The Armorer

Character
Name:	The Armorer
Occupation:	Mandalorian tribe leader and armorer
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Fandom:	The Mandalorian
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The Armorer is a fictional character who appears as part of the supporting cast in the Disney television series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, part of the Star Wars franchise.

Canon background

Her face hasn't been revealed.

Reception and meta

From the Wikipedia page:

Swallow said most of the direct feedback she has received and seen about the Armorer has been positive.[175][176][177] She has attended Star Wars fan conventions since the release of the show and said she has been "greeted with so much joy and positivity", particularly from young girls who appreciated that the Armorer is a "badass warrior".[176] Swallow said she has been particularly impressed by fan art of the character that she had been sent on social media, including drawings of the Armorer and models constructed resembling her armor.[169][175][178] Swallow has shared some of this fan art on her own social media account, including a drawing of the Armorer fighting stormtroopers,[169] and an image of the Armorer making a gesture similar to Rosie the Riveter in the "We Can Do It!" poster.[179] Although Swallow has appeared in franchises with large fanbases before, such as Supernatural, she said the level of fandom for Star Wars was bigger than anything she had ever done.[180] Swallow said it has been "liberating" to portray a character in a mask because there is no attention paid to her physical appearance in reviews and among fans,[181][182] saying: "Nobody cares how I look. They love the character so much, and it's really kind of freeing."[181] Unlike on Supernatural, Swallow does not get recognized in public for her connection with The Mandalorian, which she enjoys.

The line "This is the Way", first spoken by the Armorer and repeated by her several times throughout her appearances, became one of the most popular and oft-quoted lines of dialogue from The Mandalorian.[55][184][185] Silliman said even after just one week, the line was being spoken "everywhere".[55] Fans often request that Swallow write the catchphrase when she signs autographs.[184] Swallow said she first realized the line was a hit when she attended the premiere of The Mandalorian in Los Angeles on November 13. During a screening of "Chapter 3: The Sin", when one of the Mandalorians says "This is the Way" during the final climactic battle, the entire audience repeated the line back to the screen, after which Swallow said, 'OK, I think we have something here.'"[186] She said of the phrase: "It's pretty fun to have something that seems to be lodged in people's psyche as a real phrase for all The Mandalorian people."[184] There has been a great deal of speculation among fans as to the identity of the Armorer. Some have theorized she is Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian warrior and one of the main cast members of the animated television series Star Wars Rebels.[187] Others have argued the horns on her helmet are a reference to Darth Maul, a Star Wars antagonist who at one time ruled the Mandalorians. Maul is a member of the species Zabrak, all of whom have an array of small horns atop their heads similar to those on the Armorer's helmet, leading to speculation she may be a Zabrak herself.[12][16][105]

Fan works

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Fan art

• Return of the WIFE, ^{Archived version} by cobaltbeam
• “Our secrecy is our survivial. Our survival is our strength” ~ The Armorer, ^{Archived version} by Inky Axolotl
• this is the way, ^{Archived version} by americiumam

Fan comics

• This is the way..., ^{Archived version} by yamineftis-art

External links

Fan communities and archives

• The Mandalorian [ stories] and [ crossovers] featuring The Armorer on FanFiction.Net (FFN)
• on DeviantArt (DA)
• #thearmorer and #thearmourer on Tumblr
• The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV) on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
• on Pixiv

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armorer

References

Related Concepts, Fandoms, Terms, Fanworks
See also