In The Mandalorian's season 3 finale, we learned that Moff Gideon's cloning experiments involved creating duplicates of himself. Using the blood he took from Grogu, the Imperial had found a way to make Force-sensitive doubles he'd decked out in Beskar armour, thereby turning them into a near-unstoppable army.
Din Djarin discovered what Gideon was up to and killed those clones, something which left the villain seething in an action-packed battle which saw the bounty hunter, Grogu, and Bo-Katan Kryze overpower the Moff.
Gideon then met his maker in a fiery explosion which seemingly brought his story to a close, though there are those who believe that the man we saw defeated was, in fact, also a clone. Time will tell on that front but, if nothing else, Gideon has likely laid the groundwork for Supreme Leader Snoke's creation.
Actor Giancarlo Esposito recently took to Instagram to show off some very cool behind-the-scenes photos of him suited up in Gideon's new armour, inadvertently offering a first look at a deleted scene featuring those clones.
It appears there were once plans for Gideon to actually see what had become of his doubles. Your guess is as good as ours when it comes to why it ended up on the cutting room floor, but a likely explanation is that it slowed down the finale's momentum too much, especially with so much else going on.
Then again, perhaps this scene originally teased something more for Gideon, possibly leaning into the theories that his lack of facial hair is confirmation this Gideon was also a clone, meant to distract the Mandalorians for reasons which currently aren't entirely clear.
If Gideon's goal has really been to resurrect Emperor Palpatine, however, that could be the explanation fans have been looking for.
Check out these newly revealed photos from The Mandalorian below.