Originally posted by Tiberiuswell okay this is a cinda intresting why did they kill them
Well. There were 2 groups of Mandalorians. The normal Mandalorians and the Deathwatch. They fought against eachother. Members of the Deathwatch kill Jango's parents and sister. But Jango gets rescued by the normal Mandalorians. And he get's adopted by their leader: Jaster Mereel.
this is all TOTALLY EU .. *twitches* .. but here ya go...
http://www.starwarsmush.com/aliens/manda.htm
Human in all aspects except culture and attitude, the Mandalorians are truly a rare breed. Descended from survivors of a transport crash some 10,000 years ago, they have adapted to their spartan environment and become a rigid, militaristic society of clans and stratified castes. General appearance of a Mandalorian is like any other human; perhaps a bit more stocky and weathered-looking. Not much in the way of physical variation exists either. However, it is not the simple appearance of a Mandalore alone that has engrained itself into Galactic records... it is the armor.
Mandalore itself is a temperate, albeit desolate, world located in a rather overlooked and inconspicuous area at the edge of the Inner Rim. Making a living upon its surface took on a battle of survival, and thus, the Mandalorians know no other way of succession. Most importantly, however, is the metal that is only found on this planet to date. It is called Mandametal, and is the only known metallic substance that can resist the focused energy output of a weapon such as a lightsaber. Indeed, it takes an enormous amount of power to punch a hole through it, and the armor that nearly every Mandalorian began wearing is comprised of it. For their own single combat engagements, blasters and other firearms were forbidden; they were useless anyway. It came down to either finding a seam or soft spot in the armor and stabbing, or bludgeoning the opponent to submission or death. In addition, the metal is so dense that it actually can blunt a Force impression through it. No Jedi, Sith, or other Force user can project or receive thoughts through its mass. This was, through hundreds of years of use, unknown to the Mandalorians, but was discovered by the Sith.
During the Clone Wars, the Mandalorians were employed as assassins by the Sith in their action to eradicate the Jedi, since the Mandalorians, inside their personal body armor, were impervious and uncorruptable. Jedi were subdued and placed aboard barges lined with Mandametal, to be towed out into empty space and dispatched - their true fates are not recorded.
The fates of the Mandalorians themselves are not recorded either. All that is known among the galactic populace is that the Mandalorians did exist, but that no known individuals walk among them any more. All of their technology was erased, and records are incomplete as to the exact location of Mandalore at the present time. During the peak of Mandalorian culture, one of their production factories, Mandalmotors, spawned branch plants on a few other planets, and this corporation continues to operate in limited capacity. Only two known examples of the Mandalorian battle armor exist as well, worn by the bounty hunters Boba Fett and Jodo Kast, but as to how they acquired them is pure conjecture.
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Boba is technically NOT Jangos son but rather his clone.. go watch Attack of the Clones.. its all right there onscreen