Moff Gideon was the ultimate great evil of The Mandalorian since season 1. He’s killed countless people to bring “order” into the galaxy, he ordered the death of Kuiil, destroyed the razor crest and oh, the greatest sin that ever kidnapped Grogu and threatened him with the Darksaber. But don’t think that it was an easy task for actor Giancarlo Esposito to give the viewers a really bad villain who can only be despised. He admits that he did some research war of stars‘Widespread story before he starred in his first scene The Mandalorian than “the fans knew a lot more than me war of stars. “
The first time The Mandalorian presents Moff Gideon was in Season 1, Chapter 7: The Settlement after a number of Death Troops, supported by a contingent of Stormtroopers, hid around Cantina Mando, Cara Dune and Greef Karga. Gideon came to give the trio an ultimatum to either hand the child over or face the consequences.
In a recent from war of starsEsposito relates how he wanted to play the character for the T and did his research, but it wasn’t until he rose from the TIE fighter in his very first scene on the show that the extent of being Gideon hit him.
“I was a very big fan of the early Star Wars films and the world they exist in. I was head over heels when I was asked to do this show by Jon Favreau. I was deeply affected by Peter Cushing, who also played A Moff many, many years ago. And I tried to do the research because I knew the fans knew a lot more about Star Wars than I. On my first day of shooting, I came down and ended up in a TIE fighter. And Then I’m led into a stalemate with 300 stormtroopers and all I can think in my brain is, “I’m Moff Gideon”.
In that one moment he realized that he had to play Gideon in a way that transmits his power and that “I don’t have to say or do a lot to get what I want because I’ll get it.” “”
“This stalemate was the beginning where I found the balance between this character. For me as an actor, I have to reflect the images that I see and feel that are not actually in front of me for you to see this world reflected in against my vision. And you get a real feel for it – you see something else, how everything is built and put together. But it has to start somewhere, the core, the seed has to start somewhere … inside Moff Gideon. “
Well, he definitely served the best war of stars Villain for a long time and despite Giancarlo Esposito downplaying his knowledge of that war of starsHe has always shown an acute understanding of his complex characters, especially Darth Vader. Like in a chat with IGN during the final episodes of The Mandalorian In season 2, he had stated that his armor is a reference to Darth Vader and how the formidable Sith Lord inspired his character.
“I think it’s a step backwards for this guy … I mean, it’s really related to me in some ways, I like to think or imagine in my brain that he has the kind of power that Darth Vader had . And so, see he in his armor and cloak and armed telling me that he is a warrior. That tells me that he is a soldier and has the skills to support this, and hopefully you will see it in ours soon [upcoming] Episodes, “he had shared.
In his last video chat he talks again about the Jedi who defected to the dark side and confessed that he was always “fascinated” by Darth Vader. He believes that “in this very, very hard, rough exterior there could be a person who had the ability to shed some light on our space odyssey in our galaxy”. As the actor pointed out earlier on the similarities between him and Vader, is the above trigger a sign that Gideon isn’t, or wasn’t, as evil as we think he is? You can check out the full video chat Here.
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