Fanclub Thrawn Fans Unite !!!!! (v 2.0)

So freaking happy!!!! There is a part of me that his character may be tarnished in the Disney Universe, but that part is overwhelmed by excitement at having the second greatest Star Wars villain return. It also leads me to hope that Mara will be reintroduced as well!

 

So, Thrawn has pupils now, eh? I wonder what the decision behind that was. I guess if he just had red orbs for eye it would be harder to emote. Also it looks like he has forehead ridges a bit too.

 

He looks to have faint pupils & irises in this old SW Insider pic as well (looks better if you actually go in, since the image comes out a bit small here):

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Grand_Admiral_Thrawn_(article)

 

Yeah, sadly, artists have been messing it up basically since the beginning.

I have to say, though, I kinda hope that picture isn't a finalized cover. It looks a bit weird... fuzzy, heh. He is NOT fuzzy.

Glad they finally brought back the only reason I'm still into Star Wars though

 

That is true, and gives me hope

 

Saxton's theory was that the eye's don't actually glow - they're either unusually reflective, or fluorescent:

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/humans.html

All of the Chiss observed to date have pale blue skin, black hair, and red eyes. The eyes are sometimes described as being luminous, but it would be more realistic to suppose that the skin of the eye has a highly reflective sheen or is flourescent in red light.

 

Of course, Thrawn has pupils. It was speculated that the Hand of Thrawn was a student, so it makes sense for him to have pupils.

 

I'd happily replace the Rogue One poster we got given by Kathleen Kennedy at SWCE panel for a poster of pure Chiss majesty that is the cover of that book!

I spy with my red Chiss eye what you did there, Viking.

 

If Thrawn shows up in the movies, I want him played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

What do you guys think?

 

I would say Mark Gatiss Thrawn is more Mycroft than Sherlock.

 

Possibly....

I bring this up because Cumberbatch did play another admiral in another franchise that has Star in the title too.

 

Batch of Cucumbers is everywhere these days. I'd want someone special.
Considering the brother of Mads Mikkelsen (Lars Mikkelsen) is voicing Thrawn in Rebels, and he does have a certain serious yet cool look about him, he could in theory do well on screen. Which would make it very entertaining because Mads is now in Rogue One, so SW would become sort of a family business.

 

Complete speculation, Zhan's book is called "Thrawn" and while Zhan fleshed out Thrawn's backstory over multiple installments and various books, he didn't really do a top to bottom biography style story of Thrawn. So I'd wager this novel would sorta be that, laying out his entire backstory (which is probably really likely to be very similar to his Legends backstory) probably right up to his appearance in Rebels.

I have to admit, I never quite thought of Thrawn having a non-English speaking accent but it actually kind of works since he's (probably still) an alien from the far-flung reaches of the galaxy, makes him more exoitc and unknowable.

 

I could be wrong, but I thought he had learned a Coruscanti accent.

I would be quite interested to see backstory fleshed out. Or at least learn where Disney has deigned to place him in their special playground...

 

He did. But both in TCW and Rebels, Filoni likes to play with accent for various aliens, so that's probably why he had made Thrawn have one. Hopefully, his background will be explained in the book.
Zahn's involvement is the only thing giving me hope here.

 

Can't believe they're actually bringing back Thrawn, let alone Zahn! This is a dream come true.

Evil.

 

Indeed it is, are you back for an extended stay? The NSO is active these days and would welcome your presence.

 

Agreed!

 

Exactly what a jolly Thrawn cosplayer told me on Saturday. ^^ I had to give him a huge hug despite Celebration's do-not-touch-the-cosplayers rule.

 

I am so pumped to have Thrown be back in Canon. To bad Filoni confirmed that Mara would not be in the show. Although that might not be a bad thing since chances are much of Mara's story would have to change completely. I also hope that Zahn does not do a complete rehash with thrawn in his book and change his backstory a bit.

 

I also think that mara is too young to be in the show. She'd be like 13 or something.

Evil.