So, what is it?
well
Let's understand the history first since the planet Mandalore was conquered some 11 thousand years before the Battle of Yavin
By the grey skinned simian species that Tong who were the forebears of the Mandalorian culture the discovery of their worlds unique
indestructible or known as beskar
fundamentally changed their society contributing to their expansion within their own star sector and their
Standing with the rest of the galaxy for beskar was one of the toughest metals known to science treasured for its incredible
Strength and durability the iron was so rare that the only known source for it was Mandalore itself, and it's orbiting moon
Concordia because of how resistant beskar was to damage it could even withstand blows from a lightsaber
the Mandalorian iron was prized far more than dura steel or corestosis by the galaxy at large the
Mandalorians eventually weren't tied to any individual species like the Tong but
Became composed of a diverse makeup of different alien beings
United by their warriors culture the Mandalorian metal smiths who guarded their secret techniques with their very lives
Amplified the natural strength of the iron during the forging process without sacrificing any of the beskar ore's
Distinctive toughness the metal smith were able to significantly reduce its heaviness by adding carbon molecules in their foundries
which created a molecular cage structure that allowed the Mandalorian metal to become much lighter than it naturally was but also in
Comparison to any of the other contemporary metals out there
So beskar iron was not just one of the most unbreakable metals
but also one of the lightest in the galaxy the
Mandalorians had also realized that if they repeated folding Bhaskar during the forging procedure
That is the iron would further enhance its already considerable strength, but beskar wasn't the only metal
They used the metal Smith's would mix in other metals to create alloys that are capable of being shaped into
Numerous types of shapes these alloys resulted in the varied colors of the finished beskar during the smelting
process soon enough the reputation of the
Mandalorian iron caused many armies throughout the galaxy to journey to obtain as much of the supplies as they could and thus its
Galactic market value skyrocketed, so some sought to try and bribe the Mandalorian metalsmiths for their secrets
But those ventures always led nowhere the metalsmiths only pass their knowledge down through the generations
To their own kin any Enterprise that tried to replicate finished bhaskar without the Mandalorians secret knowledge always met with failure
Beskar could be rendered in various ways
Not just for weapons and armor plating depending on the composition of the alloy the iron could be utilized in such things as wire
micronized particles foam or even transparent film in the course of time the beskar became the Mandalorians main economic
Export and they began to transform their moon Concordia into a mining base
The surface was completely scarred by mines and the satellite forests were nearly all destroyed by the various mining operations
But that didn't slow them down as they fitted their weapons armor and starships with beskar
Sometimes the iron was used in more
Unorthodox ways such as when Jedi Master ARCA Jeff purchased a great deal of it to seal in the tomb of the ancient Sith Lord
Freedon Nadd on Dxun (Duks-un)
to the astonishment of the Dark Jedi and the future Sith Lord Exar Kun who later attempted to access the tomb?
It took him repeated strikes with his lightsaber at its highest power setting to finally break through and if you guys didn't know
lightsabers actually have a length setting and a power setting the
Mandalorians themselves viewed buscar' as the perfect material to craft their infamous armor with recognizing the benefits it provided them in
engagements against opponents with blasters and lightsabers
however
Following a prominent event in the Warriors clan history called the Mandalorian excision which saw the rise of a new peaceful
pacifist sect on Mandalorian society
the ore was used in the architectural makeup of many of their capital city on
sundari's majestic buildings and towers as well as in the flatware used by
passengers for dining in the new Mandalorians leader duchess satine x' personal yacht though pacifist the new
Mandalorians were still pragmatists
so the nearly indestructible iron was also utilized in the
Construction of the capital's prison cells their police force still made use of beskar forged
Mandalorian manacles as well as blast proof best car shields
the mining operations on Concordia had seized by this point at least officially they were however
Still in operation on Mandalore itself where the beskar was being mined underground
however
Some of the pacifist would instead break down the traditional Mandalorian armor to repurpose the iron towards more non aggressive
Usages there was a Mandalorian splinter group called Death Watch
Led by a warrior named tor Vizsla that did not share in the ideals of the new pacifist
Mandalorians and believed in a more violent and radical ideology that was closer in sync with their ancestors mercenary past
