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You have armor? Have you seen the MandoMercs armor--I recommend armor of near that quality.

And do you mean fight with them, or as Force Sensitives who literally join the Jedi Order?

Yeah, the Mercs are everywhere (poised and ready to take over the world). And if there are any within a hour or two even, I bet they'd come. I'd recommend asking if any live near you in.....either Narcoleth Lounge or Keldabe Lounge. Not sure.

mandalorians would never join the jedi order

the thought of that makes me want to puke...

Would depend on the age.  If they're VERY young Mando's who fall into the hands of the Jedi, say brother and sister *which would explain why they're both Force sensitives*, that's a possibility.  Maybe they're family/Clan was killed and they were the only survivors.....killed possibly by the Jedi?  There are a lot of options here where you could take that, but they'd have to be really young, but not so young that they know nothing of the Mando'ade *which would essentially make them NOT Mandalorians, as being Mando is a culture and not a race.* 

And as to a description of Mandalore, that would depend on your time-line and who/what you want to be Mandalore.  If you're talking pre-Mandalorian Wars, he'd probably be a Taung, and hard to pull off.  If it's after that or even post-Legacy era, they he'd probably be human *if not Boba Fett* and could look however you want him/her to look *I've never heard of one yet, but a Female Mandalore could be an interesting rout.*

Just thoughts, throw some specifics at me if you want me to clarify or expand on anything.

when i said mandalore i meant the planet(my bad). but they would be joining around age 15-17, one from mandalore and the other from dxun(no relation to each other). A female mandalore is something i didnt consider but i will now.

the basic plot line is they both join, one leaves, the other stays,the one that left joins the dark side, the other becomes a jedi, the dark side mando goes to kill mandalore and his/her throne for himself but the light side mando kills him.thats pretty much it.

lol, I can see why some of the Diehard Mandos like the one that posted above me might have some issues with your idea.  However, I still feel your idea, if tweaked, could be something worthy of the Mando'ade.

Now, you'll have to understand that most traditional minded Mando fans you'll find ARE fans of them SPECIFICALLY because the Mandalorians are characterized has having no love for the Jedi whatsoever, and would never 'lower' themselves by joining the Order.  This is apparent in such fan clubs as the Mandalorian Mercs, where a Jedi or Sith Mando character concept is NOT allowed. 

With this in mind, bear with any critisizum for your idea and know that you'll need some very unique and plausible situations to draw or force these two young Mandos into joining the Order.

Now, I don't consider myself the typical Mando fan, as I entered the scene with some personally created notions about them, and I've not always seen eye to eye with KT's and other's interpretations of the Mando'ade.  One thing I Would agree with them on is that they have NO love at all for the Jedi.  HOWEVER, I say that knowing that nothing is impossible, especially in the SW universe, and something could be worked out to get your Mandos into the Order. 

So lets get to work and answer your questions.  All this and what I add is just and Only my personal and untrained opinion, so feel free to tell me to stuff it on any of my suggestions   

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ahhh, sorry about the mix up.  I have been led to belive that Mandalore, at least at the time of it's colonization by the Taungs and for many many generations after, was a jungle world.  However, it's status during and after the era of the Empire I'll have to leave to someone else, as I've heard rumors that Mandalore was strip mined by the Empire for it's rare and incredibly strong Mandalorian iron.  This may have left the terrain completely scared and possible barren.  Same for the Keldabe, the City of Bone.  It was created during the times of the Taung, and stood into the reign of the Empire, but I can't say for sure if it still stands.

Ok, these two would have to be my biggest concerns with your plot ner vod.  At that age, these two are by Mandalorian law fully adult, and are well versed in the traditions and culture of the Mando'ade.  The odds of them joining the Order, the greatest traditional enemy of Mandalorian ambition would be pretty steep.  It MIGHT be possible with a Wookiee'esk form of Honor/Life debt to a Jedi, or a Jedi *Maybe a post-Ep. VI Skywalker who's forming his New Jedi Order?* saved their or their Clan/families lives.

However, these points bring up the question of their being from different locations.  I STRONGLY suggest that they be connected and make a joined decision to join the order, as the odds of them joining seperately and randomly meeting at the Order are friggin astronomical *although, SW IS the saga of literally astronomical coincidences...but that's another story     .*  Sorry, I don't recall if you set down the genders or relationships between your two main characters, so I'll leave a couple suggestions. 

