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Star Warshas unveiled an official mural for the total saga forStar Wars Celebration , and the live - action fashion art looks eerily like Pierce Brosnan . After base that all former Expanded Universe capacity would be pronounce " legend " and deemed non - canon , one of the characters most lamented by fans wasGrand Admiral Thrawn , but fortunately , he ’s made a homecoming into official canon in recent years in a big elbow room .
Introduced toStar Warscanon byStar Wars Rebels , Thrawn is a ruthless Imperial Grand Admiral intent on hunting down and demolish the Rebel cells that are take off to take form an organized resistance to the Galactic Empire . He vanish at the oddment of the series and it ’s not eff exactly where he go , along with Ezra Bridger , but several books have been eject in the meantime chronicle his life history leading up to the consequence ofStar Wars Rebels .
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The fact that this Modern image of Thrawn is the spitting paradigm of Pierce Brosnan could be a full good luck , but given the wayLars Mikkelsen vocalize the characteronStar Wars Rebelsand the way the part ’s internal monologues are written by Timothy Zahn in his fresh Thrawn novel , Pierce Brosnan would be a thoroughgoing fit for the character . It ’s definitely understandable if this raw prescribed art set off speculation about a possible Thrawn live - natural process appearance , fiddle by Pierce Brosnan , in the near future . This is especially interesting as a cover forThrawn Alliancespreviously put him next to Hayden Christensen ’s Anakin Skywalker , butthat version of Thrawn looked a pot more like Jon Hamm .
Timothy Zahn in the beginning created Thrawn for the Expanded Universe ’s Thrawn trilogy of booksHeir to the Empire , Dark Force Rising , andThe Last Command , but since he ’s been brought back he ’s been cave in a new canon Thrawn trilogy ofThrawn , Thrawn : Alliances , and the upcomingThrawn : Treason . His arc is very similar to that of the Expanded Universe version , but update to fit otherStar Warscanonstories .
Hailing from outside the known galaxy , Thrawn is an military officer of the Chiss Ascendency who leaves home and joins the Empire apparently in search of a means to fight off some strange terror against his own hoi polloi ( similar to theExpanded Universe ’s Yuuzhan Vong . He rise through the ranks speedily and gains favor with Emperor Palpatine , finding himself at odds with Darth Vader ( partly due to his previous risky venture with Anakin Skywalker ) , and even helps Palpatine plot a course out into the Unknown Regions - a course conduct by the fleeing Imperial Remnant that would eventually become the First Order .
With his likely ties to the First Order and lingering story threads , fan are of course curious about Thrawn ’s future inStar Warscanon , and now specially curious if that future involves a live - action appearance play by Pierce Brosnan .
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