With Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 11 SHATTERED releasing very soon on Disney+, some of you
are wondering, who exactly is Gar Saxon?
Despite making a notable appearance in the Star Wars Rebels show, Gar Saxon actually
made his first appearance in the Son of Dathomir comics, where he helped to rescue his leader,
Maul.
I’m going to break the complete history of Gar Saxon, and how he came to serve Maul.
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Gar Saxon was a Mandalorian warrior born on the planet Mandalore, who served as a commander
of the Mandalorian Super Commandos, under the leadership of former Sith Lord Maul and
his Shadow Collective.
His strong loyalty to Maul after the splitting of Deathwatch, allowed Saxon to ascend to
the second highest position in Maul’s forces, second only to leader of the Super Commandos,
Rook Kast.
Just like Rook Kast, Saxon’s first appearance came in the Son of Dathomir comic series,
which were originally intended to be animated and turned into episodes for the original
Season 7 of the Clone Wars.
During his service with Maul’s Mandalorian Super Commando forces, Saxon wore his traditional
beskar Mandalorian armour, but attached horns to his helmet, as a tribute to his leader,
Maul.
This helmet was also one of two unique Mandalorian Super Commando helmets, which emanated an
orange glow when it was worn, symbolising Saxon’s leadership within the Super Commando
forces.
He also painted his armour red and black, again as a display of loyalty to Maul and
the shadow collective.
Saxon also carried a plasma personal combat shield, which assisted him in blocking blaster
fire from Clones at the Siege of Mandalore.
After Maul was captured by Darth Sidious and taken to the shocking “Spire” prison on
the remote world of Stygeon Prime, Gar Saxon was ordered by Prime Minister Almec, who Maul
had placed in charge, to stage a rescue attempt for their leader.
Saxon and Rook Kast were able to successfully free Maul from his confinement in the Spire
prison, and escape on a Mandalorian Gauntlet fighter, to the Deathwatch outpost on Zanbar.
After arriving on Zanbar, Saxon took Maul to the secret operations centre of the Shadow
collective base, where he briefed he would brief his people on his absence.
Unfortunately for Maul and Saxon, Grievous and his droid army had managed to track their
ship to Zanbar, and were preparing to invade the outpost immediately.
During Grievous’ attack on Zanbar, Gar Saxon fought alongside his fellow Mandalorian Super
Commandos, but as it became clear that his men were defeated, he escaped the hard fought
battle with Maul and Rook Kast.
Following their defeat on Zanbar, Saxon and Maul travelled to Ord Mandtell, where they
would meet with other members of the Shadow Collective to build their forces.
Once again, Grievous’ droids had managed to track Saxon and Maul to Ord Mantell, where
they began a ferocious orbital bombardment of the planet, killing many of its people.
As Grievous’ attack began to intensify, Gar Saxon was placed in command of the Mandalorian
ground forces by Maul.
Saxon and his men were quickly defeated and rounded up, on the verge of execution after
suffering a horrific defeat on the battlefield.
Luckily for Saxon and his men, Maul was able to sneak aboard Grievous’ command ship with
Rook Kast and deactivate the Droid Army only moments before they were to execute him.
After this narrow escape, Saxon and his ground forces rushed to save a legion of Nightbrothers
that were in hand to hand combat with Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
With the combined strength of Gar Saxon’s men and Maul’s Nightbrothers, they were
able to capture and imprison Dooku.
After suffering a second failure on Ord Mantell, Saxon and the rest of the Shadow collective
moved their operation to a Mandalorian Asteroid base in the mid rim.
Unfortunately for them, the fierce battle on Ord Mantell had not gone unnoticed by the
Republic, who had now sent Jedi Masters Mace Windu, Tiplee, Obi Wan Kenobi and Aayla Secura
to investigate.
When the Jedi arrived on the asteroid outpost, Maul and Dooku were forced to team up to defeat
them, leaving Gar Saxon in charge of the Mandalorian Super Commando forces.
As Dooku and Maul fought a fierce battle with the Jedi masters, General Grievous, who they
had also captured, managed to escape from his prison cell, allowing Dooku kill Master
Tiplee, enraging the Jedi.
The Jedi gained the upper hand at this point, but that advantage was only short lived, as
Saxon suggested that Rook Kast fire a rocket at the Jedi, knocking Mace Windu and Aayla
Secura unconscious.
This blast allowed a quick escape from the asteroid base, but once again at the cost
of many of Maul and Saxon’s men, who were captured by the Republic.
Maul’s consistent losses of men and shadow collective assets then cause the other Members
of the Shadow collective to attempt to leave the organization.
They are quickly brought into line, however, as Gar Saxon is dispatched to deal with them.
Following that, we finally arrive at where we are now in Clone Wars Season 7 Episode
10.
