Battle
Night of a Thousand Tears
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The Night of a Thousand Tears was the night on which the Galactic Empire massacred the Mandalorian people on the planet Mandalore during the Great Purge of Mandalore. The attack came after Lady Bo-Katan Kryze, leader of a Mandalorian resistance against the Empire, laid claim to Mandalore through her ownership of the ancient black lightsaber known as the Darksaber.
In the Empire's counterattack, a large contingent of TIE/sa bombers destroyed cities on the surface, while KX-series security droids, accompanied by Viper probe droids scoured through the wreckages and terminated any survivors. Additionally, gunships eliminated fields of Mandalorian recruits, immortalizing the event in songs as a night of tears.
After the Great Purge, the surviving Mandalorians became scattered across the galaxy. Members of the Children of the Watch, followers of the ancient Way of the Mandalore, believed that Kryze's apparently illegitimate claim to Mandalore had brought the disaster onto the planet. When trying to draw out the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, Moff Gideon brought up the massacre of Mandalorian recruits during the Night of a Thousand Tears.
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Facts
- Prev
- Eventually the Mandalorian Civil War
- Next
- Eventually the mission to Arvala-7
- Conflict
- Great Purge of Mandalore
- Date
- Between 4 ABY and 5 ABY
- Place
- Mandalore
- Result
- Imperial victory
- Mandalore bombarded with fusion bombs and laid to waste
- The planetary surface is glassed and turned into trinitite
- The bombings triggered seismic activities that made the Living Waters become deeper
- Destruction of many domed cities including Sundari
- Hundreds of thousands of Mandalorians are massacred
- Mand'alor Bo-Katan Kryze surrenders and grants the Darksaber to ISB IMDAWR officer Gideon
- Side 1
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Security Bureau
- Side 2
- Mandalorians
- Mandalorian resistance
- Commanders (side 1)
- ISB IMDAWR officer Gideon
- Commanders (side 2)
- Mand'alor Bo-Katan Kryze
- Unit1
- Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Army
- Unit2
- House Kryze
- Clan Kryze
- House Vizsla
- Clan Wren†
- Clan Tal
- Nite Owls
- Forces1
- Imperial Security Bureau personnel
- TIE/sa tactical bombers
- Gunships
- Imperial ground troops
- KX-series security droids
- Viper probe droids
- Forces2
- Mandalorian warriors
- Aran Tal
- Axe Woves
- Alrich Wren†
- Countess Ursa Wren†
- Tristan Wren†
- A Mandalorian captain
- A Mandalorian scout
- A Mandalorian watchman
- Mandalorian recruits†
- Starships†
- Casual2
- All starships
- Hundreds of thousands of Mandalorians
- Mandalorian recruits decimated
- All but one member of Clan Tal
- Clan Wren
- Alrich Wren
- Ursa Wren
- Tristan Wren
- Clan Kryze reduced to a mere gang
- Civilian
- Domed cities
- Sundari
Appearances
13 works, in story order
- Star Wars: Hunters
- The Mandalorian Junior Novel (mentioned only, first identified)
- Chapter 8: Redemption (first mentioned)
- The Mandalorian 8 (mentioned only)
- The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (indirect mention)
- Chapter 16: The Rescue (indirect mention)
- The Mandalorian: The Rescue (indirect mention)
- Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Chapter 17: The Apostate (in a flashback)
- The Mandalorian – The Graphic Novel of Season 3 (in a flashback)
- Chapter 23: The Spies (mentioned only)
- Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord (indirect mention)
- Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (mentioned only)
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