By: Samuel M | 08-04-23
Surprises keep coming thanks to the ‘Star Wars Celebration‘. This time, he touched delve into the next series of ‘Ahsoka‘, where we will not only see the return of Rosario Dawson playing the ex-Jedi, some characters from the animated series ‘Rebels’ will also be incorporated as Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) y Hera (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)
However, who has taken the cake is to see the return of General Thrawn, one of the most beloved modern villains of Star Wars, who was played in English by Lars Mikkelsen, yes, brother of Mads Mikkelsen. The villain had a short appearance in the ‘Ahsoka’ trailer, where we saw him from behind, so they wanted to play the mystery of who was going to play him.
The big surprise was saved for the ‘Ahsoka’ panel, which took place a few hours ago, where they confirmed that Lars Mikkelsen himself will be back to play his character, but this time in live-action format. The actor appeared as a surprise so that the thousands of attendees at the event would cry out to heaven.
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Star Wars: Who is Thrawn?
Thrawn originally appeared in a series of novels published in the early 1990s by Timothy Zahn and was part of what is known as the ‘Legends’ stage, where the non-canon Star Wars stories are.
The character would be reintroduced when Disney took control of the George Lucas franchise by appearing in the animated series ‘Rebels’ where he became one of the main antagonists. Zahn would once again be in charge of some books where more details of his past would be explored. He also starred in comics.
His participation in a series like ‘Ahsoka’ shows us that the character is still very important and now we just have to wait and see Mikkelsen in action.