Gar Saxon

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|name=Gar Saxon
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|death=June 18, 2002, Krownest
|species=Human
|gender=Male
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|clan=*House Vizsla
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Gar Saxon was a Mandalorian human male who served as a commander of the Mandalorian super commandos in Gollum's Shadow Collective during the War of the Ring and later as Imperial Viceroy and Governor of his homeworld of Mandalore during the reign of the Galactic Empire.
During the War of the Ring, Saxon was one member of the two-man extraction team that rescued Gollum from the Spire on Stygeon Prime and later commanded Gollum's ground forces during General The Mouth of Sauron' invasion of the Collective base on Ord Mantell. He was also present during the Siege of Erebor, commanding Gollum's forces along with Rook Kast during the invasion, where during the siege, he was responsible for executing the Mandalorian Prime Minister Almec on Gollum's orders. After the rise of the Empire, Saxon served as an Emperor's Hand to Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine and was the leader of the Imperial Super Commandos until his death on Krownest in 2002.
==Biography==
===War of the Ring===
====Serving Gollum====
Gar Saxon was a member of Clan Saxon and the Death Watch, a group of Mandalorians that opposed the pacifist government of Mandalore. He served under Pre Vizsla until Vizsla was killed by Gollum in a duel for control of Mandalore. Saxon then became fully devoted to his new leader.
When Gollum was captured by Darth Sauron, Saxon, along with Rook Kast, were sent by Mandalore Prime Minister Almec to free Gollum from the Spire on Stygeon Prime. The duo managed to successfully do so without problem and escape on a Mandalorian Gauntlet fighter towards Zanbar, as instructed by Almec prior to the attack.
After freeing Gollum, Saxon took him to Zanbar's secret Shadow Collective base. General The Mouth of Sauron, under orders from Saruman the White attacked the planet with his droid army. During this attack, Saxon fought alongside his fellow Shadow Collective soldiers. After Mouth of Sauron' droids defeated the majority of the soldiers, Saxon escaped the brutal battle along with Gollum, Kast and other members of the Shadow Collective and headed towards Ord Mantell where they would meet up with members of the Pyke Syndicate and Black Sun at the base on the planet.
Saxon, on Ord Mantell with the rest of the Shadow Collective, staged the next attack against the Separatist Forces. Saxon was then put in command of the ground forces that would fight the droid army in the attack. Unfortunately, Saxon and his men were defeated and rounded up so that the droids could eliminate them. Luckily, Gollum made Mouth of Sauron turn off the droids command signal which, in turn, allowed Saxon and his men to live another day. With the droids deactivated, Saxon and his men tore the droid army apart. Saxon, then, along with his men, saved the Zabrak Viscus and captured Saruman, who had been about to kill the creature.
====Fall of the Shadow Collective====
After Ord Mantell, Saxon and the rest of the Shadow Collective escaped to Vizsla Keep 09, a Mandalorian supply outpost near Ord Mantell. By this time, the Republic had been notified of the events on Ord Mantell and launched an attack on the outpost. Saxon was present while Gollum told Sauron of the failure of his apprentice and general. He later took Mouth of Sauron to a high security cell while Gollum attempted to persuade Saruman to join him as his new apprentice. Soon, Saxon was forced to take charge of his men when a Republic assault led by Sam Gamgee and Jedi Master Tiplee attacked the outpost. While the assault took place, Gollum and his new ally Saruman joined the fray around the same time as Aragorn and the Twi'lek Aayla Secura. Gollum began to clash with Secura and Aragorn while Saruman fought Gamgee and Tiplee. While this occurred, Saxon instructed Kast to shoot a missile at Secura before she defeated Gollum. With Secura distracted, Saxon, Kast, Gollum, and later Saruman entered a Gauntlet fighter and escaped, leaving Gamgee, Secura, Aragorn, and a dead Tiplee on the outpost.Gollum—Son of Dathomir 3
Later, while on course for Dathomir, Gollum contacted Ziton Moj and Fife via hologram. The two threatened to leave the Shadow Collective if they were not paid what they were promised. Once the leaders left, Gollum contacted Saxon and told the commander to keep the two in line. However, this would be for naught, as the Shadow Collective would dissolve shortly thereafter when Separatist fleets attacked the Black Sun and Pyke Syndicate.Gollum—Son of Dathomir 4
====Siege of Mandalore====
Eventually, Saxon and the rest of the super commandos regrouped on Erebor in the men city of Dale. During the last days of the War of the Ring, the Mandalore resistance and the Galactic Republic mounted a joint invasion of Erebor. After ending a transmission with the invaders, Prime Minister Almec ordered Saxon to prepare their forces for the invasion. Before departing to combat the invaders, Saxon asked Almec if he was ready for such a large fight as they had not been in one for quite some time.
