Moff Gideon

Moff Gideon is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise who first appeared in the Disney+ television series The Mandalorian. The primary antagonist of the show, he leads a remnant of the fallen Galactic Empire and is attempting to capture the young alien creature known as "The Child", who is being protected by the title character of the series.

Moff Gideon
Star Wars character
Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian
First appearance"Chapter 7: The Reckoning" (2019) (The Mandalorian)
Created byJon Favreau
Portrayed byGiancarlo Esposito
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
OccupationImperial remnant commander

Gideon is performed by Giancarlo Esposito. He was recruited for the part by The Mandalorian creator and showrunner Jon Favreau, who had previously worked with Esposito on several projects. Gideon is portrayed as a dangerous and fierce man who, "seems to know everything about everyone",[1][2] and does not hesitate to kill anyone to get what he wants, including his own men. The character did not make his first appearance until the penultimate episode of the first season, but Esposito has said he will play a larger role in the second season.

Esposito has rejected simple classifications of Gideon as a "good" or "bad" character, noting that he is attempting to restore order to a lawless galaxy and could arguably be seen as a "savior".[3] Gideon's all-black costume has been compared to that of Star Wars character Darth Vader, and reviewers have noted similarities in their personalities and behavior as well. Moff Gideon has been received positively by reviewers and fans. Esposito was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Gideon.

Appearances

Backstory

Moff Gideon is the primary antagonist of The Mandalorian.[4][5][6] Few details of his backstory have yet been revealed. He was previously an operative in the Imperial Security Bureau, a covert intelligence arm and secret police for the Galactic Empire.[7][8][9] Prior to the events of The Mandalorian, Gideon played a role in the Great Purge, an oppressive combat operation against a culture known as the Mandalorians, which resulted in many of them being killed and the survivors becoming scattered across the galaxy.[9][10][11] Gideon knows information about the show's title character, otherwise known as "The Mandalorian", including his identity, due to his role in the Purge.[9][12][13] The term "Moff" is a title for a high-ranking Imperial official who served as a governor of a specific sector of space for the Empire.[14][15][16] Its first use dates back to the original Star Wars (1977) film, most notably with the character Grand Moff Tarkin,[9][17][18] though the word "Moff" is not used in that film and the character is only identified by that title in the end credits. The "Moff" title has been featured in Star Wars books and other media since then, but Moff Gideon is the first character to be referred to by that title directly in the dialogue in a Star Wars film or television series.[17]

Gideon's life drastically changed after the fall of the Empire,[8][19][20] and he became a warlord leading his own Imperial remnant.[21] As the character Cara Dune states in the show, it was widely believed Moff Gideon had been executed for war crimes before the series began.[11][12][22] In The Mandalorian, Gideon is attempting to capture a young alien creature known as "The Child",[21][23] although the reason he wants him have not yet been revealed.[7][21][23] Just prior to Gideon's first appearance on The Mandalorian, he dispatched his forces to eliminate the Mandalorian tribe on the planet Nevarro after they revealed their presence there during the episode "Chapter 3: The Sin".[9]

Season one

Moff Gideon made his first appearance in "Chapter 7: The Reckoning", the penultimate episode of the first season of The Mandalorian.[1][10][17] He first appears when he contacts "The Client", an unnamed Imperial operative working to obtain the Child for Gideon. The Client is meeting with the bounty hunter Greef Karga and his associate Cara Dune at a cantina on the planet Nevarro. He is under the impression that Greef has brought the Child to him, along with the imprisoned Mandalorian, who had been trying to protect the Child from the Empire. In reality, the Child is not with them, and the meeting is a trap arranged by the Mandalorian and his allies to kill the Client and his stormtoopers.[5][14][17] When Gideon contacts the Client during the meeting, the Client assures him he has the Child in his custody. Moff Gideon suggests that is not the case, then orders a squadron of his own stormtroopers to open fire on the cantina, killing the Client and his troops.[17][18][24] Afterwards, the cantina is surrounded by stormtroopers and Death Troopers, and Moff Gideon lands his modified TIE Fighter outside the building and emerges,[10][17][25] informing the trapped Mandalorian, Cara, and Greef that he wants the Child.[17]

