Gideon

Gideon was a human male warlord that led a remnant of the Galactic Empire during the early era of the New Republic and was known for his role in the Great Purge of Mandalore. Under the Empire reign, Gideon had gained the title of Moff and served as an officer in the Imperial Security Bureau. However, following the Galactic Civil War, he acted away from the New Republic's eyes in the Outer Rim by holding a base on Mandalore. Gideon valued power and knowledge and sought to bring his own order to the galaxy, even willing to kill others to achieve his goals. Gideon was ultimately killed by the Mandalorian resistance when they returned to recolonize their homeworld.

The future Moff Gideon took part in the Great Purge of Mandalore, where he was responsible for killing millions, and acquired the legendary Mandalorian weapon known as the Darksaber during the Night of a Thousand Tears, tricking Lady Bo-Katan Kryze of House Kryze into surrendering the Mandalorian relic under the false promise to spare her people, leading Kryze to dedicate her life into reclaiming the Darksaber from Gideon and return it to where it belonged. He was widely believed to have been executed for war crimes in the aftermath of the Galactic Civil War.

After the Galactic Empire capitulation to the New Republic which placed strict disarmament treaties and punishing reparations on it, the Empire subsequently collapsed into various warlords who ruled their own sectors. Gideon, who was in fact alive, was amongst these and led his own forces, where he sought out a high-value asset known as Grogu, a Force-sensitive youngling necessary as a blood donor for his experiments. After Din Djarin, a Mandalorian bounty hunter, went rogue and rescued Grogu from a detachment of Gideon's forces on Nevarro, the Moff took an active role in acquiring the child. He was eventually successful, when his Dark Troopers captured Grogu on Tython. Upon Djarin's effort to rescue Grogu, he was defeated in combat and attempted suicide, but was knocked out and detained, leaving the Darksaber to Din.

After the assault on his cruiser, Gideon was sent off to the New Republic for interrogation and trial, which many assumed would give him the death penalty. He was liberated from New Republic custody by a squad of beskar-armored Imperial commandos and resumed his cloning project on Mandalore. Moff Gideon sought to conquer the galaxy for himself and intended on defying the Shadow Council and the absent Grand Admiral Thrawn, but met his demise by the Mandalorians who returned to Mandalore.

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