It's already announced Ray Stevenson is playing Baylon Skoll and the other is his apprentice Shin Hati. Most likely both are the first live-action introductions of Dark Jedi. But no one knows for sure yet.
The sense given from interviews is that these are two Jedi who escaped Order 66 by going into the unknown regions of the galaxy. You can see the woman (Shin) has a padawan braid in the one shot. My guess is whatever they had to do to survive in the unknown regions made them tap into the dark side and they are now some kind of force user we've never seen before. not Light Jedi, not dark-side only Sith but something... else. Really excited to see what they do about that.
3:04 it’s confirm the voice of thrawn, lars mikkelson is also playing him live fof ahsoka show. Also the name drop “heir to the empire” is the name of the book that thrawn appeared in many years ago before Disney bought the franchise.
yea, but is it a flashback? or how did he and ezra travel in space with a ship that had no window/forcefield and if he somehow survived, then so have Ezra
@@Belnick6666 Highly likely it's not a flashback. I dunno if you've noticed, but Grand Admiral Thrawn is shaping up to be the Thanos of the Mandoverse, so he most definitely survived. And they won't bring him and Lars Mikkelsen in for a simple flashback 😂
@@Belnick6666 Maul survived being cut in half and falling to his death, Vader survived being dismembered and burned alive, several characters survived their ship being open to the void, do i have to go on ? Even Thrawn got shot half a dozen times in the chest in a skirmish and got out of it just fine in the canon books. I think they can both overcome a bunch of space whales and broken windows 😂
@@Belnick6666 I haven't seen Rebels, but from what you said Ezra could use the Force to keep them alive in the ship. I know Thrawn from the books though and am pretty happy they're making him canon in live action now.
When Ahsoka said “Heir to the Empire” I LOST IT. That’s a reference to the Thrawn trilogy of novels from Legends which chronologically speaking, is around the same time as the Mandoverse
I lost it as well. I've been waiting since I was a kid in the 90s for a live adaption of something Heir to the Empire related. I honestly had high hopes that they might do the Heir to the Empire as the sequel trilogy, but they decanonized it at the time. I was so disappointed and figured we'd never see it. Thankfully, they made Thrawn canon again in one of the animated series. And now they're going to do (hopefully) an adaption of the basic storyline with some changes of course. No original OT cast of course, but maybe that's where the Ghost crew come in. If Rebels ended where it did, then that would make sense why both Ezra and Thrawn weren't around during the events of the OT: they would have been pushed into the uncharted/undiscovered areas of space around the galaxy. They could pull elements from all the Zahn books like Thrawn's backstory, we might see the Chiss Ascendancy, and of course a season could end with a reveal of the Grysk threat that Thrawn is trying to protect his people from using the Empire's military might. Even more interesting if the Rebels and Imperials under Thrawn have to ally temporarily just for survival purposes.
They confirmed at Star Wars: Celebration this weekend that Dave Filoni will be directing a movie that will bring all of the mandoverse shows together!!
@@domingorubies656 aw yeah! And Kathleen Kennedy said the opening crawls are coming back!! Can you imagine sitting in a theater, about to see Mando and grogu on the big screen, and we get a traditional star wars opening? 🤯
@@theaces3697 Doesn’t really matter what we want. Regardless of what you may like or dislike of the three existing trilogies, they’re part of the timeline Lucasfilm is using. Which means every single plot point from every single show and movie leads to the next major event. And they’ve been stressing the importance of cloning in the Star Wars universe lately. Clearly trying to set up a more clear explanation of how Palpatine survived after episode 6.
I read some comments where people noticed that the two wielding the blood orange sabers named Baylon Sköll and Shin Hati… Their last names might be a reference to Norse mythology’s Sköll and Hati the two wolves who chase the sun and moon. Pretty cool reference in my opinion
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that Filoni really likes wolves so that would definitely seem likely. SW Rebels even uses Loth Wolves, so that would be consistent.
The robot at the end there is voiced by David Tennant (Kilgrave) and he appeared in the youngling lightsabers episodes in Clone Wars. Is Ahsoka making a nrw lightsaber perhaps?
Glad you guys have finished watching Rebels. It is recommended for Ahsoka. I’m just so happy to see my girl Sabine!! I love her so much & the crew of them is amazing. I can’t wait for this
So this is basically the Thrawn book Trilogy with Ahsoka inserted into the story And I AM HERE FOR IT! The two Force Wielders are most likely working for Thrawn. The Question is, will we get Mara Jade, the Emperor's Hand.
I interpret the trailer as a loose adaptation of Heir to the Empire trilogy with the Phoenix cell taking the place of the OT cast. And by extension, the Shin character could be the stand in for Mara Jade while Baylan could be the stand in for Joruus C'baoth. Food for thought right?
@@cd5sircoupe Yes I was also thinking that after my comment, it's been a while since I read the books. I'm just excited we actually get a live action Thrawn.
