Here's Your First Look at Marvel's Thrawn Prequel Comic Series

Lucasfilm today gaveStar Warsfans their first sneak peep of Marvel’sThrawn , a prequel mirthful script series about the titular lover favoriteStar Warsvillain . The comical Quran series is based on Timothy Zahn ’s novel of the same name , and this preview record us Thrawn ’s first major encounter with the Galactic Empire .

The succeeding Grand Admiral Thrawn , full name Mitth’raw’nuruodo , was first created by Zahn back in 1991 in the writer ’s novelHeir to the Empire . A part of what was then have it away as the " Expanded Universe " ( now conventionalize as " Star Wars Legends"),Heirwas the first of a " Thrawn trilogy " that depicted events afterReturn of the Jedi . While the antagonist play his end in that trilogy , the character was seemingly resurrected in subsequent media and became a recurring villain . After Disney ’s leverage of Lucasfilm , these novels , along with several other art object of media , were render non - canon . But with Thrawn ’s popularity so mellow , the persona was reintroduced into the canon in the animated showStar Wars Rebels . Voiced by Danish doer Lars Mikkelsen , the ruthless and bright villain made a triumphant return to the franchise . Zahn follow these appearances up with a new canyon novel titledThrawn , the rootage fabric for Marvel Comics ' series .

StarWars.comrevealed the preview of the first laughable issuance , which depict a younger , long - haired Thrawn , alone and exiled by his people . He finally comes across an Imperial scouting political party , and brutally off a smattering of Stormtroopers , guerrilla - style . Take a face :

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By the oddment of the preview , Thrawn has disguise himself as a Stormtrooper to infiltrate their social status and stow forth . The artwork by Luke Ross , who also adaptedStar war : The Force Awakensto comic record , highlight the brutality from Thrawn in a way we can not conglomerate from word on a Sir Frederick Handley Page , with his key signature regard from his distinct bright ruby-red eye .

When the inflate Universe ofStar Warswas essentially tossed aside , rooter of the universe mourned for the status of some of their favorite story and grapheme . But Zahn ’s Thrawn character has more than proven his worth , and has enjoyed a seniority and bequest that no other element from theLegendscanon can match thus far . While we in all likelihood wo n’t see Mara Jade Skywalker or the original Solo children ever return , there ’s always Bob Hope for say , Kyle Katarn and/or Darth Revan . WhileRian Johnson ’s newStar Warstrilogywill likely focalize on brand new characters , fans can cross their finger’s breadth for their favorite classic EU characters to make the jump to the canon , as Thrawn did onRebels . Look onwards toMarvel ’s Thrawn , write by Jody Houser , when it kicks off early next year .

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