Siege of Mandalore

The **Siege of Mandalore** (also known as the **Battle of Manadalore**) was a huge battle from *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. It deals with Ahsoka Tano and the Nite Owls fighting to free Mandalore from the tyranny of Darth Maul. The battle takes place in the first two parts of the four-part series finale, "Old Friends Not Forgotten" and "The Phantom Apprentice."

## History

### Background

It all started when Darth Maul and his brother, Savage Opress teamed up with the Mandalorian terrorist group, the Death Watch to take over Mandalore and beat Obi-Wan Kenobi after the Death Watch rescued Maul and Savage from their last fight with Obi-Wan. To do that, they teamed up with every criminal syndicate in the Galaxy which included the Black Sun, the Pyke Syndicate, the Hutts, and the Crimson Dawn to form the Shadow Collective. Together they all took over Mandalore at the capital city, Sundari by having the Shadow Collective attack and capture the Mandalorians then make the Death Watch look like the heroes who stopped them which got all the Mandalorians to support the Death Watch. Afterwards, the Death Watch imprisoned Duchess Satine and her Mandalorian Guards then had their leader, Pre Vizsla become the new Prime Minister of Mandalore which allowed the Death Watch to take full control of the planet. But then the Death Watch betrayed Darth Maul and had him imprisoned along with Savage and the leaders of the criminal syndicates but Maul and Savage escaped and later freed the corrupted ex-Prime Minister of Mandalore, Almec to act as Pre Vizsla's replacement. Maul then challenged Pre Vizsla to a duel for rulership of Mandalore, won, and then killed Pre Vizsla with the Darksaber thus becoming the new leader of both the Death Watch and Mandalore. While some members chose to side with Darth Maul by their honor code, others refused to including Pre Vizsla's lieutenant and Duchess Satine's sister, Bo-Katan because they didn't want an outsider to rule Mandalore then they escaped on their jet packs when Maul ordered them to be executed. After that, Maul had Almec reinstated as Prime Minister of Mandalore to act as a figurehead who under Maul's orders, framed Duchess Satine for murdering Pre Vizsla and claimed that Pre Vizsla had him reinstated. While some Mandalorians believed Almec, others didn't and a rebellion was formed which included Mandalorians who were loyal to Duchess Satine and the loyal Death Watch members led by Bo-Katan who became known as the Nite Owls. After Duchess Satine was freed from prison by them, she tried to call the Jedi Council and Obi-Wan for help until she was eventually recaptured by Darth Maul's new Mandalorian Soldiers. However, the Jedi Council couldn't help out because the whole thing was an eternal affair since it had nothing to do with the Separatists. So in order for the Republic to take action, they would need support from the Senate first, forcing Obi-Wan to go to Mandalore and help Satine alone since he knew the Senate would not help a neutral planet in the Clone Wars. After going to Mandalore using a ship he borrowed from Anakin and sneaking into the palace disguised as one of Darth Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers. Obi-Wan freed Duchess Satine and they both tried to escape Mandalore but were captured by Maul who later killed Satine with the Darksaber. Obi-Wan was then freed by Bo-Katan who along with the Nite Owls helped him escape Mandalore and told him to go back to the Republic and tell them what was happening. Meanwhile, Maul was approached by his former master, Darth Sidious who attacked him and Savage then during the battle, Sidious killed Savage which drained the Nightsister's magic from his body then Sidious tortured Maul using Force lighting. However, instead of killing him, Sidious decided to spare Darth Maul for other uses so Darth Sidious captured and tortured Maul along with Count Dooku. But at some point, Darth Maul escaped with help from two of his Mandalorian Soldiers, Gar Saxon and Rook Kast then he traveled across the Galaxy and went back to control Mandalore. During that time, Anakin's Padawan, Ashoka Tano left the Jedi Order after she lost her faith in it because of an incident where she was framed for a crime by her former friend, Barriss Offee. However, she was later recruited by Bo-Katan to help stop Maul and take back Mandalore after tracking Maul's movements for months. Together they were able to find Maul and come up with a plan to capture him and save Mandalore then they later called Anakin and Obi-Wan through a transmission for help and told them about their plan.