Grand Admiral Thrawn came out in the novels about 25 years ago. He was and is an amazing character. Timothy Zahn wrote a trilogy of books that easily could have been made as the true sequel trilogy to the original movies. Anyway, Timothy Zahn has written even more books featuring Thrawn. And I think Thrawn is interpreted well in Star Wars Rebels. So I'm super excited to see him in live-action with Ahsoka!
2:58. It is confirmed: Lars Mikkelsen who also voiced Thrawn in rebels will be playing the live action version! As a fellow dane this makes me very happy!
Grand Admiral Thrawn will be played by the same actor that did his voice in Rebels Lars Mikkelsen, brother of Mads Mikkelsen who played Galen Erso in Rogue One.
Its exciting to see that Lars Mikkelson (Mads Mikkelsons older brother) who voiced Grand Admiral Thrawn in Rebels will be reprising the role in live action
It could just be an Easter egg, but "Heir to the Empire" is a reference to the first SW novel to feature Thrawn, which was also the first novel in what is now called Legends.
Im super excited for this!! It looks amazing. Ive been loving all the star wars disney+ shows. Holden, I would recommend reading the Heir to the Empire book trilogy as it seems this series will be based off of that story, loosely. Also, I know its not him but doesnt anyone else think Ray Stevenson's character looks almost identical to Emperor Valkorion from The Old Republic?? If they did a live action of that character, he would look exactly like that!!
He looks pretty close to Valkorion, yeah. Sam Neill was the model for Valkorion, who is awesome in 'Peaky Blinders,' too, so if Valkorion ever does get to live-action, Mr. Neill would be my choice to play him (again)
I hope one day months down the road you will post the best episode reactions of Rebels here. We do not need all the reactions, just the best of the best. The season 1 finale, s2 premiere, Rex return, Zeb and Agent Kallus becoming friends, Ashoka learning who Vader is, Twilight of the Aoprentice, Sabine learning the Darksaber, Maul v Obi, Kanan’s sacrifice, a world between worlds, and the finale Only need like 10-12 videos total, would be lots of fun
Just to provide a bit more emphasis on the importance of the origin of Thrawn, the trilogy of novels he started in was kind of like Iron Man (2008) for creating this idea of a Star Wars Expanded Universe. Before then there were just the three movies for the world building. There were games and comics, but they weren't really regarded as attempting to flesh out the Star Wars lore. Following the original Thrawn trilogy, there was an explosion of other stories and products that was trying to build out a unified setting founded on the movies and the introduction of the idea of "Canon." It was critical for keeping interest in Star Wars throughout the 90's, and the Thrawn trilogy is one of the few sources of material that actually influenced George Lucas, and now Dave Filoni.
I’m happy you guys are seeing stuff now. I saw Ahsoka footage about a year ago and knew it was Rebels heavy. Also the droid is Huyang from the youngling episode of Clone Wars.
Hoping we get to see the Chiss (thrawn ppl) Ascendancy in this show. The books mention them being their own nation of some sorts hidden within the unknown sector of space. They are pretty much dark elves based on how their culture works. And the trope of dark elves in fantasy is they make deals to gain powers be dark magic. Commonly by A. A god or B. A lich. In Star Wars the equivalent of the lich is Palpatine with how much he wants to cheat death (clones of him and wanting access to “world between worlds”) and his origins why he became a sith. In books thrawn acts as an envoy of his ppl to the empire and palpatine will offer resources and other things to them. So I wouldn’t be surprised if whatever left of palpatine (for all we know he is barely alive, mummy like husk) is at the ascendancy. Their resources trying fo keep him alive longer and in return possibly sith knowledge or ancient force history like The Ones he tells them.
Yes, but Thrawn was sent purposely to the Empire as the Chiss figured that the Empire's military prowess would protect them against the Grysk. They also wanted one of their own to be deep in the Empire's ranks and highly favoured in the event that Palpatine decided to try to backstab and conquer them. Thrawn was kind of like their ace in the hole in that aspect. He could use his influence to recommend no attack or warn the Chiss if something like that happened. Remember, Thrawn was not happy about the Death Star being built and was upfront about that to the Emperor. He was concerned that Palpatine might use it against his people and that Palpatine was diverting too many resources to build it when they could be used elsewhere. I think it would be really interesting to see the Chiss Ascendancy and how they operate in live action. We know even though Thrawn was "exiled" (aka to get him into the Empire ranks) he still has ways of communicating with his homeworld and has contacts there.
The man with the salt and pepper beard is Ray Stevenson he is a dark force user named Baylon allied with Thrawn And the woman dark force user is called shinn
well you just saw The ending of rebels but live action 😂 But yeah there's a second trailer already out it was on RUclips I saved it to my computer and it was deleted a few hours later showed a bunch of things. thrawns face, Among other cool scenes lothal highway speeder chase , And a few other things, I don't know why they don't release that trailer because it was even more hard hitting
For me, this is the most excited I've been with Star Wars and that's saying something! Ahsoka just holds such a dear place at my heart that it's hard to not get emotional seeing that trailer. I can't wait!!!
