And with new upcoming shows such as Ahsoka, The Acolyte, and Skeleton Crew, there’s plenty more look forward to. Set approximately five years after the events depicted in Return of the Jedi, the trilogy details the offensive campaigns of military genius Grand Admiral Thrawn as he attempts to bring down the recently founded New Republic in a bid to restore the Galactic Empire to power. Meanwhile, animated takes like Visions and Tales of the Jedi continue to explore new ways to tell stories in this beloved universe. Whether or not we finally do get some new Star Wars on the big screen in the years to come, the future of the franchise is still very bright, thanks to TV series like The Mandalorian, which has already expanded across multiple spinoffs full of Original Trilogy nostalgia and exciting new characters. If Lucasfilm were able to get some movies off the ground, we’d be able to say that the franchise is firing on all cylinders. From Disney+ series to video games to The High Republic books and Marvel comics, you can experience new adventures in the galaxy far, far away pretty much any way you want it right now. There’s more Star Wars on screen and on the page now than ever before in the franchise’s history. Regardless, it is hard to imagine the big confrontation between Ahsoka and Thrawn going down in the former character's first season, leaving The Mandalorian season 4 to potentially have a surprise guest star in Lars Mikkelsen as the Grand Admiral of the Empire.There’s never been a better time to be a Star Warsfan in terms of quantity. They charted the Grand Admirals past, including how he was found in the Outer Rim, and his rise to. This would benefit a potential season 2 of Ahsoka, which could act as the Empire Strikes Back of the show by ending on a cliffhanger with Thrawn that sets Filoni's theatrical film up. Thrawns entrance to the new Star Wars canon was in Zahns trilogy of novels, starting in 2017. If Ahsoka season 1 focuses on the search for Ezra, Thrawn could be a background character that is slowly setting his plans in place for the future. Interestingly, the character of Ezra Bridger has been largely absent from Ahsoka's marketing, which could hint that his story is being saved for season 1 due to the young Jedi disappearing with Thrawn at the end of Star Wars: Rebels.

If Thrawn was the main antagonist and had a large portion of the runtime in Ahsoka, future seasons involving the same concept could become repetitive and more difficult to write satisfyingly. This, therefore, means that Thrawn's smaller role in Ahsoka season 1 would make sense.

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