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Galidraan

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it was on this planet that the Jedi Knights defeated the Mandalorian Shocktroopers, two years before the Battle of Naboo. The Mandalorians had been called to Galidraan by the planetary governor, ostensibly to defeat an insurrection force that threatened his rule. Jango Fett later discovered that the governor had been paid by Vizsla to help lay another trap for the Mandalorians. In the hopes of ensuring the defeat of the Mandalorians, Vizsla had ordered the governor to call for the help of the Jedi Knights, claiming that the Mandalorians were actually slaughtering the populace because of their political beliefs. While this was in essence true, since the governor had hired them to eliminate the rebels, there was enough embellishment to bring a Jedi task force to Galidraan. The Jedi eliminated the Mandalorians in the Battle of Galidraan, and Jango Fett was turned over to the planetary governor as a slave.