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