Season 3 of The Mandalorian<\/a> is finally at an end and it\u2019s safe to say it\u2019s been a divisive<\/a> season, with the finale episode<\/a> being no different.<\/p>\n The last episode saw Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), Bo-Katan<\/a> (Katee Sackhoff), Grogu and co battling Moff Gideon<\/a> (Giancarlo Esposito), with the Darksaber playing an important role. But what exactly happened to it during Gideon\u2019s fight with Bo-Katan?<\/p>\n The Darksaber has played an important part in The Mandalorian lore (The Manda-lore-ian, if you will) so, if it\u2019s gone for good, this is pretty major.<\/p>\n Read on for all your essential information on the ancient Mandalorian weapon.<\/p>\n Earlier in season 3, Bo-Katan re-gained control of the Darksaber. While Din Djarin wasn\u2019t able to gift it to her, as it has to be won in combat, he effectively found a loophole, reasoning that because she rescued him from the clutches of a creepy spider alien robot (the technical term) in episode 2<\/a>, it was rightfully hers.<\/p>\n The Darksaber didn\u2019t play much more of a role in season 3 \u2013 until the finale episode, which saw Moff Gideon attempting (and failing) to complete the Purge of Mandalore.<\/p>\n In episode 7<\/a>, Gideon gleefully announced that he had created a Dark Trooper suit for himself, made of beskar. It seemed the suit was more resistant than we might have thought, as he managed to crush the Darksaber in the palm of his hand in the finale episode.<\/p>\n He told Bo-Katan: \u201cThe Darksaber is gone. You\u2019ve lost everything. Mandalorians are weak once they lose their trinkets.\u201d<\/p>\n Not everyone\u2019s convinced the Darksaber is gone forever though. Djarin previously said the weapon was made from a quality of beskar he\u2019s never seen before, so it\u2019s surprising that Gideon was able to crush it so easily. Could we see it return in future seasons?<\/p>\n The Darksaber was created by Tarre Vizsla, a Jedi knight during the time of the Old Republic and the first Mandalorian to be inducted into the Jedi Order.<\/p>\n After his death, the weapon was stored in the Jedi Temple until the fall of the Old Republic, at which point the descendants of House Vizsla reclaimed it as their own. They went on to amass great power using the one-of-a-kind blade to eliminate their enemies, at one point ruling over all of the clans of Mandalore.<\/p>\n The weapon made its first appearance in the 12th episode of the second season of animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/a>, titled The Mandalore Plot. It went on to become a recurring story element in the later seasons, as well as in its follow-up show Star Wars: Rebels, which recounts the Darksaber\u2019s origin in a scene available below.<\/p>\nWhat happened to the Darksaber?<\/h2>\n
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