There’s one character in the back of everyone’s mind while watching S2 of The Mandalorian, Moff Gideon. The former general’s still quite a mystery to viewers. He played a prominent villain role in the first season, but other than glimpses, he’s absent from season 2.
A few episodes ago, Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon appeared to be building an army. The episode also hinted at ties to The Force Awakens, in that Moff Gideon could be the one who creates the First Order.
In a recent interview with EW, Esposito says that the audience won’t find out Gideon’s plans this season, as plans are for the villain to reveal his intentions in the third and fourth seasons:
“I have a feeling you’ll see more of me next season. More than likely you’re going to see a lot of Moff Gideon. I can’t be sure of that, but it seems as though this iconic journey that they want you to feel it.
I think you’re going to start to see other storylines start to creep in.
When we start to realize there’s such a deep connection [between the show’s storylines and] the rest of the galaxy and what’s really happening. Maybe you’ll get an inkling of what he wants.
I think we’re all trying to figure out what does he really wants. Somewhere in my brain, I hold out something and he has some kind of ethical consideration here.
When people flow out of control and there are all these different Moffs who’ve been assigned different areas to be wardens of, isn’t there one person or someone that may have guidance over all of them?
They’re questions that are answered. It could be super soldiers. It could be that he wants to save the galaxy.”
Esposito also said that Moff Gideon’s hunting The Child for his own reasons, and that the existence of the being represents: “the possibility of a new humanity of a new consciousness.”
According to Jon Favreau, the third season of The Mandalorian starts shooting before the end of the year. That’s hoping that COVID-19 doesn’t throw a wrench into the shooting schedule.
