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    Mandelorians are people of contradictions. They have an unmistakable identity, yet theyre nota tuo race. They have ne county in the conven: ‘onal sense and are seattered across the galaxy. These feared warriors have a savage reputation but they cherish family life and wll adopt chit tren orphaned by war, rather thar kill them as other species might, This cad blend of tough pragmatism, brutality and affectionate family fe makes them a mystery to mary ‘And they're probably not even the original Mandslorian race. Antho: pologlsts disagree sbout ther roots; cid trey begin as humans or, as 2 few academics stil claim, a gray skinned non-human species? Whichever theory you find most convincing, they became 2 species of predominant’y humen nomadic werrors. For the vest majority of species, culture isthe uniguo expression of their being, When epocies are overrun by otner cultures, and adopt thelr belies and practices, they still rein something of thelr old ways. But the Mandalorians are an exception. They adopted a culture a became completely defined by it. Their nearest paral, ironically, is 5 the Jedi—nith whom the Mandalarians have had se much antagonism ‘and conflict ‘Whatever drove the frst numane to adopt Mancalorian customs and {anguege, they remain a people who will accept anyone willing 1 follow tei ode, and non-human species are welcomed Into the community. Mandalorians belive that you are what you do, not what an accident of birth dictates. But they'e still predominantly human, and a lage percentage ofthe population shows gonote markars typical ofthe pooolos of Concord Dawn {and nearby planets. Although there is no true Mandaiorian ethnic type, ‘the prevalence of common gene clusters incicates that speciic popu: lations were either absorbed by the Manclorians or joined them Concard Dawn isa goad example. Jango Fett, one ofthe icons of Man Goloran history, nas adopted. And yet his genome already shared mary rmarkors with his adopted community. Witnout dliberate planning, Man

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