😂😂😂😂😂

I mean... Anakin did a lot as a jedi and a sith. I wouldn't want to mess with anything about him either

That, and just his general lack of wanting to deal with any Jedi tomfoolery. He never understood the Jedi when he was in the empire. And he still doesn't understand them. But he now understands that he doesn't understand them, and that results in a sizable shift in his strategies in Ahsoka. which is basically "whatever my typical assumptions are, either do the opposite or expect the unexpected" He almost made the same mistake with Ahsoka, thinking she was dead, by "trusting" Baylan. Once he had the slightest indication she could be alive, he started his typical "anti-Jedi strategies" - by assuming she's alive and preparing for it without confirmation. But the second he finds out Ahsoka's Anakins apprentice, he turns the dial up to 11 and straight up does not fuck around. And despite barely achieving the worst case of his primary objective - escaping and merely stranding all the Jedi (instead of killing them) - I'd argue he actually failed his primary objective the same way he failed before. By falling victim to the heroics of a single Jedi. Ezra managed to escape with him, which I predict will be his ultimate defeat.

@@Brewsy92 Yep. Ezra's mere existence back in the Home Galaxy makes Thrawn's return undeniable to the likes of Senator Xiono (though I don't doubt he'll irrationally persist anyway), so the secrecy of Thrawn's return is out the airlock as soon as Ezra goes public. I also don't think Thrawn knows yet that there are not just one but _two_ instances of *inherent* Skywalker Bullshit back in the Home Galaxy who will undoubtedly cause him grief if they get involved.

@@Brewsy92 True. But I'll also point out that his defeats come about because of a force user he didn't know about. Bendu, space whales and Sabine suddenly having enough force sensitivity to push Ezra the last few meters of his jump. He can plan around force bullshit he knows about.

Must disagree. Got to be one of og authors quotes. Like the “good tactician” quote. Too many to list

One of the greatest entrances in Star Wars history!

For those who may oppose us*

He had many greater ones in the books.

​@@masteryoghurt2110I care not for glory, only results

That line was classic Thrawn. What a finale.

I love his weirdly classy gloating

Long live by Taylor Swift 🫶🫶

its more sad when you think about how the empire already collapsed, him just not knowing it

@@theemperor5244 Morgan would have updated him. It also seems like Thrawn's allies had some kind of long range communication with him because Pellaeon mentions his return.

Agreed! 🙏🏽💪

It's almost as if he's played him for many years before the show :D *im joking of course*

Lars Mikkelsen is phenomenal in everything he’s in

He plays Thrawn as if the character walked out of the pages of the books to live action with no change. Both astounding and terrifying at the same time. What an excellent performance.

The same voice from the Rebels series

He has done a magnificent job of bringing Thrawn from legends to the new canon.

@@SpadesNeil for tho and to do it in both animation and live-action is next level!

as shown in Hera's Hero's when Captain Slavin suggested destroying Hera's Kalikori

Wow great catch. I didn’t even notice after 3 rewatches. Some fan am I 😂

@@legothoron1 The only time he got visibly angry. And you know it's serious when a calm person gets angry

@@timeob.6942no need to feel bad, you’re not the only one who misses these details

He even is a good actor

He also did all the audiobooks

It is indeed cool that they did that. But even if they didn't cast him in the live-action role, they could have cast him to dub over the live-action actor's lines. Star Wars has done that before, after all, most notably replacing David Prowse's voice with James Earl Jones for Darth Vader. In fact, the 1978 Superman movie also did that, where Christopher Reeve dubbed over Jeff East's dialogue for the teenage Clark Kent. And in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor) dubbed over Mark Pillow's dialogue for Nuclear Man, something they referenced in the movie.

0:27 Look at him here: he looks fat, goofy and you can clearly see the wig. They could have had the VA do a voice over and cast someone who physically matches.

@@GreenNinj4 Bro do you not realize this is like 10 years after he got exiled?

He knows they are valuable allies and you don't keep allies with rudeness.

@@NeilSonOfNorbert Or threats, like Sith and other Imperials.

"i will use any and all resources at my disposal, i don't currently have the ability to be picky"

He definitely learns from his mistakes which is, i believe, part of the reason he allied himself with the Great Mothers. He doesn't understand the Force, but he has a means of countering it or at least combating it with Nightsister magic. Few adversaries are humble enough to recognize their defeat and try to ensure it doesn't happen again (The Empire built two Death Stars.....)

@@brandonsmith9098 "They built another one?" "The Galactic Empire was never renowned for its creativity."

That is why thrawn is such a great leader he doesn't waste man power and thinks before sending in his men.

When he refuses to send more than 2 squads because he values his troops’ lives >>>

When they referred to them as "Volunteers" I was immediately shocked. I've worked many jobs and have always been Voluntold 😆

I loved that they added this detail because Thrawn may seem cold. But he isn't a sociopath like Palpatine and Elia are. He genuinely cares about his troops. Even though he knows they will die, and this is necessary, he doesn't gloat about that fact.

