Jerec ( Deputy Minister ) / Legends Jerec was a Human male Mandalorian , and a member of the peaceful New Mandalorian faction for which he served as a Deputy Minister in their government . A friend of the New Mandalorian ' s leader , Duchess Satine Kryze , Jerec supported her methods for dealing with the resurgent Mandalorian radicals known as the Death Watch . It would be the Death Watch who was responsible for Jerec ' s death , when he fell victim to a bombing perpetrated by the Death Watch while on Kalevala . A holorecording of a speech that he made supporting Duchess Kryze was altered by an individual within the Galactic Republic ' s government , and the faked testimonial was shown to the Galactic Senate with the intent of manipulating the Senate to vote on sending Republic troops to occupy Mandalore . The true recording , in which Jerec reveals that Republic assistance would only throw public support to Death Watch , was eventually uncovered by an agent of the Republic ' s Republic Ministry of Intelligence and broadcast before the Senate . Upon seeing the truth , the senators rescinded their votes in favor of Republic occupation of Mandalore , allowing the Mandalorian homeworld to remain neutral in the Clone Wars . History . A male Human Mandalorian , Jerec was a member of the pacifist Mandalorian faction who called themselves the " New Mandalorians " . During the course of his life , Jerec became close friends with the New Mandalorians ' leader , Duchess Satine Kryze of the planet Kalevala . While the Clone Wars broke out across the galaxy between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the New Mandalorians were presented a problem of their own : the return of the radical Mandalorian splinter group known as the Death Watch , fractured and thought destroyed years prior by " Mand ' alor " Jango Fett . When the Republic found the Death Watch forces to be a significant threat , the Galactic Senate began to draft a resolution to safeguard Mandalore ' s standings with the Republic by sending a contingent of clone troopers to the Outer Rim world . While Jerec ' s good friend , Duchess Kryze , traveled from Mandalore to the galactic capital world of Coruscant to argue in opposition to the proposed occupation , Jerec journeyed to Kalevala , a nearby New Mandalorian stronghold world also in the Mandalore system . It was on Kalevala that Jerec was killed — falling victim to a bombing orchestrated by the Death Watch — but not before he could transmit a recorded testimony to the Republic Senate in which he continued to support Kryze and her position against Republic intervention in the Mandalorian affair . However , the recording was intercepted and altered by another party , who then delivered the doctored testimony to the Senate Chamber for presentation to the assembled senators . His words twisted , Jerec appeared to turn on his long time friend and pleaded with the Senate for Republic aid , and the Senate passed the defense resolution for Mandalore . The truth would come to light thanks to Republic Republic Ministry of Intelligence employee Davu Golec , who acquired the original recording and passed it along to Duchess Kryze . When Jerec ' s true testimonial was played before the Senate , the government body ' s opinion was swayed and the occupation of the Mandalorian homeworld was voted down , allowing Mandalore to retain the neutrality Jerec and Kryze had sought . Personality and traits . Jerec was a close friend of the New Mandalorian leader , Duchess Satine Kryze , and a supporter of her goals for a neutral Mandalore . As the threat of the Death Watch returned , their violence turned against the peaceful New Mandalorian society , Jerec spoke out against the Republic getting involved , knowing that any intervention by Republic forces could cast the Death Watch in a more favorable light . He instead put his faith in Kryze ' s own methods , and urged the Republic to do the same . Considered an honorable man by those who knew him , Jerec was thought to exemplify the Mandalorian tradition of leaders being forthcoming with the greater Mandalorian people .