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Mandalorian’s Cape

Something I was kinda stupid to not realize earlier, but Din’s cape actually serves a legit purpose. Early on I just thought it was a design choice, bc it wasn’t to keep him warm, just seemed to be a part of the Mando™️ aesthetic. But now like...

That beskar absolutely glows on the thermal (just look at that helmet and pauldron) and it really stands out without thermal imaging. We know he has a beskar plate on his back, but it obviously it doesn’t cover everything.

So how does the cape help? For starters, it makes it a hell of a lot harder for someone to see where the beskar begins and ends. Of course, if you’re trying to shoot someone in the back, you don’t want to aim for the blaster-proof metal, you want to hit one of the fleshy spots and maybe actually do some damage.

But if you can’t see the beskar (courtesy of a handy-dandy cape) a shooter’s first instinct is to hit the middle of the back, bc that’s where a person’s biggest i.e the easiest target.

So you know, it’s actually pretty smart. Your back is the hardest place to defend. Unlike the front, where you’re more likely to be aware of or even actively engaging the threat, your back is an absolute weak point if you’re snuck up on or beating a hasty retreat to cover (as the above gif)

So, you know, cool.

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On Armor: Strapping

Something I noticed in this wide shot of the Shadow Collective was Gar Saxon and Rook Kast’s armor. (and all the recolors of Rook standing about, because all the women in this shot are recolors of Rook). Because their armor has something that was previously unseen (either because it wasn’t present or was hidden under other elements), strapping.

Armor, especially Beskar, is heavy. To wear armor with any mobility you must distribute that weight somehow. Mandalorian armor has been traditionally worn on a plate carrier. As seen easily on Din Djarin.

(it’s that really light tan under his armor) Plate carriers are so ubiquitous that all the Mandalorians we see strapping on their armor are also wearing carriers. Gar trims his plate carriers (of which he appears to have several) in red (Man has an aesthetic and I respect it). Rook’s is more subtle but still there.

The last thing I want to mention is that their strapping is also protected. Gar has slipped a leather(?) sheath over his (which you can tell due to a texture and color difference from the loops attached to his actual plates), while Rook has either color coordinated hers beautifully or armored hers. This makes sense as you really don’t want the enemy to cut your armor off your body while in a fight. It also protects it from general wear and tear increasing the lifespan of the strap and easing maintenance.

But you know who the king of protected straps on their armor is?

#Goran #Mandalorian #armor #beskar #Fix your plate carriers Saxon #also I think Din has straps holding his plate carrier up #next post is probably about the chest diamond #because there are at least 4 distinct styles #Next time someone tells you that modern mandos don't have visible straps they are wrong

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DO NOT FUCK WITH THE ARMORER!!!

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Listen listen listen: Beskar. Jewelry. I'm a jeweler and I know that's worlds away from forging but listen. Pendants that hide blades. Cuff bracelets that deflect shots. Mythosaur brass knuckles. If the forge master needs ideas I have them aplenty.

I like what you’re getting at!! Cassius is very fond of alternative forms of weaponry, especially if they can be concealed

Mandalorians are very much about badass weaponry

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I am a smith and let me tell you. I love these ideas, and a jeweler would be better suited to the fiddly bits of things like the pendant hiding a blade. And those are totally practical ideas.

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Also in this house, we respect the so-far nameless Mandalorian armorer who made an impression on me from the moment she first appeared on the screen and fucking trashed the imps with her blacksmithing tools in the Redemption. This is the way and got no choice but to stan.

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The Mandalorian Chapter 8: Redemption

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The Clone Wars | “The Mandalore Plot”

Pre Vizsla: “For generations my ancestors Fought proudly as warriors against the Jedi. Now that woman tarnishes the very name Mandalorian. Defend her if you will.This lightsaber was stolen from Your jedi temple by my Ancestors during the fall of The old Republic. Since then, many Jedi have died Upon its blade. Prepare yourself to join them.”

The Clone Wars | “Shades of Reason”

Almec: “Clearly you are powerful, but how can two of you overthrow Vizsla and his supporters?” Maul: “Vizsla is a soldier, and like every soldier, he is bound by honor. I will challenge him to single combat in front of his men. He will not deny me.” Almec: “If you defeat him, according to the ancient laws of Mandalore, his soldiers will be honor-bound to follow you.”

