The Star Wars celebration progress after a first day full of important news for the television and film universe of the Lucasfilm franchise. Ahsokaone of the upcoming Disney+ original series, was one of the stars of the event’s first panel and continues to bring news to fans.
The show starring Rosario Dawson unveiled its first full trailer yesterday, showing attendees what’s coming to the streaming platform from August. But there’s even more news for fans to continue celebrating the much-anticipated live-action series, with new confirmations of its expected return.
It was revealed via DiscussingFilm that both Lars Mikkelsen And David Tenant would join Dawson on the show to once again play Thrawn and Huyang, two other iconic characters in the Star Wars mythology to whom both actors lent their voices.
Ahsoka Tano first appeared in the Clone Wars timeline as the apprentice of the future Darth Vader before embracing the Dark Side. And later, inside star wars rebels, during the arc that takes place from the end of Episode III Unpleasant Episode IV.
Aside from the fact that Ahsoka’s series will take place in The Mandalorian timeline and what it was meant to connect to The Rangers of the New Republic, no official synopsis can determine which direction the story will take. However, Thrawn’s appearance makes it clear that he will be one of the villains and indeed he will have great relevance in the plot.
The roles of Thrawn and Huyang in Star Wars
Grand Admiral Thrawn’s origin goes back to the novel Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. After the novel, Thrawn (originally named Mitth’raw’nuruodo) made the jump to television in Star Wars Rebels and then to a comic book series before returning to the realm of novels.
Its relevance mainly lies in the fact that it was one of Palpatine’s right-hand men, so his role in the stories was always very important.
For his part, Huyang was a Mark IV droid architect and professor aboard the Jedi Crucible ship, which taught Jedi Initiates for a thousand generations, including Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu, how to build their lightsabers after the Assembly .
His goal was to accompany the young apprentices to the planet Ilum, and once they recovered the Kyber crystal that summoned them through the Force, he would help them design the weapon.