Good bit from Dave and Jon about the Armorer's character, her intentions, her role, etc. ALso it mentions that she's 46,000 years old.
"We talk about her quite a bit," Filoni told io9. "Even in what does she know versus what she's speculating, and what kind of mentor slash Gandalf slash Merlin is she really. How much does she understand what's possible for Mando or not?" Favreau added, "And is she sharing everything she knows?"
Filoni, as he has been known to do, compared the dynamic to one from the original
Star Wars trilogy. "I used to wonder that about Obi-Wan and Yoda," Filoni said. "Like when they would tell Luke he must confront Darth Vader, they never tell him, 'You can save your father.' They actually make it sound pretty damning that you're not going to be able to do that. And so do they know that's a possibility or do they not? Does it undermine Luke if he is told it's a possibility to save his father?"
"So I think a lot of it she's careful what she says to both Mando and the audience," he continued. "Because I think maybe she doesn't fully know what to expect about the future, but she's basing it on tradition and what's been passed down to her"The Way" and your interpretation of "The Way." And her responsibility is to guide the people as clearly as she can while leaving room for whatever the events are."
Filoni added that another key piece is that the Armorer may not even quite understand the bond shared between the Mandalorian and Grogu. "I think she's reading the room a lot," he said. "Why is this little Grogu character, Mando took him away, why is he back? We used to talk about [how] that probably means something to her. It means something to us. But it's all part of the discovery process of the story as it unfolds and it evolves. And yeah, she's definitely become an emerging character as far as knowledge. Lost knowledge is really what she possesses."
"And prophecy," Favreau added. "Knowledge of prophecy."
Feels so good, feelin' good again.
