Star Wars: Ahsoka’s Thrawn is original voice actor Lars Mikkelsen

Ashoka Tano’s new Disney Plus series isn’t too far away, and we now know who its villain will be: Thrawn. The infamous Imperial admiral will appear for the first time in live action in the series, and Lucasfilm announced at Star Wars Celebration that he will be played by Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen — Thrawn’s original voice actor from the Star Wars animated series.

Joining Mikkelsen in the series’ cast of villains will be Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, the antagonist from the episode of Mandalorian’s second season that first introduced Rosario Dawson’s live-action Ahsoka. Ray Stevenson and Ivanna Sakhno will play lightsaber-wielding bad guys named Baylan and Shin, but series creator Dave Filoni wasn’t willing to reveal much about these characters at the panel.

Mikkelsen has kept his castings intact Ahsoka He repeatedly denied that he had ever been approached by the media about reprising his role. The convention crowd was treated to an expanded version of yesterday’s trailer, this time showing Mikkelsen’s face in blue make-up as Thrawn, which was met with a rapturous cheer.

David Tennant was confirmed to be reprising his role as Huyang the robot in animated series.

AhsokaWe will be following the Togruta Jedi for the time between her animated appearances and the time we see her in. MandalorianAnd Boba Fett’s Book. Mary Elizabeth Winstead will also join Dawson, as well as Natasha Liu Bordizzo, who are fan favorites for Hera Syndulla or Sabine Wren. Another thing that we know for sure is that Hayden Christensen will be appearing as Anakin.

Filoni will be the executive producer as well as one of two writers. Ahsoka, and is joined in the director’s chair by Steph Green, Peter Ramsey, Jennifer Getzinger, Geeta Patel, and returning Mandalorian Rick Famuyiwa is the helmer.