The Morgukai were a secret society of Nikto warriors who were known for their unique and
deadly combat techniques as well as holding a deep hatred for force users. The separatists eventually
took notice of these incredibly strong warriors and began to Clone them for use during the war.
So why were the separatists so interested in Cloning the Morgukai to defeat the Clone army?
I’m going to break down the full story of the Morgukai
and why the Separatists believed they could use them as a secret weapon to defeat the Republic.
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The secret Morgukai cult formed on the planet Kintan as one of the most well hidden groups in
the Nikto culture. The group was made up of fierce warriors who came together to share their combat
techniques and their strong hatred and suspicion of force users. Many rumours spread throughout
the Galaxy about how this group were vicious Jedi killers despite their secretive nature,
and of course they were right, but inside of their cult, they had no love for the Sith Order either.
Despite disliking the Sith, Dooku and the separatists believed that their pure hatred
of the Jedi would outweigh this, and make them the perfect hosts for the Separatist clone army.
The entire Morgukai cult were completely able to look past good and evil as well as the light
and the dark, as long as their own honor and loyalty remained strong. Even under the threat
of death, the members of the cult remained so strong minded that they would never reveal their
allegiance to the Morgukai. According to the code of their order, the only way to leave the group
was to surrender their armor to one of their brothers and step onto the Burning Moon Range,
which was a group of seven active Volcanic mountains on the Nikto homeworld.
They would not be released from the Order unless they experienced the extreme pain
and suffering of the fiery volcanic shorelines. Almost no member of the cult ever survived this
brutal ritual. Even if a member of the cult went through this rigorous ritual,
they were still considered by their brothers to have committed the most unspeakable crime.
Interestingly, the entire cult was only made up of male members of the Nikto species,
and were unable to speak about their group or traditions to any female members of the species.
The training system inside of the Morgukai cult
was very similar to how the Jedi order ran their training system,
with almost all new members of the group being assigned to a master to be trained.
Many times, members of the cult would train their own sons, hoping to pass down the warrior
tradition through their bloodline, while keeping the group as secretive and small as possible.
Their immense and gruelling training allowed them to match the combat and fighting abilities
of many members of the Jedi Order, even those who gained the rank of Jedi knight.
All Morgukai initiates were also required to build their own unique and customised cortosis staff
in order to directly combat members of the Jedi order. These staves were basically lightsabers
in reverse, with a meter long hilt, laced with a small tip of cortosis at the top.
Cortosis was a mineral that was naturally resistant to lightsabers blades, so it made
for a perfect counter against the standard weapon of every member of the Jedi order.
On top of this, the Morgukai cult was known to have possession of
extremely mysterious weapons and armor that even the Jedi Knights held a deep fear for.
These of course included a large array of weapons and armour carefully constructed
out of the very rare cortosis ore, directly protecting themselves from lightsaber combat.
Unfortunately for the newer members of the cult,
the cortosis-weave armor that would protect them from Jedi attacks was only able to be worn
by elite members of the Order, who had shown their immense mental and physical strength.
Although the Nikto species weren’t naturally resistant to Jedi Mind tricks,
the Morgukai cult put its members through harsh mental exercises
in order to strengthen their resistance to the Jedi tricks. But let me know down below
if you think these guys could beat the clones of Jango Fett if they were able
to be produced as consistently as the Clones on Kamino. They certainly are incredibly powerful
in both combat and strategy, so I think it would be a very interesting match up.
In years leading up to the Clone Wars, the Morgukai cult was thought to have
been long extinct. By the time the separatist crisis broke out, they were on the verge of
totally vanishing from the galaxy, but almost nothing was known about the rich history of the
group by anyone outside of their own. Even the Jedi archives contained only very few pieces
of information about the group, but the Jedi couldn’t even confirm this information to be true.
The Morgukai made their activities known to the galaxy for the first time in many years
when a master and apprentice, who were also father and son, named Tsyr and Bok
began a plot to against Clan Secura on Ryloth, which of course, Aayla Secura was a member of.
