Who is pre vizsla from star wars

Rising to the position of governor of Mandalore's moon, Concordia, Vizsla transformed several abandoned mining camps into secret staging areas for Death Watch. Vizsla eventually came into the possession of the Darksaber, a black-bladed lightsaber his ancestors stole from the Jedi Temple during the fall of the Old Republic. Many Jedi subsequently died to its blade. Vizsla desired to reignite the feud between the Jedi and the Mandalorians, as the two factions had previously been enemies.

The Death Watch began to engage in acts of terrorism on Mandalore in the New Mandalorian capital city, Sundari, and on the neighboring world of Kalevala, to undermine Satine's rule and breed discord among the people. Vizsla himself maintained the duchess' trust by appearing to spearhead the search for the Death Watch.

When a Mandalorian saboteur attacked a Republic cruiser, word spread to the Galactic Senate, Satine — the duchess of Mandalore — was secretly building her own army to fight for the Confederacy. Vizsla could not understand Dooku's lack of concern with the Jedi's arrival. Dooku advised patience, proclaiming the Republic's continued involvement in Mandalorian affairs — combined with the Senate's impending order to send troops to keep the peace on Mandalore — would spread discontent throughout the populace.

After being introduced to Kenobi, Vizsla attempted to refute the rumors of Kryze's alliance with the Separatists, to which Kenobi replied that his only instructions were to "seek the truth. Later, while Vizsla was writing a condolence letter to the man's and making arrangement for the body, the duchess arrived, saying Kenobi would be along after he meditated.

Satine shared her concerns, someone was feeding misinformation to the Republic about Death Watch was taking over Mandalore. She explained her suspicion of an external force assisting the Mandalorian renegades. Vizsla speculated the party would have to be very influential in the Separatist Alliance. The governor said the duchess was being targeted for her role as leader of the Council of Neutral Systems, which directly conflicted with the Separatists' conquest of the galaxy.

As time passed, Vizsla noticed Kenobi's meditation was taking longer than expected suggested they should begin dinner without him. Saying she needed air after receiveing a secret message from Kenobi, left. Vizsla arrived in full Mandalorian armor at the mining base where Kenobi was being held.

Upon escaping the facility, Vizsla and his men were waiting. After a brief firefight with the Mandalorian warriors, Vizsla approached. Removing his helmet, he revealed his true identity as the leader of Death Watch. Proclaiming himself a great warrior, Vizsla challenged Kenobi to a duel. Maul challenged Vizsla to a duel -- Maul using his lightsaber , Vizsla wielding the ancient darksaber and his Mandalorian weapons. It was an intense battle, but ultimately, the Sith was too powerful. Skip Navigation Disney.

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This time, Vizsla used his jetpack to employ greater altitude in flight, but Kenobi simply jumped and intercepted him in the air, battering him toward the ground. Defeated, he decided to have his warriors finish the Jedi Master themselves. The three Death Watch members each fired a missile from their jet packs, but Kenobi and Satine retreated by jumping through a mine-shaft to avoid the explosives.

The three warriors inspected the damage and told Vizsla if they can still go after Kenobi. However, Vizsla ordered them not to, since there wasn't time, but noted they will catch up with the Duchess soon enough. Vizsla conspired with Mandalorian Senator Tal Merrik to capture Kryze during her journey to Coruscant , where she intended to plead her case directly to the Galactic Senate , but Merrik was defeated before he could complete his assignment.

Vizsla dispatched an assassin to Coruscant to kill Kryze, as her death would remove the opposition to the Senate's upcoming vote to have Republic troops occupy Mandalore—an occupation which would allow Death Watch to gain the support of Mandalore's populace and "liberate" them from the Republic.

However, the assassin failed to murder Kryze, and the plot itself fell through, with the Senate voting against occupying Mandalore. With this turn of events, Vizsla was forced to postpone his attack on Mandalore, as his forces would be unable to hold the planet without its people's support. Following the aborted takeover of Mandalore, Vizsla then met with Dooku.

During this meeting, Vizsla was betrayed by Dooku and scarred across his cheek [9] by the Sith Lord 's lightsaber. Vizsla and Death Watch maintained a small base on the world Carlac , [9] but the once strictly regulated army now was merely a group of ruthless outlaws. Death Watch used Bonteri to attempt to find and assassinate Dooku, but were unsuccessful.

