With the release of Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 7 DANGEROUS DEBT on Disney plus, the big question
that everyone was wondering is, who are the Mandalorians that appear on Obah Diah.
Many of you that are familiar with the Clone Wars and Rebels shows will have immediately
recognised two of these characters, but for those of you don’t know I’m going to break
down their identities.
So we're going to dive deep into the histories of the two confirmed Mandalorians that appear
on Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 7 and also speculate on who the mysterious unnamed mandalorian
might be.
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The appearance of three cloaked Mandalorians was the standout of the episode for many of
us, but who exactly were these three Mandalorians.
They belong to an elite unit of fighters from the group Deathwatch, known as the Nite Owls.
The Nite Owls initially held unbreakable loyalty for Deathwatch, under the leadership of Pre
Vizsla, opposing the pacifist philosophy of Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore during the
Clone Wars.
Things quickly changed after Darth Maul’s formation of the Shadow Collective, who were
a collection of the Galaxy’s most notorious crime and underworld clans brought together
under the leadership of Maul.
Maul organized the clans into an invasion force, who were able to capture the planet
Mandalore.
Their initial plan was to set Deathwatch up as the saviours of Mandalore, who would protect
their people from this invasion by the Shadow Collective and be viewed as heros by the citizens
of the planet.
Deathwatch would then have gained the support of the population to take control of the Mandalore,
from Duchess Satine.
As Maul and his invasion force reached the Royal Palace of Mandalore, Maul broke his
agreement with Deathwatch, challenging the current holder of the Darksaber and leader
of Deathwatch to a duel, which under Mandalorian tradition could not be refused.
The tradition also stated that, should the holder of the Darksaber be defeated in a duel,
the winner of that duel would become the ruler of the Mandalorian people.
Darth Maul eventually, of course, defeated Pre Vizsla, taking the rulership of Mandalore
and possession of the Darksaber
This brings us back to the Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 7.
The first Mandalorian we see in the Episode is confirmed by the end credits to be Bo Katan
Kryze, who is in the centre of the group, with her distinctive blue trimmed helmet and
cloak.
She is the sister of Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore, but fiercely opposed her view
that the Mandalorians should become pacifists to avoid the constant bloodshed and war of
their past.
Because of her opposing views, she joined the radical Mandalorian group Death watch,
who sought to revive the warring ways of their ancestors.
I’m sure you already know that this is the group that went on to rescue Din Djarin from
the Mandalorian, as a child during the Clone Wars.
Bo Katan also led the elite Nite Owls group of Warriors within Death Watch.
She was present at Maul’s duel with Pre Vizsla and witnessed his death.
When Maul declared himself the new leader of Death Watch and Mandalore, Bo Katan refused
to accept his rule because he was an outsider.
After this event, the elite group of Nite Owls split into two, with half pledging their
loyalty to Maul as new leader of Mandalore, and the other pledging their allegiance to
Bo Katan, because they would never allow an outsider to be in command of the Death Watch.
They would also never stand for an outsider to Lead Mandalore.
During the events of Star Wars Rebels, Bo Katan eventually took control of the Darksaber
after proving herself as a worthy leader for the people of Mandalore.
She was handed the Darksaber by Sabine Wren, who didn’t believe herself to be ready to
lead Mandalore at that time.
The other Mandalorian that we see on the left of Bo Katan is Ursa Wren, Mother of Sabine
Wren from the Rebels TV series.
I’m so excited to see Ursa Wren in the Clone Wars animation style, so hopefully she will
actually take her helmet off in the next episode.
Ursa Wren is also a member of house Vizsla and a member of Deathwatch.
According to Dave Filloni, Ursa Wren was likely present at the duel between Pre Vizsla and
Darth Maul, as one of the Mandalorians who sided with Bo Katan in the firefight that
ensued directly after.
