Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon has been one of the highlights of The Mandalorian on Disney+. The character was one that the actor was given almost complete freedom to create himself, That led to the fan-favorite actor him making one specific request of creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni.

I went back and looked at James Earl Jones because that was just inspiration to me, how he held himself, how he carried himself," Esposito said of the late actor at Comic-Con in Los Angeles on Oct. 5