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TheHouse of Cardsstar Lars Mikkelsen is once again set to reprise his role as one of the fan-favoriteStar Warsvillains ever, Grand Admiral Thrawn. First appearing in the 2016 animated seriesStar Wars: Rebels, the character quickly drew attention with his viciousness. Mikkelsen, who has been a part of the franchise since then as Thrawn’s voice actor, is finally making his live-action debut in the upcoming Disney+ seriesAhsoka. After being announced at the Star Wars Celebration fan convention held in London, fans are losing their minds to see such an iconic character coming to life after so long.
TheStar Warsfranchise has maintained its relevance even years after its advent with many spin-offs and animated series to shed more light on the intergalactic lores, and in-between loose ends that were not able to come full circle during the run of the original nine episodes. As such, with the new hero Ahsoka, all set to take fans on a new adventure, fans of the franchise and Lars Mikkelsen both are eagerly waiting to see their favorite villain taking the reins again.
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Grand Admiral Thrawn’s first appearance inStar Wars
Author Timothy Zahn first added Grand Admiral Thrawn in a series of 1990sStar Warsnovels that showcased the events that followed the 1983 releaseReturn of Jedi. Portrayed as a ruthless, vicious, and cunning character, he drew fans from the start.With his ice-blue skin, crimson eyes, and the quest to destroy the New Republic by taking over the remains of the Imperial Fleet, the Grand Admiral of the Empire intrigued fans to no end and made them that much eager for his on-screen debut.
However, in 2012, with Disney taking over Lucasfilm, the character along with the novels were scrapped from the original series to make space for the upcoming sequels starting withThe Force Awakensin 2015. The character fortunately did not die and made his screen debut the next year.
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Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn in theStar Warsfranchise
Rebranded as theStar Wars Legends, the novels started coming into play with Dave Filoni’s 2016Star Wars: Rebelsanimated series. The series kept most of Grand Admiral Thrawn’s backstory and biography intact, and with his iconic appearance and Lars Mikkelsen’s voice-over, the character left its mark on the audience.
However, the speculation of this character making its live-action debut started duringThe Mandalorianseason 2. The episode that introduced Ahsoka Tano played by Rosario Dawson to the audience also gave a clue as to who is going to be the villain matching her. Ahsoka, one of the lead characters ofStar Wars: Clone Wars, was seen asking others where she could find the Grand Admiral but was left with no satisfactory answer.
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Now, withAhsokacoming in with her own story, fans are eagerly waiting for the hero and villain to finally come to their heads and find out more about the events that happened betweenReturn of the JediandA New Hopein this epic intergalactic tale.Lars Mikkelsenhimself seemed quite excited to reprise his role as the live-action version when he joined the onstage panel at the Star Wars Celebration fan convention in London.
Ahsokawill be available on Disney+ but the release date is still unknown.
Source:Variety
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.
