The cast of the upcoming Star Wars: Ahsoka continues to take shape. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Grand Admiral Thrawn will be the central villain of the series, and reveals that Thor: The Dark World's Ray Stevenson is joining the cast.
Thrawn was expected to be a core focus of the series, given that The Mandalorian: Season 2 revealed Ahsoka has been hunting her old nemesis on the far fringes of the galaxy. However, THR clarifies that Stevenson won't be playing Thrawn, but another villain with the rank of admiral.
It's unclear if Stevenson's role is an existing character or brand new to the Star Wars franchise. In the Expanded Universe, Thrawn was frequently accompanied by his second-in-command, Gilad Pellaeon. Could Pellaeon be following his commanding officer in making the jump from the EU to Disney's Star Wars canon?
It's still unknown who will be playing the Thrawn role. The character was previously voiced by Sherlock's Lars Mikkelsen in the animated series Star Wars Rebels. THR indicates production on the series will begin in April, so more casting news may well be dropping in the weeks ahead.
In addition to Rosario Dawson reprising the Ahsoka role, the series' cast includes Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker and Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Mandolorian warrior Sabine Wren. Like The Mandalorian, Star Wars: Ahsoka is set roughly five years after Return of the Jedi, so Christensen's Anakin will either be appearing as a Force Ghost or via flashbacks (or both?).
Executive producer Dave Filoni recently revealed he's had the idea for the plot of Star Wars: Ahsoka for "a long time."
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Thrawn was expected to be a core focus of the series, given that The Mandalorian: Season 2 revealed Ahsoka has been hunting her old nemesis on the far fringes of the galaxy. However, THR clarifies that Stevenson won't be playing Thrawn, but another villain with the rank of admiral.
It's unclear if Stevenson's role is an existing character or brand new to the Star Wars franchise. In the Expanded Universe, Thrawn was frequently accompanied by his second-in-command, Gilad Pellaeon. Could Pellaeon be following his commanding officer in making the jump from the EU to Disney's Star Wars canon?
It's still unknown who will be playing the Thrawn role. The character was previously voiced by Sherlock's Lars Mikkelsen in the animated series Star Wars Rebels. THR indicates production on the series will begin in April, so more casting news may well be dropping in the weeks ahead.
In addition to Rosario Dawson reprising the Ahsoka role, the series' cast includes Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker and Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Mandolorian warrior Sabine Wren. Like The Mandalorian, Star Wars: Ahsoka is set roughly five years after Return of the Jedi, so Christensen's Anakin will either be appearing as a Force Ghost or via flashbacks (or both?).
Executive producer Dave Filoni recently revealed he's had the idea for the plot of Star Wars: Ahsoka for "a long time."
Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.
Continue reading...