Ahsoka: Lars Mikkelsen talks Thrawn: “How can you not like a very clever villain?”

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The July edition of Empire Magazine is out now, bringing a jam-packed 8 pages of Star Wars content with words from Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, the late Ray Stevenson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Diana Lee Inosanto and Grand Admiral Thrawn actor Lars Mikkelsen, who explains why there’s a subtle change between his performance as Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels and the live action incarnation we’re about to meet in Ahsoka.

“I’m not losing the voice, but I am tweaking it into live-action. When you do an animated character, there’s a whole melodious approach. When you’re there as a real person, that would be just slightly too much.”

“I love the way he rises through the Empire, and the way he carries himself in that environment to become somebody. And then of course, how can you not like a very clever villain? Thrawn takes the time to understand his opponent’s culture, and what they’re about. It’s lovely to be playing that.”

We now have a premiere date – Wednesday 23rd August, so stay tuned to Fantha Tracks, TV, radio and social streams for the latest news and reviews of the show.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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The July edition of Empire Magazine is out now, bringing a jam-packed 8 pages of Star Wars content with words from Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, the late Ray Stevenson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Diana Lee Inosanto and Grand Admiral Thrawn actor Lars Mikkelsen, who explains why there’s a subtle change between his performance as Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels and the live action incarnation we’re about to meet in Ahsoka.

“I’m not losing the voice, but I am tweaking it into live-action. When you do an animated character, there’s a whole melodious approach. When you’re there as a real person, that would be just slightly too much.”

“I love the way he rises through the Empire, and the way he carries himself in that environment to become somebody. And then of course, how can you not like a very clever villain? Thrawn takes the time to understand his opponent’s culture, and what they’re about. It’s lovely to be playing that.”

We now have a premiere date – Wednesday 23rd August, so stay tuned to Fantha Tracks, TV, radio and social streams for the latest news and reviews of the show.

Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and has been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He is the EiC and Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, Star Wars – Das Offizielle Magazin, Journal of the Whills and Starburst Magazine, having previously contributed to magazines Star Wars Insider, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, partworks Build Darth Vader, Star Wars Encyclopedia, and Build The Millennium Falcon, and websites Jedi.net, Jedi News, StarWars.com, Lightsabre.co.uk, and Wirezone. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015 (hosting it four times), and is the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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