During the plot against the clan, Aayla Secura’s master, quinlan vos was able to defend his
apprentice, killing the Morgukai father and cleanly slicing the hand of the son off.
After this shocking ordeal, Bok was left as one of the last remaining Morgukai in the galaxy,
and was desperate to continue his cult’s sacred and ancient traditions.
Shortly after, during the Clone Wars, the separatists, Led by Count Dooku,
offered Bok the chance to resurrect his ancient order, but on one condition. He was required to
become the genetic template for a new Clone Army, which would be used by the Separatists,
alongside their already existing hordes of battle droids, on the front lines of the Clone Wars.
Bok had no choice but to agree to this offer if he wanted to continue the traditions of his ancient
cult, so he submitted himself as the template for the new Separatist Clone Army. Instead of
using Kamino for the Cloning process, which was home to the absolute best Cloners in the Galaxy,
the separatist alliance used the planet Saleucami to Clone Bok. The separatists then slowly built
up their new Morgukai army on Saleucami in secret with thousands of Clones being created, until Jedi
master Tholme, who was the master of Quinlan Vos, came across the secret production on the planet.
Once he discovered this shocking revelation, he immediately reported
his findings to the Jedi council, who very quickly moved to blockade Saeucami,
beginning what would later be called the Siege of Saleucami.
The siege dragged on for months as every single attack from the Grand
Army of the Republic was met with fierce resistance from the Morgukai Clone Army,
along with the droid reinforcements that were aiding them.
Jedi Master Tholme was personally deployed to the planet, where he was tasked with
sabotaging the cloning facilities to ensure that no new Clones were created. While there,
Master Tholme absolutely decimated the Cloning facilities and slaughtered many
of the unborn Nikto clones, while they were being created. Let me know down below how you
feel about this Jedi master destroying clones that hadn’t fully grown yet.
Eventually however, the strength of the separatist alliance was not enough to hold back the Republic,
as almost every single Morgukai Clone was killed during the siege,
including the genetic template, Bok.
Even with the Cloning facilities destroyed and the Republic clearly dominating the separatist forces
on Saleucami, the battle dragged on all the way to the final days of the Clone Wars, leaving Stass
Allie and Commander Neyo to lead operations there, which we saw in Revenge of the Sith.
Shortly after this, the dark call of Order 66 was given to the Clone Troopers on Saleucami,
and every other battlefield throughout the Galaxy, which turned the Clones against their
Jedi generals and set the stage for the creation of the Empire. Very shortly after the declaration
of the new order, the Morgukai religion was marked as illegal by Emperor Palpatine,
and it was punishable by death to be a member of the cult, just like the Jedi Order.
The few surviving Morgukai went into deep, isolated hiding to protect themselves from
the wrath of the Empire, not showing up again until one was tracked down and killed by Darth
Vader as he attended a meeting of surviving Jedi on Kessel, after Order 66. Despite being a member
of the of the Morgukai as young man, he left the order and was forced to walk through the
Burning Moon Range, which nobody before him had ever survived. Surprisingly, he made it out of
the treacherous range alive, and was cast out from the Morguka for the disgusting action of leavingi,
before joining the Jedi order. He also made an appearance in Revenge of the Sith and the Clone
Wars Season 2. He did also make an appearance in the Nightsisters Clone Wars episode,
but unfortunately he was relegated to the deleted scenes. Let me know if you want me to cover
the story of the Jedi who were confronted by Darth Vader on Kessel after Order 66,
because that is a great and tragic story. If you also want to hear more about this Nikto Jedi, ill
make a video on that, because his story is also pretty interesting from his early life onwards.
So that is the story of the Morgukai, the ancient group of Nikto warriors who were used as clones by
the separatist alliance at the Siege of Saleucami. Let me know down what you think of these Nikto
clones and if you think they stood a chance against the Republic. Thanks so much for watching,
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