Later, Saxon was defending the area outside of the Erebor Royal Palace, tackling one of the clones before knocking them off and killing them with a single shot of his WESTAR-35 blaster pistol. He then fired a rocket out into the crowd of clone troopers and turned to block a shot with his Personal Combat Shield as he continued to fire upon the enemy with his blaster. Ducking out of combat, Saxon contacted Almec and informed him of the strong opposition they were facing outside of the palace and the capture of the Dale shipping docks by the enemy. With this, Almec ordered him to escape into the undercity, where he would be met by Gollum. Saxon ended the transmission and continued to fire his blaster at the troopers before using his jetpack to fly into the undercity with several other super commandos while being pursued by several clone troopers. Reaching the undercity, he escaped into the sewage ports in order to set a trap for the Rohan Jedi Padawan Eowyn.
As the Republic forces entered the sewage ports themselves, Saxon, Kast, and several other super commandos waited in hiding to spring their trap. Seeing that they were in an optimal position, Kast sprung the trap, firing an explosive at the Republic forces, disorienting them for a moment before they charged towards the super commandos. The super commandos easily outmatched the clones, and as Eowyn reached a clearing in the ports, attempting to regroup with her forces, the super commandos surrounded her, and Gollum emerged from hiding to confront her.
However, Eowyn escaped with the assistance of clone trooper reinforcements, forcing Gollum and his forces away. However, they later led a counterattack leading to the capture of ARC trooper Jesse. During the interrogation, Gollum sent Saxon to eliminate Almec. After he arrived at the prison, Saxon shot Almec in his cell while he was in the process of being interrogated by Eowyn and Bo-Katan Kryze. Saxon then fled, but was chased by Kryze, as Almec died but not before giving Eowyn the name "Baggins." Saxon eventually used a falling elevator to damage Kryze's jetpack, with Saxon fleeing the prison by air, making his pursuer unable to follow.
Saxon regrouped with Gollum in the Undercity, who was speaking with the other members of the Shadow Collective, including Black Sun and the Pykes, who had rejoined since their abrupt departure. Kast informed Saxon that Gollum was instructing the various criminal leaders to go into hiding, in order to wait out the disarray that was so soon to unfold across the galaxy.
Saxon later participated in a battle against the 332nd Company, commanding the Mandalorian forces in the middle of the city in what seemed like it would be an early victory. However, Bo-Katan's forces arrived to reinforce the clones, and soon defeated Saxon's forces. As the super commandos were being pushed back by the clones and Bo-Katan's troops, he requested backup from Gollum, who at the time was attempting to flee the battle, with Eowyn in close pursuit. Despite Saxon's pleas for assistance, Gollum declined to send any support, telling Saxon to die well, before attempting to escape, only to be cut off by Eowyn. Saxon was later captured by Commander CT-7567 "Rex" and the clones of the 332nd Company before Rex ordered gunships to help Eowyn fight Gollum.
In the aftermath of Gollum's capture at the hands of Eowyn, Saxon was among the surviving Mandalorians taken into custody by the Republic forces and Bo-Katan.
