Jedi-Bert Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 Any of you hardcore SW buffs wanna help me (a fan, but not hardcore) out here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'akt Sangwar Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 i heard they were an army of ppl who the jedi wiped out sp= mandalorian (i think) :fett: :fett: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrEEpaGe Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 episode ii does not really give much light to this...we will have to wait until new books come out or until episode ii comes out =( ep3 will be soo awesome...much turmoil...muahahahaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooNBB Posted May 1, 2002 Share Posted May 1, 2002 There was A dark Horse comics series that coverd the history of the Mandalorians.. I read it years ago, but don't remember more than they were pretty efficient warriors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrEEpaGe Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 I found this on a different forum, and it was taken from the Episode II Visual Dictionary -The Jedi wiped out the Mandalorians, a mercinary group, and Jango Fett was the only survivor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi-Bert Posted May 2, 2002 Author Share Posted May 2, 2002 So Jango actually WAS a Mandalorian, not just a guy with their armor... cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrEEpaGe Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 From what that said, yes, and I think that source is reliable, but don't get mad at me if it is not correct... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispcarter Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 it's one of the things that kind of... changed when the prequels started coming out. Originally there was the Warlord Madalore, after whom the planet Mandalore was named. He was defeated by a fallen Jedi, and became his follower. He was also the role model for the Mandalorian Supercommandos who wore full face metal masks to imitate him. They followed their leader as warriors for Ulic Qel-Droma, and that brought them up against the Jedi, who nearly wiped them out. Basically. This was from the graphic novels, but who knows what lucas wants the story of the Madalorians to be now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesentac Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 Most of the published stuff (Comics and novels) are run by George lucas first else it doesnt get out. What story elements are they changing? Good guess. <====== pic of Ulic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 <====== pic of Ulic That's a picture of Exar Kun As for the comics... I tend to take everything EU with a grain of salt, however the Tales of the Jedi comics have obviously been influencing the prequels (one of the Jedi Holocrons in the visual dictionary is spot-on the one in "Dark Lords of the Sith", and, of course, Exar Kun had a double-bladed lightsaber long before Maul). The Mandalorians obviously survived the Qel-Dromas and the Jedi... I doubt a suit of armor like that could survive 4000 years to find its way to Boba Fett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispcarter Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 well maybe the mercenaries that are talked about are the remaing descendants of the madalorians from the Tales. And hey, Boba's armour ain't exactly spotless is it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesentac Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 umm no Jedi_Monk. That is Ulic, Exar had a pony tail and also black hair. That pic is a shrunk off the 5th issue of the Tales of the Jedi:Dark Lords of the Sith series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 Actually, it's the sixth issue of Dark Lords of the Sith™, and it is Exar Kun. If you look closely, you can see the three scars on his right cheek, just below the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesentac Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 I took a real close look at my issue, those "scars" are questionable. I see a scar going vertical across the right eye. These are my reasons why the pic has to be Ulic. 1.) Hair Styles, That's a short cut, Exar had long hair wrapped in a pony tail. 2) Saber Color doesnt matter. In the Sith War 5th issue, they gave Ulic a RED saber killing Cay. 3) The armor matches Ulic more, I referenced the Sith War issues for that. Conclusion, my points are also questionable but more practical. The real answer lays with the original artist, Hugh Fleming. EDIT============================= You got me crazy enough to try and email Hugh Fleming and ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNode Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 Their armour is k3w1 because it makes you look like a bad ass mofo:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'akt Sangwar Posted May 4, 2002 Share Posted May 4, 2002 Originally posted by Jedi_Monk That's a picture of Exar Kun As for the comics... I tend to take everything EU with a grain of salt, however the Tales of the Jedi comics have obviously been influencing the prequels (one of the Jedi Holocrons in the visual dictionary is spot-on the one in "Dark Lords of the Sith", and, of course, Exar Kun had a double-bladed lightsaber long before Maul). The Mandalorians obviously survived the Qel-Dromas and the Jedi... I doubt a suit of armor like that could survive 4000 years to find its way to Boba Fett. erm no thats ulic qel droma not exar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedantic Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 No, no, you're all wrong...it's Captain Needa...or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 They both have blue sabers in Dark Lords of the Sith... and this being the last issue of Dark Lords of the Sith, I doubt they'd use as a reference the costume of Ulic from The Sith War. Ulic doesn't have scars and Exar Kun clearly does on the left-hand side of his face, same as the character in the painting. This is also the issue where Kun goes all back@$$ on the Kraith. As for the hair... it could be behind his back, seeing as how the pony-tail was pretty low. Everything points to Kun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 Saber colors matter not, just like wars not make one great. I respectfully point out that Ulic did not wear anything other than a bandage around his stomach in that issue. (which by the way had the ****tiest art I've ever seen.) Neither Exar Kun or Ulic Qel-Droma had a green saber, and you can see here the covers aren't very true to the story. This picture, however, does make me think twice about the cover. Maybe it is Ulic, maybe it is Exar, who knows. Go ahead and e-mail Hugh Fleming. He might not even know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesentac Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 From a story point art pov, the Tales of the Jedi series started out based on Ulic and Nomi. Based on this fact, it would make sense to make a pic of Ulic as a "Dark Lord" because it was his last "chance" to turn away from the Dark side amd thus he sealed his fate in the sixth issue. This is also the issue where Kun goes all back@$$ on the Kraith. Um no, Exar came to the Teta system to kill Ulic and Aleema, "pretenders" to the sith legacy. He considered them a threat to his power. Look at all the other cover art of Exar Kun, the hair is OBVIOUS. Those scars you see may very well be shadows of his hair. The pic is too ambiguos to draw conclusions directly. But based upon other ideas and art, that pic must be Ulic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 1) Aleema and her cousin called their little Dark Side cult "The Kraith". 2) Ulic and Nomi may have been the main characters of the first Tales of the Jedi, but this series was as much Exar Kun's story as Ulic's. Remember, Exar Kun was a major character--Ulic was mentioned once in Dark Empire, while Exar Kun was a major baddie in the Jedi Academy Trilogy, so this was HIS set-up story as much as Ulic's continuing story. 3) Look in the Essencial Guide to Weapons and Technology--the lightsaber in this person's hand has an extremely similar design as the double-bladed saber captioned "Exar Kun's Lightsaber". Yes, I can tell that that is not a 2x lightsaber, but it stands to reason that maybe he would model his new saber after his old. 4) I have the Dark Lords of the Sith audio drama and this picture is on the cover, blown up much larger than yours. The scars are DEFFINATELY NOT SHADOWS. They are defined indentations in the skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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