Dave Filoni has spoken further about an upcoming Star Wars antagonist, hinting at a larger role for the villain in the Star Wars universe.
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, Filoni was asked if he saw Thrawn — played in Ahsoka by Lars Mikkelsen — as the “big bad” of this New Republic era. He confirmed this and elaborated on Thrawn’s character and origin, describing what makes him different from characters like Darth Vader. “Definitely, in my eyes. When Timothy Zahn wrote ‘Heir To The Empire,’ Thrawn became this very iconic villain, because he was different than anything we’d seen before,” Filoni explained . “He wasn’t another helmet-wearing, lightsaber-wielding bad guy, you know? There’s a lot of pull to make characters that are like Vader, because it is so iconic.
“But the boldness that Tim had was to make somebody that wasn’t like that, that didn’t have those abilities, but could fight in a different way. In the words ‘Star Wars,’ the ‘war’ part of it — him being a Grand Admiral, a leader, a military strategist, a Moriarty archetype, someone that will out-think you, out-strategize you — that really resonated. He’s a critical player in this time period. We’re fortunate to have that character, and fortunate to have Lars [Mikkelsen] playing him.
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