![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dave Filoni showed in Rebels that he understood the character. He is a tactician, always ahead of his enemies. “The danger is that the screenwriters write it badly. But he believes that Dave Filoni is up to the task for Ahsoka: Captain Pellaeon is his Doctor Watson, someone he can explain his thoughts to for the reader to understand.”Īnd it’s for this reason that Zahn believes that Thrawn is a tough character for other writers to do right unlike many Star Wars villains, Thrawn is a tactician first and less of a physical threat, making him more difficult to write for. I was inspired by historical military and we must add a touch of Sherlock Holmes for intelligence and the ability to deduce. “I wanted my character to be someone his men would follow out of loyalty, unlike Palpatine or Vader who manipulate and use fear. When asked about the start of his story ( Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command), noted that he wanted to create a Star Wars antagonist unlike any one previously seen, so he made an effort to emphasize Thrawn as a military leader as opposed to a dark sorcerer: ![]() In an interview with CloneWeb (translated from French), Zahn talked extensively about the past, present, and future of Thrawn as a character. Timothy Zahn explained why he thinks that Grand Admiral Thrawn is a difficult character to adapt - and why he believes that Dave Filoni is up to task to do just that with the Ahsoka series. ![]()
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