Rebels | “Visions and Voices”

Ezra Bridger: “Is that a lightsaber?” Maul: “Indeed, yes, but not like any that you would know. If your Mandalorian friend was here, she could explain it to you.”

Rebels | “Trial of the Darksaber”

Kanan Jarrus: “I didn’t know Mandalorians developed a type of lightsaber.” Fenn Rau: “We didn’t. This was one of a kind. Legend tells that it was created over a thousand years ago by Tarre Vizsla, the first Mandalorian ever inducted into the Jedi Order. After his passing, the Jedi kept the saber in their Temple. That was, until members of House Vizsla snuck in and liberated it. They used the saber to unify the people and strike down those who would oppose them. One time, they ruled all of Mandalore wielding this blade. This saber is an important symbol to that house and respected by the other clans.“

Rebels | “Heroes of Mandalore”

Bo-Katan Kryze: “This is only the beginning. The Empire will send everything they have to crush Mandalore.” Sabine Wren: “That is why you should lead us, my lady.” Bo-Katan Kryze: “You had the courage to make a difficult decision. Sabine Wren: “With your guidance. You have the wisdom of a ruler. There’s no one I trust to wield the Darksaber more than you. And I am not alone.” Vizsla Clan leader: “Clan Vizsla is with you.” Clan Rook leader: “Clan Rook is with you.” Clan Eldar leader: “Clan Eldar is with you.” Clan Kryze leader: “Clan Kryze is with you.” Fenn Rau: “The Protectors are with you.” Ursa Wren: “Clan Wren is with you.” Sabine Wren: “Now I understand why the saber came to me. It came to me so I could pass it to you. Bo-Katan Kryze: “I accept this sword for my sister, for my clan, and for all of Mandalore.”

The Mandalorian | Chapter 8 - “Redemption”

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Beskar

The Mando’a word for Mandalorian Iron is Beskar. It translates to Iron/Heart, or translated a bit more poetically Heart of the Iron or Iron of the Heart

But I take umbrage with the root of Iron, Besk. More specifically it doesn’t make sense as meaning Iron at all. You see Beskar is known and famous to be incredibly difficult to work and basically useless if you mess it up while preparing. It’s also super dense (which is theoretically why it stands up to lightsabers, but my opinions on that osik a whole other post).

I’m not sure how much you know about Iron in its pure form, but it’s not a very useful metal. Especially for weapons and armor. It’s brittle or crumbly at worst and a softer metal at best. Iron is a major component of another metal though, steel. Steel is an alloy containing predominantly iron and carbon, but for really good steels you need impurities (this isn’t a bad word among metalworkers and it shouldn’t be in Mando’a either). Molybdenum, Chromium, and nickel being the most common impurities. They make the steel denser, harder, and better looking.

So Beskar shouldn’t be iron but instead a steel-like substance. Probably infused with trace amount of whatever it is that makes cortosis and the handful of other lightsaber resistant materials (which is probably a crystalline substance but I digress).

But back to Besk. It’s usage makes me wonder if it perhaps is mistranslated as iron but should actually be metal. At least in common usage (using it as iron or steel makes sense poetically).

But what do people associate with the Mandalorians. Armor (which should not be Beskar’gam but Besk’gam), specifically Mandalorian armor (which should be Beskar’gam). Beskar’gam, not Mandalorian iron, but Mandalorian Steel. Mandalorian Steel is an alloy, it joins together metals to create a better metal. Just like the Mando’ade do with people.

Beskar: lit. metal/heart. Mandalorian Steel

special thanks to @izzyovercoffee for putting up with my metalworking rant and encouraging me to make this post

Be’ne’tom Beskar

This is part 3/3 of a discussion on Metallurgy of Beskar

WARNING: This post contains spoilers for The Mandalorian S1 and multiple seasons of Star Wars Rebels: if you haven’t seen them and care about such things… SCRAM!

Now that we have discussed how beskar reacts to things and the process by which it is shaped we can discuss what it is made out of.

We assume that it is a ferric alloy, probably steel. This is supported by the light damage present where blasters have struck the armor in The Mandalorian; which is explicitly called carbon-scoring (unless all the plasma they use in blasters is carbon-based, but that’s unlikely for other reasons that are unrelated to Beskar) and the heat index demonstrated in Rebels as well as the name itself (The root Bes being literally metal or iron). The beskar appearing as a pattern welded ingot in The Mandalorian and no longer being patterned thusly after it is forged is a result of melting down the ingot, which loses the pattern as the metal homogenizes. This homogenization also makes Beskar a crucible steel similar to Wootz and Damascus.

