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Apr 16, 2022 · What Happened to Death Watch After the Clone Wars? During The Clone Wars, Death Watch played a role in the conflict between the Sith and the Jedi. They teamed up with the Sith twice, the first time with Count Dooku and the second with Darth Maul and his apprentice/brother Savage Opress.
- The Mandalorian: Star Wars' Death Watch, Explained - CBR
For those unfamiliar, Death Watch was a splinter group that...
- The Mandalorian: Star Wars' Death Watch, Explained - CBR
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"We are the Death Watch, descendants of the true warrior faith all Mandalorians once knew. Now my people are living in exile because we will not abandon our heritage. Our people were warriors. Strong. Feared! Now they're ruled by the New Mandalorians who think that being a pacifist is a good thing. They've given away our honor and tradition for peace. Duchess Satine and her corrupt leadership are crushing our souls, destroying our identity. That is our struggle."
―Pre Vizsla
Formation
Following the end of the Mandalorian Civil War, the remaining Mandalorian martial traditionalists, who believed in the old warrior ways of Mandalore, were exiled to the moon of Concordia, where most of them were thought by the pacifistic New Mandalorians to have died out. However, the survivors eventually regrouped and began calling themselves the Death Watch. Whereas the Old Mandalorians did not seek vengeance on the New Mandalorians, Death Watch intended to overthrow the pacifist government and restore the traditional warrior ways of their people. They were then led in secret by Concordia's governor, Pre Vizsla of Clan Vizsla, who wielded the Darksaber, and Duchess Satine Kryze's sister, Bo-Katan Kryze.
Exiled to Carlac
Death Watch eventually broke its ties with the Separatists following a fight between Vizsla and Dooku in which Dooku scarred Vizsla with his lightsaber. Reduced to a nomadic band of brigands and ruthless outlaws, Death Watch eventually set up a new camp on Carlac. There, they forced the women of a nearby Ming Po village to work for them. During this time, the Death Watch had lost its military precision as they descended into banditry, but the terrorists still hoped to reclaim Mandalore and get revenge on Dooku. To that end, they collaborated with former Separatist Senator Lux Bonteri, who also sought revenge against Dooku for orchestrating his mother's death. Using Bonteri's holotrace device, Death Watch were promised information on Dooku's location. Bo-Katan Kryze met Bonteri at his ship. Bonteri had brought the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano with him, pretending that she was his betrothed. Bo-Katan and the others took them back to the camp where Vizsla met with Bonteri who gave him Dooku's location. Meanwhile, the other Mandalorians put Bonteri's subordinates to work, making Tano's droid R2-D2 repair droids for target practice and putting Tano herself with the village girls as a servant. However, Vizsla was then confronted by the Ming Po elders, who demanded that Death Watch return their women. At first, Vizsla and his men complied, but when they came to the village, Vizsla double-crossed the Ming Po, murdering the chieftain's granddaughter right in front of him. He and his men then began burning down their village. Tano defended the villagers and attacked the Mandalorian warriors, revealing herself to be a Jedi. Vizsla and his men captured Tano and took her back to his camp. When Vizsla tried to execute Tano, however, R2 came and launched her lightsabers to her. Tano then broke free and killed four of Vizsla's men on the spot. Vizsla fought against Tano but the droids R2 repaired begin a revolt on them. As Death Watch were distracted by the droids, Tano, Bonteri and R2 escaped the camp, though they were pursued by Bo-Katan and her men. However, they failed to catch the escapees, and Tano, Bonteri, and R2 returned to their ship and fled Carlac, after which Bonteri left Tano and R2 to pursue his own path.
Rescuing a child
At some point between 20 BBY and 19 BBY, a village on the planet of Aq Vetina came under fire from Separatist forces, who were slaughtering the village's residents. Death Watch eventually arrived at the scene and fended off the super battle droids. As a B2 super battle droid prepared to kill a young Din Djarin, he was rescued by one of Death Watch's warriors. Djarin took his hand and the warrior flew away with Djarin as the fighting continued. Djarin was raised as a foundling in the Fighting Corps and sworn to the Mandalorian creed once he came of age, becoming part of the Children of the Watch and eventually joining the Tribe.
