Four-time Emmy nomineeGiancarlo Espositomade his return toThe Mandalorianlast week as the villainous Moff Gideon.
Plus we learned Gideon’s now backed up by a squad of formidable dark troopers.
Below, Esposito teases the secretive back half of season 2 of the Disney+ series.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why do we always have to wait so long to see you each season?
Giancarlo Esposito: They’re dangling the carrot.
They want you to be surprised.
I think part of it is that they’re stringing out the penultimate showdown that happening between certain characters.
But I hope that everyone gets excited when I finally get into the season.
It seems that way.
But 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 think you’re going to start to see other storylines start to creep in.
Maybe you’ll get an inkling of what he wants.
Can you say if that theory’s in the galactic ballpark?
Somewhere in my brain, I hold out something and he has some kind of ethical consideration here.
They’re questions that are answered.
It could be super soldiers.
It could be that he wants to save the galaxy.
Also, why does Moff Gideon know everything about what’s going on everywhere?
He has some kind of incredible intelligence source.
Certainly, the child represents the possibility of a new humanity of a new consciousness.
Fans noticed your armor this season has a breastplate not entirely unlike that of Darth Vader.
What are your thoughts on that?
I love making that connection!
It’s any adult manchild’s dream come true to be equated in a certain way with Darth Vader.
But I don’t wear a helmet.
But I certainly correlated one in my own brain.
You know, we all have our dark and our light side.
And then we justify our reasons for doing what we do.
We don’t know what his reasons are yet.
It could be doubtful, but it could be true as well.
No, I don’t think so.
And we need to keep that baby happy.
Did you do any different training or preparation for this season?
We jumped right in on this one.
Is there anything else you’d care to add, or tease about the episodes moving forward?
I’ll tease the past.
This particular incarnation allows us as family members to really plant the seeds to realize a more cohesive world.
We’re all in a fresh new place to bring it home.
I’m so excited to be a part of the show that is the best there is.
The Mandalorianreleases new episodes on Fridays on Disney+.