Given that it can reflect close range, low density plasma it is likely that Beskar’gam is coated or is inherently ionized forming a plasma mirror (Electromagnetic pulse reflection at self-generated plasma mirrors: laser pulse shaping and high order harmonic generation, Cornell University, Aug 2017). The secret of how the goran achieves this is interesting but likely lies in the heat treatment of the final plate and I believe, based on my experience with heat treatment that this is actually an additive of the clay that coats the armor prior to heat treat.

However Beskar does not only reflect but also stops the plasma (without removing kinetic impact, which means that getting hit hard enough will still kill you even if your armor survives). I speculate that the beskar is tough and dense. This also fits the legends depictions of beskar’gam as heavy to wear.

Tldr: Beskar is space mithril

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Beskar Forging

This is part 2/3 of a discussion on Metallurgy of Beskar

WARNING: This post contains spoilers for The Mandalorian S1 and multiple seasons of Star Wars Rebels: if you haven’t seen them and care about such things… SCRAM!

Beskar is used in weapons. In The Mandalorian S1E3: The Sin the Armourer forges a weapon called Whistling Birds that are many target seeking missiles (in the sense that they are ranged projectiles, not the explosive sense) with beskar tips. In legends Beskar is frequently used as a material for swords and other melee weapons, a reasonable decision given beskar stopping lightsabers.

Beskar is forged into armour. If you need a source on this you’re in the wrong freaking thread.

There are a lot of different things happening and quite a lot of it is contradictory This is because they want to keep a sense of mysticism. Firstly: Melt down your metal (this ruins the pattern of the pattern welded steel and actually makes it homogenous in make up instead of having areas of differing hardness (more on that later)

The beskar is floated (magnetically? With a force field? Who knows) over what looks like a mold (this mold is different in episodes 1, 3, and 8 and is also removed in episode 8 for what looks like a really big crucible/smelter). Why don’t they use a regular mold? Because Mandos are extra. The Armorer the then gives it a stars-almighty hit with the power hammer of my dreams, casting the metal into the basic shape She then takes that new plate (which is a flat plate) and works it with a hammer. Finally the armor piece is covered in a clay-like substance (s1e3) and quenched, this makes it more durable than if it were quenched without the clay.

Fun Fact: If holding one of those plates over the torch for a few seconds is enough to bring it to working heat, than that room is going to cause everyone to die of heat exhaustion if there’s not a shield around the forge itself.

The Properties of Beskar

This is part 1/3 of a discussion on Metallurgy of Beskar

WARNING: This post contains spoilers for The Mandalorian S1 and multiple seasons of Star Wars Rebels: if you haven’t seen them and care about such things… SCRAM!

Beskar is a Steel Alloy. The Mandalorian S1E1: The Mandalorian has a bar patron call it Beskar Steel and the appearance of the ingots that are rendered as payment are clearly pattern-welded steel. See also my longer post on the subject here. It does have one notable aspect uncharacteristic of steel, it does not change color when heated. Even when heated past the melting point. This is however, inconsistent from show to show. Beskar in The Mandalorian demonstrates this property but in Rebels when heated by the Arc Pulse generator Beskar is shown have a heat temper index similar to steel in our world.

Beskar is resistant or reflective to plasma arcs. As many fans having explained over the years Star Wars blasters use plasma bolts, not lasers. Plasma is contained in a magnetic field before dispersing. We see short to medium range small arms fire outright bounce off Beskar’gam in Rebels S2E2: The Siege of Lothal p2 and The Mandalorian S1E8: Redemption. And at longer ranges we see high powered rifle shots stopped by the armor The Mandalorian S1E5: The Gunslinger. The lack of heavy damage but the protagonist's comment, “at that range the beskar held up” supports the idea that a sufficiently powerful or sustained plasma strike could damage, pierce, or destroy Beskar. This is also supported by the Arc Pulse Generator in Rebels. Legends material also states that it resists lightsabers, but we have yet to see that happen in Canon. So while that is an attractive prospect and a reasonable extrapolation, it remains in the realm of fanon and legends content.