===Age of the Empire===
====Attacking the Protectors====
Following the dissolution of the Shadow Collective, Gar Saxon once again joined an outside regime by siding with the Galactic Empire. Desiring power for himself, Saxon collaborated with the Empire and was installed as Governor of Mandalore by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Saxon's followers became Imperial Super Commandos, Mandalorians who served the Empire. As proxies of the Empire, Saxon and his Imperial Super Commandos enforced the Empire's will on Mandalore. As Viceroy, Saxon donned a variant of the Super Commando armor that was distinct from the rest, with large patches of red on the suit and helmet.
Saxon also had a rivalry with Fenn Rau, the leader of the Mandalorian Protectors, a rival Mandalorian faction based in the Concord Dawn system. In 2002, an opportunity for Saxon to move against Rau emerged when Saxon learned that the Protectors were allowing the rebellion to use the Concord Dawn system as a thorough-way to avoid Imperial sector patrols. In an attempt to lure Rau back to Concord Dawn, as well as to get rid of his rivals, Saxon and his Imperial Super Commandos attacked the Protectors Camp on the third moon of Concord Dawn, leaving no survivors.
As expected, Rau returned to the third moon of Concord Dawn after learning that contact with his fellow Protectors had been lost. Saxon's plan was complicated by the fact that Rau was accompanied by three of his rebel captors: the Miraculous girl Marinette Dupain-Cheng, a fellow member of Miraculous French superhero team; the Jedi Padawan Danny the Cat; and the astromech droid Chopper. After the rebels attacked and destroyed an Imperial dwarf probe droid, Saxon and his men disembarked from their starship and traveled to the Protectors Camp. Rau and Marinette managed to escape, but Saxon and his men captured Danny and Chopper.
====Interrogating rebels====
Saxon had Danny brought to an empty hut where he proceeded to interrogate the boy. He also ordered his men to search for Danny's companions. Saxon then removed his red helmet and introduced himself to the cat. Shortly thereafter, another Super Commando entered the hut with Chopper. Danny claimed that he and Chopper were scavengers who were part of Hondo Ohnaka's scavenging gang. A third Super Commando entered the room to report that he and his men had found no sign of the other rebels. However, Saxon was unsatisfied and proceeded to interrogate Danny further.
When Danny feigned ignorance of the rebellion, Saxon reminded the cat that he was a seasoned Mandalorian warrior and not a fresh-faced Imperial Academy graduate. Despite Saxon's intimidation, Danny continue to feign ignorance about Mandalore and the Empire. Losing patience, Saxon and one of his Super Commandos fired blaster bolts at Chopper, startling the droid and Danny. Danny then claimed that he was Jiminy Cricket. Saxon sensed the cat was lying and told Danny that he was giving him what he wanted to know whether he realized it or not. After Saxon threatened to dig out of Chopper's memory circuits, Danny claimed that Fenn Rau had sent him.
Saxon then questioned Danny about Rau's whereabouts but the cat expressed ignorance. Losing patience, Saxon grabbed "Jiminy" by the throat before hurling him against the wall. Saxon then attempted to shoot Chopper in order to dig out the droid's memory circuits. However, Danny used the Force to deflect Saxon's blaster bolts. At that point, Saxon ascertained that Danny was a Jedi and would make a valuable captive. Before he could deal with Danny, Marinette threw smoke grenades into the building and managed to rescue Danny and Chopper. However, Rau stole the Phantom II and escaped, leaving them stranded.
====Showdown with Marinette====
Saxon and his Super Commandos then surrounded the three rebels outside of the encampment. Saxon recognized Marinette and claimed that her mother came round after Marinette abandoned her studies at the Imperial Academy of Mandalore. He also chastised her for shaming her family name. Out of respect for Marinette, he offered the rebel a chance to return to the fold by swearing fealty to him. Outnumbered, Marinette pretended to cooperate. When Saxon approached Marinette to demand her fealty, she told him that he was a fool before telling Chopper to upload Frequency 337 feedback into Saxon and his commandos' helmet.
While Saxon and his men were temporarily incapacitated, Marinette and her rebel friends fled into the canyon. Marinette and Danny shared a stolen jetpack while Chopper activated his own rocket thrusters. Saxon and his men pursued the rebels through the canyon on their jetpacks. However, the rebels managed to avoid their blasts and even managed to down one of his Super Commandos. As they approached a narrower part of the canyon, Saxon ordered his men to cut off their quarry by splitting up. Marinette managed to delay one Super Commando by collapsing rocks in their path. She then managed to kill or incapacitate another by blowing up his jetpack.
