This 'Star Wars' character is on screen for the first time and fans can't cope
 

This 'Star Wars' character is on screen for the first time and fans can't cope
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LONDON — Ask any reader of Star Wars **vels which book character they'd like to see on screen, and invariably you'll get one answer: Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn.*

Thrawn, a blue-skinned strategic genius who learns how to make war on alien races by studying their artworks, is the focus of Heir to the Empire — the bestselling 1991 **vel by Timothy Zahn that restarted the franchise post-Return of the Jedi.*

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After years of false rumors — that he was going to be in The Force Awakens, that he was going to be played by Benedict Cumberbatch — Thrawn is finally showing up on screen. He'll be in season 3 of Star Wars Rebels, producer Dave Filoni an**unced at Star Wars Celebration in London.* Read more...


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