Come to think of it, did this chick write any GOOD SW stories? Or just mess up the work of other writers in the series?
The only productive thing she did was make the Mandalorian language. Aside from that, she sucks so bad that the TCW Mandos were an improvement.
Is that the broad who spent an ENTIRE book on Jayna training with Boba Fett in order to assassinate her brother A GODDAMN SITH LORD?!?
If Jaina was going up against another Light-Side Jedi, that would make sense, since Mandos fought them a lot, and a lot of the Mando's skill-set and tech were made with fighting Jedi in mind. But against a Sith Lord, a Mandalorian's skill set is nothing. In fact, it's worse than nothing, since it makes you even more vulnerable to a Sith.
I mean, aside from the fact that the Sith have none of the Jedi weaknesses the Mandos rely upon, like compassion, honor, and the desire to not kill unless pushed to the limit, the Sith powers are essentially perfect for killing Mandos. This is especially true since some Dark-Siders have renounced the use of a lightsaber and use Force powers purely. Like the Sith Acolytes from Force Unleashed 2, and Emperor Palpatine from the Original Trilogy. The latter even tells Vader that the Sith only use lightsabers as a way to mock the Jedi; a Sith can fight with just purely the Force, since it is their weapon. So at that point, beskar is completely useless against them, and they can be more focused in the Force to use things like telekinesis to throw back any missiles, grenades, darts, or cables the Mandos might use.
I can just imagine how a Sith would mock a Mandalorian over how fucked the latter is when facing against the Dark Side.
''Oh, you think you're safe inside your lightsaber-resistant armor, Mr. Mandalorian? How's about I Force-choke you to death, and your armor and gadgets can't stop that? Or how's about I use Force Lighting, and since you're covered in metal, that would conduct the electricity and cook you inside your precious beskar suit? Heck, if you're wearing a jetpack, the Force Lightning can set it off and cause you to fly around uncontrollably and hit your head on a wall, or even explode, killing you in the process with your own portable high ground. Or how's about I use the Dark Side to strengthen myself physically so that I can lunge at you in a flash and snap your neck like a twig with my bare fucking hands?''
The best example I've seen was a Revan fanfilm done by Darth Varkor where a Dark-Side Revan interrogates a Mandalorian, and he uses the Force to crush the Mandalorian by having the Mando's armor collapse in on itself, giving the Mandalorian a minute before his own armor starts to crush his organs. Death by beskar is the most ironic way to kill a Mando, and I can imagine Traviss spitting plasma if it ever happened onscreen.
It goes to show that the Mandalorians only have a chance against the Jedi because the Jedi choose to fight fair. They choose to not use the Force as a weapon, and that is the only reason the Mandos have a chance against them. It's like how Grievous in the 2003 cartoon is only a threat to the Jedi because none of them had the bright idea to crush his armored chest with the Force, and when Windu does that at the end of the cartoon, it paralyzes Grievous and gives him his signature asthmatic cough. Karen Traviss' Mandos are like that, except they're nowhere near as badass as Tartakovsky Grievous. At least that bastard personally slew Jedi. I can't remember Traviss' Mandos killing any Jedi in combat.