Gideon returns in the season finale episode, "Chapter 8: Redemption",[23] in which he speaks to the Mandalorian and his party from outside the cantina, demanding they turn the Child over to him.[23][26] Gideon reveals he knows secret details about all of them,[12][26][22] and refers to the Mandalorian by his real name, Din Djarin, marking the first time this name was revealed in the show.[22][23][25] When the droid IG-11 arrives to assist the Mandalorian and his allies, a brief gunfight breaks out between them and the stormtroopers. During this fight, Gideon seriously injures and nearly kills the Mandalorian by shooting a power generator near him, causing an explosion.[12][22][26]

The Mandalorian and his party escape from the Imperials, but Gideon later encounters them elsewhere on the planet, where Gideon attacks them from above with his TIE fighter while they are on the ground.[10][27] The Mandalorian uses his jetpack to fly after and attack Gideon's starfighter,[7][12][25] connecting his grapple hook to the wing after briefly clinging to the top of the TIE Fighter in mid-air. He places an explosive charge on the ship and it explodes,[22][25][27] causing the damaged TIE Fighter to crash in the distance, which allows the Mandalorian and his allies to escape.[10][22][25] In the final scene of the episode and season, Gideon is shown to have survived the crash, and he extracts himself from the wreckage by cutting through the TIE Fighter's metal exterior with the Darksaber, a black-bladed lightsaber which is an ancient Mandalorian artifact.[28][29][30]

Season two

Moff Gideon is slated to return for The Mandalorian's second season, and Giancarlo Esposito, the actor who portrays Gideon, has said his character will play a larger role in the show.[31][32][33]

Characterization
This guy is a fierce guy. You have a great amount of expectations surrounding his appearance because we don’t know whether he's good or bad. The universe has fallen. Someone is trying to put it back together. Is it an organization? Is it a government? What is it? Is it a militia? Who is this person, who seems to know everything about everyone? We have a bit of a mysterious character, but once you see him and you get to know him, you’ll be intrigued by how he wields his power.

Giancarlo Esposito[1]

Moff Gideon is a dangerous and fierce man,[1][12] who does not hesitate to harm or kill anyone to get what he wants.[12] Though leading a remnant of the Galactic Empire, Gideon freely admits that he acts in his own self-interest,[34] and in the first-season finale of The Mandalorian he explicitly states to the Mandalorian and his allies that they cannot trust him and he would gladly kill them all.[12] Gideon does not hesitate to kill his own men when they fail him,[10][34] or even for mere annoyances, like when they interrupt him.[26][34] Sly, intimidating,[26][35] and unforgiving,[9] Gideon is extremely determined to achieve his goals,[35] and is willing to sacrifice the lives of his men to get the Child.[36] His motivation to get the Child appears personal, as he tells the Mandalorian: "it means more to me than you will ever know".[8][18][37]

Gideon is a strong military strategist,[38] and despite the fall of the Empire still wields power,[18] commanding a considerable number of Imperial forces, including people, equipment, and spaceships.[38][39][39] Stephanie Dube Dwilson of Heavy.com noted that while many of the remnant Imperial stormtroopers featured throughout the first season had worn and dirty armor, the troopers under Gideon's command had new and pristine armor, reflecting Gideon's stature.[40] Through his past association with the Imperial Security Bureau, Gideon had access to a great deal of classified intelligence, and as a result he is extremely knowledgeable about topics unknown to most other characters in the series.[7] Giancarlo Esposito said the character "seems to know everything about everyone",[1][2][41] as illustrated in the season finale, when he reveals he knows the names and biographical details of the Mandalorian, Cara Dune, and Greef Karga.[7][36]