So he ran an unofficial and illegal mining operation on
Concordia to make tools of war with the beskar when the Galactic Republic had collapsed and had been replaced by Emperor Palpatine
Empire The Imperials negotiated a deal with the Mandalorian chieftains of
800 million credits to acquire mining rights for Bhaskar and to establish a garrison on their homeworld
Companies were set up that refurbished old prison ships or constructed new ones with buscar' enhancements soon enough
More requests came in from manacles holding cages and security doors though initially this arrangement had been mutually beneficial for both
Mandalore and the Empire
relations between them soon started to strain to the breaking point and the Empire conquered the
Mandalorians home following standard Imperial procedure they enslaved the populace strip mined the planet of buscar' and shipped a good deal of it offworld
Around this time a dark side acolyte and apprentice of darth vader's the dark lady of the sith
lumia used some of the Mandalorian iron in the construction of our light whip though the empire took a great deal of the
Mandalorian armor they had only mined the planets shallow veins while
Much later when the Empire was no more and after a devastating attack by the extra galactic species
The Yuuzhan Vong a new great source of the best car or was discovered in much deeper grounds
This is what I believe will become the new Canon or at least a form of
Will become the new cannon for what is talked about in the show as the Great Purge
I believe the Empire did this exact same thing in the cannon that they did in legends where they went in to Mandalore and they
Basically just purged it and they took all of the best Skaar this new discovery led to Mandalore once again
rising to economic prosperity under their new leader the reigning
Mandalore bobafet a new set of best car armor was forged for him to replace his old dura steel plates during this period
Jaina solo the daughter of Leia and Han
was training with the Mandalorians to learn new fighting techniques to aid her in fighting her brother who had fallen to the dark side and
Become Darth Cadis, which I'm making a video on in its entirety like his whole history. It's like a 20 minute video
So I hope you guys will enjoy it
He is who kylo Ren is supposed to actually be or is based off of slightly
Jaina was furnished with Beskar armor plates that she used during her final confrontation with her twin though
The iron was pretty much impervious Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker had taught his niece how to perceive the faint flaws
Left in bhaskar as early as the forging phase and how to exploit those tiny
imperfections with the force to completely shatter the armor this kind of reminds me of Mace Windu's
Iconic force ability called shatter points where he would see the world in different panes of glass and could see the weak points of different
objects enemies
Whatever it is
so essentially best scar or is Star Wars is equivalent to
wakanda's vibranium
an incredible useful and powerful metal that I can't help but wonder how such a resource might have changed the relationship between
Palpatine and Darth Vader if the Sith apprentices armor had been entirely composed of that wondrous material instead of Durasteel
I mean a lightsaber proof Darth Vader
But of course Palpatine never wanted this he gave Vader the worst robotics and technology
That he could because he wanted Vader to suffer for his defeat from obi-wan and in losing
Palpatine the prodigal chosen one at his full power because as we all know once Anakin lost obi-wan
He lost three of his limbs including the one that he had already lost
So four limbs which severed his connection to the force entirely and as George Lucas stated
He was only 80 percent at maximum power in comparison to Palpatine
Which if he had never lost obi-wan or never lost his limbs, he would have been far greater in power compared to Palpatine
So I hope you enjoyed today's video about best cars
Origins and history and also the Great Purge as to what I believe will also become
Canon, or at least a similar variant of it
Also, make sure you check out yesterday's video which covered George Lucas's original script for his underworld series
Which was supposed to take place in Khorasan?
It was supposed to be like this underworld show about all the darker parts of Star Wars
So, you know like Palpatine's backstory, which revealed something really interesting
Regarding it
I want you guys to go check it out if you haven't already and if you have also let me know what you think about
It as well as we were supposed to get lots of Boba Fett in there as well
So seeing as how George was involved with the Mandalorian
it kind of makes me wonder or think or at least hope that he had a big say and where the show goes and
Hopefully for more seasons and episodes
What planets we might visit and even what characters leave a like on this video if you enjoyed it
I hope you have an awesome rest of your day. And until we see each other in the next one
Remember the force will be with you always