
However, when the Galactic Republic attacked, Grievous was able to make his escape, killing several commandos in the process. The commandos guarded both Dooku and Grievous until they arrived at the asteroid base Vizsla Keep 09. They then assisted the Nightbrothers in taking the two Separatist leaders captive. The commandos succeeded in holding off the battle droids long enough for Maul and Kast to deactivate the command signal from Grievous' ship. Shortly afterward, the Shadow Collective and its allies fought against another Separatist army, now led by both General Grievous and Count Dooku. The commandos regrouped with the rest of Shadow Collective's forces and journeyed to Ord Mantell, regrouping in Ord Mantell City with their allies, namely Black Sun, the Pyke Syndicate, and the Nightbrothers of Dathomir. Despite the heavy casualties, the commandos were able to use their Gauntlet fighters, including the Nightbrother, to destroy Grievous' army. The commandos fought Separatist General Grievous' forces when they arrived. Together, they escaped to a former Death Watch base on the planet Zanbar.

In the aftermath of the fighting in Sundari, the commandos Rook Kast and Gar Saxon rescued Maul on the order of Prime Minister Almec, the Mandalorian politician who served as a figurehead in Maul's government. Maul was taken to a Separatist prison on Stygeon Prime. " The war you have waited your entire lives to fight is upon us, my brothers! Victory or death!" ―Maul During the battle, several commandos were killed by Darth Sidious, Maul's Sith Master, who then subdued and captured his former Sith apprentice.


However, his status as Vizsla's successor was disputed by Bo-Katan Kryze and the Nite Owls, leading to a civil war in the Mandalorian capital city of Sundari between Maul's commandos and Kryze's Mandalore resistance, a group of warriors who refused to submit to Maul's rule. Some warriors, including Commander Gar Saxon, even placed horns on their helmets that were emblematic of the Dathomirian. Previously sporting the blue markings of Death Watch they rebranded their armor in black and red to show allegiance to their new ruler, painting their helmets and customizing their armor with handprints. The Mandalorian super commandos consisted of Death Watch soldiers who were loyal to the renegade Sith Lord Maul, leader of the Shadow Collective, who killed Pre Vizsla and took control of the planet Mandalore during the Clone Wars. A Mandalorian super commando loyal to Maul.