After the failure of Maul’s Super Commandos on the asteroid base, they eventually regrouped
on Mandalore.
While back on Mandalore, Prime Minister Almec became aware of an impending invasion by the
Republic.
This threat of invasion outraged Almec, who ordered Saxon to prepare the Super Commando
forces to defend the planet against the upcoming siege.
After engaging in fierce battle with the Republic’s Clone Army for a long period of time, Saxon
was instructed to escape into the sewer systems of Sundari, where he would be met by his leader,
Maul.
He was also instructed to set up a trap for the Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Unfortunately
for them, Kenobi never arrived, forcing them to spring the trap on Ahsoka Tano.
Maul and Saxon’s Mandalorian super commandos were unable to hold Ahsoka captive, as she
managed to escape their grasp with the help of newly promoted Commander Rex.
After receiving news from the surface of Mandalore that Almec had been captured by the Republic
forces, Maul instructed Saxon to travel to the prison where he was being held and eliminate
the Prime Minister before he could reveal any information about Maul’s plan.
After arriving at the prison, Saxon quick brought almec to his demise with two swift
shots to the chest, only moments before giving crucial information about Maul to Bo Katan
and Ahsoka.
Following his successful mission at the prison, Saxon regrouped with Maul, where he was sent
into battle along with Rook Kast against Ahsoka and Rex’s 332nd Company.
As defeat was approaching at the hands of the Republic Clones and Bo Katan’s Nite
Owls, Saxon called upon Maul for reinforcements, but was refused and betrayed by his leader.
At this point, Saxon was captured by Rex.
Following this, the next time we see Saxon is long after the dissolution of the Shadow
collective and the formation of the Empire.
Saxon eventually joined the ranks of the empire, being installed as a puppet imperial Governor
of Mandalore.
Saxon quickly rose to the rank of Imperial Viceroy, with his new Imperial Super Commandos
enforcing the rule of the Empire on Mandalore.
Because of his failure at the Siege of Mandalore, and his betrayal by Maul, it is likely that
Saxon joined the Empire to increase his own power, and do something that Maul would absolutely
despise.
He also became the leader of the new Imperial Super Commandos, who were a group of Mandalorians
that formerly followed Maul, but are now loyal to the Empire.
An interesting point here is that Rook Kast, who was Maul’s TOP Super Commando was not
seen in Star Wars Rebels at all, so it is unlikely that she switched her allegiance
to the Empire.
If this is the case, she will either have to die at the Siege of Mandalore, or have
a more interesting future story.
Many people have suggested the Rook Kast may actually be the armourer from the Mandalorian.
The armourer has horns on her helmet, potentially symbolising her former loyalty to Maul.
She also has the same accent as Rook Kast, which has shown to have meaning in other family
lines.
On top of this, the armour has an incredible fighting ability, taking on a horde of Stormtroopers,
very similarly to Rook Kast.
I think this would be an incredible connection, and would certainly show a huge contrast in
the paths that Kast and Saxon took, as former leaders of Maul’s Super commandos.
He quickly formed a rivalry with Fenn Rau, who was the leader of the Mandalorian Protectors,
a group of Mandalorians that dedicated themselves to protecting the leader of Mandalore.
In order to draw out Fenn Rau, Saxon slaughtered every single one of his Mandalorian protectors,
leaving Rau as the final remaining.
Upon Rau’s return to the location of his people’s demise, he brought with him, hidden
Jedi, Ezra Bridge.
After eventually figuring out that Ezra was a Jedi, Saxon realized that Vader and the
inquisitors would be very interested in his captive.
Saxon was unable to keep a hold of his prisoner however, with fellow Mandalorian from Clan
Vizsla, Sabine Wren, coming to Ezra’s rescue.
Following Saxon’s failure to defeat Sabine on Concord Dawn, he received word from Sabine’s
own mother, Ursa Wren, that she was on her way to visiting the clan Wren household on
the planet Krownest.
Ursa Wren considered her daughter a disgrace to Clan Wren because of her previous work
for the empire.
Upon reaching the planet, Saxon was handed the prized Darksaber, after Sabine had voluntarily
handed it to her mother.
Despite siding with Saxon, he declared the whole of Clan Wren traitors to Mandalore and
to the empire, threatening to end the clan on the spot.
He then attempted to execute Ursa Wren, but was blocked by Sabine Wren, who was now using
Ezra Bridger’s green lightsaber.
This action sparked a fierce duel between the holder of the Darksaber, Saxon and Sabine.
Sabine defeated Saxon, knocking his blade out of his hands, but refused to execute him.
This prompted Ursa Wren to come to the aid of her daughter and kill Gar Saxon once and
for all.
And that is where the complete history of Gar Saxon comes to a close.
I’m sure we’ll get at least a small glimpse into how Saxon escaped Mandalore after his
Capture by the Republic in Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 11.
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