New Mandalorian Armors
Mandalorian visual design takes a relatively huge leap in time now, all the way to being contemporary with the mainline Star Wars movies, and the prequels in particular. At this point in their history it’s revealed that, after a period of extended civil war, Mandalorian society has been transformed by the New Mandalorians, a faction who eschewed their warrior past to establish a pacifistic, isolationist ideology helmed by a parliamentary monarchy. Lead by one of the noble Mandalorian houses, Kryze, the New Mandalorian movement still carried some traditions of Mandalorian armor, but in a radically different aesthetic style. With no standing army, New Mandalorian armor split into two usages: the grey, lightly armored tunics worn by the peacekeeper force known as the Mandalorian Guard, and the more elaborately armored Royal Guard that protected the Duchess, Satine Kryze.
Beyond most typical Mandalorian visual language that the New Mandalorians broke off from with the designs is perhaps the most key break of all: both the Mandalorian Guard and the Royal Guard ditched the classic “T-Visor” helmet plate that had been a key signifier of Mandalorian armor design for generations… and would continue to be after them.
