The Shadow Collective was a criminal organization created during the Clone Wars around 20 BBY by Sith Lord Darth Maul. Maul rallied the Mandalorian Death Watch to his cause first, then the Pyke Syndicate, a Black Sun faction, and lastly several Hutt enforcers.
History[]
Maul and his brother, Savage Oppress had been recently rescued by the Death Watch and recovered from their previous wounds. Maul soon tricked Pre Vizsla, the Pykes, and the Black Sun to be a part of the Collective. Then they went to Nal Hutta to form an alliance with the Hutt Grand Council. But the meeting soon turned into a skirmish and bounty hunters Sugi, Embo, Dengar, Latts Razzi, and Marrok were sent after the group. But the bounty hunters soon had to escape and left Hutta. But when Maul, Vizsla, and Oppress came back, they found out that all of the Hutts had escaped except one, Oruba. Maul threatened Oruba that if he didn't tell him where Arok, Marlo, and the others were, that he would kill Oruba. But afraid for his life and his friend Arok, he told Maul that they were all on the planet of Tatooine in Jabba's Palace, but Maul didn't keep his word and had Savage kill the clothes-wearing Hutt killed with his lightsaber.
When Maul and the rest of the Collective arrived at Jabba's Palace, they found Gorga, Arok, and Jabba in the throne room. They then forced the three Hutts to join the Collective and then they went off for Nal Hutta again. Now, Maul had to have the Hutt crime syndicate Fortiure kajidic to join them. When they arrived at Kolluga Desilijic Fortiure's Palace, another skirmish took place there as well. But they soon forced their way into Kolluga's throne room and forced Kolluga to join the Shadow Collective.
Members[]
- Nightbrothers:
- Maul-Leader
- Savage Opress-Member
- Death Watch:
- Pre Vizsla-Leader
- Bo-Katan-Members
- Hutt Cartel:
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure-Leader
- Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo-Member
- Arok-Member
- Oruba-Member
- Marlo-Member
- Kajidic:
- Desilijic/Fortiure:
- Kolluga Desilijic Fortiure-Leader
- Arok-Member
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure-Member
- Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo-Member
- Marlo-Member
- Oruba Desilijic Fortiure-Member
- Desilijic/Fortiure:
- Black Sun:
- Ziton Moj-Leader
- Pyke Syndicate:
- Lom Pyke-Leader
- Oba Pyke-Co-Leader
- Gorga Pyke-Member
- Unidentified Pyke-Member
Nightbrothers[]
The Nightbrothers were a tribal group of Dathomirian men who served the Nightsisters. They lived in a village on the far side of the planet of Dathomir. Darth Maul and Savage Opress were both born as Nightbrothers and later created the Shadow Collective.
Darth Maul[]
Darth Maul was a male Dathomirian Zabrak Sith Lord who, along with his brother, created the Shadow Collective. After a failed attempt to rally pirates on Florrum to join their cause, Maul and Opress was found by Death Watch members Bo-Katan and Pre Vizsla, who nursed them back to health. Maul and the others left for Mustafar to rally together the Black Sun. After the meeting failed, Maul then had Opress kill the five leaders of the Black Sun, including Xomit Grunseit, leaving the decision to join the Collective to Ziton Moj, who joined the Collective. After a skirmish with the Hutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta, Maul had Oruba the Hutt executed by Opress after the Hutt told him where Marlo and the others were. Later on, Maul killed Vizsla and took over the Collective and Death Watch.
Savage Opress[]
Savage Opress, co-leader of the Collective.
Savage Opress was a Dathomirian Zabrak male Sith Apprentice who was second-in-command of The Collective and the brother of Darth Maul. After a failed attempt to rally a group of pirates on Florrum, Pre Vizsla and Bo-Katan of the Death Watch had found the two Sith and took them to Zanbar to be fixed up and "nursed back" to health. Shortly after the Death Watch joined the Collective, Opress went along with his brother and Pre Vizsla to Mustafar to rally the Black Sun. The meeting failed and Maul ordered Savage to kill the five leaders, including Xomit Grunseit, and he did, which ended up leaving the decision to join the Collective up to Ziton Moj, which he did. After a skirmish with the Hutt Grand Council on Nal Hutta, Opress murdered Oruba, an ancient Hutt, and left for Tatooine with the others. After the arrival at Jabba's Palace, Opress and the others forced Jabba Desilijic Tiure and Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo to join the Collective. After this, they launched an attack on Kolluga's Palace on Nal Hutta to force the Kajidic to join them, which, too, was successful. After the Takeover of Mandalore, Maul killed Vizsla and Opress now became his second-in-command. But Opress would later be killed by Darth Sidious shortly after that.