Beskar is physically durable. In The Mandalorian S1E2: The Child we see our protagonist's armor thoroughly trashed by the Mudhorn, with the exception of his Beskar helmet and pauldron. After standing next to a significant explosion and a firefight in S1E8 his armor is dirty and covered in carbon scoring from blaster fire but remains fully intact and functional.

Beskar is rare and of great significance to Mandalorians. Not so much an inherent property as a note that didn’t fit elsewhere. Sabine Wren’s armor has been passed down to her (after reshaping and reforging), The Armorer in The Mandalorian stays behind after the death/exodus of her tribe (which? We’re not sure, many of them died but we are told that some may have survived) to recover the material. In legends content the metal was found nowhere but Mandalore.

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Bes’cho - (noun: metal/stone) Metal Ore

Bes’chovhe - (noun: metal/stone/farm) A metal mine

Beskar – (noun: metal/heart) Mandalorian Steel

Beskar’cho – (noun: metal/heart/stone) Mandalorian Steel Ore

Beskar’chovhe - (noun: metal/heart/stone/farm) Mandalorian steel mine

Nyn’gaanur - (noun: strike/tool) A hammer

Nynir - (verb: strike/verb) To strike (colloq. to hammer) Canon

Nyn’gota - (noun: strike/machine) A power hammer

Bes’pir - (noun: metal/water) Molten metal

Bespir’tayl - (noun: metal/water/hold) A crucible

Bes’tayl - (noun: metal/hold) Tongs

Cho'vhey - (noun: stone/Farm) A mine Coloq.

Cho’vhett - (noun: stone/farmer) A miner Coloq.

Cho’vhettur (verb: stone/farmer/verb) To mine Coloq.

Goran - (noun)* A Smith Canon

Goran’alor - (noun: Smith/boss) Master Smith

Goran’taap - (noun: smith/point) Smithy / Forge

Goranur - (verb: smith/verb) To forge/To smith

Gor’hibir - (noun: smith/student) Apprentice smith

Kar’Goran - (noun: heart/smith) A Smith who acts as a religious/social leader and keeper of tradition and lore

Meshurok - (noun: pretty/stone) A gemstone Canon

Meshurkaan -(noun: pretty/stone)* Jeweler Canon

Meshurok’vhe - (noun: pretty/stone/farm) a gem mine

Bes’hittur – (verb: metal/burn) To smelt

Bes’hitt’ad – (noun: metal/burn/person) Smelter

Bes’hitt’alor – (noun: metal/burn/boss) Smelter Boss

Bes’hitt hibir - (noun: metal/burn/student) Apprentice smelter

Nyn’kaj - (noun: strike/table) An anvil

Tracyn’nynur - (verb: fire/strike/verb) To forge/To smith

Tracyn'gota - (noun: fire/machine) A forge

Bespir’palon - (noun: molten metal/hole) The mold

Bespir’paru’r - (verb: Molten metal/formation/verb) To cast

Tracyn’atin - (noun: fire/tough) The temper

Tracyn’atinur - (verb: fire/tough/verb) To temper

Tracyn’borarir - (noun: fire/work) Heat treatment

Tracyn’borar’ur - (verb: fire/work/verb) To Heat treat

Tra’to - (noun: fire/join) A weld

Tra’tor - (verb: fire/join/verb) To weld

Go’tra’to - (noun: Machine/fire/join)** A welder (machine)

Tra’to’ad - (noun: fire/join/person) a welder (person)

Brii’tra - (noun: line/fire) A welding bead Coloq.

Vhehmuun - (noun: soil(clay)/hard) Hardening Clay

Vhehmuun’ur - (verb: soil/hard/verb) Using clay to harden metal (as in Japanese Tsuchioki)

Vhekaj - (noun: Map) Canon Map Coloq. design/plan/blueprint

* There seems to be a suffix (-an) that denotes something related to people as seen in Jeweller (Meshurkaan), Smith (Goran), and Survivor (Cuyan). An on its own means all, but this seems unconnected. I theorize that it is an archaic related to the modern suffix (ade) that refers to people. Also potentially -kaan (see akaan and buirkan) which relates to knowledge. The suffix has not been noted in the literal translations as I lack enough data to really confirm it, but I thought it was interesting.

** Potentially Coloq. from Gota’tra’to

Canon denotes this word is used in canon sources in this usage

Coloq. Denotes this word would probably be a colloquial usage and/or shortened from it’s components in a significant way that goes beyond the usual contractions and portmanteau found in Mando’a

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