Esposito has rejected simple classifications of Gideon as a "good" or "bad" character,[1][37][38] noting that he is attempting to restore stability to the galaxy following the fall of the Empire.[1][20][21] Esposito felt Gideon becomes "sort of the guardian of the people" after the Empire's decline,[20] and that in attempting to bring order to a lawless time, the character could be seen as a "savior".[3][9][42] Esposito said of Moff Gideon: "Is he good? Is he bad? We don't know. We do know that the world needs someone to put it back together."[2] He felt this moral ambiguity was particularly applicable to the real world at the time in which the series was released, saying: "Leaders who exhibit kind of a faulty power because they still have ideas that they want to aggrandize themselves; we're in that world now."[3] Gideon has a vision for the future,[41] and a strong personal sense of order,[19][38] one of the driving principles of the Empire, which had a militaristic approach to policing the galaxy that Gideon also embraces.[38]

Several reviewers have suggested that Gideon may be actively attempting to emulate Darth Vader, one of the major characters from the Star Wars franchise who had been an agent of the Empire.[8][10][14] Gideon's personality and behavior also bear similarities to Vader, including his tendency to execute underlings who disappoint him.[10] Kevin Melrose of Comic Book Resources also noted that Gideon's TIE fighter crash near the end of the first-season finale is similar to Vader's final scene in the original Star Wars film, when his own TIE Advanced fighter is sent spiraling out of control into space.[10]

Concept and creation

Portrayal
Giancarlo Esposito was recruited for the part of Moff Gideon by The Mandalorian creator and showrunner Jon Favreau, with whom Esposito had previously worked on several projects.

Moff Gideon is portrayed in The Mandalorian by Giancarlo Esposito.[43][44] He was recruited for the part by series creator and showrunner Jon Favreau.[45][46] Esposito and Favreau had previously worked together on several previous projects, starting with the pilot for the post-apocalyptic science fiction television series Revolution, which Favreau directed and in which Esposito starred. Favreau next directed Esposito in a commercial for the video game Destiny,[47][48][49] which led to Favreau casting him in his film adaptation of The Jungle Book (2016).[47][48][50] Esposito said one of the first things he did after accepting the role of Moff Gideon was to contact his friend Samuel L. Jackson, the actor who portrayed Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and said: "Yo man, I'm in that series too, dude!"[51]

The casting of Esposito was announced on December 12, 2018.[52][53][54] Details about his character were not immediately revealed, though there was early speculation he might be playing a villain due to his past performance as Gus Fring, one of the primary antagonists of Breaking Bad and an important character in its spinoff Better Call Saul.[55] Footage of Moff Gideon was first publicly shown at the Star Wars Celebration convention in Chicago on April 14, 2019, which included a brief shot of the character flying his TIE Fighter.[56] Esposito was on-hand at the D23 Expo on August 23, 2019, for the release of the first public trailer of The Mandalorian.[57][58] Moff Gideon also appeared briefly in a second trailer released on October 28, 2019.[39]

In preparation for the role, Esposito rewatched the Star Wars films to get a sense of the "style of the films" and to try to get feeling for what it would be like to be in that fictional universe.[41] Esposito was a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy film prior to joining The Mandalorian,[1][20][41] though he said he was less interested in the later prequel films because they "became more and more in a different vein than what I wanted to be in".[6][31] Regarding the original Star Wars films, Esposito said:[46]

For me, these films, they formed a part of my childhood and they gave me the ability to dream and to feel like they would take me to another place. And when you have a film that does that in an imaginary world that could be so real, it's very exciting for you. They taught me how to feel like a champion, how to feel like there are always going to be challenges but that if we are able to come together as a family somehow and if I can believe in myself, I can overcome anything.

However, Esposito was disappointed with the lack of diversity in the older Star Wars films and appreciated that there were more minority actors in the later productions,[41] as well as in the cast of The Mandalorian, which he credited to Favreau.[42] He called being cast as Moff Gideon "a dream come true",[1] and said of the role: "He's a very interesting character and I'm so honored to be a part of this production."[21] After the show aired, Giancarlo said two of his four daughters sent him text messages urging him not to hurt the Child, who had become an internet sensation. Esposito said he jokingly responded: "I will squash that little big-eared bastard."[21][23]

Costume
Several reviewers have noted similarities between the costume of Moff Gideon and that of Star Wars character Darth Vader (pictured).

