The Purge
Like all good things in Mandalore’s history however, peace wasn’t meant to last. In the waning years of the Galactic Civil War, the Empire responded to the loss of Mandalore with stunningly destructive retribution. In what became known after the Empire’s own downfall as the Great Purge, the Imperial Navy barraged the surface of Mandalore with bombing runs and gunship fire, destroying its dome cities and all but committing genocide. Amid the chaos, Moff Gideon secured the Darksaber for his own collection, and Bo-Katan, along with the remaining survivors of the assault, fled their ravaged homeworld.
The extermination of the Mandalorians pushed their remnants into hiding across the galaxy, scattering clans and coverts through the rim. Many turned to mercenary work. Many, tracing their lineage to the Martial Traditionalists of the civil war and its successor Death Watch, also re-embraced strict warrior codes and traditions as an attempt to keep some aspect of Mandalore’s now bombed-out history alive.