Yes the ones you think who they are, are who you think. The Lightsaber are more orange. The new guy is Ray Stevenson, who played Edward Teach aka Blackbeard from Black Sails. Heir to the Empire is the book series by Timothy Zahn that brought Grand Admiral Thrawn. His is played Lars Mikkelsen, the Voice Actor that played him in Rebles.
Hey, Holden and Jen! The robot HUYANG is from "Clone Wars". He is voiced by DAVID TENNANT best known as Kilgrave from "Jessica Jones" and as an iteration of Doctor Who. AHSOKA TANO originated in "Clone Wars" and has three "Tales of the Jedi" episodes dedicated to her. She made her transition to live-action in "The Mandalorian" played by ROSARIO DAWSON. SABINE WREN, with the colored hair, originated in "Rebels" and wielded the DARKSABER. HERA SYNDULLA, the green Twi'lek, originated in "Rebels" and her origin was told in "The Bad Batch". MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD is playing her. Her father, CHAM SYNDULLA, is from "Clone Wars". CHOPPER the astromech is from "Rebels". The hologram is probably EZRA BRIDGER from "Rebels". MON MOTHMA is from the movies but has been fleshed out in "Andor". GENEVIEVE O'REILLY reprises the role. At this point in the timeline, she is the CHANCELLOR of the NEW REPUBLIC whose capital is now her homeworld of CHANDRILA. Diana Inosanto played MAGISTRATE MORGAN ELSBETH on "The Mandalorian" and is BRUCE LEE's goddaughter. GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN, the blue-skinned Chiss tactical genius, originated in the Timothy Zahn book trilogy known as the THRAWN TRILOGY. He appeared as a primary antagonist in "Rebels" and is being portrayed by the same voice actor LARS MIKKELSEN best known from "The Witcher". 'HEIR TO THE EMPIRE' is the first book of the Thrawn Trilogy. ROSARIO DAWSON says the phrase. RAY STEVENSON of "Rome" and the MCU's Volstagg is playing a Dark Jedi. He also voiced GAR SAXON in "Clone Wars" and "Rebels". THE WORLD BETWEEN WORLDS is the star chamber through which different times can be accessed. THE SPIRE structure is Ezra's home on Lothal.
By the way, it doesn't seem like you're aware of this, so just to let you know, Thrawn has been around since 1991, when Timothy Zahn wrote a trilogy of books that for many people kept Star Wars alive between the originals and the prequels. He was the Sherlock Holmes type character taking over the Empire after RotJ (The first book was actually called Heir to the Empire, which is why Ahsoka calls him that in this trailer), and he got massively, massively popular. So I remember the excitement when they brought him into Rebels in the Season 3 trailer premiering at Celebration, the whole room gave a standing ovation because Filoni pulled him from Legends and made him canon. Now it's almost a deja vu experience with them doing the same thing for his live action debut (both trailers introduced him with a shot of his back, I think, too). So Thrawn has a much longer and broader history than just his role in Rebels. By now, there have also been 10 books written about him, 4 legends, 6 canon
The droid who says Perhaps it is time to begin again is a character from Clone Wars and I’m excited to see him again! Also when they had the title Jedi pop up for her I SCREAMED cause Ahsoka might be completing her training
4:48 These are completely new characters. The older man is a dark Jedi called Baylon Scoll. The woman with the lightsaber is called Shin Hati. Both of these people are not inquisitors.
I'm happy that you guys are excited for this, even if being cautious, it seems it is a great time to be a Star Wars fan -this -Jedi Survivor -Another season of Tales of the Jedi -Andor -The Mandalorian (even if season 3 isn't going as hard, it is still part of the big picture) -Bad Batch, speaking of which, 3rd/final season has been confirmed, so I hope you guys consider watching it whenever you have some free space since you enjoyed the characters, the rise of The Empire focus is cool and, then again, it is a pretty short show
What’s really crazy is..think how far we’ve come in terms of animation from say..Jonny Quest, to now..! The animation I find just as satisfying as live action or even more so for storytelling especially in terms of fantasy/sci fi …
Those are Blood Orange Sabers being wielded by Dark Jedi (Anit-Heroes I think?). Ahsoka said Thrawn is the "Heir to the Empire" which is the name of the comic Thrawn was first introduced. Also about The Mandalorian seasons, are about All Mandalorians not just Jin Darin this is important because word on the street from Lucas Films is David Filoni is directing his FIRST live action movie and it will be a combination of The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett, Andor and Ahsoka. I thinking some Avenger style movie. But of course we'll have to wait and see..
I wonder if some of these characters are Emperor's Hands, like Mara Jade was, who coincidentally first appeared in Heir To The Empire, which was Thrawn's first appearance in Legends.
@@vermontmike9800 Lars Mikkelsen, the voice actor for Thrawn in Rebels, has been confirmed to play Thrawn in live action. He even did an interview stating that.