When Bonteri traveled to Carlac to meet with them, he brought along the Jedi Ahsoka Tano , who was disguised as Bonteri's close friend. Shortly after meeting with Bonteri, Vizsla was then confronted by the Ming Po elders who had demanded the return of their women.

At first they complied, but Vizsla showed his true colours the next day when he attempted to murder the Ming Po chieftain with the Darksaber, caring not when the man's innocent granddaughter threw herself in front of him and took the blow instead, before ordering the village burned to the ground.

However, Tano revealed herself as a Jedi, taking out several Death Watch members before being subdued. Despite Bonteri convincing him to spare her, Vizsla was adamant to execute her. Bonteri accused Vizsla of murderous dishonor before the latter retorted to the young boy that he was no different with his bloodlust towards Count Dooku. Bonteri insisted that he wanted justice, not revenge, yet Vizsla would not have it.

Vizsla then stated like Bonteri wanting justice for his mother's death, Vizsla would kill Tano for the Jedi Order's supposed crimes against Mandalore, which in Vizsla's eyes, was justice as well.

Before Vizsla could kill Tano, R2-D2 entered the hut, creating a distraction and arming Tano with her lightsabers. After freeing herself and decapitating four Death Watch soldiers who restrained her, she then dueled Vizsla for a time; but after the Jedi's saber caused Vizsla's jetpack to explode, she and Bonteri escaped.

A lightsaber duel erupted, with both parties slashing at the other and dodging and blocking his opponent's attacks. Vizsla was twice forced back by Kenobi, first by a Force-push that hurled him backward several meters , then again by a kick that sent his weapon flying.

Undeterred, Vizsla continued at Kenobi, using unarmed combat techniques to create a temporary gap in the fighting to retrieve his fallen lightsaber. This time, Vizsla used his jetpack to employ greater altitude as an advantage in the fight, but Kenobi simply jumped up and intercepted him in the air, battering him back down to the ground, where his jetpack and lightsaber deactivated.

Getting back on his feet, Vizsla chose not to pursue Kenobi again and instead ordered his warriors to finish the Jedi Master themselves. The three Death Watch members each launched a missile from their rocket packs, and Kenobi and Kryze were forced to retreat, jumping back down into the mine shaft to avoid the explosives. The three warriors inspected the damage and inquired if they should pursue Kenobi; Vizsla ordered them not to, as there was no time, but noted that they would catch up with the Duchess soon enough.

After escaping Concordia, Kenobi and Kryze returned to Mandalore, [4] from where they then departed for the Republic capital of Coruscant under Republic escort aboard Kryze's starship , the Coronet , so that Kryze could plead her case directly to the Galactic Senate. Merrik eventually reported his success in taking Kryze hostage to Vizsla and requested reinforcements so that he could transport her away.

Pleased with Merrik's exploits, Vizsla replied that additional forces had been dispatched to cover his escape. In the ensuing battle aboard the Coronet , however, Merrik was killed, stabbed in the back by Anakin Skywalker , one of Kryze's Jedi escorts.

Kryze was able to safely reach Coruscant, leaving the Death Watch with another failed attempt on her life. Following the unsuccessful attacks on Kryze, Vizsla mobilized a Death Watch army at the Concordian base in preparation to take over Mandalore. Vizsla was impatient, as both he and his men were anxious to fight, but Dooku recalled the plot that they had set into motion of manipulating the Republic Senate into ordering an occupation of Mandalore—which would subsequently cause Death Watch to appear as "liberators" when they struck back at the Republic occupation force and would thus gain Death Watch the people's support.

Dooku ordered Vizsla to send a Death Watch assassin to Coruscant, as Kryze had to die if the Senate vote was to move forward and their plan was to succeed.

After failing twice to kill Kryze, the assassin reported to Vizsla that he had killed an informant that appeared to have handed something off to her. Vizsla reiterated the need to find her, emphasizing that whatever Kryze was carrying might compromise the plan.

Eventually, however, word reached Vizsla and his Death Watch army that the assassin had failed to kill Kryze and that the Senate had voted against sending an occupational force to Mandalore, nullifying the Death Watch's opportunity to gain the Mandalore populace's support during the invasion.

