Grand Admiral ThrawaN Creator Timothy Zahn Reveals He’s Had Little Influenza on Ahsoka Portrayal

Grand Admiral Thrawn’s Creator Has Surpringly Revealed Just How Little Input He’s Been Allowed to Give Regarding the Character’s Ahsoka portrayal. Originally debuting in 1991’s Heir to the empire novel from timothy zahn, this story kicked off a full trilogy of thrawn novels and also led to the Great Expanded Universe of Star Wars Books, comics, and more. In the modern wind, thrawen has been one of the Lucky Few Legends Characters to Survive Disney’s Continuity Purge, though it seames zahn hasn’t been able to the grand admiral’s recent Live-Action debut.

During a recent panel at rogue one in medford, oregon, timothy zahn spoke to the apparent difficulties he has got getting in touch with lucasfilm about thrawn’s live-designation portrayal following his debut in 2023’s Ahsoka. This Comes From Twitter/X User @flamrynReporting that zahn claimed he was Sure if the difficulties were coming from Disney, Lucasfilm, Or Lucasfilm’s Chief Creative Officer/Ahsoka Showrunner dave Philoni Himself (WHO FIRST RE-CANONIZED THROW IN THE ENIMATED SERIES Star Wars Rebels):

While previous reports have suggestted that zahn served as a creation consultant on Rebels and had some level of Involvement During the Production of AhsokaIT CERTAINLY LOOKS AS THOUGH ZAHN IS NOW DEERMED TO PROVIDE A MORE MORE TRUTHFUL ASSWERand that getting anyone to connect with Him About the Character he originated has not ben with its Major Challenges (which is Certainly Disappointing).

Dave Philon Brought thrawn back into canon, but his story haen different

Same Character, but an altered Star Wars Journey

Inte legends with Zahn’s Original Novels, Grand Admiral Thrawn Returned from A Deep-Space Mission in the Unknowns Following the End of the Galactic Civil War, Launching a Campaign the New Republic as the Apparent “Heir to the Empire”. A Blue-Scinned Alien Chiss with Red Eyes and A Brilliant Mind for Both art and Military Strategy, Thrawn Himself Hails from the Unknown Regions. While the same is true in the Current Canon, Thrawn’s Story has been Altered and Fleshed Out to a Much Greater Extent.

In the current and estabished canon, thrawn commanded the seven fleet before the events of the galactic civilian, hunting down rebelli as seen in Star Wars Rebels. Timothy Zahn was also brought on to work new novels set before and durying thread Rebels story. These books detail how and why thlawn first came to the known galaxy from the chiss ascendancy to be recruited by the empire, and his dual allegiances to palpatin and the chiss, hoping to the two to be ascendancy from immenount in the unknown regions.

Howver, Thrawn was ultimately exiled to the extragalactic World of Peridea Alongside Jedi Knight Ezra Bridger at the End of Rebels. Likewise, Thracure Made His Live-Action Debut in 2023’s AhsokaWHOCE ENDED WITH HIM RETURNING TO THE KNOWN Star Wars Galaxy to Similarly Become a Major Imperial Threat and “Heir to the Empire” During the Canonical New Republic Era. Nor Such, Thrawn’s Canon Story Mirrors and Honors What Zahn Created In Legends, But With Several Rewritten Elements for the New Continuity. Howver, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH FILONI LIKELY HAS A SET VITION IN MIND FOR THRAN’S FUTURE.

Why we Think Philoni’s Going in His Own Direction with Grand Admiral Thraw

Zahn’s Throw is much more of an anti-hero

Following Ahsoka and heading into the upcoming Ahsoka Season 2 and Beyond, it Very Much Looks As Though dave to be Loking to Position Grand Admiral Throwa as an overrching villain for all the republics lucasfilm has been producing. This will then culminate in a future new Republic Movie Directed by Philony Himself. Likewise, The canonical thruwn seen on screen is depicted much more like an Outright villain, while the thlawn wrink by zahnWith Thrawn Simply Using The Empire to Help His Own People.

It”s Currently Unknown if Philony and Lucasfilm Intend to uses thrawn’s allegiances to the chiss in Future Projects. It”s arguably more like that thrawn will Simply be a devoted imperial going forward who will unite the imperial remnant to try and destroy the new republic. Either way, zahn’s new comments about how Little he’s actually able to provides input and consultation will support the idea there is just a likely division over How Grand Admiral Be Depicted to Begin With Begin With Begin Withespecially Concerning His Canonical Future in Live-Action.

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