Mandalorian armor Mandalorian armor referred to the traditional armor worn by the human warrior clans of Mandalore . Common traits included a helmet with a T - shaped visor that concealed their faces , and armaments like whipcord thrower s , flamethrower s and jetpack s . The Mandalorian s ' bloody history made their armor an iconic symbol of fear . The bounty hunter Jango and his cloned son Boba Fett wore customized Mandalorian armor , although neither of the Fetts were Mandalorian warriors . Generally , the armor was made from beskar , a highly durable metal which was able to withstand even blastershot fire while giving the user maximum protection , however , some variants existed made from durasteel . Because of the durability of the beskar metal , some armor sets were hundreds of years old , such as in the case of Sabine Wren ' s armor . The Arc Pulse Generator , an Imperial superweapon , was capable of superheating the beskar alloy used in Mandalorian armor to incinerate its wearer . History . The ancient Mandalorian crusaders wore helmets over cloak s . After encountering the Jedi during the early crusades , the Mandalorian - Jedi War began and it was during this period that the Mandalorians created their signature armor , weaponry and fighting style in order to combat the Jedi Knight s and their Force abilities . By the Mandalorian Civil War , two styles of this armor had emerged — the formidable traditional armor of the warrior clans like Death Watch , and those of the pacifist New Mandalorians . Death Watch ' s female warriors , the Nite Owls , wore a different set of armor . Jango Fett wore Mandalorian armor , though Prime Minister Almec expressed bewilderment as to how since Fett was a bounty hunter rather than a Mandalorian . The Kaminoan s who cloned him to create the Grand Army of the Republic took inspiration from his suit for the clone trooper armor . Clone Wars . After Fett was killed by Jedi Master Mace Windu during the Battle of Geonosis , his helmet was used by Boba as a bomb in an attempt on Windu ' s life . By the Age of the Empire , Boba had acquired his own Mandalorian armor . The former Sith Lord Darth Maul became ruler of Mandalore during the Clone Wars , causing his followers in Death Watch to customize their armor with painted helmets and horns resembling the Dathomirian Zabrak . The Journeyman Protector s , such as the those who served with Fenn Rau in Skull Squadron wore armor when they fought at the Third Battle of Mygeeto . Age of the Empire . Following the end of the Clone Wars , the Protectors continue to wear the armor as part of their arrangement with the Galactic Empire at their encampment on Concord Dawn ' s third moon . Gar Saxon , acting as the Imperial Viceroy of Mandalore , and the Imperial Super Commando s such as Tristan Wren , wore armor that resembled stormtrooper armor . Members of Clan Wren , such as it ' s leader , Count ess Ursa Wren , wore armor with yellow markings . Sometime after the Battle of Endor , a seemingly acid - corroded yet complete set of Mandalorian armor somehow ended up in storage in a Jawa sandcrawler on Tatooine . A man named Adwin Charu , who was on the sandcrawler looking for goods on behalf of his employer Lorgan Movellan , happened upon a crate containing the armor . Before he could take it , however , Cobb Vanth , a local man who had assisted in gaining Charu access to the sandcrawler , shot Charu in the shoulder and took the armor for his own . Design . Traditional Mandalorian armor consisted of a helmet , shoulder pauldron s , vambraces , breastplate , codpiece , kneepads , thigh and shin guards clasped over a body stocking . Mandalorian helmets often had a macrobinocular viewplate , tactical displays , a comlink and an antenna tipped with a rangefinder that could be pulled over the viewplate to enhance imagery . Sabine Wren programmed a holo - imager in her rangefinder to take snapshots . They wore magnet ized shoes . Mandalorian vambrace s were computer - controlled tools bristling with weaponry designed to combat the abilities of a Jedi . They potentially included : The Mandalorians used many models of jetpack s , including the Z - 6 jetpack , to increase maneuverability in combat as well as fly . These were often tipped with a launcher that were used to fire anti - vehicle homing missiles . However , they could also be used to fire a grappling hook linked to an internal winch . Gyro - stabilizer s made it easy to maneuver in the air , although the tank only contained enough fuel for twenty short bursts of flight .