The Return was a movement started by the veteran Mandalorian mercenary Aga Awaud. Amidst the tumultuous era of the New Sith Wars, Awaud had journeyed home to Mandalore—the Mandalorians' cultural homeworld—only to discover that Mandalorian space was under attack by raiders from the surrounding sectors, and most of his clan had perished from an outbreak of the Candorian plague that was ravaging the galaxy. Faced with the loss of his family and a Mandalore sector so insecure that Mandalorian starships were forced to form defensive caravans just to survive, Awaud was spurred to action: in the year 1058 BBY, he called upon Mandalorians living throughout the galaxy to rally to the defense of Mandalorian space. Many heeded Awaud's summons, and the mass migration of Mandalorians that made their wa