The Mandalorians either still exist or were recently disbanded in Legacy. The Jokers speculated that Hondo was ex-Mandalorian. They would not speculate that if the Mandalorians had been gone for a long time. I personally hope they introduce them later on. They are the only remaining potential "power faction" unrepresented. Although, they may have lost influence since Boba's time as Mandalore.

The same reason brass knuckles and switchblades are illegal in most parts of the US...

that or one too many lonely male space travelers accidentally damaged themselves ;)

When the Imperials unleash the Fett killing nanovirus at the end of the Legacy books,it says Mirta would be killed by it. That means it stands to reason that any kids that were made by any of Skiratas guys should be killed as well. Even Venku should have been killed as he is Darmen's son. Part of the Mando revival would have undoubtably been due to all the clones of Jango running around. If all of thier offspring was killed it would probably be enough to take the Mandos out of the galactic picture.
I wonder how Karen Traviss feels about Troy Denning doing that to her characters.

I am a big fan of Mando's good and bad. Kal Skirata and Boba Fett are two of the most awesome Star Wars characters ever. Gray is a good way to describe them. For the record I love the Republic Commando books and can't wait for Imperial Commandos to come out.

Well, there's at least one Mandalorian still alive in the Legacy era...

http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/16-140/Star-Wars-Legacy-41----Rogues-End



There's nothing to fully suggest that the Fett nano virus will kill everyone with part of the Fett gene. It might only kill Fett himself. It's tough to say. There's all sorts of ways to work around that issue. Plus, it's not that the nano virus necessarily killed Fett and Mirta, it's just that it made it so they couldn't return to Mandalore anytime soon.

Plus, based on some older Fett story material, he absorbed a bunch of odd DNA from his time in the sarlacc pit (hence his cancer issues in his leg), so it's quite possible that the DNA which the Moffs used might not actually kill as well as they think it will.

Remember, in SW, the future is "always in motion". No telling what future story writers may chose to do. As far as Karen is concerned, she was involved in ALL of the LOTF novels, so she knew what Denning was doing before any of the rest of us did. I'm sure she's fine with it, or has a plan to work around it if she does any more books in that era. Right now though, I don't think LFL has her slated to do any post-LOTF stuff. So I guess maybe we'll never find out! ;)

Lets not forget, that nano virus was created by darth Cadeus, on the fly. meaning, there was no time or effort put into the virus, which is probably why Mirta didnt die (thank god) now for Fett, my guess is, that virus wont kill him, but he will be smart, and stay on one of the moons, or even on Slave IV.
does anyone have any guess' as to what their going to do to Tenal Ka?
and no....the Mando'ade never retreat, theyll die first.

I never claimed that the nanovirus killed Boba or Mirta, but the book said it could. So it stands to reason it would kill the clones and thier offspring since they are more Fett than Mirta. I hope they do have a way of working around this though.

Boss' jedi name? Have no clue what you're talking about. Boss never made it to Mandalore. As of the last book, he's still on Coruscant. Are you talking about Bardan Jusik (aka Bard'ika, aka Gotab)?

the fett clones did have limited life expectancies.
arc troopers i believe, and the commandos didnt. they were Jangos direct clones, if im not mistaken. a clone commando became a jedi at some point, and i think it was Boss.

thats the part that confuses me,
because i know for a fact that a clone (without the expired life expectancy), became a jedi. he said he was a commando in the grand republic army.He then came to Mandalore to settle, keeping his identity hidden from the mandalorians, because they frown upon lightsabers and force users. its in the LOTF Novels, check out Invincible, or the book prior to that, where Mirta gets paralyzed.

It wasn't Boss or a clone. It was a former jedi turned mando name Bardan Jusik. He ends up with the baby of a clone and a jedi named Venku and is known as Gotab in the Legacy books. As Gotab he tells Jaina why she has to kill Jacen.

Rereading that it sounds a little confusing. Venku was the baby's name. It's parents were a clone named Darmen and a Jedi named Etain Tur Mukan. Barden Jusik leaves the Jedi order and turns Mando but keeps his lightsaber. Venku ends up with force powers and Etain's lightsaber as well as her master's. In the book Triple Zero after Jusik dons full mando gear (helmet too.) while wielding a lighsaber, Kal Skirata says something like, "I will take that images to my grave." Anyone who hasn't read those books definetly should.