A few points of interest: We see a clear inspiration and homage to the original book series by Timothy Zahn, the so-called Thrawn trilogy from legends. In the trailer, Ahsoka even says the name of the first book, Heir of the Empire. Orange lightsabers are unprofessionally homemade, unstable, similar to Kylo Ren's. This is a reference to the Dark Forces Jedi Knight game series, where the dark Jedi cult had such swords. From this series, we could already see Dark Troopers used in The Mandalorian. Filoni is a big fan of Legends and uses the best of them in the canon. Dark Jedi - not inquisitors, there are speculations in the trailer that it will be Jorus C'Baoth and Mara Jade. We see Ezra for the first time on the hologram. Hera actor is the wife of Ewan McGregor :)
Heir to the Empire great book series and intro to Thrawn. Xwing and Tie Fighter video games from late 90s brought us more Thrawn and the Tie Advanced fighters that we got to see in Rebels. Finally Thrawn in live action! I’m stoked.
I finished rebels 4-5 years ago and thrawn is my favorite sw character so I am so beyond excited to see the ahsoka show!!! Also fun fact that droid at the end of the trailer is David tennant who played the same character in the clone wars
That guy with the red lightsabers is actor ray stevens not sure what her character name but I liked him he was also the punisher in the punisher warzone movie
The Heir to the Empire storyline where Thrawn was introduced in Legends was considered the sequels to the original trilogy before what we have today. I'm interested to see how they're going to mix legends lore here with the Rebels characters as well as the Mando storyline which was confirmed to all culminate in a film directed by Dave Filoni. I'm apprehensive but optimistic!
I have not seen any of the cartoon shows. But after reading all of the extended universe books, seeing Thrawn in a show and hearing the words "Heir to the Empire" was pretty exciting.
Natasha Liu Bordizzo is playing Sabine which I'll be liking as she a Australia like myself and Hera is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead which is Ewan McGregor wife. All these shows are going to lead up to the movie can't wait for that movie. The next Stars Wars is going be in Japan 2025. The guy who plays Thrawn is the guy who does it in Rebels Lars Mikkelsen which the show he will be it in the show too.
Glad you guys were able to catch up and finish Rebels before this. Heh, we over here at Abstract Tiger have been affectionately calling the Ahsoka series "Rebels season 5" Lol. Curious though, are you going to release Rebels to YT like you did for Clone Wars? Anyways, love you guys and the doggos!
I was lucky enough to get to see the Lucasfilm panel at Celebration and let me tell you the Acolyte trailer looked great as well. While Ahsoka seems to be scratching that 90s era Star Wars Expanded Universe itch with Thrawn and a potential ‘Heir to the Empire’ adaption. The Acolyte has that early 00s prequel aesthetic, multiple Jedi feeling nailed down.
I'm curious, if now that you are finished with rebels, if you will start releasing them on the youtube channel as you did with clone wars too? Of course i understand wanting to have the finale, well the entire 4th season for a while exclusive but if you'd start with season 1 episode 1 this month and tickled it out like you did with clone wars that would be plenty of an exclusivity window
There’s also speculation that in the final scene of the trailer, Ahsoka is fighting Barris Offee from the Clone Wars series because after she was arrested we never know what happens to her when the whole Order 66 stuff happens
I've heard a theory that red lightsabres are actually caused by crystals that are made to bleed by the dark side, I guess crystals are alive in some way force wise. Orange sabres are light sabres with the crystals only made to bleed a bit hence orange, not red. I have no idea if this is canon or not, just heard it from a guy on RUclips.
Fun fact, Ewan Mcgregor’s wife actually plays as Hera in the Ahsoka series. And Hayden will be back as Anakin Skywalker for flashbacks as well which I cannot wait forrrrr
Do people not think theres a direction in seson 3 of Mando? Its been quite clear the whole seasons about reclaiming mandalore and combining the Mandolorian sects
The thing with Mandalorian Season 3 is....Din doesn't have a huge goal. He is more for bounty hunting and helping friends and he doesn't want to lead a huge crowed of people. His Goal in Season 1 was at first Bounty Hunter stuff but then came Grogu and he wanted to protect Grogu and bring him to his Jedi friends. Mission done. Plot of Season 1 and 2 is finished. Bo Katan on the other hand wanted to unit all the Mandalorians. The overall goal of Season 3 and most likely also Season 4 is to unit all Mandalorians. BUT that can't happen instantly... the story needs to evolve and that takes time. It is funny that people criticize Season 3 but forget that all the other shows like Clone Wars and Rebels even have the same issue.
The question when does the Rebels epilogue happen after or before long hair Sabine and Grey Ahsoka. I think Ahsoka the White and Short Hair Sabine in the epilogue is after.
Hera is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who married Ewan McGregor last year. The lightsabers were orange, not red. Dave Filoni hinted that there will be a specific reason why.
Anyone else think the Inquisitor with the Inquisitor blade is Ezra? I haven't looked anything up so I don't know if that character was confirmed to be someone we know. Seems like he could be the right build/height etc.
There will be a movie directed by Dave Filoni that will be the ending of the "Filoniverse" (The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett and Ashoka). My guess is that the final villain of all will be Thrawn so... Exciting times to be a Star Wars fan.
