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Pedro Pascal is The Mandalorian in the Disney+ series THE MANDALORIAN.

What was “The Night of a Thousand Tears?”

The “Night of a Thousand Tears” was a catastrophe that occurred during the Siege of Mandalore in 19 BBY, the last year of the Clone Wars. The siege resulted in the final defeat of the Mandalorian forces and consequent occupation of the planet Mandalore by the victorious Galactic Empire.

According to Mandalorian lore, a great number of Mandalorian recruits were caught exposed in an open field by Imperial gunships equipped with heavy repeating blasters, resulting in a massacre later termed “The Night of a Thousand Tears.”

In the season 1 finale episode “Redemption,” the Darksaber-wielding Moff Gideon reveals that he was present at the massacre of the Mandalorian recruits, and that he and Mando have met before.