Now folks, despite unfounded rumors

over the long holiday weekend that

the Kenobi series was in trouble.

It's not, don't worry.

It's clear that Star Wars is continuing

to be a galactic tour de force

partially due to the success of the first ever

live-action Star Wars show, The Mandalorian.

And with the first season

of The Mandalorian coming to a close in 2019,

fans are eagerly awaiting the next entry in the series.

Especially with all the many mysteries teased out

and all of the questions that we had

at the season's epic conclusion.

And one of the biggest question marks is,

why does Moff Gideon want the Child so badly?

I'm sorry, his real name is the wee Baby Yoda.

I didn't mean to say the child, here we are.

Now before we go any further,

let's pop on a quick spoiler warning here

just 'cause we're gonna be getting the things

that could be considered spoilers for

the first season of The Mandalorian,

the season finale specifically,

and definitely speculation territory for season two.

But if you are sticking around with us,

please feel free to give us a like and subscribe.

It's what Baby Yoda would want.

- I would like to see the baby.

- Now, if you're still here

you're gonna be glad to know that Giancarlo Esposito,

the actor behind Moff Gideon,

recently spoke to IGN about the character's motivations.

And while he wasn't super specific about the details

if add to what he said everything that we know already,

it gives us some pretty clear pictures

of what he wants with the wee Baby Yodes.

And it's not looking good for that adorable little child,

that's for damn sure.

So, what did he say? (clears throat)

"Like any great leader or scientist--

"clue, clue, clue--

"with someone who is advanced in a certain way,

"yeah, you could want to be their best friend,

"or you could want to co-opt what's inside them

"to figure out how to make all of us

"a little better at humanity."

Better at humanity.

Whatever could that mean my dearest Moff?

Well, Giancarlo Esposito went on to say,

"So, it's that power and control of a Moff leader

"who's trying to put the universe back together.

"But how does he know everything?

"How does he know everything that's going on?

"He's a very interesting character

"and I'm so honored to be a part of this production."

Now admittedly, this quote is not the most detailed,

but let's see what happens when we add

the rest of our considerable knowledge to this.

Now, first of all,

due to some super sleuthing on the parts of fans

early on in the Mando season one,

Dr. Pershing, you remember that guy had

the symbol for the Kaminoan and cloners on his uniform.

Well since The Client and Pershing are working

for Moff Gideon.

What does Gideon want with the baby and cloning scientist?

Well, The Client tells Dr. Pershing to extract the material

when the Mandalorian is eavesdropping on them.

Now it doesn't take a massive leap in logic

to assume that he's referring to the Midichlorians

or the microscopic organisms that help beings

in the Star Wars galaxy communicate with the force,

that reside presumably within the wee Baby Yoda's

wee baby bloodstream.

So if Moff Gideon is after some sweet sweet Midichlores

from the wee Baby Yoda.

What will he do once he's got them?

Is he gonna give them to a lab?

Is he just gonna straight up drink em?

Who knows.

Now if we go back to that quote,

he stresses that he's a leader and a scientist,

and he also says, let me remind you,

"With someone who's advanced in a certain way,

"yeah you could want to be their best friend,

"or you would want to co-opt what's inside them

"to figure out how to make all of us

"a little better at humanity."

Now obviously he wants to find a way

to put force sensitivity in certain people

and this has led some fans out there

to think that the all of us a little better

at humanity part of that quote,

means that Moff Gideon wants to level the playing field

and distribute force abilities to everyone.

You know the classic Syndrome from Incredibles

sort of evil plan.

But that doesn't really fit in

with the whole Imperial aesthetic,

because no matter how he views himself Gideon

isn't some sort of hero for humanity,

he was more than willing

to just straight up murder stormtroopers

and he was also willing to murk the wee Baby Yoda

to get what he wanted as well,

since Dr. Pershing said that without him,

the baby would already be dead.

Looking at you Jason Sudeikis.

(Yoda wailing)

Now it's much more likely that with the cloning connection

Gideon is trying to create an army of force users

to bring the empire back to power.

Now this is something that we speculated about

way back in The Mandalorian episode three

and this honestly feels like the confirmation

we were looking for.

It's also worth noting that some fans are speculating

that Moff Gideon might be wanting

the Midichlorians to help resurrect empire Palpatine,

who's currently regenerating in some capacity

in the unknown region on Exogol,

probably in one of his weird nightmare goo pods.

So maybe stealing Midichlorians is part of

this secret Sith dark side cloning science

that Dominic Monaghan references

in Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker.

And side note did you know that Monaghan's character

was named Beaumont because neither did we.

While this is a possibility we think that Gideon

isn't working for Palpatine directly.

Now according to conical sources like,

the Aftermath novel trilogy

and the Battlefront two video game,

Palpatine took everyone he trusted to the unknown regions

to work on building both his first and final orders.

And he tried to destroy what was left of the empire

that he felt had failed him.

So if Moff Gideon wasn't a piece of Palpatine's inner circle

well he's more likely an Imperial loyalist

rather than a Palpatine loyalist or a pal patine.

Gideon strikes as more as an officer who bought

the Imperial propaganda hook like and sinker.

He's trying to enforce order throughout the galaxy

by bringing the empire itself back

not just that weird crusty old Palps

and the best way to do that is by infusing his troops

with Midichlorians or by growing new batches

of force sensitive stormtroopers.

And that isn't to say we couldn't see hints

of the first order or the final order in season two

of The Mandalorian.

But we're pretty sure that Palpatine would view

an Imperial Moff trying to create new force sensitive armies

as a pretty major threat to his power.

Now this next bit certainly falls into the realm

of super speculation but it's also worth noting

we might be getting more insight

into Moff Gideon's background with the upcoming season seven

of The Clone Wars, which drops on Disney Plus in February.

So this season is going to deal with the siege of Mandalore

during The Clone Wars and considering that Moff Gideon

was one of the orchestrators of The Mandalorian purge

during the reign of the empire

it could have major implications.

Add that into Star Wars producer Dave Filoni's heavy

involvement in both series

and his love of Mandalorian culture

and we wouldn't be surprised to see a young Gideon

as an Old Republic officer before he became

an Imperial agent.

There, he could meet Anakin, Obi wan

or maybe even the old Baby Yoda himself,

or just Yoda.

And he could see the powers of the force in action

and Midichlorian's potential before his very eyes.

This could also be where a young Gideon hears about

the fabled dark saber, which we know he's in possession of

by the end of season one of The Mandalorian.

And bringing live-action characters to the cartoon

has happened plenty of times in the past.

The easiest examples is the main characters

of The Clone Wars are all from the films

but also, look how Star Wars Rebel saw

the likes of Forest Whitaker reprising his version

of Saw Gerrera,

a character who first originated in The Clone Wars series.

So if Gideon shows up as well it would be?

- A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.

- Yeah, what he said.

We'll just to wait and see though if any of this is true

in both The Mandalorian season two

and The Clone Wars season seven

return to Disney Plus later this year.

But tell me what do you folks think

are we on the money for why Moff wants the Baby Yoda

and is there another reason that we missed

and also will Gideon show up

in The Clone Wars? Let's discuss.

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