MandalMotors MandalMotors was a Mandalorian company located on the Outer Rim world of Mandalore . Founded by the Mandalorian general Gustav Zenlav , MandalMotors grew to be a large corporation , headed by a board of executives under the authority of a single CEO . The company was headquartered in Mandalore ' s capital city , Keldabe , where its hundred - meter - tall tower adorned with their unmistakable business logo became a well - known landmark around the city . MandalMotors was primarily a manufacturer of starships , although the Mandalorian corporation was also notable for the creation of several speeder models , gunships , and at least one class of ground - based tank . Over time , MandalMotors developed a reputation for its outstanding ship designs and powerful military vessels . A largely neutral company , MandalMotors was a driving force behind the economy of Mandalore , and sold its many products to any interested party willing to pay the necessary credits . Mandalorian police units took to the company ' s " Pursuer " - class enforcement ships , while the radical Mandalorian Death Watch group were known to make use of " Kom ' rk " - class fighter / transports . When Mandalore the Resurrector came to power late in the Clone Wars , the Mandalore and his army seized MandalMotors ' facilities solely for use by the Confederacy of Independent Systems , with whom he had aligned the Mandalorians against the Galactic Republic in their galaxy - spanning war . Under the Galactic Empire that was born from the Republic , MandalMotors came under the sway of an Imperial Advisor forcefully placed on the company ' s board , and produced dungeon ships for the galactic regime . After the Empire fell , MandalMotors became an ally of the New Republic , supplying several member worlds with military craft . When a lode of the precious and incredibly resistant iron ore known as " beskar " was found on Mandalore in the aftermath of the Yuuzhan Vong War , MandalMotors ' work with the rare metal became the catalyst that elevated the Mandalorian world into a state of economic resurgence . History . General Gustav Zenlav founded MandalMotors several hundred years before the Battle of Yavin . The company created numerous starships including the " Pursuer " - class enforcement ship , one of which would come into the ownership of the famed bounty hunter Boba Fett and eventually be known as " Slave II " . During the Clone Wars , Mandalore the Resurrector and his new army of Mandalorian Protectors took control of the MandalMotors facilities for use by the Confederacy of Independent Systems , with which Mandalore was then aligned . Under the auspices of the Galactic Empire , MandalMotors was not allowed to do business until an Imperial " advisor " was placed on the company ' s board of directors , although this did not stop the sale of weapons to Tyber Zann ' s criminal organization . Following the Battle of Endor , this " advisor " was ousted in favor of support for the New Republic . During the Battle of Mandalore , in the midst of the Yuuzhan Vong War , MandalMotors ' hundred - meter tower sustained heavy damage , but remained standing in spite of it . By the time of the Second Galactic Civil War , the company was headed by Jir Yomaget and had donated MandalMotors Hall — a communal building where clan chieftains could gather to discuss Mandalorian politics and matters of importance , occasionally with the " Mand ' alor " — to the community of Keldabe . After the discovery of a new vein of " beskar " ore outside the settlement of Enceri , production began on two new " beskar " - reinforced designs , the " Bes ' uliik " - class assault starfighter and the " Tra ' kad " - class assault vessel " . The company also modified spaceships . They did their most famous modification on Jango Fett ' s " Slave I " .