Bo-Katan Kryze

**Bo-Katan Kryze** is a character in the *Star Wars* franchise.

## Background

Bo-Katan Kryze was born on the planet Mandalore at least twenty years before the Clone Wars. She was the younger sister of Satine Kryze, the duchess of Mandalore and the New Mandalorians. The sisters had at least one sibling, who parented the sisters' nephew Korkie. She worked as a lieutenant for the Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla during the Clone Wars. After Dooku broke off ties with Death Watch, Bo-Katan came to distrust Sith.

## Appearances

### The Clone Wars

During one of her adventures, Bo-Katan once encountered the Jedi Ahsoka Tano when she was forcibly brought to the planet by Lux Bonteri, who wished to join the group to exact vengeance on Count Dooku. Bo-Katan attempted to kill them with the rest of the Mandalorians until Ahsoka and Lux were able to escape with R2-D2 and several droids the Death Watch abused.

By 19 BBY, Bo-Katan was still involved with Death Watch, where she and Vizsla encountered Darth Maul and Savage Opress, who they took back to their base and Vizsla saw them as potential allies against the New Mandalorians and the Jedi. However, Bo-Katan distrusted the Sith and voiced her opinion of Maul and Sith Lords no different than Jedi. Infuriated, Maul began choking her with the Force but enough to weaken her before releasing his grip on her. She later helped create the Shadow Collective while begrudgingly going along with the alliance with Maul and Savage. However, Vizsla revealed to Bo-Katan that she must go along with Maul's plan and that he planned on betraying them when their usefulness was over.

She later helped Vizsla take over Mandalore and undermine her sister while eventually imprisoning Opress and Maul. However, their victory was short-lived, as Maul and Savage had finally emerged from their prison with Almec as their prisoner, where the Sith Lord declared himself a challenger for the throne of Mandalore. Bo witnessed a duel between the two leaders and watched in horror as Vizsla was beheaded by Maul, who declared him the true ruler of Mandalore. However, Bo and her fellow Nite Owls refused to acknowledge a non-Mandalorian as their ruler, causing Death Watch members to turn against the Nite Owls. However, Bo and her people escaped. Banding with her nephew, Korkie, she and those now loyal to Satine freed her. However, their escape was foiled when Maul's Mandalorian forces caused Bo-Katan and her Nite Owls to flee and resulted in Satine's capture.

Obi-Wan later came to save Satine, but in the end, she was murdered by maul to make Obi-Wan suffer as he had suffered. Bo-Katan, having been contacted by her sister prior to her death, rescued Obi-Wan and got him on a Mandalorian ship. She told him to return to the Republic and inform them what has happened there. Though Bo-Katan was aware that it would lead to a republic invasion on Mandalore, she acknowledged that her planet would survive. Obi Wan recognized Bo-Katan as Satine's sister and offered her his condolences. Bo-Katan briefly faltered, mourning her sister's loss before fighting off Mandalorians to escape.

Later, on a mission to Oba Diah, Bo-Katan and the Mandalorians with her (including Ursa Wren). Bo-Katan and her followers noticed Ahsoka Tano. Bo-Katan recognized the girl as the Jedi she encountered on Carlac and told her scouts to keep an eye on Ahsoka, thinking she proved to be a worthy ally in fighting Darth Maul. After Ahsoka and the Martez sisters escaped, Bo-Katan approached Ahsoka on Coruscant, where she asked for Ahsoka's help in her fight against Maul. The young woman accepted and joined Bo-Katan to Mandalore.