Yes. Ezra! This looks great 🙌🏾 This a still going around of Sabiene in her Mando armor & shirt hair-Love itttt. I need to see her with her Mandos. PS. MOST Reactors I follow DO watch trailers multiple times in their reaction vids. Just saying, feel free! 🤷🏾♂️
Those are dark side users not necessarily siths but the man is the master of the girl and they where both ex jedis that survived order 66 that switched to the dark side
I would recommend to either read or listen to the Heir to the Empire series to get a really good feel for Thrawn. Plus betting both will enjoy Mara Jade. One of the best EU books and this series would have been the perfect sequel series to Return jedi
The lightsabers are actually orange, interested who the 2 wielding them will be! Very exited for this show.
It's already announced Ray Stevenson is playing Baylon Skoll and the other is his apprentice Shin Hati. Most likely both are the first live-action introductions of Dark Jedi. But no one knows for sure yet.
The sense given from interviews is that these are two Jedi who escaped Order 66 by going into the unknown regions of the galaxy. You can see the woman (Shin) has a padawan braid in the one shot. My guess is whatever they had to do to survive in the unknown regions made them tap into the dark side and they are now some kind of force user we've never seen before. not Light Jedi, not dark-side only Sith but something... else. Really excited to see what they do about that.
The female bad guy is actually using Kanan's missing Saber hilt..
They might be acolytes from the beyond..
Clearly dark side cultists. Probably Acolytes from the beyond like Dev said.
3:04 it’s confirm the voice of thrawn, lars mikkelson is also playing him live fof ahsoka show.
Also the name drop “heir to the empire” is the name of the book that thrawn appeared in many years ago before Disney bought the franchise.
yea, but is it a flashback? or how did he and ezra travel in space with a ship that had no window/forcefield and if he somehow survived, then so have Ezra
@@Belnick6666 Highly likely it's not a flashback. I dunno if you've noticed, but Grand Admiral Thrawn is shaping up to be the Thanos of the Mandoverse, so he most definitely survived. And they won't bring him and Lars Mikkelsen in for a simple flashback 😂
@@Belnick6666 definitely not a flashback
@@Belnick6666 Maul survived being cut in half and falling to his death, Vader survived being dismembered and burned alive, several characters survived their ship being open to the void, do i have to go on ? Even Thrawn got shot half a dozen times in the chest in a skirmish and got out of it just fine in the canon books. I think they can both overcome a bunch of space whales and broken windows 😂
@@Belnick6666 I haven't seen Rebels, but from what you said Ezra could use the Force to keep them alive in the ship. I know Thrawn from the books though and am pretty happy they're making him canon in live action now.
Yes that was Ezra in the hologram. It is the recording that he left before going on Thrawn's ship in the last episode of Rebels
When Ahsoka said “Heir to the Empire” I LOST IT. That’s a reference to the Thrawn trilogy of novels from Legends which chronologically speaking, is around the same time as the Mandoverse
I lost it as well. I've been waiting since I was a kid in the 90s for a live adaption of something Heir to the Empire related. I honestly had high hopes that they might do the Heir to the Empire as the sequel trilogy, but they decanonized it at the time. I was so disappointed and figured we'd never see it.
Thankfully, they made Thrawn canon again in one of the animated series. And now they're going to do (hopefully) an adaption of the basic storyline with some changes of course. No original OT cast of course, but maybe that's where the Ghost crew come in. If Rebels ended where it did, then that would make sense why both Ezra and Thrawn weren't around during the events of the OT: they would have been pushed into the uncharted/undiscovered areas of space around the galaxy. They could pull elements from all the Zahn books like Thrawn's backstory, we might see the Chiss Ascendancy, and of course a season could end with a reveal of the Grysk threat that Thrawn is trying to protect his people from using the Empire's military might. Even more interesting if the Rebels and Imperials under Thrawn have to ally temporarily just for survival purposes.
Hayden and Ahsoka will talk and fight on mustafar!
They confirmed at Star Wars: Celebration this weekend that Dave Filoni will be directing a movie that will bring all of the mandoverse shows together!!
AKA Star Wars Heaven
@@domingorubies656 aw yeah! And Kathleen Kennedy said the opening crawls are coming back!! Can you imagine sitting in a theater, about to see Mando and grogu on the big screen, and we get a traditional star wars opening? 🤯
The mandoverse is just Star Wars it’s all canon
@@braedon7127 yeah but do you really want to lump the Mandoverse in with the Sequel Trilogy?
@@theaces3697 Doesn’t really matter what we want. Regardless of what you may like or dislike of the three existing trilogies, they’re part of the timeline Lucasfilm is using. Which means every single plot point from every single show and movie leads to the next major event. And they’ve been stressing the importance of cloning in the Star Wars universe lately. Clearly trying to set up a more clear explanation of how Palpatine survived after episode 6.