Hutt Cartel & the Kajidic[]
The Hutt Cartel joins the Shadow Collective.
The Hutt Cartel was a powerful crime syndicate, or business, alliance of the Hutts. Jabba Desilijic Tiure and Kolluga Desilijic Fortiure held considerable power in the Cartel before, during, and after the Clone Wars. After several attacks by Maul and the Death Watch, along with the death of one of the Hutt Grand Council members was killed, Jabba had to join the Collective. Later on, Kolluga and the kajidic was forced to join the Collective as well.
Jabba Desilijic Tiure[]
Jabba Desilijic Tiure, leader of the Hutt Cartel and the Council of Elders.
Jabba Desilijic Tiure was an elder Hutt leader of the Hutt Cartel and the Hutt Grand Council during the Clone Wars. After the skirmish on Nal Hutta, the Shadow Collective came to Jabba's Palace on Tatooine to force Jabba to join the Collective.
Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo[]
Gorga Desilijic Aarrpo was an elder Hutt member of the Hutt Grand Council during the Clone Wars. He is the nephew of Jabba Desilijic Tiure and the cousin of Kolluga and Rotta Desilijic Tiure. After an attack on Jabba's Palace, Gorga and Jabba were forced to join the Collective. He would later-on find out that Oruba was killed and his cousin, Kolluga, was forced to join the Collective as well.
Kolluga Desilijic Fortiure[]
Kolluga Desilijic Fortiure, force-sensitive leader of the Desilijic/Fortiure kajidic clan.
Kolluga Desilijic Fortiure was an elder Hutt leader of the Desilijic/Fortiure kajidic clan and, later on, the Hutt Grand Council. After the skirmish on Nal Hutta and Jabba's Palace, the Shadow Collective came back to Nal Hutta to Kolluga's Palace to force the kajidic to join the Shadow Collective, and ended up having to join the terrorist group.
Arok Desilijic Tiure[]
Arok Desilijic Tiure, member of the Clan of the Ancients and the Desilijic/Fortiure clan
Arok Desilijic Tiure was an elder Hutt of the Hutt Grand Council and the Desilijic/Fortiure kajidic clan. He hid with Marlo and the other Hutts at Jabba's Palace on Tatooine during the Shadow Collective's invasion of Jabba's Palace.
Oruba Desilijic Fortiure[]
Oruba Desilijic Fortiure, co-leader of the Desilijic/Fortiure kajidic.
Oruba Desilijic Fortiure was an elder Hutt who was once the leader of the Fortiure kajidic, but left the seat to his son, Kolluga. He is also one of the few force-sensitive Hutts in the galaxy, like his son.
Pyke Syndicate[]
The Pyke Syndicate of Oba Diah are famous spice dealers whom have their business spread across the galaxy. There isn't much known about the members of the Syndicate or the Syndicate at all, except for Lom Pyke is the leader of the criminal organization.
Lom Pyke[]
Lom Pyke was a male Pyke who was the leader of the Pyke Syndicate before, during, and after the Clone Wars. When he heard from a neighboring crime syndicate about the Shadow Collective was being formed, Lom decided to see what it was about and left for Zanbar. After explaining his reasons of joining to the Collective's leaders, Lom and the Pykes joined the Shadow Collective. After the Hutt kajidic joined the Collective, Lom and the others left for Mandalore to take it over. Lom and the Black Sun leader, Ziton Moj, were arrested, and later on, freed by Pre Vizsla during the Takeover of Mandalore.
Unidentified Pyke 1[]
This Unidentified Pyke was a male Pyke member of the Pyke family/Syndicate and the Shadow Collective. He was the aide of Lom Pyke during the Clone Wars and helped raid one of the many shipping docks on Mandalore during the planet's takeover. He was later arrested by Pre Vizsla and then released along with other members of the Collective. But he would later find out that the Collective would be lost to Darth Sidious and would be killed.
