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StarWars.com: Marc Thompson on voicing the Grand Admiral in the Thrawn audiobook

Mark Newbold
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Tyler Westhause, writing over at StarWars.com, chats with voice actor Marc Thompson about his work on the Thrawn audiobook.

Star Wars has thrived in various forms of media outside film, including audiobooks — fully produced adaptations of Star Wars novels on CD and digital download.And as we celebrate Star Wars Reads this month, StarWars.com wanted to honor a particular audiobook and its reader from earlier this year: the landmark Thrawn. StarWars.com caught up with narrator Marc Thompson about the complexities behind returning to a familiar character — the Grand Admiral himself — with a new lease on life.

SourceStarWars.com
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Tyler Westhause, writing over at StarWars.com, chats with voice actor Marc Thompson about his work on the Thrawn audiobook.

Star Wars has thrived in various forms of media outside film, including audiobooks — fully produced adaptations of Star Wars novels on CD and digital download.And as we celebrate Star Wars Reads this month, StarWars.com wanted to honor a particular audiobook and its reader from earlier this year: the landmark Thrawn. StarWars.com caught up with narrator Marc Thompson about the complexities behind returning to a familiar character — the Grand Admiral himself — with a new lease on life.

SourceStarWars.com
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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