Talking to Deadline after his Emmy nomination, Giancarlo Esposito who plays the villiainous Moff Gideon dropped some hints about the role his character and the darksaber play inThe Mandalorian’s upcoming second season. Nominated for his work inBetter Call Saul, Espositosaid “You’ll see more of the darksaber, you’ll get the explanation of this ancient weapon to the modern world, a collapsed world."
Although the darksaber was only briefly seen at the end ofThe Mandalorian’s first season when Moff Gideon uses it to free himself from a TIE Fighter wreckage, it looks like it’ll have a far bigger role to play in the second season. “[The darksaber] is a key to Moff Gideon’s past, which possibly has a lot to do with where he comes from and his desire to build a planet and bring it back together," added Esposito.
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According toStar Warslore, thedarksaberwas forged by the first Mandalorian to join the Jedi Order, Tarre Vizsla. After his death, it was locked away in the Jedi Temple during the fall of the Old Republic before being stolen by Mandalorians of House Visla who ruled over Mandalore for years after.Darth Mauleventually won the darksaber in a duel that featured in the ‘Shades of Reason’ episode of the animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars. Its appearance inThe Mandalorianbrings up many questions, the biggest of which is how in ended up in Moff Gideon’s possession. Esposito also hinted there’s more to Moff Gideon than we currently know: “He is a supreme being in a sense. He knows it, but not everyone in the universe knows it.”
There’s no release date for the second season ofThe Mandalorianjust yet.Filming was completed before the COVID-19 pandemic, though, so it’ll likely be made available this fall.
The Mandalorianseason 1 is available to stream on Disney+
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