With the Mandalorian Season 2 releasing this week, there is still a massive question that
hasn’t been answered about one of the most awesome Characters in the show.
Who is the person under the helmet of the armorer. Could the armorer actually be
Rook Kast, Maul’s top Mandalorian Supercommando at the Siege of Mandalore?
So, I’m going to break down the full Rook Kast armorer
theory and what it could mean for her involvement in Din Djarin’s journey
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So the first major piece of evidence for the Rook Kast Armorer theory
is the fact that her helmet in the Mandalorian show is topped with the horns of a Zabrak,
which symbolises that she is most likely a Maul loyalist.
Following the successful overthrow of Duchess Satine Kryze’s pacifist Mandalorian Government
by the extreme Deathwatch group, leader of the Deathwatch,
Pre Vizsla became the ruler of Mandalore.
Unfortunately for him however, Former Sith Lord Darth Maul challenged him to a traditional
Mandalorian battle, for the rulership of Mandalore and the right to hold the
Darksaber. The two fought a furious battle until eventually, Maul brutally beheaded Pre Vizsla,
taking the throne of Mandalore and becoming the rightful holder of the darksaber. If you haven’t
seen the clone wars and want to know how all of them went down, make sure you click the card on
screen or check the pinned comment down below, because I have an awesome video covering that.
This monumental shift in power, caused an event known as the “Great split”, where the
warriors of Mandalore split into two distinct factions. These factions were the Nite Owls,
who were led bo Bo-Katan Kryze, and vowed to never accept an outsider as the ruler
of Mandalore, and the other were the Mandalorian Supercommandos, who pledged their loyalty to Maul,
because he rightfully earned the Darksaber and the throne of Mandalore through a traditional battle.
Now the interesting thing about these Mandalorian Supercommandos, is that almost all of them
modified their helmets, painting them red and black to honor their new leader, Maul.
Some even went as far as adding Zabrak style horns to their helmets, the species of Maul, as a show
of respect and loyalty for Maul, showing that they were with him until the end.
Now this leads us straight back to the armourer, who of course has
Zabrak horns on top of her helmet. Now that we know the armor was most likely a supporter of
Maul before the Great Purge, that fits pretty perfectly with the character of Rook Kast.
The entire character of Rook Kast was nothing but loyal to Maul, all the way from when she
helped rescue him from the Spire prison on Stygeon Prime, after Darth Sidious brutally defeated him,
to becoming his third in command at the siege of Mandalore, defending against the Republic
and the Nite Owls. Rook Kast was intensely Loyal to Maul and his shadow collective Crime group,
personally coming to evacuate the Zabrak on multiple occasions, and even showing personal
attachment to him, worrying for his life as he fought General Grievous during the Clone Wars.
On top of this, we know that the armorer is completely accepting of outsiders
joining Mandalorians clans, which we saw when she recognized Clan Mudhorn being formed with a human
and a creature of Yoda’s species. This of course fits perfectly, as Rook Kast fully accepted Maul,
an outsider, ruling Mandalore and also pretty much rules out Ursa Wren,
mother of Sabine Wren being the armorer, as she was a Nite Owl who would never accept
Maul as true holder of the Mandalorian throne.
The horns on the Armorer’s helmet in the Mandalorian Season 1 are
definitely much different from the typical Supercommando horns, and even her own helmet
design during the Siege of Mandalore, but its possible that she lost her helmet after
being arrested by the Republic during the battle, and was forced to create a new one,
which of course we know she is fantastic at. The Supercommandos, loyal to Maul were also
designated traitors to Mandalore after losing the battle by the Nite Owls, who took power,
making it very likely that the armorer forged a more discrete Helmet, to pay tribute to Maul, but
to not make it completely obvious that she once belonged to the exiled Supercommandos faction.
