Moff Gideon

**Gideon** was a human male Moff during the era of the New Republic, and had prior served as an officer during the Imperial Era in the Imperial Security Bureau. As a warlord following the Galactic Civil War, he led a Imperial remnant of the Galactic Empire in the Outer Rim.

## Backstory

Gideon was an officer in the Imperial Security Bureau of the Galactic Empire. During the Imperial Era, he took part in the Great Purge of Mandalore of the Mandalorians, and was responsible for killing millions of them. In the aftermath of the fall of Mandalore, Gideon came into possession of the Darksaber, the legendary weapon and significant symbol of House Vizsla that had previously been used by Lady Bo-Katan Kryze as leader of the Mandalorians. Having lost the ancient lightsaber, Kryze hunted Gideon in the hope of regaining the symbol of Mandalorian leadership.

## Bio

### Personality

A clever and formidable member of the Galactic Empire, Gideon valued knowledge and power. In particular, he was fiercely determined to capture a specific quarry, an infant member of Yoda's species known as Grogu. He believed that the infant meant more to his plans than Din Djarin, a Mandalorian bounty hunter and caretaker of the infant, and his allies would ever know. Gideon was a patriot of the Galactic Empire who considered his cause just, and would not hesitate to rebuild it from scratch. He yearned for order in the galaxy, considering Grogu's power the key to that end in the hope he could replicate the Force through cloning. All the same, he was selfish in that he desired control of the Imperial Remnant for himself. Indeed, he declared himself as the greatest part of the fourth-generation design Dark Trooper.

He was imposing and ruthless, willing to kill fellow Imperials to achieve his goals, as he showed no hesitation in killing the Client and his stormtroopers, and then an officer for only interrupting him. He was also an adept tactician and skilled at both psychological warfare and personal combat. He was willing to reveal information that would have infuriated his enemies just to taunt and destabilize them. He ordered an officer to commit suicide to prevent him and his ship from being captured. Confident in his army's capabilities, especially the dark troopers, it shattered when he saw Luke Skywalker cut his dark troopers with ease. In desperation, he tried to shoot both Bo-Katan Kryze and Grogu, but when both of these failed, he attempted to kill himself, refusing to become a Republic captive. Right before being captured, he tried to kill Grogu before Djarin saved him, showing he has no moral standards whatsoever.

Gideon lied and tried to trick Djarin before attacking him during the rescue of Grogu. During the Imperial Era, he had helped double cross Bo-Katan Kryze, tricking her into a surrender in order to massacre her people. While Gideon did see value in the Mandalorian culture, he regarded it as a thing of the past. He saw strengths in various cultures and hoped to combine their traits into new forms of warfare, culminating in his attempt to create a clone army. Gideon did demonstrate genuine concern for his cloned army, growing saddened and enraged at their deaths.

Another of Gideon's defining traits that only gets more and more pronounced as time goes on is that he is extremely egotistical; he always sees himself as the smartest person in the room, and isn't afraid to let others know it by openly speaking highly of himself, particularly his intellect. He was even willing to openly denounce Grand Admiral Thrawn in front of the other members of the Shadow Council by raising doubts he would ever return to lead them and subtly implied he himself would make for better leadership. This gets taken to narcissistic levels when at the end of the third season, it's revealed the clones he had been creating to conquer the galaxy were all made in his likeness, as well as that they were going to be Force-sensitive, the one thing he thought he was lacking.

## Physical Appearance

Gideon was a human male. He had dark eyes, skin and black hair that was greying by the time of the New Republic Era. Before his arrest at Cara Dune's hands, Gideon sported a mustache, but he had shaved it by the time he went back to the Shadow Council after escaping from his planned conviction by the New Republic.

## Equipment

As an Imperial officer of high rank, Gideon wore an outfit similar to an Imperial uniform with dark-colored battle armor and a cape. It is clear that Gideon was a seasoned warrior and has participated in many battles. He wielded a blaster pistol and flew an outland TIE fighter, and was also in possession of the Darksaber, which he used to duel Din Djarin until he was disarmed. He also used the weapon to escape his TIE fighter when it crashed on Nevarro. Later on, he wore a full suit of armor based on his third-generation phase Dark troopers that was made of beskar which augmented his strength. He also wore a crowned Mandalorian helmet as well as a jetpack. He also wielded an electrostaff during his final fight against Bo-Katan and Din.

## Trivia

* Moff Gideon will meet the Backyardigans, Sagwa, Dongwa, and Sheegwa in *The Backyardigans meet The Mandalorian* and will reveal to know of the Rockhopper Crew at the same time.
* So far, Moff Gideon is the only Imperial that has not physical encountered The Auto Train and Pony Team, The Steam and Pony Rebel Alliance, Team Griffin/Eeveelution, The League of Ed-venturers, and Team Chugger, but was only in the background during their battle with the Empire.