In an interview with CloneWeb (translated from French), author Timothy Zahn has spoken about the future of Thrawn, the character he created in Heir to the Empire in 1991, and his return in the Disney+ show Ahsoka, plus he talks about his hopes to fill in the nine year gap between the new show and Star Wars Rebels.
Zahn believes that Thrawn is a tough character for other writers to do right, but believes that Dave Filoni is up to the task for the Ahsoka series.
“The danger is that the screenwriters write it badly. He is a tactician, always ahead of his enemies. Dave Filoni showed in Rebels that he understood the character. So I think everything will be fine, as long as Filoni and Jon Favreau remain at the helm. And I am of course available to help them if needed. We only talked briefly about all this but Dave promised to meet the writers and discuss with them in the near future.”
after two canonical trilogies — The Ascendancy Trilogy and The Imperial Trilogy — some might be wondering: is Zahn facing potential creative burnout with writing his favorite alien art aficionado?
“I would like to write more novels. And we pitch ideas to Lucasfilm. As for Thrawn, there’s a nine-year gap between the end of Rebels and the character’s reappearance in Ahsoka. There are things to do during this time. I’ll keep you up-to-date!”
Read the interview in full here (in French).
