The Armorer is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise who appears in the Disney+ television series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
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30 Facts About The Armorer
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The Armorer is portrayed by Emily Swallow, who provides both the character's voice and live-action performance, while her stunts are performed by Lauren Mary Kim.
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Voice Swallow uses for the Armorer has elements of British and Mid-Atlantic accents, which stemmed from a suggestion made by a casting associate during her audition.
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The Armorer's costume took several weeks to make, and it proved to be challenging to perform in due to limited visibility and the fact that small movements in the costume were very noticeable.
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The Armorer has been received positively by fans and reviewers alike, and has been described as a fan favorite.
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The Armorer appeared in three episodes in the first season of The Mandalorian.
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The Armorer made her first appearance in the series premiere "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian".
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The Armorer explains that the Empire stole the beskar from the Mandalorians during an event known as "the Great Purge".
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The Armorer says the remaining beskar will be used to assist the "foundlings", a term for children who were not born Mandalorian but rather adopted into their culture.
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The Armorer reappears in the episode "Chapter 3: The Sin", in which the Mandalorian brings her a large amount of beskar, which he received as a bounty for collecting a young alien known as "the Child" and turning him over to a remnant of the fallen Empire.
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The Armorer instructs the Mandalorian to watch over and protect the Child, whom she calls a "foundling", as was the Mandalorian himself, once.
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The Mandalorian invites the Armorer to flee with him, but she refuses to abandon the enclave until she has salvaged what remains.
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The Armorer asks both men whether they have ever removed their helmets as part of their creed.
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The Armorer is a mysterious and enigmatic character, with a calm and patient temperament, and a Zen-like personality.
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The Armorer plays a relatively small role in the first season of The Mandalorian, but an important one, repeatedly setting the title character on the correct path of his hero's journey.
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The Armorer is the first person in the series to say "This is the Way", which serves as a credo for the Mandalorian clan and is repeated throughout the first season.
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The Armorer is confident and comfortable in her leadership position, and conveys an unwavering authority with little effort.
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Swallow feels that through her creation and maintenance of the armor, the Armorer is effectively the keeper of their history and rituals, because "she actually has a record based on what it is that she's made".
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Liu argued that the Armorer was the most efficient fighter in the series, even more so than the Mandalorian or other fighter characters like Cara Dune.
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The Armorer is portrayed by actress Emily Swallow, who provides both the character's voice and live-action performance.
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The Armorer'sstunts were performed by Lauren Mary Kim, who was the stunt performer for various other characters on The Mandalorian.
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The Armorer costume is predominantly red body armor, along with a gold helmet punctuated with tiny horn-like spikes.
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All of the Armorer's scenes were filmed and completed more than a year before The Mandalorian was publicly announced, which Swallow described as "liberating" because she did not feel pressure stemming from publicity or the Star Wars fan community.
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Favreau was present when most of the scenes with the Armorer were shot, and Swallow felt he did a good job of keeping everyone on the same consistent path, but allowing each of the directors to bring their own unique style and abilities to their episodes.
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The Armorer's scenes were filmed on sound stages, with settings designed to resemble tunnels and sewers.
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Swallow and the filmmakers spent a considerable amount of time discussing how the Armorer would handle the beskar steel in "Chapter 3: The Sin", including such details as how she could look at it and stack it.
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The Armorer's fight scene against five stormtroopers at the end of "Chapter 8: Redemption" was performed by stunt performer Lauren Mary Kim.
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The Armorer has been received positively by fans and reviewers alike, and has been described as a fan favorite.
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Hough of Screen Rant said the Armorer played a "small but integral role", noting her importance in advancing the story and setting the Mandalorian on his path.
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The Armorer was ranked seventh on a Screen Rant list of the most interesting characters from the first season of The Mandalorian, eighth on a separate list of the ten best characters from the show, and third on a list of "10 Characters We Hope To See Return In Season 2".
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