Originally Posted by
Ilan Preskovsky
Indeed. He is absolutely brilliant here.
I haven't watched Rebels yet so seeing Thrawn on screen for the first time since first reading about the character in the early 90s, was something else. Not quite as I imagined him, physically, but that's mostly because I picture him younger, though I certainly get why they cast Lars Mikkelson to voice him - he's got the voice down and then some. The only new canon Thrawn I've read was the graphic novel adaptation of the first of the new Thrawn novels (why didn't they do more?) so I don't know much about the whole Ascendency thing, but it did rub me slightly the wrong way that he would have stormtroopers chant his name as he entered the room. The Thrawn I knew wouldn't have much time for that sort of cultish adoration.
Anyway, another very good instalment in my favourite Star Wars show since the Mandalorian season 2 (Andor is good, but never felt like Star Wars to me - much too self-serious), but I am starting to wish I binged the whole series over a couple of days. No matter how fast or slow each episode is - and this was certainly slower than the last couple - it always feels like they end too soon. Which isn't exactly a bad thing, but it can be frustrating. Like reading a Terry Moore comic in single issues.