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At the end of the first season of The Mandalorian, Giancarlo Esposito’s character Moff Gideon cuts his way out of a wrecked ship using a darksaber – something that ties together multiple iterations of the Star Wars franchise.

With Esposito nominated for an Emmy award for his work on the show, he revealed some hints to Deadline about the weapon. “You’ll see more of the darksaber, you’ll get the explanation of this ancient weapon to the modern world, a collapsed world,” he explained. “Where did this saber come from and how was it revived? It’s a key in our second season, which will be back sooner than later… [It] is a key to Moff Gideon’s past, which possibly has a lot to do with where he comes from and his desire to build a planet and bring it back together.”

Deadline explained the darksaber’s history: “The darksaber was originally made by a Mandalorian and Jedi known as Tarre Vizsla. Following Tarre’s death, the saber was stolen by Mandalorians during a tumultuous time with the Republic. Long story short, the saber fell into the hands of Darth Maul (the villain from Phantom Menace) who won it after a duel with another Mandalorian who had possession of it, Pre Vizsla. Years later, during the animated series Star Wars Rebels, the saber was obtained by Sabine Wren, another Mandalorian, and Kanan Jarrus. Sabine handed it over to a fellow Mandalorian, Bo-Katan Kryze,” But how it got to Gideon is not yet known.

Shooting on the second season was completed before COVID-19, so the show should be available as scheduled in October.