I read some comments where people noticed that the two wielding the blood orange sabers named Baylon Sköll and Shin Hati… Their last names might be a reference to Norse mythology’s Sköll and Hati the two wolves who chase the sun and moon. Pretty cool reference in my opinion
I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that Filoni really likes wolves so that would definitely seem likely. SW Rebels even uses Loth Wolves, so that would be consistent.
@@bhar2855 Ahhh I see
Their names also have another meaning. Skoll means “One Who Mocks” and Hati means “One Who Hates.”
@@Megaproductions302 very interesting
The robot at the end there is voiced by David Tennant (Kilgrave) and he appeared in the youngling lightsabers episodes in Clone Wars. Is Ahsoka making a nrw lightsaber perhaps?
I think it's going to be Ezra. He left his lightsaber with Sabine.
Glad you guys have finished watching Rebels. It is recommended for Ahsoka. I’m just so happy to see my girl Sabine!! I love her so much & the crew of them is amazing. I can’t wait for this
Sabine ? I've never seen her without armor on
Can't wait to see this show along with you guys. You guys make my day with every upload. Thank you, my favorite people 😊
So this is basically the Thrawn book Trilogy with Ahsoka inserted into the story And I AM HERE FOR IT! The two Force Wielders are most likely working for Thrawn. The Question is, will we get Mara Jade, the Emperor's Hand.
I interpret the trailer as a loose adaptation of Heir to the Empire trilogy with the Phoenix cell taking the place of the OT cast. And by extension, the Shin character could be the stand in for Mara Jade while Baylan could be the stand in for Joruus C'baoth. Food for thought right?
@@cd5sircoupe Yes I was also thinking that after my comment, it's been a while since I read the books. I'm just excited we actually get a live action Thrawn.
@@cd5sircoupe but if luke isn't included i will be extremely disappointed
@@Mitthradata I wouldn't expect much more than what we got of him in Mando & BoBF. He could definitely be present, but it'll be as a side character.
If mara is in it I hope they make some small changes to her character.
Grand Admiral Thrawn came out in the novels about 25 years ago. He was and is an amazing character. Timothy Zahn wrote a trilogy of books that easily could have been made as the true sequel trilogy to the original movies.
Anyway, Timothy Zahn has written even more books featuring Thrawn. And I think Thrawn is interpreted well in Star Wars Rebels. So I'm super excited to see him in live-action with Ahsoka!
2:58.
It is confirmed: Lars Mikkelsen who also voiced Thrawn in rebels will be playing the live action version!
As a fellow dane this makes me very happy!
3:38 huyang, the padawan teacher from clone wars. Voiced by David tenant which you both know as killgrave from Jessica jones.
Grand Admiral Thrawn will be played by the same actor that did his voice in Rebels Lars Mikkelsen, brother of Mads Mikkelsen who played Galen Erso in Rogue One.
Its exciting to see that Lars Mikkelson (Mads Mikkelsons older brother) who voiced Grand Admiral Thrawn in Rebels will be reprising the role in live action
It could just be an Easter egg, but "Heir to the Empire" is a reference to the first SW novel to feature Thrawn, which was also the first novel in what is now called Legends.
Im super excited for this!! It looks amazing. Ive been loving all the star wars disney+ shows. Holden, I would recommend reading the Heir to the Empire book trilogy as it seems this series will be based off of that story, loosely.
Also, I know its not him but doesnt anyone else think Ray Stevenson's character looks almost identical to Emperor Valkorion from The Old Republic?? If they did a live action of that character, he would look exactly like that!!
He looks pretty close to Valkorion, yeah. Sam Neill was the model for Valkorion, who is awesome in 'Peaky Blinders,' too, so if Valkorion ever does get to live-action, Mr. Neill would be my choice to play him (again)
I hope one day months down the road you will post the best episode reactions of Rebels here. We do not need all the reactions, just the best of the best. The season 1 finale, s2 premiere, Rex return, Zeb and Agent Kallus becoming friends, Ashoka learning who Vader is, Twilight of the Aoprentice, Sabine learning the Darksaber, Maul v Obi, Kanan’s sacrifice, a world between worlds, and the finale
Only need like 10-12 videos total, would be lots of fun
Just to provide a bit more emphasis on the importance of the origin of Thrawn, the trilogy of novels he started in was kind of like Iron Man (2008) for creating this idea of a Star Wars Expanded Universe. Before then there were just the three movies for the world building. There were games and comics, but they weren't really regarded as attempting to flesh out the Star Wars lore.
Following the original Thrawn trilogy, there was an explosion of other stories and products that was trying to build out a unified setting founded on the movies and the introduction of the idea of "Canon." It was critical for keeping interest in Star Wars throughout the 90's, and the Thrawn trilogy is one of the few sources of material that actually influenced George Lucas, and now Dave Filoni.
I’m happy you guys are seeing stuff now. I saw Ahsoka footage about a year ago and knew it was Rebels heavy. Also the droid is Huyang from the youngling episode of Clone Wars.