​​@@mish375He is a sociopath and has committed many war crimes.

Thrawn always seems curious and confused at why others cannot see the big picture like he can.

@@Thoralmir Yeah makes him a much interesting villain than most

@@carlosperalta4351 he's more of an anti-hero, given that he isn't at the extreme levels of either Palapline or Grand Moff Tarkin's level of pure evil. As Eckartsladder pointed out many years ago, had Thrawn won in Legends against the New Republic, he could have instead created the "Galactic Federation." A worthy successor to the Empire that would respect the rights of the non-human species that still had the extreme centralization and military might to fight the threats outside the known galaxy and save the Ciss race. The Republic's problem before the Clone Wars was that the inner core planet kept mistreating the outer rim planets, hence why they rebelled. Palapline fed/used their grievances to gain his power over the senate & subsequently made the Jedi the bad guys. It's slightly similar to how, in Halo, the UNSC created the ODSTs and the Spartans to quell uprisings against the core realm planets against terrorism until the Covenenet began their crusade against Humanity.

@@SolidAvenger1290 Yeah and this makes me like Thrawn as a character and antagonist and I hope Folini does him justice

I like that someone, especially Thrawn, called Sabine out on her foolish and short-sighted decision to rescue Ezra, who she has no idea where he is or if he’s even alive, in exchange for giving Thrawn the opportunity to return

Lars Mikkelsen. A Danish actor. Probably best known to Western audiences for Charles Augustus Magnussen in Sherlock season 3, the Russian president Viktor Petrov in House of Cards, and Stregobor in the Witcher. He also is the brother of Mads Mikkelsen.

@@trueblue6201 So his last name is spelled differently than his brother's?

@@trueblue6201was also Thrawn’s voice actor for rebels

​@@plasmaarmelund No that's how Mads Mikkelsen is spelt.

@@ClintBandito He edited it. It was misspelled before.

It runs in the Mikkelsen family ❤

As soon as he found out, you can almost see in his expression and actions. Like.. "I am NOT dealing with that sort of nonsense.'

@@templarw20 shame we won't get to see him get scared with finding out who Luke is.

​@@BTSSPARATAN Thrawn actually fought alongside Anakin briefly in the Clone Wars, I feel like he would be very respectful and proud of how well Luke emulates the best of his father, before trying to kill him haha

​@@BTSSPARATANhe would not get scared, at least based in the EU he wasn't scared of him.

@@BTSSPARATANwhy would he be scared of Luke 😭 he’s not like ANAKIN . Ahsoka is literally like him and has been unpredictable like him since the clone wars

Truly a man of restraint

That's thrawn in novels he's very different in live action

Amen!!!! I agree! 🙏🏽💪

@@kieffer9705Filoni’s thrawn is a dumb person’s idea of a genius. Zahn’s Thrawn remains to be seen in live action

​@@thedudeman445 Zahn consulted on the Thrawn scenes in the Ahsoka series. This is Zahn Thrawn and Lars plays him perfectly.

Thrawn appears as ruthless to the enemy; but to those he loves he'd do anything to protect them. This is the man who agreed to be exiled just to give his people a chance to avoid annihilation.

If only we get to seem him sweat even more when he hears of the children of Anakin XD

@@BTSSPARATAN Who knows? We might still get that. Thrawn returning to the galaxy and links back up with pellaeon be like: Thrawn: "Ah, good to be back, and glad we stranded the apprentice of Anakin Skywalker in Peridea, now I don't have to deal with any of their tricks." pellaeon: "Uhm... Thrawn? You ARE aware of Vader, right?" Thrawn: "Yes, Darth Vader, or Anakin Skywalker as he secretly was before. I heard he's long gone?" pellaeon: "Well, yes... But his children is still around." Thrawn: "... Children? Anakin had... Offspring?" pellaeon: "Yes, the one they call Luke both destroyed the first Death Star and Vader, bringing Anakin back to the light before Anakin's own death. And the one they call Leia is a general in the New Republic!" Thrawn: "Oh, Oh that is not good at all... I have to deal with TWO Skywalkers now?"

​@@TheTrytix"if I had an imperial credit for every Skywalker related Jedi I have to deal with..."

he's thinks of the long game not the current one and he studies all aspects of the enemy

For real. Not to forget, there may be force sensetive beings outside of the SW galaxy and theire most likely Jedi too 👌🏼

I felt the exact same way during this scene!

She also realizes Thrawn knows exactly who Vader is too. So it just adds to the tension

Another day another like!

Mikkelsen

@@Ajar37 Oh. Sorry for the mispronounciation.

We've wanted a Star Wars: Heir to the Empire movie for so long. I hope Filoni does a great job with it when it comes. He did announce he was doing one.

@@AIexanderTrent If he works with Zahn for the adaption, I think that would be good.

@@AIexanderTrent Zahn consulted for the Thrawn scenes in Ahsoka.

@@AIexanderTrent I'll agree to disagree. Didn't have a problem with Mando Season 3, loved the Ahsoka show, and I haven't seen Boba Fett yet so I can't comment on that one.

