Discussions Mandalorians vs Sith

Hello everyone,

We know how the Mandalorians were considered the best warriors in the galaxy and often fought numerous times against the Jedi. However, are there any cases in the EU were Mandalorians fought against the Sith Empire, or any Sith lords in particular? How did they fare against the Sith?

 

1. Ah yes, I totally forgot about that until you helped me remember it! Mandalore was no match for Qel-Droma as far as I can recall.

2. Interesting to hear, so it was a Mandalorian fleet vs a Sith fleet.

3. Another interesting tidbit, how did those Mandalorians do against Caedus?

 

I'd like to hear from @Bardan_Jusik , the resident Mandalorian expert, on this topic... to get the other side (if there is one?).

 

Considering how little of the EU I have actually read I don't have much of counter to this. The first instance that came to mind was the Vizsla/Maul battle already mentioned. My understanding, and this was backed up by Rebels, is that Mandalorian tech and fighting skills are enough to allow a highly trained Mandalorian take on a force user (of either light or dark side bent) but there is a steep curve that pretty universally favors the force user.

Against the best of the best of force users of either side; Windu, Caedus (who is a very special case not many force users could even take him on) and so forth there is little chance (never tell me the odds) for even a highly trained Mando to come out on top. Though they should fare better than most and the shabla spoonbender will know they've been in a fight.

Now given the Sith tendency towards concentrating their power in just a few individuals, those I think are generally more powerful on an individual basis than their Jedi counterparts who tend tend towards the larger group, with some far less trained and less powerful than their Sith analogues. Those "weaker" Jedi tend to be the ones we see Mandalorians dispatching while the upper echelon Jedi seem to fare far better, whereas the Sith weed out the "weaker" darksiders from their ranks.

 

The glaring inconsistency between how Caedus performed against the Mandos in Revelation and how he performed in Invincible was never something I could easily square. I get Caedus was trapped and had other concerns(that was the same situation in the final duel with Jaina-guess Caedus is at his weakest when his attention is occupied elsewhere).

 

In the Sith-Imperial war the GA hired the Mandolorians to fight against the Sith/Imperial forces

 

I think that the sith would eventually win with their force knowledge and ability to corrupt opponents

 

We know the OOU reasons for the discrepancy. Its one of those instances where IU justifications feel somewhat hollow.

 

I guess that's a matter of personal taste and SOD limitations I suppose.

 

Darth Maul basically single handedly won leadership of Mandalore. ...and Darth Caedus wiped out a bunch of Mandalorians before seeding the planet with his nano-killer bomb. Hands down Sith over Mandalorians.

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