### The Battle

Ahsoka arrives on a Mandalorian ship with Bo-Katan and some of the Nite Owls on Anakin and Obi-Wan's Republic fleet where they reveal to Anakin and Obi-Wan that Darth Maul had arrived back on Mandalore two days ago and that they require Republic services for their plan to capture Maul on Mandalore since Bo-Katan doesn't have the numbers necessary for it. So, Obi-Wan goes to discuss it with the Jedi Council but Bo-Katan insists that there is no time for that because of Darth Maul's tyranny on Mandalore but Obi-Wan goes to talk with the Jedi Council anyway. After both Obi-Wan and Bo-Katan leave, Anakin shows Ahsoka that Rex's Clone Squad had painted their helmets to look like Ahsoka's facial marks when they heard she was coming back. But then Obi-Wan returns saying that the Jedi Council has not accepted the plan for Mandalore so Anakin decides to divide up his Clone Squad and Republic fleet by giving half of it to Ahsoka for Mandalore. However, because of Ahsoka no longer being part of the Republic, Anakin decides to promote Rex to commander and have Ahsoka go with him and his Clone Squad to Mandalore as an advisor with Anakin giving Ahsoka back her Lightsabers which he fixed. The Republic fleet arrives at Mandalore and then when Prime Minister Almec calls Ahsoka, Bo-Katan, and Commander Rex through a transmission on a gunship, Bo-Katan tells him that they are coming for Darth Maul so Almec prepares Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers for battle. Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers then attack the Republic fleet by shooting down some gunships and Mandalorian ships then both sides start fighting each other by flying with jet packs on, except for Ahsoka. Ahsoka then reaches the capital city, Sundari, and fights off Mauls' Mandalorian Soldiers along with both the Clone Troopers and the Nite Owls. As the battle continues on, Prime Minister Almec orders Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers to retreat to the undercity where Ashoka, Commander Rex, and Rex's Clone Squad follow them after being reported about their action by the new captain of Rex's Clone Squad, Captain Vaughn while Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls head for the throne room to deal with Almec. When Ahsoka, Rex, and Rex's Clone Squad arrive, Captain Vaughn tells them that he and some of the Clone Troopers found and fought off Gar Saxon who escaped into the undercity which is a series of tunnels and sewage pipes which Ahsoka and some of the Clone Troopers follow. Meanwhile, Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls into the throne room where they fight off against Prime Minister Almec and Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers. Then after the Nite Owls defeat them, Bo-Katan demands Almec to tell her where Darth Maul is but Almec reveals that Maul wanted her to bring the Jedi to Mandalore but it was the wrong one. As a result, Bo-Katan tries to warn Ashoka that she and the Clone Troopers are walking into a trap but Ashoka and the Clone Troopers are too far down in the undercity to receive the warning. Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers attack Ahsoka and the Clone Troopers but Ahsoka manages to survive while the rest of the Clone Troopers get taken down including Captain Vaughn then Ahsoka is surrounded by Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers and confronted by Darth Maul himself who was expecting Obi-Wan.

