Mandalorian Civil War (19 BBY)
"I claim this sword and my rightful place as leader of Death Watch." "Never! No outsider will ever rule Mandalore!" "Hmm. If you will not join me, you will all die." "You're all traitors!" "Unfortunately for you, history will not see it that way. Execute them!"
―Maul and Bo-Katan Kryze The Mandalorian Civil War erupted in the capital city of Sundari when the Shadow Collective deposed Duchess Satine Kryze and her New Mandalorian government. Maul challenged Pre Vizsla, leader of Death Watch, to a leadership battle to decide which of them would rule Mandalore. Maul defeated and killed Vizsla in single combat, but not all Death Watch forces accepted the sudden change in leadership. Bo-Katan Kryze, the Duchess' sister and a Vizsla loyalist, formed the Mandalore resistance and rebelled against Maul's rule, leading to the fighting. Obi-Wan Kenobi also took part in the Battle of Mandalore, as did Darth Sidious, who battled Maul and his brother, Savage Opress. In the ensuing fight, Savage was killed by Darth Sidious, while Maul was captured and imprisoned in the Spire on Stygeon Prime. Despite Prime Minister Almec's efforts to portray former Duchess Satine Kryze as a murderer who had abandoned her pacifist ideals to kill Viszla, thereby concealing Maul's own actions, the execution of Satine Kryze at Maul's hands ignited rebellion among many Mandalorians, who joined forces to reclaim Mandalore from the outsider who had taken its throne. Even as the civil war continued to engulf Mandalore, Maul was freed by his Mandalorian super commandos, but, shortly afterward, his mother, the powerful Nightsister Talzin, was killed during the Second Battle of Dathomir. Maul returned to Mandalore, but the planet was besieged by the Galactic Republic and Mandalore resistance. Maul was captured, and Kryze took control of the planet. However, she would ultimately lose her power after refusing to obey the Galactic Empire, which launched an occupation of Mandalore with the clone forces still on-planet.Notes and references
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