Rumour- “Legends” Character to Appear in Star Wars Rebels Season 3

Since the re-branding of the Expanded Universe (books, comics, video-games etc.) into “Legends”, Star Wars fans have been waiting to see if any big elements from “Legends” would be brought into the official Star Wars Universe- but so far the promised elements have only been small references in the canon books.

However, a new rumour suggests that that is about to change in a big way.

A fan-favourite “Legends” character is rumoured to be appearing in the third season of the Star Wars: Rebels animated series.

*This is only a rumour and not confirmed. However, if you don’t want to know who the character is this is your official SPOILER alert warning*.

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The rumour suggests that Grand Admiral Thrawn will be appearing in Star Wars: Rebels Season 3.

The rumour suggests the following details:

“From the sound of things, we’re going to see Thrawn as the tactical genius of capital starship warfare he was to Expanded Universe readers in the ’90s. However, this time he will be using his evil brand of genius against the the heroes of the starship Ghost.

The future of Star Wars Rebels will also feature Ezra with a short haircut and a lightsaber similar to Obi-Wan’s/Luke’s second saber. It sounds like the timeline moves a lot closer to A New Hope and Ezra’s design will reflect that.”

For anyone who is unfamiliar with Thrawn, a short description of his character in the books is below:

“The famous Imperial officer first appeared in Timothy Zahn’s novel Star Wars: Heir to the Empire in 1991.  He was a tactical genius and rare instance of an alien rising through the ranks of the Empire.”

Thoughts on this rumour? Would you like to see this character appear in Star Wars: Rebels?

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By Ruari Williamson