This leads us onto the next major piece of evidence, which is that the armor is deeply
familiar with force users, and of course the Jedi order. Fighting at the Siege of Mandalore,
Rook Kast directly witnessed the actions of Ahsoka Tano, who of course wasn’t a Jedi at the time,
but was certainly a force user and wielded lightsabers. She of course also saw her
own leader, Maul use the force on Multiple occasions, despite not being a Jedi either.
Furthermore, Rook Kast was also present at the Mandalorian hideout, called Vizsla Keep 09, where
she came face to face with Jedi Generals Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tiplee and Aayla Secura,
even firing a rocket directly at the group. This fits with her instructions to Din Djarin,
where she said that “she knew of such things”, when talking about an Order of Enemy Sorcerers,
who were of course the Jedi. If Rook Kast and the Armorer
are actually the same character, all of her statements about the Jedi would definitely
align and match the experiences that Rook Kast had with force sensitives during the Clone Wars.
In addition, to this, Rook Kast also has a british accent as we saw in the Clone Wars Season 7,
which the armorer also has in the Mandalorian. As we know from many of the great families
in Star Wars, accent does actually matter. Palpatine being related to Rey is probably
the biggest example of this, but it can be seen on multiple other occasions. Rook
Kast and the armorer having the same accent is also no coincidence, as both Vanessa Marshall,
who voiced Rook Kast in the Clone Wars, and Emily Swallow, who plays the armorer,
were told to swap their accents for their role. Both Vanessa Marshall and Emily Swallow speak
natively with an american accent, and were forced to use british accents for their roles,
strongly pointing to some pre-planning being done between Dave Filloni and Jon Favreau,
who we already know work very closely together on the Mandalorian.
Further to this, we know that Rook Kast would be just about the right
age to be alive and in fighting shape during the events of the Mandalorian,
which is set only 5 years after Return of the Jedi or, 9ABY.
From Rook Kast’s appearances in the Son of Dathomir Comics and the Clone Wars Season 7,
I don’t think she’s anywhere past her early to mid 20s at the oldest. This would put her around the
age of 45-50 during the time of the Mandalorian, which as a Mandalorian, is certainly not too old
be obliterating a group of Stormtroopers. Emily Swallow is also in her 40s, making her the perfect
age for the character. Rook Kast is also not confirmed to be dead in any Canon material,
and didn’t make an appearance in Star Wars: Rebels, like her closest Supercommando, Gar Saxon,
so there’s a very high likelihood that she did survive through to the Events of the Mandalorian.
On top of this, Emily Swallow does have the right appearance to match rook Kast from the Clone Wars,
but especially from the Son of Dathomir Comics. Some of you guys might disagree with this point,
but I can definitely see the resemblance between the two,
and emily Swallow does even have the same lifted part of her hair line like Rook kast does.
Although that point may be a bit of a stretch, hey this is what theory videos are all about!
Emily Swallow’s voice and appearance all match Rook Kast’s characteristics extremely well for
a time period which is around 30 years down the line from her last appearance.
And the final piece of evidence for the theory is the armorer’s incredible agility
and fighting style, which very closely matches her abilities from the Son of Dathomir comic.
We see throughout the comic in her rescue of Maul, that Rook Kast is more than capable of
using only her body to take down enemies like B-1 Battle droids, which of course would translate
pretty well to stormtroopers later on. It may be a coincidence, but she also does always love
to kneel down before entering a fierce battle, and firing her rocket towards an enemy. This is
closely mirrored, before she takes on the stormtroopers in the Mandalorian enclave.
But let me know what you think about the theory. Do you think Rook Kast is the armorer,
or will she be somebody else, like Ursa Wren or even a completely new character. I honestly can’t
wait to see where they take the character and how it will connect to the future rumoured shows.
We know that Dave Filloni’s animated characters are going to play a huge rule in the series from
rumours, so it would not surprise me at all if Rook Kast just happens to be one of those.
So that is my full Rook Kast is the armorer theory. I almost certainly missed some points,
so make sure to let me know down in the comments if you want to add anything to
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Personally, I think all of them except ezra. Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!