Moff Gideon's costume was designed by Brian Matyas, concept designer and artist for The Mandalorian. He called designing Gideon's costume "one of the highlights for me on the show, and for my career as a whole".[59] The costume was created based upon the design by costume designer Joseph Porro, with props and costume fabrication by Frank Ippolito via Ippolito's company Thingergy Inc.[59] The costume is all-black and includes body armor, a cape, and an elaborate chest piece,[8] and several reviewers have noted the costume's similarities to that of Star Wars character Darth Vader.[8][10][14] Esposito called his costume "incredible",[19] and said he wanted to keep his costume and props after filming, but was not able to: "They said to me, it's all going to wind up in a museum. You're going to be so honored when you see it there in a couple of years. But you can't have it now."[41]

Filming

Esposito's scenes for The Mandalorian were filmed on a sound stage in Southern California on a "Volume", a large warehouse-like motion-capture stage with green screens and tracking cameras spread throughout the space.[42][60][61] Using a combination of physical set pieces and images projected onto the screens, the Volume allows the actors to be filmed and placed into a digital environment. Esposito said of filming scenes in the Volume: "we can control the physical atmosphere of what is projected on the walls and control how gravity is; you get a feeling that gravity is being played with".[60][61]

Esposito particularly enjoyed working with Taika Waititi, the director of the season finale, who he described as "in his own world creatively" and called "a very different and odd human being, but aren't we all as creative artists?"[33] The sequences with Moff Gideon flying his TIE Fighter were filmed in the Volume, and Waititi was very detail-oriented in working with Esposito on the scenes. For example, Waititi gave Esposito very specific feedback on what he felt Esposito should be doing with his feet during the final scene when he cuts himself free of the crashed TIE Fighter. Esposito found this direction confusing, saying: "What's bugging you about the way my feet are? I'm on [a] globe 30 feet in [the] sky."[33] Esposito said he enjoyed seeing and interacting with the animatronic puppet of the Child during filming, saying: "It melts my heart, because the reality is, this little baby does things that you could never imagine and when you look at those eyes and that little body, how can you not help but fall in love?"[23] Esposito had not seen the finished footage of The Mandalorian until a few months before the show aired.[42]

Reception

Moff Gideon has been received positively by reviewers and fans alike.[40] Scott Snowden of Space.com said Giancarlo Esposito "plays the role to perfection".[24] Sean Keane of CNET called the character "absolutely magnificent" and "pretty damn scary".[26] Screen Rant writer Kiki Evans said Moff Gideon "makes quite a terrifying villain".[35] Kevin Pantoja, also from Screen Rant, said the character "immediately feels like a major threat" upon his introduction to the show.[62] Stephanie Dube Dwilson of Heavy.com said the character "strikes the perfect mix of potentially crazy and very powerful".[40] SyFy writer Matthew Jackson said though Gideon's appearance in the first season was brief, it was also impactful, writing: "The character quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with."[21] Brian Silliman, also of SyFy, called Moff Gideon a "formidable" villain.[17] IGN writer Laura Prudom said the first season ends with Moff Gideon positioned as "a worthy adversary" for the Mandalorian and his allies.[7] Ben Pearson of /Film said the character "made a big impact" in the season finale.[36] Caitlin Gallagher of Bustle noted that immediately after "Chapter 7: The Reckoning" aired, many fans expressed "outrage, sadness, and anxiety" about Moff Gideon, particularly on social media websites, due to his role in the death of the character Kuiil and the kidnapping of the Child at the end of that episode.[37] Moff Gideon ranked second on a Screen Rant list of the most interesting characters from the first season of The Mandalorian,[63] third on a separate list of the ten best characters from the show,[62] and his costume was ranked seventh on a list of the ten best costumes in the first season.[64]

For his performance as Gideon in the Season One finale, Esposito was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

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