I think the story is most emotionally appealing with a tale of Brother and Sister.  VERY close as children, they get split apart and take different paths in the Order, and one eventually is forced to kill the other.  Very tear jerking stuff, to me anyway.  Some form of very close knit bond would help I feel, especially with the tragic ending, whether it be Bro vs. Sis, BF vs. GF, Uber-Friend vs. Uber friend, or however you want to work it.  But again, this would kill your idea of having them come from seperate locations.  If that is an essential part of your plot, then never mind all this.     

Very doable.  I don't see anything specific to point to and say it concerns me, you're just left with the job of adding a LOT of filler for that long timeline. 

Sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it, but what's the timeline for you movie again?  Empire?  Clone Wars?  Just curious. 

Hope something in all this helped,

---Ralin

Hey, glad if that rant was of some help.  Just ask if I need to clarify or expand on anything.

And timeline is very important for the look and atmosphere of your story.  if we're talking Neo-Crusaders, I THINK their armor was still dominante for the Mandalorians up until about 1,000 BBY *I heard someplace that the Boba armor was first becoming popular around 1,000 BBY - could be wrong on that, and even if I'm not maybe the Mandalorians were using a totally different style at that point....maybe Death Watch style?*

Here would be my pros and cons for that more defined timelines:

#1 - Before-right after Mandalorian Wars

This timeline is ripe for FanFiction.  Very little is known of the era and the Mandalorians at that time other then what is taken from the KotOR series of games and comics *maybe more will come out of the KotOR MMO... we'll see*

HOWEVER, you'd have the physical trouble of getting yourself some convincing Neo-Crusader armor for the film.  Masks and the chest pieces are sold from time to time on ebay for not very much $$$, but their quality might be suspect *I've never seen/handled one* and just the mask and chest piece is a long way from a full Crusader armor.

You're also dealing with a Mandalorian people who were just defeated by the Mandalorians *if you do it after the Mandalorian Wars*, or are gearing for war *if you do it before,* so again, you'd have to create some serious complications in their lives to get them to join the Order.

#2.   1,000-100 years BBY

Again, another era ripe for Mandalorian FanFiction.  The ONLY thing I've ever heard about them in this era was that a piece from the Star Wars: New Essential Chronology, which states:

The Mandalorian warrior clans committed the greatest crime of this era.  Having defeated the Ithullans in a war over a narcolethe distillery in 200 BBY, the Mandalorians then went on to exterminate the entire Ithullan species.  Unfortunately, the Jedi Council did nothing in response to the genocide, and several rouge Jedi allied themselves with the Bounty Hunters' Guild to take down the ruling Mandalore.

The book doesn't sourse this info, so I have no idea where they got it.  If anybody knows, please enlighten me as I'd love to find it.  It also doesn't go on to say what if anything happened about those rouge Jedi and if they had any sucess against the Mandalorians.

That aside, this is a great era *500-100 BBY; not suggesting you have to use the same years as the quoted pieces talks about* for your story.  It's dealing with an active generation of Mandalorians, the pre-Sith Wars Jedi Order, which is dominant and has the freedom to take chances with it's recruiting if you've got a Master with the stones to try, and you can stick with the Boba style of Mando armor.

Clone Wars and beyond would have more pros and cons to count, and I'm sure you're familiar with them.  Most of the Mandos in the Clone Wars sided with the Seperatists, although many continued to serve the Republic.  A chancy business of taking on a couple Mandos could be done out of desperation during a time like the Clone wars, but you'd have almost no time to train them, and we all know what happens at the end of Ep. III.  You don't have a Jedi Order after that, and after Ep. VI you're dealing with not only a very small Order under Luke's leadership, but also a very beat down Mandalorians until the rise of Mandalore Fett.  So in general, yeah, this era is a mess...  Too much material written already.  Not saying it couldn't be done, but you'd have to do your homework if you want it to have a chance to stand alone in the EU.  If you don't care about the EU and would be happy with this as an alternate fiction, go for it.

Good suggestion if it's possible.  Much less $$$ required, and there's not nearly the time limit you'd have to place on yourself if you're planning on, say, a YouTube type of vid

i would like to stick with the events of EU in the sense of not disrupting them.

what did the republic dark age consist of

well i think im going to avoid that area of time now since i realized i would need neo-crusader armor

let me kno if you need any help with that and i'll see what i can do

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