Ashoka Tano’s new Disney Plus collection isn’t too distant, and we now know who its villain will likely be: Thrawn. The notorious Imperial admiral will seem for the primary time in reside motion within the collection, and Lucasfilm introduced at Star Wars Celebration that he will likely be performed by Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen — Thrawn’s authentic voice actor from the Star Wars animated collection.
Becoming a member of Mikkelsen within the collection’ solid of villains will likely be Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, the antagonist from the episode of The Mandalorian’s second season that first launched Rosario Dawson’s live-action Ahsoka. Ray Stevenson and Ivanna Sakhno will play lightsaber-wielding unhealthy guys named Baylon and Shin, however collection creator Dave Filoni wasn’t prepared to disclose a lot about these characters on the panel.
Mikkelsen has steadfastly stored his casting in Ahsoka secret, repeatedly denying to press that he had been approached about reprising his well-known function. The conference crowd was handled to an expanded model of yesterday’s trailer, this time exhibiting Mikkelsen’s face in blue make-up as Thrawn, which was met with a rapturous cheer.
It was additionally confirmed that David Tennant will likely be returning to his function within the animated collection because the droid Huyang.
Ahsoka will observe the Togruta Jedi within the time frame after most of her animated appearances, across the similar time that we see her in The Mandalorian and The E book of Boba Fett. Dawson will likely be joined by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Natasha Liu Bordizzo as fan-favorite characters Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren. One different factor we do know is that, a method or one other, Hayden Christensen is ready to indicate up as Anakin within the collection.
Filoni will act as government producer and one of many writers for Ahsoka, and is joined within the director’s chair by Steph Inexperienced, Peter Ramsey, Jennifer Getzinger, Geeta Patel, and returning Mandalorian helmer Rick Famuyiwa. Music comes from authentic animated collection composer Kevin Kiner.
