From Republic to Empire
Kryze’s hold on the planet was relatively brief in comparison to the eons of conflict that came before her. Although the New Mandalorians’ policy of non-intervention kept it an independent world when the Republic was plunged into a civil war of its own in the Clone Wars, galactic instability allowed Kryze’s foes to reunite and move against her. United under the leadership of Concordia’s governor Pre Vizsla, the exiled traditionalists re-emerged as a mercenary faction called Death Watch, striking out against Kryze’s rule in a series of terrorist acts.
In the final days of the Clone Wars, Death Watch was subsumed into the Shadow Collective, a criminal empire operated by former Sith apprentice Maul, with Vizsla leveraging Maul’s resources and underworld connections to outfit and fund a coup against Kryze. The coup ended in chaos for Mandalore—both Satine Kryze and Vizsla were executed when Maul betrayed Vizsla and briefly took control of the planet himself. After intervention by a splintered faction of Death Watch lead by Kryze’s sister, Bo-Katan Kryze, with the aid of Republic forces and the former Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano, Maul was reprimanded into Republic custody and Kryze became Mandalore’s new regent.
