“Third generation” brings to mind the Phase III Dark Troopers from the original Dark Forces video game, where that applied to a version that could be worn as an exoskeleton by flesh-and-blood Imperial troops.
Yeah I got that reference too.
I’m confident that this won’t be the last we’ll see of the Dark Troopers. They were scarily effective antagonists.
What do you think of the recent fan canon about Bo-Katan’s first campaign having failed because she didn’t gather that much support on the basis of the legitimacy of her claim to the Darksaber? Maybe the more conservative Mandalorians opposed her the fact that the Darksaber was given to her voluntarily rather than earning it in single combat, as Sabine and presumably Vizsla did. That could be the reason why she’s so hell-bent in beating Gideon herself.