so , do you think we will finally get to see Thrawn in live action in this series ? If so , who would be the best choice to play him ? I always picture James Bond era Pierce Brosnan in the role when I read the original Thrawn trilogy from the early 90s.
I don’t think we’ll see live-action Thrawn in The Mandalorian, because it would ruin the opportunity for the Star Wars Rebels sequel story that’s been set up (same goes for live-action Ezra Bridger - I can’t see it happening), but if any show could pull off a good live-action version of the character, this is it. My vote is for Lars Mikkelsen because he provided such a chilling and iconic voice in Rebels; a few prosthetics maybe on a sharper chin, and he’s there.
I agree that it should be either Lars Mikkelsen or someone very similar to him. I understand the interest in seeing famous movie stars like Brosnan in the role, but I honestly don’t think actors like that really has what it takes to pull off a menacing character like Thrawn. Mikkelsen has already played a supergenius psychopath in an episode of Sherlock, so Thrawn shouldn’t be a problem. With some small prosthetics and a change in hairdo I think he’d look perfect for the new canon version of Thrawn.
I also get why people don’t like the so called “McDonald’s arches”, but I think it was clever of *Rebels to emphasize that he’s an alien by adding a slightly unnatural shape to his head, as well as accentuating his “high brow” look as it were. Animation obviously exaggerates these things, but I think some subtle arches could work really well in live action. I didn’t like them at first either, but now when I go back to a lot of old Thrawn art he just looks oddly too human too me.