Hoping we get to see the Chiss (thrawn ppl) Ascendancy in this show. The books mention them being their own nation of some sorts hidden within the unknown sector of space. They are pretty much dark elves based on how their culture works. And the trope of dark elves in fantasy is they make deals to gain powers be dark magic. Commonly by A. A god or B. A lich. In Star Wars the equivalent of the lich is Palpatine with how much he wants to cheat death (clones of him and wanting access to “world between worlds”) and his origins why he became a sith.
In books thrawn acts as an envoy of his ppl to the empire and palpatine will offer resources and other things to them. So I wouldn’t be surprised if whatever left of palpatine (for all we know he is barely alive, mummy like husk) is at the ascendancy. Their resources trying fo keep him alive longer and in return possibly sith knowledge or ancient force history like The Ones he tells them.
Yes, but Thrawn was sent purposely to the Empire as the Chiss figured that the Empire's military prowess would protect them against the Grysk. They also wanted one of their own to be deep in the Empire's ranks and highly favoured in the event that Palpatine decided to try to backstab and conquer them. Thrawn was kind of like their ace in the hole in that aspect. He could use his influence to recommend no attack or warn the Chiss if something like that happened. Remember, Thrawn was not happy about the Death Star being built and was upfront about that to the Emperor. He was concerned that Palpatine might use it against his people and that Palpatine was diverting too many resources to build it when they could be used elsewhere.
I think it would be really interesting to see the Chiss Ascendancy and how they operate in live action. We know even though Thrawn was "exiled" (aka to get him into the Empire ranks) he still has ways of communicating with his homeworld and has contacts there.
The man with the salt and pepper beard is Ray Stevenson he is a dark force user named Baylon allied with Thrawn
And the woman dark force user is called shinn
well you just saw The ending of rebels but live action 😂 But yeah there's a second trailer already out it was on RUclips I saved it to my computer and it was deleted a few hours later showed a bunch of things. thrawns face, Among other cool scenes lothal highway speeder chase , And a few other things, I don't know why they don't release that trailer because it was even more hard hitting
there’s an extended trailer out you should watch that before it gets taken down it shows more & is better
For me, this is the most excited I've been with Star Wars and that's saying something! Ahsoka just holds such a dear place at my heart that it's hard to not get emotional seeing that trailer. I can't wait!!!
Yes the ones you think who they are, are who you think. The Lightsaber are more orange. The new guy is Ray Stevenson, who played Edward Teach aka Blackbeard from Black Sails. Heir to the Empire is the book series by Timothy Zahn that brought Grand Admiral Thrawn. His is played Lars Mikkelsen, the Voice Actor that played him in Rebles.
Hey, Holden and Jen!
The robot HUYANG is from "Clone Wars". He is voiced by DAVID TENNANT best known as Kilgrave from "Jessica Jones" and as an iteration of Doctor Who.
AHSOKA TANO originated in "Clone Wars" and has three "Tales of the Jedi" episodes dedicated to her. She made her transition to live-action in "The Mandalorian" played by ROSARIO DAWSON.
SABINE WREN, with the colored hair, originated in "Rebels" and wielded the DARKSABER.
HERA SYNDULLA, the green Twi'lek, originated in "Rebels" and her origin was told in "The Bad Batch". MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD is playing her.
Her father, CHAM SYNDULLA, is from "Clone Wars".
CHOPPER the astromech is from "Rebels".
The hologram is probably EZRA BRIDGER from "Rebels".
MON MOTHMA is from the movies but has been fleshed out in "Andor". GENEVIEVE O'REILLY reprises the role. At this point in the timeline, she is the CHANCELLOR of the NEW REPUBLIC whose capital is now her homeworld of CHANDRILA.
Diana Inosanto played MAGISTRATE MORGAN ELSBETH on "The Mandalorian" and is BRUCE LEE's goddaughter.
GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN, the blue-skinned Chiss tactical genius, originated in the Timothy Zahn book trilogy known as the THRAWN TRILOGY. He appeared as a primary antagonist in "Rebels" and is being portrayed by the same voice actor LARS MIKKELSEN best known from "The Witcher".
'HEIR TO THE EMPIRE' is the first book of the Thrawn Trilogy. ROSARIO DAWSON says the phrase.
RAY STEVENSON of "Rome" and the MCU's Volstagg is playing a Dark Jedi. He also voiced GAR SAXON in "Clone Wars" and "Rebels".
THE WORLD BETWEEN WORLDS is the star chamber through which different times can be accessed.
THE SPIRE structure is Ezra's home on Lothal.
