WhenThe MandalorianSeason 2 rolls around later this year, expect to see more ofGiancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon. TheBreaking Badactor didn’t appear in the Disney+Star Warsseries until the penultimate episode of the first season, but we did get the feeling we’d just been introduced to the series’ Big Bad. Gideon seemed to knowa lotabout the show’s heroes—Pedro Pascal’s Mandalorian,Gina Carano’s Cara Dune, andCarl Wathers’ Greef Karga. Oh, and Baby Yoda I suppose, who is basically the show’s living MacGuffin.
At the end ofThe MandalorianSeason 1 finale, Gideon was bested by the heroes but emerged from his TIE Fighter wielding a dark lightsaber. The “darksaber” as it’s called isa vital piece ofStar Warsmythology(at least to those who watched theClone WarsandStar Wars Rebelsanimated series), so we had a feeling that wouldn’t be the last we’d see of Moff Gideon. And we were correct.
Speaking at the TCA’s with/Film, Esposito confirmed that Moff Gideon has a larger role inThe MandalorianSeason 2:
“It’s growing,” Esposito said. “Yes, I do. I most certainly do.”
Does that mean we’ll be getting more serialized storytelling in Season 2 rather than the “mission of the week” feel of Season 1? Here’s hoping.
Esposito also frankly discussed his relationship to theStar Warsfranchise, admitting he’s not necessarily crazy about the new movies Lucasfilm has been making:
“It’s been exciting to be a part of that project because of the iconic nature of it, but even more so, because it has returned me to theStar Warsthat I loved,” he said. “I saw the first few movies and dropped away because it became more and more in a different vein than what I wanted to be in, but this is the true space western. It gives you room and space and each one is a little bit of a film. So you’re able to tell a story visually and it returns to the original guts of mythology based deeply rooted inJoe Campbell’s mythology whichGeorge Lucaswas so fond of and which is why he was inclusive of that mythology inStar Warsso I’m pleased to be a part of that.”