@@mish375 they definitely shouldn't do the movie in his POV though. What makes thrawn great is that he's like sherlock holmes, the story is better when we don't know what he's thinking. They definitely need to make someone like Eli Vanto the main character

Pellaeon was in mandalorian season 3 in the shadow council speaking on behalf of thrawn, so good chance they will link up soon.

They do. That's what the whole ending is about. Ahsoka sees Morai and realizes this is where she needs to be. And later Anakin watching over here affirms that this, no matter how bad it has turned out, is where they need to be and Ezra is back home.

@@brandonsmith9098 I just know we're gonna see some cosmic horrors unleashed in Season 2. Maybe that's what Baylan is after.

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 Hopefully. It's rather creepy and ominous what Baylan is searching for. Part of me likes not knowing.

I’m hoping that it’s abeloth, but I won’t hold my breathe for it.

Stoicism 😂

That last line was classic Thrawn. It was perfect.

"Rodent" not "Ronin" mate

@@TheDud247 He says Ronin - that's a masterless samurai. Lucas based the Jedi off of the Samurai and Knights.

You can also tell he hates to sacrifice any resources and troops if it's possible. But knows that it is needed.

Lars perfectly captures that Thrawn sass without saying a word. I couldn't help but laugh during that scene when there's like 5 seconds of Thrawn just staring at her in disbelief.

SAME😆

I read it as he was going, "....calculating...." XD But yes, definitely annoyed. That whole scene between them is similar to the scenes at the beginning of Heir to the Empire with Captain Pellaeon. :)

The same live-action actor voiced the animated one. If you mean his acting in the live-action matches the voice as opposed to the way he was animated and his expressions in rebels, yeah I kinda agree there. I’m so excited to see what action he brings to the galaxy now that he’s returned

It's the same voice actor. Lars Mikkelsen.

Long live the empire

Long live the Empire

Vader lives! Long live the empire, a nation reborn.

long live the Empire

Long live the empire

They should do a flashback to the scene where Thrawn confronts Palpatine about the Death Star's existence.

@@mish375 I’d love to see how that conversation went down. The Emperor was not a man people crossed or contradicted without extreme caution, and seeing how Thrawn would handle walking that very fine line alone would be of interest. Palpatine knew Thrawn’s usefulness and obviously fostered his career to a point, but it would still be fascinating to see that power dynamic acted out.

@@morbius109 There is kind of a mini scene of that in the comic you can find online. Thrawn was vey careful when he broached the subject and Palpatine was like "How the hell did you figure that out?"

What sequels?

Womp womp

Do you mean the thrawn trilogy?

Never again

The bodyshaming of this man in his 60s isn't cool. Especially when he had to gain weight for the Witcher and film for Star Wars shortly afterwards. There's always a person behind the role. So come off that train and focus on his stellar performance.

The troops are undead soldiers this feel a lot like the flying Dutchmen a ghost ship appearing from the shadows

Long live the Heir to the empire!

It's why Thrawn became emotional with Morgan's death. He lost a friend and an ally.

Thrawn died before the Yuuzhan Vong, though, right? How would the NR ally with him if he was dead?

Who are the Grysk?

@@AndrewForte-kh3zi The Grysk are the new Yuuzhan Vong in the new canon. They invade from another galaxy and The Chiss (Thrawn's people) have been in a war with them. Only a few Grysk can conquer a planet and genocide or enslave the population as they use psychological warfare to keep their slaves in line. However, the Unknown Regions is hard to traverse; but Thrawn predicts that they will mount an invasion into the rest of the galaxy, hence why he felt the Empire alliance was the best chance they had for survival due to their unified naval fleet. In the old EU content, the NR realizes long after Thrawn's death that he was preparing the galaxy for the Yuuzhan Vong (now Grysk) invasion. Hopefully now that things are being re-written I'd love for factions of the NR to have to decide whether to ally with Thrawn and his Empire of the Hand to stop the Grysk.

Very interesting I can imagine just a few rifles and sabers will be at Thrawn Neck for obvious reasons

@@mish375 There's no Canon source stating the Grysk are extragalactic.

No, it'll be trash

@@leonrussell9607stop trying to be different

@@jjack3186 thats the general consensus among fans, most of us dislike dave and his crap writing

@@leonrussell9607so you are just copying other peoples opinions? Sound like a bad way to judge Star Wars to me

@@TheThreeScoots I bet you love the nazis

what was first just a dream has become a frightening reality for those who may oppose us😎

Actually I didn’t added that scene cause he doesn’t talk, I mostly focus on adding the quote scenes

@@lucasfanedits ok that makes sense sorry if I sounded rude or anything

@@Mrfettt nah that wasn't rude, haha dont worry

they're not zombies until the final episode.

I'm glad this helped you 😁

@@lucasfanedits i couldn't upload mine. It kept on upload failed.

@@GeneralLauren29 at first i had this problem with Baylan's video, but ended up working after a quick edit fix