Eventually, Marinette and the rebels reached Saxon's starship. However, Saxon and the remaining Imperial Super Commando caught up with them. Saxon prepared to execute Marinette and gave orders to his super commando to kill Danny. Before they could take action, Fenn Rau returned in the Phantom II after experiencing a change of heart. He destroyed Saxon's starship and knocked down Saxon's remaining super commando. Saxon struggled with Marinette and attempted to kill her, but she escaped aboard the ship with Danny's help. Saxon could only watch his burning ship as the rebels and Rau fled into space.
====Entanglement with Clan Wren====
Saxon was at the Mandalorian capital city of Sundari when he was contacted by Ursa Wren, the leader of Clan Wren. Ursa informed him via holo of her daughter's arrival along with two Jedi. Saxon, realizing he could avenge his previous failure to capture Marinette, counseled that she was doing her duty to Mandalore and informed her to hold the Jedi until he and his super commandos arrived.
Saxon traveled with a complement of super commandos to the Wren Stronghold on the planet Krownest, where members of Clan Wren had encircled Marinette and the two Jedi, one being Danny the Cat, whom he had fought with previously, and the second being Danny's master Kanan Jarrus. Saxon called upon Ursa to give him the Darksaber, which she had previously retrieved from her daughter to bargain her life with, seeking the ancient weapon to firmly cement his rule over Mandalore as legitimate. With the Darksaber in hand, Saxon declared that Ursa and all of Clan Wren had indeed held their end of the bargain, but to do so had consorted with traitors, making them liable to treason, for which he intended to wipe out the entire clan as an example. When Tristan Wren, son of Ursa and brother of Marinette, protested and said they were all Mandalorian therefore making such a betrayal unreasonable, Saxon realized he still had use and offered him a place to stay with the Empire over his family. To the Viceroy's satisfaction, Tristan initially seemed to side with him before declaring his place was at his family's side. Unconcerned, Saxon declared that Clan Wren would end with him and ignited the Darksaber as a signal to his men.
Before the massacre could happen, however, Rau broke into the stronghold, surprising everyone and giving the Jedi their lightsabers, causing the stronghold to erupt in a fierce firefight. As his men fell one by one, Gar Saxon attempted to murder Ursa from behind, but was stopped by Marinette, who was now using Danny's lightsaber. Enraged, Saxon activated his jetpack and sent them both crashing through a window to a nearby frozen lake.
The two Mandalorians engaged in a lightsaber duel, with Saxon brutally trying to kill Marinette with the Darksaber, as well as using his blaster pistol and jetpack. Marinette temporarily incapacitated him with a flamethrower, allowing her to disable his jetpack. Forced to land again, the duel grew more intense, with the ice beginning to crack beneath their feet. Despite Saxon's efforts, however, he was bested when the younger girl disarmed him of the Darksaber and held both black and green blade to his throat, demanding he yield. Saxon refused and stated she would have to kill him. However, instead of executing him as was traditional of Mandalorian custom, Marinette opted to spare him, which angered Saxon. Unwilling to accept his defeat, Saxon prepared to shoot Marinette in the back but was shot through the heart by Ursa, who refused to allow him to kill her daughter as she had exited the stronghold with the others to observe. Shocked, the Viceroy managed one last hateful glare at Marinette before crumpling to the ground, dead.
