Star Wars executive Dave Filoni explained the difficulties of bringing Thrawn into live-action for Ahsoka.

Ahsoka’s introduction of the iconic animatedStar WarsvillainGrand Admiral Thrawncaused some challenges forLucasfilm’s production team.

And there are a lot of blue characters out there now.

Ahsoka Thrawn Hera

Cad Bane was a much-debated blue."

And the green [for Hera].

And the orange [for Ahsoka]!

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Why did I do all these things?

I couldve made my life so much simpler!

And then, of course, theres the voice.

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I knew in Rebels when I heard him, This is the guy.'"

That means they get there so much earlier than everybody else so they can make call time.

Its a commitment and it makes their life much more difficult and not a word of complaint.

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Theyre all very into it and doing it and living it and Im very grateful for that."

Ahsokawill debut on Disney+ this August.

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