlds , Nog , Akaan , Tracyn , Kalevala , Mandalore , and Mandallia were terrestrial , Bonagal and Shukut were large gas giants , and Werda was an ice ball planet located farthest from the system ' s sun . It was said that the worlds of the Mandalore system were rich in " beskar " iron ore . History . Long before the establishment of the Galactic Republic , the then nameless Mandalore sector had given rise to a single sentient species , the Mandallian Giant s of Mandallia . However , when the Taung — simian Humanoid warriors from the galactic Core World of Coruscant — were forced to flee their homeworld by the Human Battalions of Zhell , they eventually found their way to the uninhabited world in the would - be Mandalore system that they came to call Mandalore , in honor of their leader , Mandalore the First . The Taung also chose to recast themselves as the Mandalorians , or " Mando ' ade " in their language , meaning " Children of Mandalore . " Once these warrior nomads had settled their new home and slaughtered the native mythosaur s that had previously dominated the planet , the Mandalorian Taung set out to conquer the worlds in the surrounding system . Their only resistance came from the neighboring Mandallians . These powerful warriors withstood the Mandalorians ' assault , earning the respect of their attackers in the process . Because of their prowess , the Mandallians became among the first to fight alongside the Taung and gain equal acceptance in the Mandalorian culture . As Mandalorian - controlled space grew , the Mandalore system and the planet Mandalore itself were left largely idle as the Mandalorian Crusaders sought new conquests under Mandalore the Indomitable . During the Crusaders ' campaign , Mandalore was joined by other star systems such as the Concord Dawn system , the Ordo system , and the Vorpa ' ya system , as the Mandalore sector began to take form . Nevertheless , Keldabe — capital city of the planet Mandalore — became the acting center of government for much of Mandalorian space from at least 3960 BBY onward . The Mandalorians ' conquest reached its height during the Mandalorian Wars , an all - out Mandalorian attack against the Galactic Republic initiated by Mandalore the Ultimate . When the wars were brought to a devastating conclusion and Mandalore the Ultimate was slain by the Jedi Knight Revan , many Mandalorian warriors returned to Mandalore and its system . In the aftermath of the Republic ' s victory over the Brotherhood of Darkness at Ruusan , and the subsequent Republic reformation that marked the end of the New Sith Wars , Mandalorians inhabiting Mandalore elected to remake their society into a more rigid , technologically adept , militant one . The growth in Mandalore ' s militancy so soon after the war with the Sith alarmed both the Republic and Jedi alike , and unwilling to suffer through a second Mandalorian War , the Jedi led a Republic strike force in a brief and targeted conflict with the Mandalorians in 738 BBY that brought devastation to the Mandalore sector and transformed parts of Mandalore into deserts of white sand . Out of this disaster arose a pacifist sect calling themselves the New Mandalorians ; the reformist political faction renounced violence and instead preached peace , neutrality , and tolerance . They used their talents as builders and inventors to create grand bio - cube cities in Mandalore ' s desert , forging a new society isolated from Mandalore ' s warrior clans . To the New Mandalorians , Mandalore was known as " New Mandalore " , and the peaceful group also moved to establish themselves on the nearby world of Kalevala . Noble titles such as prince and duchess were instituted on Kalevala , and the New Mandalorians retained a presence on both worlds in the Mandalore system for centuries after . Around 60 BBY , not long after the ascension of Jaster Mereel as " Mand ' alor " , the Mandalorian Civil War broke out between Mereel ' s loyalist True Mandalorians and the radical splinter group Death Watch , led by Tor Vizsla . The civil war drew in Mandalore ' s full - time army and several prominent clans , yet was fought by two factions that were relatively small in comparison with the overall Mandalorian population , and had little effect on Mandalorian territory beyond the planet Mandalore . It was also around this time that an epidemic of the wirt - cough erupted across the worlds of the Mandalore system , spread through inter - planetary Mandalorian travel . During the Clone Wars , a pan - galactic conflict between the Galactic Republic and the separatist Confederacy of Independent Systems , the New Mandalorian senator Tal Merrik of Kalevala represented the Mandalore system in the Galactic Senate . However , Merrik was a supporter of the radical Death Watch group who sought to destroy the peaceful New Mandalorian government and take over Mandalore for themselves . In his collaboration with the Death Watch , Merrik was slain while attempting to take the New Mandalorians ' leader — Duchess Satine Kryze — hostage , and the Mandalore system was nearly subjected to a Republic occupation in order to pacify the Death Watch threat . It was only the combined effort of Kryze , and the posthumous