Scout guards were militia soldiers marshalled by Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth as the majority of her gathered forces. Upon the discovery of Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" in the far galaxy, scout guards were reorganized to fall under the command of Thrawn's Imperial remnant. The scout guards spoke both Galactic Basic Standard and an alien language.
A scout guard carrying an A350 blaster rifle
Scout guards were a type of militia soldier who served under the command of Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth. They made up the bulk of Elsbeth's army, which was based on the forest planet Corvus and later the Eye of Sion hyperspace transport ring. The guards were further led by the hired gunfighter Lang on Corvus. After Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" was discovered on the extragalactic planet Peridea, the scout guards fell under the organizational structure of Thrawn's Imperial remnant. Thrawn and his Captain of the Guard, Enoch, became commanders for the scout guards.
The guards wore gray clothing with a belt that had multiple compartments and a satchel bag, which was slung around the guard's shoulder. The soldier's head was concealed with a leather hood and a breath mask which had a tube protruding from it to the satchel. Heavily armed, each scout guard was also equipped with an A350 blaster rifle, which had a scope and a sling, as well as a comm to contact others. For space operations, scout guards piloted a model of starfighter similar to the RP82 Fiend fighters favored by Elsbeth's mercenaries. The scout guards' ships, however, were slightly smaller in wing design.
On Corvus, the roles of the guard included policing, guarding the city Calodan, and scanning incoming starships. Scout guards spoke both Galactic Basic Standard and an alien language.
Scout guards back Morgan Elsbeth as she is confronted by Ahsoka Tano
In 9 ABY, in the era of the New Republic, numerous scout guards were in the served Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth, who ruled over Calodan. One night, the former Jedi Ahsoka Tano—who intended to defeat and interrogate Elsbeth for the whereabouts of her superior—advanced on the city, chasing a legion of scout guards who were outside the walls. At the wall gate, a scout guard sounded the alarm which alerted reinforcements to the gate, including Lang, Elsbeth and the latter's two HK-87 assassin droids. Tano dispatched the soldiers outside the wall and exchanged with the magistrate, who was backed by scout guards, ultimately giving Elsbeth a day to surrender.
The next day, the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin arrived, being scanned by a scout guard on the wall. Another guard called Lang over as the Mandalorian approached the entrance. The gunfighter cleared Djarin to enter, and two scout guards soon approached the bounty hunter as Elsbeth wished to see him. The pair of soldiers led the Mandalorian to the magistrate, who hired Djarin to hunt down Tano. After, Lang and two scout guards, saw the hunter out of Calodan as he began his hunt. In reality, Djarin had already been searching for Tano for help with a Force-sensitive infant. The Mandalorian made allies with the Jedi, and the two conspired to attack Calodan.
Tano returned to the main Calodan's gate the next morning, and a scout guard immediately spotted her and advised another guard to sound the alarm. The guards on the wall fired at the Jedi, who jumped up to the wall and defeated them. Nearby, outside Elsbeth's residence, more scout guards led by Lang arrived and formed a blockade in front of the residence's entrance. Elsbeth herself soon joined them with her HK-87 assassin droids, and Tano lied that Djarin had been killed to threaten the magistrate into giving her the information she desired. Elsbeth instead ordered her forces to kill the Jedi, and the scout guards fired on Tano, pursuing her through the alleyways.
Two scout guards are ambushed by Ahsoka Tano
Elsbeth ordered her last two guards to kill three prisoners in electric cages and then the rest of Calodan's citizens. The magistrate left the guards to carry out their orders, but Djarin intervened, killing both soldiers. Meanwhile, the scout guards split up to traverse the alleyways in search of Tano. The Jedi, ambushed a trio of them from above and eliminated them before flanking two others, who were also defeated. Lang failed to take out Tano, but soon found Djarin, who had freed the three prisoners from their cages. Tano fought and overpowered Elsbeth, ending her rule over Calodan. Simultaneously, Lang exchanged with Djarin, but was killed while attempting to shoot the Mandalorian.
After Elsbeth was rescued from the New Republic by former Jedi Knight Baylan Skoll and his apprentice Shin Hati, she resumed her scout guards for the search for Grand Admiral Thrawn.
The scout guard first appeared in the episode "Chapter 13: The Jedi" of Jon Favreau's Disney+ series The Mandalorian, directed by Dave Filoni and released on November 27, 2020. Although not named in the episode's dialogue, members of Elsbeth's militia were described as "scout guards" in the subtitles.
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