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Lars Mikkelsen is all set to reprise his role as Grand Admiral Thrawn in Disney’s new live-action seriesAhsoka. Previously, the actor voiced the legendaryStar Warsvillain in the animated spin-off series,Star Wars: Rebels. His comeback as the same was announced during theStar Wars Celebrationfan convention in London a few days ago, where the actor seemed extremely excited to bring this character to life once again.
Speaking on this in an interview recently, the actor revealed his own expectations with his character and what truly makes the Grand Admiral one of the most devious villains the franchise has ever experienced.
According to him, although the new ruler of the Empire does not have any traditional superpowers, he is set to prove himself as one of the strongest foes the main character Ahsoka will have to face. However, as the show unravels, he claims that not only her, but the audience too, will see what makes Grand Admiral Thrawn one of the strongest to ever exist.
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Lars Mikkelsen claims Thrawn is Ahsoka’s true rival
Gracing one of the last panels at theStar WarsCelebrationfan convention,Lars Mikkelsenexpressed his enthusiasm to reprise his role as Grand Admiral Thrawn. He also expressed his admiration for the deeply conniving mind of his character, saying, “That bloke, he doesn’t have the force. He’s not a Jedi, he’s not a superhero of any kind, but he has the brain.”And through that, he manages to outshine all the above-mentioned and then some.
He mused a little about his own vision of how Thawn in that regard will stack up against the protagonist Ahsoka, Sabine, and the other ‘good’ characters people are gonna see and they will antagonize in the series.
Answering his own question, he said,“His superpower is his mind, which is really and always like seven paces ahead of everybody. And I’m in that sense also ahead of you as an audience, I think. So that’s what you expect.”This only added to hardcore Star Wars fans’ already bursting excitement about the series.
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Lars Mikkelsen’s Thrawn to lead the antagonistic force
Grand Admiral Thrawn came to life in the 1990s series ofStar Warsnovels which were later taken out of the canon universe to focus more on the last three movie sequels after Disney took over Lucasfilm. However, the ice-blue-skinned Admiral, who was trying to reign the Empire by taking control of the Imperial Fleet and destroying the New Republic, was already a fan-favorite by then.
As such, his appearance inStar Wars: Rebels, voiced by Lars Mikkelsen, gave fans not only a reward for their patience but also a hope that they will see him in a live-action project at some point.
Set in between the 1983Return of the JediandA New Hope,these novels shed more light on what was happening in the intergalactic regime at that point. However, Thrawn is not the only villain Ahsoka will have to face. Two other Siths named Baylon Skoll and Shin Hati will also make up the antagonistic force against her.
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These panoptic series ofStar Warslores began their journey withThe Mandalorianand are expected to be eventually concluded by three feature films by Dave Filoni. Although nothing about the movies is yet disclosed, except that they will be set in the“deep past”shedding light on the origin of the Force, it was confirmed by the creators that these three movies will make up a new phase ofStar Warswhen they arrive.
Ahsokais expected to be released in August 2023 on Disney+.
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Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