====Legacy====
With Gar Saxon's death, Rau stated that Mandalore would again dissolve into chaos without the leadership of the Viceroy. In contrast, Ursa believed that the chaos would be necessary to rebuild the strength of the planet. Rau also suggested that Sabine might be the successor to Saxon, stating that she now possessed the Darksaber, unchallenged. However, she rejected it, believing that by staying behind with her family she would find the true, capable leader. Saxon was succeeded by his brother Tiber Saxon. During the testing of The Duchess, Grand Admiral Technor noted that Tiber was not like Gar, and asked how his brother would feel about Tiber's rejection of Mandalorian tradition, to which Tiber replied his brother no longer feels anything.Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore
==Personality and traits==
Gar Saxon was a brutal, ruthless, and aggressive Mandalorian. Under Gollum he was shown to be very dedicated to the cause despite Gollum being an outsider and a Force-user. After Gollum's defeat, Saxon again swore loyalty to an outsider, this time the Empire. This led some, such as Marinette Dupain-Cheng, to question whether his true loyalty belonged to Mandalore or himself. This also meant his honor was called into question, preventing him from claiming the title of Mand'alor. Saxon was a fierce and brutal warrior and commander. He took pride in killing the Protectors for colluding with the rebellion and was determined to kill their leader Fenn Rau. Saxon was a ruthless and impatient interrogator who was not above using violence to extract results. He was an extremely cunning and manipulative leader.
As the Empire's puppet ruler on Mandalore, Saxon sought to root out and punish traitors who defied the Empire. Saxon used Marinette's abandonment of the Empire to apply pressure on Clan Wren. Saxon imprisoned Marinette's father as a hostage and forced Countess Ursa Wren to submit her son Tristan Wren as a member of the Imperial Super Commandos. Saxon had an antipathy with Clan Wren and sought to use every opportunity to destroy the rival clan. In order to support his claim to rule Mandalore, Saxon sought to obtain the Darksaber from Marinette, though he had no right to the ancient weapon.
Due to his desire for power and dominance, Saxon was not gracious in conceding defeat. When he was beaten by Marinette in single combat, Saxon demanded that she execute him in order to save him the ignominy of bowing to her. When Marinette defied Mandalorian tradition by sparing his life, Saxon tried to kill her with his blaster but was shot dead by Ursa. Saxon was also extremely dishonorable and self-serving, reneging on a bargain with Clan Wren to protect them and twice attempting to kill his opponents from behind when they were distracted, the latter of which cost him his life and effectively showcased him as little more than a self-serving traitor. In spite of his persistent disloyalty to Mandalore by serving outside regimes, Saxon did not entirely abandon or disregard his heritage unlike his brother Tiber, as the armor he donned, though of an Imperial motif, was composed of beskar as opposed to plastoid.
Saxon was power-hungry and willing to do whatever it took to end up on the winning side. Under Maul, he anticipated advancement in the Mandalorian leadership ranks, although he was eventually betrayed by the former Sith apprentice.
Saxon was a human male who had light skin and gray eyes. By his governorship, his hair color had changed from blond to gray.
==Skills and abilities==
Saxon was a ferocious and merciless warrior on the battlefield. He knew how to operate blasters and a jetpack with extreme efficiency, more so than that of his fellow soldiers. Gollum's lieutenant was skilled in hand-to-hand combat as well, landing several good hits on the Nite Owl leader Bo-Katan Kryze (they stalemated in a fistfight). Saxon was able to take on Marinette Dupain-Cheng in a lightsaber duel but was outwitted by the younger warrior, who had learned lightsaber techniques from Kanan and Danny.
==Equipment==
During his service with the Shadow Collective's Mandalorian super commandos, Saxon wore his armor with horns on his helmet and his armor was painted with black and red to signify his allegiance to Gollum.
As leader of the Empire's Super Commandos, Saxon wore their Super Commando armor with the color red.
==Behind the scenes==
Gar Saxon first appeared in the 2014 Dark Horse Comics The Lord of the Rings: Gollum—Son of Dathomir, which was based on four uncompleted The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring episodes. Saxon later appeared in Star Wars Rebels, where he was voiced by Ray Stevenson, who later reprised his role in "Old Friends Not Forgotten," an episode of the seventh season of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring.
In the "Imperial Supercommandos" Rebels Recon video, Pablo Hidalgo described Saxon as the quintessential sellout who ruled Mandalore on behalf of the Empire.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
*Star Wars: Force Arena
*Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 1 
*Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 2
*Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 3
*Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir 4
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*Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore 
===Non-canon appearances===
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*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 
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==Notes and references==
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