Mandalore

"There is no greater honor than for a soldier to die in service to his Mand'alor. But there is no greater honor for a Mand'alor than to die for his people." – Popular Mandalorian saying

Basic Information

ASTROGRAPHICAL

• Region: Outer Rim
• Sector: Mandalore Sector
• System: Mandalore System
• Suns: 1: Mandalore
• Orbital position: 5
• Moons: 2 (including Concordia)
• Grid coordinates: O-7
• Distance from Core: 28,666 LY
• Rotation period: 19 standard hours
• Orbital period: 366 local days

PHYSICAL

• Class: Terrestrial
• Diameter: 9,200 km
• Atmosphere: Type 1 (breathable)
• Climate: Varied (temperate, tropical, arid)
• Gravity: Standard
• Primary terrain: Forests, jungles, deserts, seas, grass plains
• Native flora: Veshok trees, Galek trees, Amber ferns, Vormur blooms, Varos
• Native fauna: Strills, Shriek-hawks, Shatuals, Vhe'viins, Fanned rawl
• Points of interest: None formally designated

SOCIETAL

• Immigrated species: Various, primarily Human
• Primary language(s): Mando'a, Galactic Basic Standard
• Government: Court of Mandalore under Mandalore the Provider
• Population: Dispersed; organised primarily into clans
• Demonym: Mandalorian
• Major cities: None
• Affiliation: Mandalorian Empire

Description

Mandalore is the ancestral homeworld of the Mandalorian people and the spiritual heart of their culture. Though often sparsely populated, the planet has served for millennia as the symbolic and ideological centre of Mandalorian identity. From Mandalore, generations of clans spread outward to conquer, settle, and dominate wide swathes of the galaxy.

While Mandalorian society is fundamentally clan-based and frequently divided by internal rivalries, Mandalore itself is universally regarded as sacred ground. Regardless of political schism or ideological fracture, all Mandalorians acknowledge Mandalore as their shared origin and ultimate homeland.

History

Taung Settlement and the Birth of the Mandalorian Way (c. 7,000 BBY)

Mandalore was originally an untamed world with no native sentient species. Following their exile from Notron, later known as Coruscant, the Taung people settled the planet and named it Manda'yaim, meaning "Home of Mand'alor". Under the leadership of Mandalore the First, the Taung forged a harsh warrior culture shaped by constant struggle against the planet’s dangerous megafauna.

The Taung hunted the native Mythosaurs to extinction, adopting their skulls as a cultural sigil that would endure long after the species itself vanished. Over generations, the Taung way of life evolved into what became known as the Mandalorian Creed, a rigid martial philosophy centred on strength, honour, conquest, and loyalty to clan above all else.

As Mandalorian power grew, clans expanded beyond Mandalore, conquering and settling other worlds. By the time of the Great Sith War, Mandalore itself had become lightly populated, yet its symbolic importance only deepened. The planet remained the ideological heart of Mandalorian identity, even as their empire became nomadic in nature.

Galactic Conflicts and Decline (Old Republic to Imperial Era)

Throughout the Old Republic era, Mandalorians repeatedly clashed with the Jedi Order and the Republic, culminating in devastating wars that reshaped both Mandalorian society and the wider galaxy. Though never fully eradicated, Mandalorian unity fractured repeatedly, giving rise to splinter factions, reformist movements, and periods of isolation.

During the rise of the Galactic Empire, Mandalore and its surrounding systems were drawn into Imperial orbit. While some clans collaborated with Imperial authorities, others resisted fiercely. The planet itself suffered political subjugation and cultural erosion, even as Mandalorian mercenaries such as Boba Fett rose to prominence across the galaxy.

In the aftermath of the Empire’s fall, Mandalorian space remained unstable. The Yuuzhan Vong War further devastated Mandalorian populations, forcing surviving clans into increasingly insular and survival-focused postures. By the war’s end, Mandalore was once again more symbol than seat of power.

The New Galactic Dark Age and the Mandalorian Schism

In the centuries following the collapse of the Fel Empire and the Sith-Imperial War, Mandalorian space entered a prolonged period of internal conflict and myth-making. Records from this era are fragmentary, with much of Mandalorian history preserved only through oral tradition and clan legend.

During this time, ideological divisions hardened between expansionist crusaders and those who sought stability and preservation. These divisions would ultimately give rise to the Mandalorian Defenders and, later, the foundation of the Mandalorian state known as Manda'toma.

Recent History

By the era of the Third Galactic Republic, Mandalore itself had become politically marginal but culturally central. The formation of Manda'toma marked a decisive shift away from galactic conquest toward enforced stability and containment. Mandalore was pacified and integrated into this new order, its warrior traditions preserved but redirected.

It is widely believed that the Mandalorian Defenders who formed Manda'toma were influenced, or possibly led, by Force-sensitive individuals, including former Jedi who concluded that domination of Mandalorian culture was the only means of preventing renewed galactic devastation. This belief remains controversial and unproven.

Under Mandalore the Provider, Mandalore now exists as a controlled, static world. While no longer the staging ground of crusades, it remains a potent symbol of Mandalorian identity, honour, and unresolved destiny within the galaxy.