Ethnically Mandalorian. They’re made from the exact DNA of a Mandalorian. They have his face, his voice, his logic and understanding, albeit different.
Outright they are Mandalorian.
Edit: The Clones and no one else would consider them Mandalorian as they simply are never going to show anything relating to them.
But logically, they come from Jango, who by all accounts you can say, is a Mandalorian as he followed the life, he lived it for years and so forth. Even though he left, he came from Concord Dawn, which is in the Mandalore system and followed the Mandalorian style of life.
So either they are Mandalorian, ethnically as you don’t need to be a separate race to have a new ethnicity.
Or they are Concordian, as per following Jango’s direct birthplace. Still makes sense as it could be an ethnicity in the Mandalore system.
It is in their DNA. In real life I am ethnically Polish even if I have spent 99% of my life in Ireland and refer to myself as more Irish than Polish. It doesn’t change that I am still ethnically Polish.
Edit edit; I’m probably wrong. Go through the thread to check it. Cba to go through explaining it.
Not really correct. They are a clan based culture. They grew up on Mandalore and they aren’t outright humans from X Y or Z planet that came to Mandalore, no they physically were born on Mandalore. While they could be argued to belong to the Human race of Star Wars, they are still a different ethnicity of Humans.
Anyone can be a Mandalorian which is true, which does allow anyone to join their culture, almost like how it can happen irl as well.
But if anything, you could maybe say they’re more Concordian (as Jango came from Concordia) ethnicity wise. But they’re still Mandalorian ethnicity as that is quite literally their DNA.
No, they're not. The original Mandalorians weren't even humans. When the Taung went extinct, the Mando'ade ceased to be a race but stayed a culture. You aren't born Mandalorian, you are either raised as one or assimilated as one. Just like nobody is born religious. Mandalorians don't believe in genetics or bloodlines, they only care about relationships. That's also why they prefer adoption over procreation. It's also why Satine was met with such opposition; not just because she was a pacifist, but because her regime was monarchist, centralized and identified the Mando'ade as the citizens of Mandalore. Mandalorians were traditionally identified with their armors first and clans second, but never through blood or DNA.
Yes, the originals were indeed extinct and what the original Mandalorians were, is gone. But that lifestyle still lives on and the ethnicity of the inhabitants of the Mandalore system would have to be Mandalorian, or fractured further to stuff like Concordian and so on and so forth. Mandalorians do indeed believe in almost a proper way of living, however even if they don’t look at you based on your genetics or DNA, it wouldn’t change that the Clones would share their ethnicity with Jango and what Ethnicity he was born with.
And yes, I got confused as it has been a long day and I’ve been back and forth changing what planet it is because I also hate they have a fucking Concord Dawn then Concordia and blah.
But back to it, the Clones themselves would share their ethnicity to that of Jango. Either it’s Mandalorian if by some wizardry they decided to make Ethnicity a bit of a bigger thing in that area of the universe, or they would be considered of Concord-Dawn ethnicity since humans born there aren’t the same as humans from Alderaan or Coruscant.
Edit; I should point out that yes, ethnicity is based more on cultural and perceived points of common interest. I still argue that they are born as Mandalorian/Concord-Dawnian but that after time and living life, they’d essentially come to share their own culture that would one day go extinct.
it wouldn’t change that the Clones would share their ethnicity with Jango and what Ethnicity he was born with.
Yes but Jango was a foundling raised and mentored by Jaster Mereel. He wasn't born into a Mandalorian clan. So even if a Mandalorian ethnicity somehow did exist, the clones wouldn't be a part of that ethnic group. In fact, it was a pretty big deal in the Republic Commando books when a squad of clone commandos became Mandalorians.
You’re more than likely right, going through ethnics stuff and I’m getting more confused.
As I said in my edit; I’d still argue due to some features they technically share from clone birth, that they briefly share the ethnicity of Jango (very loosely). But then likely take on their own ethnicity that eventually becomes extinct as yknow, they’ll die.
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u/AzulaThorne 2d ago edited 2d ago
Ethnically Mandalorian. They’re made from the exact DNA of a Mandalorian. They have his face, his voice, his logic and understanding, albeit different.
Outright they are Mandalorian.
Edit: The Clones and no one else would consider them Mandalorian as they simply are never going to show anything relating to them.
But logically, they come from Jango, who by all accounts you can say, is a Mandalorian as he followed the life, he lived it for years and so forth. Even though he left, he came from Concord Dawn, which is in the Mandalore system and followed the Mandalorian style of life.
So either they are Mandalorian, ethnically as you don’t need to be a separate race to have a new ethnicity.
Or they are Concordian, as per following Jango’s direct birthplace. Still makes sense as it could be an ethnicity in the Mandalore system.
It is in their DNA. In real life I am ethnically Polish even if I have spent 99% of my life in Ireland and refer to myself as more Irish than Polish. It doesn’t change that I am still ethnically Polish.
Edit edit; I’m probably wrong. Go through the thread to check it. Cba to go through explaining it.