Oba Pyke[]
Oba Pyke was a female Pyke who served as Lom Pyke's wife and the co-leader of the Pyke Syndicate/Family. She left Oba Diah with other members of the Pyke family and syndicate, including Lom, when they found out about the Shadow Collective, and left for Zanbar. After they joined and the Hutt Cartel and the Kajidics joined, Oba and the others left for Mandalore to takeover the planet. Shortly after Darth Sidious landed on Mandalore at the Palace, Oba is seen, along with Lom, Gorga, and another Pyke, thrown into a nearby wall by the Sith Lord and is knocked out. After regaining consciousness, Oba and the others rush to the window and watch Sidious kill Savage Opress. While escaping to one of their ships, a fellow Pyke is caught by Sidious and is stabbed in the stomach then beheaded, which killed him.
Gorga Pyke[]
Gorga Pyke is a male Pyke who served as one of Lom Pyke's advisers during the Clone Wars and was also one of his sons. After finding out about the Shadow Collective, Gorga and the rest of the Pyke family left for Zanbar to join the Collective. After the takeover of Mandalore, Darth Sidious arrives to the palace on Mandalore and throws the Pykes into a nearby wall, knocking them out. After regaining consciousness, Gorga and the others rush to the window and watch as Savage Opress is killed by Sidious. While escaping to a ship, a fellow Pyke is caught by Sidious and is stabbed in the stomach and dies by being beheaded.
Black Sun[]
The Black Sun is a infamous criminal syndicate/organization based on Mustafar. During the Clone Wars, the focus of the Jedi Knights on defeating the Separatists meant a decline of law enforcement, particularly in the sparsely patrolled Outer Rim Territories. This allowed criminal elements, like the notorious Black Sun syndicate, to flourish. The Black Sun's tentacles reach across many worlds. Many of the organization's operatives had no idea that they were benefiting Black Sun, so layered and intricate were the fronts that the syndicate hid behind. During the time of the Clone Wars, Black Sun was led by a cabal of Falleen nobles, who operated out of a well-defended fortress on Mustafar. But when Maul and the Death Watch come, the nobles' numbers would soon decline.
Ziton Moj[]
His gruff demeanor and devilish grin indicated Ziton Moj relished how well-protected he was by the power of criminal influence. A bully to his very marrow, Moj was a leg-breaking lieutenant for the Black Sun criminal syndicate during the Clone Wars. Never one to be intimidated, he was also pragmatic enough to avoid fights he couldn't win. This level-headedness served him well when Darth Maul usurped control of Black Sun, and installed Ziton as leader, replacing the decapitated ruling council.
Death Watch[]
The 'Death Watch, first of the collective.
The warrior clans of Mandalore were believed to have been wiped out ages ago, their tattered remnants exiled to the Concordia moon. But as the Clone Wars swept the galaxy, the treacherous governor Pre Vizsla resurrected the Mandalorians, and with them, their legendary combat armor that was feared across the galaxy. Backed by Count Dooku and the Separatists, Vizsla began building an army to retake Mandalore from the control of pacifists who were trying to bury violent Mandalore's past.
As the coup became inopportune, Dooku abandoned the Death Watch, leading once again to their exile. The Death Watch became a murderous band of nomadic outlaws, battle-worn rogues that wandered the Clone Wars.
Pre Vizsla[]
Pre Vizsla publicly served Duchess Satine as the governor of Mandalore's moon Concordia, but was really the leader of the Death Watch, a secret society of Mandalorian commandos who sought to overthrow Satine's government and reclaim the Mandalorians' honor as warriors.
Vizsla and Count Dooku plotted to assassinate Satine, which would lead to a Republic occupation of Mandalore. Vizsla's Death Watch would then liberate the planet, joining the Separatist cause.
Things did not go according to plan, and Vizsla and Dooku bitterly parted ways. Death Watch became a group of nomadic warriors, with the formerly manicured and orderly Vizsla becoming unkempt and battle-worn as their leader.
Bo-Katan[]
A fierce warrior concealed in sleek Mandalorian armor, Bo-Katan was the ever-loyal lieutenant to Pre Vizsla, and a proud member of the Death Watch splinter group. Bo-Katan rallied to Death Watch's call for Mandalorians to embrace their martial heritage and find glory in war. She was confident, sardonic, and deadly. Bo-Katan is also the sister of Duchess Satine Kryze.
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Eminence" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Society"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Cult"
