July’s issue of Empire Magazine is out today featuring an eight-page special on the upcoming Disney+ Ahsoka series, featuring interviews with the cast and crew including Lars Mikkelsen who discusses changes made to Thrawn’s voice.
Mikkelsen voiced Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels and is back to portray the character for the Disney+ series, explaining to Empire Magazine the changes needed.
“I’m not losing the voice, but I am tweaking it into live-action. When you do an animated character, there’s a whole melodious approach. When you’re there as a real person, that would be just slightly too much.”
“I love the way he rises through the Empire, and the way he carries himself in that environment to become somebody. And then of course, how can you not like a very clever villain? Thrawn takes the time to understand his opponent’s culture, and what they’re about. It’s lovely to be playing that.”
Read the interview in full in July’s Empire Magazine, out now and featuring Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano on the cover. Become an Empire member to access the digital edition, or order a print copy online now here.