testimony of New Mandalorian Deputy Minister Jerec before the Galactic Senate , that allowed the Mandalore system to remain free of Republic military control . However , when Mandalore the Resurrector came to power , he elected to ally Mandalore with the Confederacy , and fought on the Separatists ' behalf during several key engagements . Following the end of the Clone Wars , the Mandalore system came under the eye of the newly established Galactic Empire born from the former Galactic Republic . After purchasing land from the Mandalorian clans , an Imperial base and garrison was established on Mandalore , within the failed adventure park known as the " City of Bone . " Though relations were initially tepid but peaceful , the Empire eventually proved hostile , turning to enslaving the Mandalorians and lording over the Mandalore system and its sector by instilling Grand Admiral Miltin Takel as Imperial overseer . It wasn ' t until 3 ABY that the Mandalorians under " Mand ' alor " Fenn Shysa , were able to bring an end to the Imperial occupation of their homeworld , and break the Imperial hold over Mandalorian space when they ousted Admiral Takel . However , more trouble came to the Mandalore system soon after , in the form of Nagai invaders from the satellite galaxy , Companion Besh . The Nagai struck first at Mandallia , where the Mandalorians were able to expel the invaders at a high cost , though they would shortly move on to attack Mandalore . While the Mandalorians were initially defeated , " Mand ' alor " Shysa led his people into a coalition with the Alliance to Restore the Republic in order to take back Mandalore , personally accepting a commission with the fledgling state to aid in the campaign against the Nagai and their own pursuing enemy , the Tof . Once peace had been restored , the Mandalorian Protectors began to live up to their name in more literal capacity : patrolling the Mandalore system and its surrounding sector of space , if any hostile ship entered Mandalorian territory , the Protectors would board and capture the vessel , taking it back to Mandalore . Years of peace followed the conflict with the Nagai , only to be broken by the advent of another extra - galactic invasion , this time by the Yuuzhan Vong race . Though the Mandalorians initially allied with the Vong forces to stall the threat they posed to the Mandalore system and all of Mandalorian space , while secretly seeking to undermine their efforts , the Yuuzhan Vong came to learn of the Mandalorians ' treachery and launched an attack on the Mandalore system , specifically targeting Mandalore in retaliation . The battle reaped significant casualties on both sides , with the population of Mandalore being reduced by nearly a third as Mandalore ' s surface was severely damaged . However , the Mandalorians managed to repel the Vong assault , forcing them to retreat from the system , and earning a reputation as one of the only groups to defeat the Yuuzhan Vong without any external aid . After the war with the Yuuzhan Vong came to an end and the galaxy was left in peace as the Vong relocated to the living world of Zonama Sekot , the Mandalore system turned to the slow process of recovery . However , true prosperity came only with the discovery of a fresh lode of " beskar " iron on Mandalore in 40 ABY . With half commissioned for domestic use and the other for commercial sale , Mandalore ' s economy surged . Inhabitants . Native to the Mandalore system were the Mandallian Giants of Mandallia . These beings were immense in stature , and covered with scales in shades of green . Mandallians were trained from nearly infancy in several forms of combat , honing powerful martial skills during their lifetimes . The Mandallians ' high martial proficiency allowed them to repel the attacks of the Mandalorian Taung who sought to conquer their world and the other planets of the Mandalore system . The Mandalorians — beginning with the culture ' s Taung founders , and continuing with the members of countless other species who later joined — have dominated the Mandalore system since approximately 7000 BBY . A population of around four million individuals lived on Mandalore for much of the world ' s occupied history , with a significant number of further Mandalorians living on the planet ' s moon , Concordia , which came to exist as an agricultural settlement and later a base for mining " beskar " iron ore . The peaceful New Mandalorian faction had established itself within the white - sand deserts of Mandalore , as well as on the neighboring world of Kalevala . Locations . Nog . Nog resided closest to the Mandalore system ' s star , occupying the first of the system ' s nine orbits . This close proximity rendered the terrestrial Nog a rocky world of searing temperatures . Nog boasted an inhospitably hot climate , and was without any orbiting moons . Akaan . Akaan occupied the second orbit of the Mandalore system , between the orbits of Nog and Tracyn . Akaan was a barren terrestrial world without an atmosphere , orbited by two moons . The planet ' s name came from the " Mando ' a " word " akaan " , meaning " war . " Tracyn . Tracyn circled its star in the Mandalore system ' s third orbit , placing it between the orbits of Akaan and Kalevala . Tracyn possessed extensive volcanic activity across its terrestrial surface , and a total of four moons . Tracyn took its name from the " Mando ' a " word for " fire . " Kalevala . Kalevala inhabited the fourth orbit of the Mandalore system . A neighbor of the Mandalorians ' traditional homeworld , Mandalore , Kalevala was a terrestrial world whose terrain was primarily comprised of a toxic desertscape . Following the rise of the peaceful New Mandalorian faction , Kalevala became home to a number of New Mandalorians . Kalevala produced such luxuries as expensive wines and rich fabrics . Quench - gourd s also grew on the desert world . The planet was home to the Kalevala Spaceworks starship manufacturing company . Mandalore . The fifth planet in the Mandalore system , the planet Mandalore was the adopted homeworld of the multi - species cultural group known as the Mandalorians . A terrestrial world , Mandalore possessed two moons , including the one time mining base and agricultural center , Concordia . One of Mandalore ' s most unique assets — believed to have been what first drew the wandering Taung forces to the Outer Rim world — was " beskar " iron ore , a nearly indestructible metal used by Mandalorian metalsmith s to forge armor , weapons , and starships . Before the rise of the Mandalorians , Mandalore was dominated by the gigantic mythosaurs , but when the Taung warriors arrived on Mandalore , they set to slaughtering the creatures as part of their conquest of the new world . Native veshok trees covered much of Mandalore ' s northern hemisphere , and herbivorous animals called shatual s could be found living within the veshok forests , as could the six - legged strill s that preyed upon them for food . Forty - five degrees north of Mandalore ' s equator , sat the city of Keldabe . Since at least 3960 BBY , Keldabe had served as the capital of Mandalore , and the center of government for much of Mandalorian space , while following the foundation of the New Mandalorian faction , the reformist sect declared the domed city of Sundari , located in one of Mandalore ' s expansive white - sand desert regions , to be their capital . Most of Mandalore ' s settlements were built within a heavy fortification that contributed to the ease with which they could be defended from potential invaders , and most roads on Mandalore were rarely straight , designed so as to grant Mandalorians the advantage in ambushing and pinning down potential hostiles as they traveled . Concordia . One of two moons of Mandalore , Concordia was an agricultural center turned mining base . The only other location known to have been heavily mined for the nearly - indestructable " beskar " iron ore aside from Mandalore itself , Concordia ' s lush forests were devastated by the Mandalorians ' extensive mining efforts . Following the rise of the New Mandalorian faction , Concordia became a refuge for a number of Mandalorian hardliners who refused to yield to their reformist ideals and instead chose exile on Mandalore ' s moon , rather than live alongside them as many warriors clans elected to do . After the devastation wrought by the Great Clan Wars , during which several members of the fragmented Death Watch attempted to rally the other warrior clans against the New Mandalorians , a number of defeated but unrepentant warlords again chose exile on Concordia . By the start of the Clone Wars , Concordia had become a haven for a resurgent faction of the radical Death Watch — though they were later ousted and driven from the Mandalore system — and by the war ' s end , Concordia was known for its ostensible presence of pirates , smugglers , and members of the Black Sun crime syndicate . Mandallia . The homeworld of the Mandallian Giants , Mandallia occupied the sixth orbit of the Mandalore system , between Mandalore and Bonagal . A terrestrial world , Mandallia possessed a single moon . Bonagal . Bonagal claimed the seventh orbit around the Mandalore system ' s star , taking its place between the orbits of Mandallia and Shukut . Bonagal was a gas giant world — one of two in the Mandalore system — and found itself surrounded by a total of thirty four moons . Shukut . The second of two gas giants within the Mandalore system , Shukut held the eighth orbit within the system , placing it between Bonagal and Shukut . Like Bonagal , Shukut possessed a large number of moons , amassing thirty in total . Werda . At the farthest edge of the Mandalore system , and occupying its ninth orbit , was the planet Werda . Located so far from the system ' s sun , Werda was a frigid ice ball of a world , and it lacked any orbiting moons . The planet ' s name came from the archaic " Mando ' a " word " werda " , which in Galactic Basic meant " darkness . " Behind the scenes . The Mandalore system has made numerous appearances throughout the " Star Wars " franchise , including several episodes of the and the multi - novel " Republic " and " Imperial Commando " series by author Karen Traviss . Details concerning the system and planets that comprised it , were provided in the 2009 reference book , " The Essential Atlas " , by Jason Fry and Daniel Wallace .