Speaking of Mando, the actor participated in a Reddit AMA two months ago and the topic of Vaas actually came up. Actors work together all the time, of course, and it’s not like Ubisoft needed Mando to shine a light on the talent of Esposito for them.
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The last potential piece of evidence for now is that Esposito and the actor who originally played Vaas, Michael Mando, are currently on the same show together, Better Call Saul. Specifically that different time periods are important and that Far Cry 6 may be set in the past, when Vaas was a youngster. This is a little less convincing, but worth considering: The official description of the game describes the setting of Yara as “a tropical paradise frozen in time.” That may just be a poetic way to describe the setting, but it may hint that “time” is a key factor here. So it’s likely there would have to be some retconning for this to be legit. There’s certainly no mention of him leaving to live on another island with his dictator poppa, before coming back to Rook Islands and giving a speech about the definition of insanity. For one thing, Vaas has a canonical backstory that involves him having been born on Rook Islands, the setting of Far Cry 3, in 1985. The scar on both characters does line up, so that’s a start! But we’ve got a long way to go.
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According to the official description of the game, Castillo is attempting to restore the “nation back to its former glory by any means, with his son, Diego, following in his bloody footsteps.” He’s the son of Esposito’s Anton Castillo, who rules the tropical island of Yara. The above tweet by Joe Skrebels of IGN highlights one of the more convincing comparisons. Is Diego in Far Cry 6 meant to be a young Vaas from Far Cry 3? /4trOhRtEhy- Joe Skrebels July 10, 2020