Season 1 of Ahsoka has come and gone. Since then, a lot dialogue has been leveled at Thrawn and whether or not he was used to perfection for his live-action debut. Now, creator Timothy Zahn has weighed in on the controversy.
I used to be fortunate sufficient to be in attendance at Zahn’s “Talking Thrawn” panel this previous weekend at Twin Cities Con in Minneapolis, the place he laid naked the journey from Heir to the Empire to “watching his child get on the bus on the primary day of college.” Zahn gave his tackle whether or not Thrawn’s actions align together with his portrayal of the character in his current Thrawn novels, and likewise how prepared he’s to sort out the now wide-open time interval between Rebels and Ahsoka.
There is a brief thread of mine on Twitter/X you may take a look at, however after some preamble on how the unique Thrawn trilogy received off the bottom, a set of books that largely saved Star Wars within the public zeitgeist within the Nineties, Zahn received into the on-screen facet of Thrawn.
After reiterating previous feedback with reference to how nicely Dave Filoni is aware of the character, Zahn briefly defined his view on why Thrawn seeks to carry his model of the Empire again with him from Peridea. In abstract, Zahn mentioned every part flows from his motivation to assist the Chiss Ascendancy. He believes the New Republic received’t be capable of assist that purpose, so bringing the Empire again is the one means.
Zahn’s 2017 Thrawn novel established Thrawn joined the Empire as a approach to align his pursuits with these of the Chiss Ascendancy. He knew of the risks within the Unknown Regions, and the may of the Empire opened the door to presumably quelling these issues. That core character trait was central to Thrawn: Alliances and Thrawn: Treason, to the purpose the place it put Thrawn at odds with the highest brass of the Empire, who typically questioned whether or not Thrawn was reliable on the finish of the day.
Zahn didn’t go additional than that in explaining the opposite (potential) plot holes now offered in Ahsoka. But to not worry, as a result of the creator mentioned he’s greater than prepared to discover them if Lucasfilm referred to as. The Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy solely happened as a result of, based on Zahn, Filoni had Ezra and Thrawn “in his basement” and unavailable for play. That time is over. Zahn is seemingly salivating on the thought of getting again together with his blue man in that “9-year hole” between Rebels and Ahsoka, revealing how shortly he’d get to the pitch assembly:
“It’s a ten hour drive from my home to Lucasfilm. I might do it in eight… no matter Filoni desires, I’ll write it and you’ll prefer it.”
After discussing the probabilities, Zahn later mentioned he might do it in seven.
Elsewhere at Twin Cities Con, Ashley Eckstein and Matt Lanter had been in attendance to play up the fifteenth anniversary of The Clone Wars. James Arnold Taylor was unable to return as a consequence of sickness. You can take a look at my even smaller thread from that panel right here.
Nate makes use of his love for Star Wars and films usually as a means to deal with the ache of being a Minnesota sports activities fan. When he isn’t on the theater, you may normally discover Nate studying a comic book, listening to an audiobook, or enjoying a Mario online game for the 1,000th time.