Following Maul’s shock takeover of the Deathwatch, Ursa Wren and the rest of Clan Wren deserted
the Death Watch and instead pledged themselves to Bo Katan and the Nite Owls, opposing Maul’s
rule of Mandalore.
During the imperial era, Ursa’s Daughter, Sabine Wren was enlisted in the Imperial Academy,
where she developed weapons that were eventually used on her own people.
Most notably of these was the Arc Pulse Generator, codenamed “Duchess”, which was capable
of reacting with the Beskar metal within the armour of all Mandalorians, incinerating the
wearer of the armor.
Her daughter’s involvement in the creation of this weapon placed disgrace on the family
and the entirety of Clan Wren.
Clan Wren was viewed by the other clans as traitors and allies of the Empire.
After the Empire, led by Imperial Mandalorian, Tiber Saxon had attempted to use the Arc Pulse
Generator on Mandalore, the Wren Clan redeemed their legacy by helping to destroy the Weapon.
After placing the Darksaber and Leadership of Mandalore in the hands of Bo Katan, Ursa
Wren and the entire Wren Clan pledged their allegiance to Bo Katan as the new leader of
Mandalore.
As a side note, I did see many people thinking that the cloaked Mandalorian was the Armourer
from Mandalorian Season 1, but the credits did confirm that this was in fact Ursa Wren.
On top of this, based on the helmet that the Armourer wore in season 1 of the Mandalorian,
she very likely sided with Darth Maul instead of Bo Katan.
The Mandalorians who sided with Darth Maul after his takeover of Mandalore changed their
helmets to include horns, as a tribute to their new leader.
The third Nite Owl that we see on Obah Diah is a little more mysterious.
The first possibility is that it is the father of Sabine Wren and husband of Ursa Wren.
This would make a lot of sense as his wife is right there beside him, possibly conducting
business important to the Wren family.
The only thing that detracts from this possibility is that he really wasn’t a warrior in any
way.
Like his daughter, he preferred to take part in art and culture, more than fighting and
combat.
Another possibility is that it is Fenn Rau, a Mandalorian who initially sided with the
Empire in the Imperial era, but later joined the Rebels.
He was active during the Clone Wars, and was Loyal to the Republic throughout the war,
before his turn to the Empire.
The Mandalorian that we see in this shot is wearing a green or grey helmet, it's hard
to tell in that lighting, but Fenn Rau wore Blue Mandalorian armour.
Although it’s possible he may have changed the colour of his armour after the fall of
the Republic, many Mandalorians keep their armour unchanged as a tradition and Ursa Wren
is wearing the same yellow as her clan colour in Rebels.
This leaves us with one obscure, but very possible potential identity for this Mandalorian.
As we know, a big intention on the part of Disney for bringing The Clone Wars back was
to show the Siege of Mandalore and to make a lot of setups for events that will take
place in the Mandalorian TV series.
One of the people seen in the Mandalorian enclave wore a Green helmet, with a very similar
style and markings of the Nite Owls, as seen on the Mandalorian here.
In addition to this, both the helmet of this Mandalorian and the one in the Mando tv series
are in the Female style, possibly suggesting that they are either the same person or a
descendant of this Mandalorian.
If it actually was the same person, they would be decently old by the events of the Mandalorian
tv series, so it's possible that this is a descendant of that person.
Other than that, let me know who you think it could be?
Could it even be one of the villain Mandalorians that we see appear in Rebels or will it just
be an unnamed member of the Nite owls?
Either way, the whole siege of Mandalore arc is definitely intended to tie all of the Mandalorian
stories together to the Mandalorian TV series and connect them with the story of Din Djarin.
I’m willing to bet that we see Bo Katan, Sabine and many other well known Mandalorians
in Season 2.
As we know that Moff Gideon now has control of the Darksaber, so it’s pretty clear that
Bo Katan is either dead at the hands of Gideon or will show up to confront him somewhere
in the series.
The Siege of Mandalore will almost certainly provide some huge revelations going into the
Mandalorian season 2.
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