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Some interesting Mandalorian and BH facts:

Link to Mando article: http://www.answers.com/topic/mandalorian

More Mando/BH stuff (tried to highlight important stuff):

"Tasked with protecting Lord Tyranus, Jango entered the fray against the Jedi. His blaster skills killed several Jedi, but Jango was not quite prepared to face off against Jedi Master Mace Windu. Windu did not break stride as he deflected Jango's incoming blasts and swiftly cleaved off the hunter's head with a single stroke of his luminescent blade." ((As seen in the movie - though I still don't know why Jango didn't just use his flamethrower again as Mace closed in. Fried Jedi would've been so easy, but maybehis flamethrowerwas out of gas by then. I have also read that in the E.U., Jango got so messed up by that creature running over him that he was barely able to stand - let alone fight.))

"Montross was a character from the video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. He was a vengeful Mandalorian with a desire to lead the Mandalorians. He betrayed Jaster Mareel and Jango Fett became the leader of the Mandalorians. After the Mandalorian's were almost entirely annihilated at the Battle of Galidraan, Montross became a bounty hunter and never was known to never to take a bounty in alive. Jango was one of his greatest enemies, and eventually met his end by Fett's hands, shortly before Jango killed the Dark Jedi Komari Vosa."

"Some one hundred years before the Battle of Ruusan, the leader of the Mandalorians was assassinated by the bounty hunter Durge. The Mandalorians struck back, and inflicted terrible vengeance upon the bounty hunter, but he managed to escape.

Over the next few centuries the Mandalorians slowly transformed into a less-clan based, more mercenary-orientated culture. It was around this time that a schism occurred in their ranks. A violent splinter group, known as the Mandalorian Death Watch, revolted against the leadership of Jaster Mereel, who lead the True Mandalorian loyalist faction.

Eventually the civil war between these groups spilled on to the pastoral world of Concord Dawn. Here the Death Watch leader Vizsla attempted to murder Jaster. However, thanks to the assistance of a young orphan named Jango Fett, Jaster and his followers escaped the trap.

Eventually, Viszla caught up to Jaster and the Mandalorians on a distant world and, thanks to the treachery of fellow Mandalorian Montross, Jaster Mereel was killed in battle.

Jaster's protege, Jango, took over the reins of leadership, despite Montross's disparaging comment that it would mean a "child leading them."

Jango's tenure as Mandalorian leader ended at the Battle of Galidraan, where a Jedi taskforce under the leadership of Master Dooku led to the death of every remaining Mandalorian, except for Jango. ((Btw next part contradicts this as some lived, but I'm guessing this only meant everyMando at the Battle of Galidraan))

After this disaster, the Mandalorians were effectively ended as a force in the galaxy. Individuals survived on both on Mandalore and in other isolated pockets of known space, but they played little influence on galactic affairs until the Clone Wars, when Jango Fett became the host for a Grand Army of the Republic. One clone trooper, an elite ARC trooper named Alpha-Ø2, ended up going rogue and changing the Mandalorians forever.

Through some fluke of the Kaminoans' cloning technology, Alpha-Ø2 had memories of Jango Fett. He went to Mandalore and started rebuilding the Mandalorian supercommandos from Mandalorian Protectors, police, and even Death Watchmen. Alpha-Ø2 became Mandalore the Resurrector and his forces fought for Confederacy of Independent Systems. Among his troopers were Tobbi Dala and future Mandalore Fenn Shysa."

"Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, the Mandalorians experienced a rebirth of some sort, as Boba Fett gathered likeminded individuals under his leadership to fight the Yuuzhan Vong."

The Yuuzhan Vong, by the way, were so mysterious they confounded even the Jedi - as they had no "Force" in them. That race had practically destroyed Coruscant and as far as I know that's where the Expanded Universe ends. I think the Mandalorians may save the galaxy before falling into disorder again.

Also, I've read that the Battle of Galidraan was a plot to kill off all the Mandalorians, probably made by the Death Watch who had split off and saw them as a rival group. The Jedi didn't realize that and went along with it (or so I've read), and Dooku may have led them to doing this before he realized it was a mistake. According to a post I saw on the SWG forums, the Mandalorians fought valiantly and killed plenty of Jedi themselves before going out - a feat not many other groups would be able to accomplish. (Because duh - Jedi use the force - or "magic"... cheap bastages.)

Other BH's from SW universe: Bossk, Dengar, Durge, Greedo (everyone's favorite loser), Montross, Calo Nord, Aurra Sing, Zuckuss, and IG-88