The 'Ahsoka' Panel At Star Wars Celebration London Has Just Announced That Lars Mikkelsen Will Be Reprising His Role As Thrawn In The Live-Action Show
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The Ahsoka teaser trailer dropped yesterday, giving fans their first glimpse of Thrawn in a tantalizingly vague over-the-shoulder shot. For 24 hours, Star Wars fans frantically Google-searched for pictures of the back of Lars Mikkelsen’s head for a side-by-side comparison.
Disney decided to put us out of our misery, and the casting has now been confirmed. Lars Mikkelsen walked out at an Ahsoka panel at Star Wars Celebration 2023 to rapturous applause, greeting fans with a signature Thrawn bow. This is sure to be popular with fans, who have been calling for Lars to step into the part since rumors of Thrawn’s inclusion began. Lars has tactfully denied any involvement until now, but did anyone really believe him?
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We first met Thrawn in Timothy Zahn’s The Thrawn Trilogy; however, in 2017 Zahn updated the character in a new set of novels known as Star Wars: The Imperial Trilogy. There’s no clue yet which version of our favorite, blue-skinned alien we’ll be getting, but Ahsoka’s mention of Heir to the Empire in the teaser trailer suggests they will be leaning more towards the EU. The art-loving strategist is one of the most popular villains outside of the Star Wars films, and there’s a lot of hype around his live-action debut in Ahsoka (assuming he doesn’t show up in The Mandalorian first).
As of yet, we’ve only got one leaked photo from Star Wars Celebration 2023 of Lars in full Chiss blue makeup and glowing red eyes. Fans of Star Wars: Rebels know that Lars Mikkelsen brings the voice as well as the menacing presence.
Star Wars Celebration 2023 has some dropped massive bombshells and it’s only the second day. It’s hard to think of anything bigger than this that they might be saving for the last two days...but then again…
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