Seething, Vizsla used the Count as a target for his frustration and stated his intention to continue with the invasion. Dooku advised against such a rash action—despite the Death Watch's capability of conquering Mandalore, they would only be able to hold the planet for no more than a day if they did not have the people's support.

Dooku cited Vizsla's inexperience in battle, attributing it to his rashness, and stated that he had other ways of accomplishing their goal. Following Vizsla's aborted conquest of Mandalore, the Death Watch leader eventually met with Dooku in person. Vizsla managed to rile Dooku to the point of where the Sith Lord released his lightsaber and slashed Vizsla across his left cheek, leaving a prominent scar across his face. Furious, Vizsla broke ties with Dooku and the Separatists and vowed to kill the Count.

On the run, the Death Watch found refuge on the planet Carlac , holding the local Ming Po hostage while pillaging their villages for women and supplies.

Vizsla found alliance with Lux Bonteri , a young Separatist from Onderon who also held a personal vendetta against Dooku for killing his mother, Mina. Vizsla sent Bonteri to Mandalore, where peace talks between the Republic and Confederacy were being hosted by Duchess Satine.

By openly accusing the Count of treachery during the peace summit, he was able to provoke the Count into confronting him via hologram ; this allowed Bonteri to use a holotrace device , revealing the Sith's whereabouts.

Bonteri rendevouzed with the Death Watch on Carlac, where he was to present Vizsla the Count's coordinates. Vizsla was initially fooled by Tano's illusion, and welcomed her into the Death Watch ranks.

At a feast later that night, Vizsla was approached by several members of the Ming Po, who demanded Death Watch to release the native women who were keeping as servants and then leave the planet. Vizsla appeared to comply to the cheiftant's demands, swearing to leave the planet by morning. In reality, Vizsla was planning the slaughter of the natives; when he arrived at the Ming Po village to present the captured women, he ordered his men to burn the village and the people in it, much to Bonteri's horror.

Tano revealed herself as a Jedi, taking out several Death Watch members before being subdued. Upon return to the Death Watch camp, Vizsla expressed his disappointment in Bonteri for bringing a Jedi. Despite Bonteri's pleas to spare her, Vizsla was adamant to execute her. Bonteri accused Vizsla of murderous dishonor; Vizsla then retorted to the young boy that he was no different, having a blood lust against Dooku.

Bonteri insisted that he wanted justice, not revenge, yet Vizsla would not have it. Vizsla then stated that like Bonteri wanting justice for his mother's death, Vizsla would execute Ahsoka for the Jedi Order's crimes against Mandalore, which in Vizsla's eyes, was justice as well.

Before Vizsla could execute Ahsoka, R2-D2 entered the hut, creating a diversion and arming Tano with her lightsabers. After freeing herself by jumping and decapitating four Death Watch warriors, Vizsla dueled her for a time; but after the Jedi's saber caused Vizsla's jetpack to explode, she and Bonteri escaped. Sometime after Tano's and Bonteri's escape, the Republic followed a Munificent-class star frigate to Carlac. They shot it down and went to the surface to finish off the surviving droids.

They encountered Death Watch resistance, including three camps. The Republic set up a outpost from where they could counter the Death Watch, and so the Skirmish on Carlac began. A Jedi Knight joined the battle, destroying the three camps, killing Sergeant Kellov and infiltrating a village that the Death Watch held captive, threatening to destroy it if the Republic did not recall it's forces from the world.

The Jedi Knight infiltrated the village, however they were detected and the Death Watch started to burn it. Following the events on Carlac , Vizsla and the Death Watch established a camp on the swamp moon Zanbar , and once again set about plotting the downfall of Duchess Satine, and the restoration of the Mandalorian's warrior creed. During an expedition through space the Death Watch happened across the escape pod of fugitives Maul and Savage : a pair of Zabrak siblings, who had laid claim to the titles of Dark Lords of the Sith , and who were critically wounded following their previous defeat at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Despite Bo-Katan's suggestion of executing the brothers, Vizsla spared them, realizing that they shared a common enemy in the Jedi, and seeing potential for an alliance.