Great Clan Wars The Great Clan Wars were a series of Mandalorian inter - clan conflicts that engulfed the planet Mandalore over a decade prior to the Clone Wars . The civil war arose from clan disputes that escalated into full - scale hostilities in the wake of the Mandalorian Civil War . Clans and even families found themselves at odds , sparking a number of battles that devastated the Mandalorian homeworld . The Death Watch splinter group soon entered the war , intending to topple the dominant New Mandalorian regime , but was unable to do so . As the civil war ravaged Mandalore and its clans , the New Mandalorians gained a new leader : Duchess Satine Kryze , whose father , Duke Adonai Kryze of Clan Kryze , was among the conflict ' s casualties . The charismatic Kryze convinced most of the quarreling clan leaders and warriors to embrace pacifism , effectively ending the war . While Kryze ushered in a new age of peace and prosperity to Mandalore , the Death Watch survived into the time of the Clone Wars , never relenting in its campaign to oust Kryze and her regime . Prelude . For the Mandalorian warrior clans , the repercussions of the Mandalorian Excision of 738 BBY — in which the Galactic Republic and Jedi Order invaded and devastated Mandalorian Space — surpassed even the effects of the Republic ' s onslaught on their worlds . The pacifistic regime of the New Mandalorians ascended to power , forcing the Mandalorians ' ancient warrior traditions under the thumb of peace . Yet , there were some by the name of the " Aka ' liit " , translated from " Mando ' a " as the " Faithful , " who refused to let the old ways atrophy . Determined to preserve their cultural heritage , the Faithful secretly continued to pass the ancient traditions from generation to generation . The following centuries tested the unity of the Faithful , with disagreements and divisions spawning conflicts like a crusade against the Ithullan species . The breaking point came in the year 60 BBY , when two opposing factions attained prominence : the reformist True Mandalorians and the violent and reactionary Death Watch . The ensuing Mandalorian Civil War claimed many lives , culminating with the massacre of the True Mandalorians at the Battle of Galidraan in 44 BBY . However , the Mandalorian Civil War did little to mend some growing rifts back on Mandalore , the heart of Mandalorian Space , where squabbles between the Mandalorian clans were rapidly escalating . The wars . Around 44 BBY , the inter - clan dissension on Mandalore reached a boiling point , erupting into all - out civil war . Multiple warlords turned on each other , with their clans and even families caught in the middle of the crossfire . Although the Death Watch , under the command of the warrior Tor Vizsla , entered the conflict in an attempt to garner public support and gain momentum for its cause , it too had suffered from the clan disputes . The battles that followed resulted in many deaths and further devastation to the Mandalorian homeworld . Amidst the fighting , Duke Adonai Kryze , the warlord of Clan Kryze , sent his daughter , Satine Kryze , to the Republic capital of Coruscant for diplomatic training . After her father perished in the conflict , Kryze gained leadership over the New Mandalorians and was elected as the duchess of Mandalore , becoming the best hope to save her clan . Due to her target status , the Jedi High Council assigned her two bodyguards for her return to the embattled Mandalore : Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn and his Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi . Jinn and Kenobi ' s mission to protect Kryze lasted a full year , as the insurgents opposed to her rule sent bounty hunters after the young duchess . Kryze and her Jedi allies were forced off - world at times , taking refuge on nearby planets such as Draboon , another world in Mandalorian Space . Kryze and Kenobi ' s shared time together shaped a budding romance between the two , a bond that was complicated by their greater commitments . Ultimately , Kryze was able to convince the majority of the war - weary clan chieftains and warriors to adopt the pacifism of her regime , ending all hostilities prior to 32 BBY . Aftermath . The Great Clan Wars , as the event came to be known , became reputed as the deadliest conflict on Mandalore since the Mandalorian Excision of centuries prior . Kryze shouldered the burden of rebuilding her world alone , as Jinn and Kenobi only briefly stayed on - world to observe the situation for the Republic before new orders sent them elsewhere . Determined to never repeat the madness of the Great Clan Wars , Kryze worked with her New Mandalorian allies to ensure that Mandalore once again rejected violence as it had in the wake of the Excision , thus fostering a new age of growth and prosperity for her people . As part of her reforms , Kryze discouraged the traditional clan system in favor of a more democratic government . She also restructured the Mandalorian Guard , Mandalore ' s primary law enforcement , because Guardsmen units had primarily become power bases for various clans . The Death Watch seethed with frustration from its failure to unseat the New Mandalorians . Nevertheless , the Death Watchmen bode their time , their beliefs surviving in particular among the unrepentant warriors who were exiled to Mandalore ' s moon , Concordia . Tor Vizsla recorded the Great Clan Wars in a Death Watch manifesto that he authored . The rise of his successor , Pre Vizsla , ensured that the Death Watch continued its campaign against Kryze ' s New Mandalorians well into the Clone Wars over a decade later . Behind the scenes . The Great Clan Wars were created for " Voyage of Temptation , " a 2010 episode in the , in which they were mentioned in passing as a " civil war " connected to Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s relationship with Satine Kryze . from 2011 ' s " Star Wars Galaxy Series 6 " , drawn by artist Grant Gould , was the first source to depict the conflict , illustrating Kenobi and Qui - Gon Jinn ' s efforts to protect Kryze during the war . In the episode , the conflict was merely identified as a " civil war , " which left it open to interpretation as to whether it was a reference to the Mandalorian Civil War from the 2002 comic " " or an entirely new event . It was confirmed to be the latter in Jason Fry ' s 2012 young readers ' book " " , which named and detailed the conflict . Further information on the event has since been published in 2013 ' s " " . " The Official Star Wars Fact File " Part 17 , released in 2014 , contradicted much of the information from " The Bounty Hunter Code " . Instead of depicting Kryze ' s rise to power during the Great Clan Wars , " The Official Star Wars Fact File " placed her ascension during the twenty - six years of the preceding Mandalorian Civil War , with no direct reference to the Great Clan Wars . Due to the timeline of events established in " The Bounty Hunter Code " , this article assumes that " The Official Star Wars Fact File " is in error .