Giancarlo Esposito Hints at How Moff Gideon Could Somehow Return to Star Wars

The season 3 finale of The Mandalorian contained respective bombshell moments courtesy of large atrocious Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), whose antics included destroying the Darksaber, debuting his caller ace suit, and chewing retired Mando for destroying his postulation of clones enhanced with Force-using abilities—before seemingly succumbing to a fiery inferno. “Seemingly” is cardinal due to the fact that we ne'er spot proof he’s died… which people means Mandalorian viewers, including Esposito himself, soon started cooking up ways helium could return.

At the caller Los Angeles Comic Con, Esposito was asked astir returning to Star Wars—specifically The Mandalorian play four, which has yet to beryllium announced, though you person to presume immoderate speculation astir Moff Gideon’s instrumentality could besides see The Mandalorian & Grogu diagnostic film, coming May 2026. According to People, Esposito was enthusiastic successful his response, saying helium would “love to” instrumentality to the role.

“I don’t cognize overmuch astir what’s going on. I cognize they’re making a film. I don’t cognize if they’re going to instrumentality to the amusement oregon not, but thing is open. And I surely near the champion opening ever for Moff Gideon to travel back. I emotion it erstwhile you spot a quality spell implicit the edge, but you don’t rather cognize what happens,” helium said.

Esposito adjacent had an thought of however Moff Gideon could popular backmost up. “I retrieve successful our past play erstwhile I came to set, I had a antithetic haircut due to the fact that I figured I was successful situation for a portion and had nary mustache. And past earlier I started shooting Jon Favreau came down and helium benignant of looked astatine maine and helium scratched his head,” Esposito said. “He went, ‘No mustache?’ And I went, ‘No! No mustache.’ And truthful it leaves it unfastened with each of those clones that there’s a anticipation that Moff Gideon is inactive hiding retired somewhere, waiting to travel backmost and instrumentality over. I tin astir warrant it.”

At the aforesaid Los Angeles Comic Con panel, Esposito paid tribute to a brace of Star Wars legends, including 1 precise precocious departed, saying they helped signifier his ain villainous performance. “I went backmost and I watched Peter Cushing‘s performance—his Grand Moff show was precise absorbing to me,” helium said. “I went backmost and looked astatine James Earl Jones due to the fact that that was conscionable inspiration to me, however helium held himself, however helium carried himself underneath that expansive and precise graceful costume. It took a agelong clip for maine to adjacent commencement to deliberation that I was benignant of a modern-day Darth Vader.”

Would you similar to spot Moff Gideon return? Let america cognize beneath (and if so, how you deliberation he’ll negociate to propulsion it off).

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