the star Wars The saga is underrated Cloning Soldiers They showed that they are better fighters than even Mandalorian Warriors in both canon and mythology continuity. star Wars Fans may be familiar with Mandalore’s Siege of Law Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but the Legends comic set during the Clone Wars refers to the Battle of New Holstice, the franchise’s first example of Clone Troopers taking on the Mandalorians. Clone Troopers and their relationship to Mandalorian culture differ between canon and mythology, with the latter having a better explanation for why clones can defeat legendary Mandalorians.
The aftermath of the Battle of New Holistics was shown in 2004 Star Wars: Republic #65 By John Ostrander and Jean Duursema. Clone Commander Bly reports to Jedi General Aayla Secura that their Mandalorian foes are retreating, though the Republic’s victory has come at a cost. Unlike their canon counterparts, the Clone Troopers of the Legends timeline are themselves Mandalorians according to Jango Fett’s training, stating their victory over the Mandalorian Protectors allied with the Separatists who were, ironically, led by a rogue ARC soldier.
Why are clone troopers better fighters than the Mandalorians?
The Legends version of Jango Fett takes the title of Mand’alor, leader of the Mandalorian people. He also actively manages the training and breeding of all Clone Troopers, creating elite soldiers immersed in the Mandalorian culture. Although Jango Fett personally trains Alpha class ARC soldiers and has a group of Clone Commandos trained by the Mandalorian Cuy’val Dar, the standard Clone Troopers are Mandalorians by culture. Despite their devotion to republicanism and democracy, the clones ultimately aim to win the Jedi’s trust and assassinate them upon activating Order 66, a directive enforced by various forms of brainwashing, depending on the continuity.
As cult Mandalorians and would-be Jedi assassins, all Clone Troopers are more than capable of engaging and defeating traditional Mandalorian warriors in battle. Despite this, the Mandalorian Guardians prove to be far more lethal than typical cis droids, with Secura and Bly’s 327 Star Corps losing 40 percent of their forces, though victorious. Amazingly, the founder of the Mandalorian Protectors, a Mandalorian group that fought for the Separatists, was a former ARC soldier named Spar who fled the Republic, impersonated Boba Fett, and became Jango Fett’s successor as Mand’alor.
Spar, later known as Mandalore the Resurrector, inherited Jango Fett’s memories, which led him to go rogue and later join the Cis out of hatred for the Jedi. Spar holds the manuscript of Jaster Mereel’s Supercommando Codex, keeping the modern Mandalorian culture alive for the real Finn Chesa and Boba Fett to later inherit as Mand’alor’s successors. Despite Spar’s work and the formidable warriors who fight alongside him, the Mandalorian The Protectors prove unable to best Jango Fett Cloning Soldiers in star Wars legends.