Death Watch was a militia whose members believed in returning Mandalore to its former warrior culture. Its soldiers were heavily loyal to the cause, and some were willing to follow their leader to the end, even when it was an outsider like Maul. Although Death Watch warriors were skilled, there were not enough of them to take Mandalore on their own. Pre Vizsla tried to solve this by allying Death Watch with Dooku and the Separatists, enabling the warriors to use Separatist equipment like the Armored Assault Tank Mk I. The group was focused upon military precision and organization. However, after their alliance with Dooku fell apart and the terrorists were reduced to nomadic bandits, they gave into spreading wanton cruelty as their once great military structure slipped away.
When the former Sith Maul began influencing Death Watch, he had them ally with crime syndicates instead to bolster numbers. Vizsla wasn't happy with the idea, and when he found out that Maul was trying to build a criminal empire out of it he became furious and keen to get rid of Maul as soon as possible. Once they took Mandalore, Death Watch became its military force, and Maul reinstated Prime Minister Almec to govern the planet. As the controllers of Mandalore, the super commandos again operated with military precision.
Operating under the symbol of the extinct shriek-hawk, Death Watch's main aim was to take over and govern Mandalore. To do this they allied with Dooku and the Separatists. Their tactics when allied with Dooku was to spread terror in hopes of drawing the attention of the Republic so they could take action. This would give the Separatists the excuse to help Death Watch take Mandalore. Vizsla had an attack made on a Republic cruiser and a bombing on Sundari's Memorial Shrine. Further he organized at least two attempts to kill Duchess Satine Kryze, both of which failed. When the Republic went back on any possible action for Mandalore, Dooku's plan to take it with Vizsla crumbled and Death Watch was exiled to Carlac.
When under the influence of Maul, the Death Watch was continued its crusade in taking Mandalore but instead grew their numbers by allying themselves with the underworld. Maul's idea from it was to make himself a powerful person in the criminal underworld. Vizsla devised a plan to take Mandalore by gaining the support of the people. This was achievable by faking attacks from the syndicates to weaken the control of the existing Mandalorian government. Death Watch gained the people's support from this by putting a stop to the false attacks. The alliance of syndicates did its part and Death Watch took Mandalore without much resistance. Once they ruled Mandalore, Death Watch's only aim was to stay in power and keep the peace on there now that it was theirs.
Warrior variants
•Airborne troopers •Flame Thrower troopers •Grappling troopers
Death Watch units
•Nite Owls
Death Watch had their own version of Mandalorian armor made from beskar that originated from the mines of Concordia. Their rank insignia was located on the left shoulder armor plate. Most of Death Watch's forces wore Mandalorian vambraces and carried a GALAAR-15 blaster carbine, WESTAR-35 blaster pistols, or another blaster rifle model. The members...
In the French version of The Mandalorian, the group Children of the Watch is translated as Les Héritiers de la Death Watch (The Heirs of the Death Watch). Together with the fact that Din Djarin was raised as a foundling as a Child of the Watch after being rescued from the Separatist attack on Aq Vetina by Death Watch members, and the fact that the ...
Non-canon appearances
••LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season — "Carving Up the Competition"
Jan 4, 2020 · For those unfamiliar, Death Watch was a splinter group that began following the Mandalorian Civil War. Led first by Pre Vizsla and Bo-Katan, the radicals opposed Mandalore's pacifist government and wanted to bring change to their planet.
- Jackson Hayes
Apr 14, 2023 · His Mandalorian rescuers bore a symbol like Death Watch, and fans wondered if Death Watch (or a faction associated with them) rescued Din Djarin. Apparently, the answer was the Children...
- Caroline Cao
Mar 3, 2023 · Here's what you need to know about the Death Watch and its descendants, Children of the Watch, the terrorist organization who trained the Mandalorian.
- Liam Gaughan
- Senior Author
Apr 13, 2023 · Death Watch was a terrorist group that operated during the Clone Wars when Pre Vizsla led a group of traditional Mandalorians to cripple the New Mandalorian government of Duchess Satine Kryze and bring back the warrior ways of the Mandalorians.
The Death Watch, or Kyr'tsad in Mando'a, was a splinter faction within the Mandalorian culture who believed that the savage raider lifestyle was the truth path for the Mandalorians. Originally created by Tor Vizsla, the group emerged as an opposition force against Jaster Mereel, the leader of...