After being confronted, Ahsoka calls Commander Rex and the rest of his Cloen Squad to come and help while Maul questions Ahsoka about her presence on Mandalore and tells her that both the Jedi and the Republic will fall and that the Galaxy will be ruled by Darth Sidious. Then Commander Rex and his Clone Squad arrive to fight off Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers while Ahsoka fights off Maul until he escapes with some of his Mandalorian Soldiers. Ahsoka and Commander Rex chase after Maul and his Mandalorian Soldiers through the undercity tunnels but end up losing them. Ahsoka, Rex, and the Clone Troopers then regroup in the throne room with Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls where they try to come up with a plan to catch Maul with Obi-Wan through a transmission. Bo-Katan claims they have to capture him before he escapes Mandalore while Obi-Wan reveals to them what he knows about Darth Sidious then when Ahsoka asks for more reinforcements, Obi-Wan reveals that both he and Anakin can't send in more because they are occupied with other things. But then Darth Maul and his Mandalorian Soldiers ambush some of the Clone Troopers and Nite Owls who were in the undercity tunnels looking for Maul. Ahsoka then finds out from a wounded Clone Trooper named Sterling that Maul and his Mandalorian Soldiers took Jesse. Meanwhile, Maul then sends out Gar Saxon to make sure Prime Minister Almec doesn't become an asset to the Clone Troopers and Nite Owls then he tries to mind probe Jesse with the Force for answers about Darth Sidious' great plan but he doesn't know it but Maul continues mind probing Jesse. Back at the throne room, Ahsoka, Bo-Katan, and Commander Rex interrogate Almec in his cell about Maul's plan and why he wanted Obi-Wan on Mandalore but he is shot by Gar Saxon. But with his last breath, Almec reveals that Maul had a vision involving Anakin who he also wanted on Mandalore as well. Bo-Katan then chases after Gar Saxon and fights him off in a lift shaft but he escapes and reports back to Darth Maul who is having a meeting with the syndicate leaders of the Shadow Collective in the undercity telling them all to go into hiding. Maul then warns his Mandalorian Soldiers about the coming chaos and rallies them up with a speech to come out of the chaos and claims that they will die as warriors. Meanwhile at night, the Clone Troopers move the Mandalorians to sheltered locations for their own protection even though they don't like it. Then Darth Maul confronts Ahsoka, Rex, and Bo-Katan in the throne room with Jesse where Bo-Katan tries to fight him off but Maul proves too powerful for her and he returns Jesse to them who had told Maul everything he knows about Darth Sidious' great plan. Maul then has his Mandalorian Soldiers attack Sundari so Ahsoka tells Bo-Katan to go and help the Mandalorians while she faces Maul alone. While outside of the throne room, the Clone Troopers and the Nite Owls fight off Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers with some of them using AT-TE Walkers. Darth Maul later talks to Ahsoka again about her troubles with the Jedi Order and how she left it then he reveals to Ahsoka that the Jedi and the Republic will all fall at the hands of Darth Sidious and that there is no hope of stopping him. Maul also reveals that Anakin is the key to destroying the Force as Darth Sidious has now molded him into his new apprentice and that Maul orchestrated the fight on Mandalore to lure both Anakin and Obi-Wan to him so he could kill Anakin. Maul and Ahsoka then fight each other once again until Ahsoka later chases Maul out of the throne room and through Sundari. Maul then abandons his Mandalorian Soldiers and waits for a shuttle to take him off Mandalore but before he could, Ahsoka confronts him and tries to stop him while Maul's Mandorian Soldiers are defeated and arrested by the Clone Troopers and Nite Owls. Ahsoka then defeats Maul and he gets captured by the Clone Troopers and Nite Owls on gunships thus ending Maul's rule on Mandalore.

### Aftermath

With Darth Maul captured and his Mandalorian Soldiers arrested, Bo-Katan became Regent of Mandalore, while some Clone Troopers stayed to help her and the Nite Owls. Ahsoka and Commander Rex then took Maul back to Coruscant on a Republic Rruiser within a Force-proof capsule given to them by Bo-Katan and the Nite Owls that was originally outlawed by Duchess Satine. However, while the Republic Cruiser was in hyperspace, Order 66 was executed by Darth Sidious which caused Rex and all of the Clone Troopers on the Republic Cruiser to try and kill both Ahsoka and Maul. During which, Ahsoka released Maul to distract the Clone Troopers while she with help from some Astromech Droids was able to remove Rex's inhibitor chip and get him back on the right side who decided to go back to being a captain instead of a commander. But then the Republic Cruiser gets caught in a Moon's gravitational field because Maul destroyed the Republic Cruiser's hyperdrive while fighting off the Clone Troopers which caused the Republic Cruiser to exit hyperspace and would soon crash into the Moon. Ahsoka and Captain Rex tried to get to a ship in the Republic Cruiser's hanger to escape and Rex tried to convince Jesse and the other Clone Troopers to stop trying to kill Ahsoka but they still complied with Order 66, attacked them, and destroyed the Astromech Droids. During which, Maul escaped the Republic Cruiser on a ship and went into hiding but both Ahsoka and Captain Rex managed to escape as well using another ship before the Republic Cruiser crashed into the Moon but all the other Clone Troopers including Jesse died in the crash. As a result, both Ahsoka and Captain Rex made a graveyard for them and Ashoka leaves one of her Lightsabers there to make it look like she and Rex had died too which was later found by Anakin two years later after he became Darth Vader and the Republic became the Empire. During the reign of the Empire, both Ahsoka and Rex traveled together across the Galaxy in hiding until they decided to go their separate ways and go into hiding individually but would later come back together to fight for the Rebellion. As for Mandalore, while Maul and his reign of tyranny were over, the planet would still be divided during the reign of the Empire after it fell under Imperial control.

## Belligerents

### Republic

* Ahsoka Tano
* Bo-Katan Kryze
* Commander Rex
* Captain Vaughn
* Jesse
* Sterling
* Ursa Wren
* Clone Troopers
* Nite Owls

### Darth Maul's Death Watch

* Darth Maul
* Prime Minister Almec
* Gar Saxon
* Rook Kast
* Darth Maul's Mandalorian Soldiers

### Other

* Anakin Skywalker
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Shadow Collective
	+ Ziton Moj
	+ Marg Krim
	+ Dryden Vos

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