Hera is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, which is Ewan McGregor's wife
By the way, it doesn't seem like you're aware of this, so just to let you know, Thrawn has been around since 1991, when Timothy Zahn wrote a trilogy of books that for many people kept Star Wars alive between the originals and the prequels. He was the Sherlock Holmes type character taking over the Empire after RotJ (The first book was actually called Heir to the Empire, which is why Ahsoka calls him that in this trailer), and he got massively, massively popular. So I remember the excitement when they brought him into Rebels in the Season 3 trailer premiering at Celebration, the whole room gave a standing ovation because Filoni pulled him from Legends and made him canon. Now it's almost a deja vu experience with them doing the same thing for his live action debut (both trailers introduced him with a shot of his back, I think, too). So Thrawn has a much longer and broader history than just his role in Rebels. By now, there have also been 10 books written about him, 4 legends, 6 canon
The droid who says Perhaps it is time to begin again is a character from Clone Wars and I’m excited to see him again! Also when they had the title Jedi pop up for her I SCREAMED cause Ahsoka might be completing her training
4:48 These are completely new characters. The older man is a dark Jedi called Baylon Scoll. The woman with the lightsaber is called Shin Hati.
Both of these people are not inquisitors.
Skoll (not Scott) and Hati (not Hutti)
@@DenisSong Hmm … strange. I saw it written the other way around. But I‘ll make the adjustments immediately. Thank you.
Good reaction, Holden and Wife. This is going to be really good.
I'm happy that you guys are excited for this, even if being cautious, it seems it is a great time to be a Star Wars fan
-this
-Jedi Survivor
-Another season of Tales of the Jedi
-Andor
-The Mandalorian (even if season 3 isn't going as hard, it is still part of the big picture)
-Bad Batch, speaking of which, 3rd/final season has been confirmed, so I hope you guys consider watching it whenever you have some free space since you enjoyed the characters, the rise of The Empire focus is cool and, then again, it is a pretty short show
also Visions part 2!!
Just did my reaction ! Ahhhhhhh my fav padawan is back!
What’s really crazy is..think how far we’ve come in terms of animation from say..Jonny Quest, to now..! The animation I find just as satisfying as live action or even more so for storytelling especially in terms of fantasy/sci fi …
Chopper in in rogue one if you look carefully and hera is mentioned over the comms. PLUS! the Ghost takes part in the Battle of Skariff
I am so excited for Ahsoka!
I'm curious to see what the Orange sabers mean. Considering that Sith only use Red sabers.
Maybe some sort of Jedi that isn’t completely evil
Those are Blood Orange Sabers being wielded by Dark Jedi (Anit-Heroes I think?). Ahsoka said Thrawn is the "Heir to the Empire" which is the name of the comic Thrawn was first introduced.
Also about The Mandalorian seasons, are about All Mandalorians not just Jin Darin this is important because word on the street from Lucas Films is David Filoni is directing his FIRST live action movie and it will be a combination of The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett, Andor and Ahsoka. I thinking some Avenger style movie. But of course we'll have to wait and see..
I wonder if some of these characters are Emperor's Hands, like Mara Jade was, who coincidentally first appeared in Heir To The Empire, which was Thrawn's first appearance in Legends.
The hologram guy was Ezra. The guy who voices Thrawn in Rebels is playing him in Ahsoka.
Nope. Different actors.
@@vermontmike9800 Lars Mikkelsen, the voice actor for Thrawn in Rebels, has been confirmed to play Thrawn in live action. He even did an interview stating that.
@@mish375 yes, I know. The original comment I replied to was changed/deleted.
@@vermontmike9800 Ah okay. Didn't realize there was another comment there.
@@mish375 I’m stoked for Lars!
Here Thrawn is played by lars Mikkelsen who also voiced Thrawn in rebels.....the best news of the day for Thrawn fans
A few points of interest: We see a clear inspiration and homage to the original book series by Timothy Zahn, the so-called Thrawn trilogy from legends. In the trailer, Ahsoka even says the name of the first book, Heir of the Empire. Orange lightsabers are unprofessionally homemade, unstable, similar to Kylo Ren's. This is a reference to the Dark Forces Jedi Knight game series, where the dark Jedi cult had such swords. From this series, we could already see Dark Troopers used in The Mandalorian. Filoni is a big fan of Legends and uses the best of them in the canon. Dark Jedi - not inquisitors, there are speculations in the trailer that it will be Jorus C'Baoth and Mara Jade. We see Ezra for the first time on the hologram. Hera actor is the wife of Ewan McGregor :)
Heir to the Empire great book series and intro to Thrawn. Xwing and Tie Fighter video games from late 90s brought us more Thrawn and the Tie Advanced fighters that we got to see in Rebels. Finally Thrawn in live action! I’m stoked.
Now that you've watched Rebels, you might be interested to know that Chopper and the Ghost make cameos in Rogue One and Hera is paged on Yavin IV.
I finished rebels 4-5 years ago and thrawn is my favorite sw character so I am so beyond excited to see the ahsoka show!!! Also fun fact that droid at the end of the trailer is David tennant who played the same character in the clone wars
You guys have got to watch the entirety of rebels man. It's vital
They did, 0:22
They literally said in this video that they did lol
That guy with the red lightsabers is actor ray stevens not sure what her character name but I liked him he was also the punisher in the punisher warzone movie
The Heir to the Empire storyline where Thrawn was introduced in Legends was considered the sequels to the original trilogy before what we have today. I'm interested to see how they're going to mix legends lore here with the Rebels characters as well as the Mando storyline which was confirmed to all culminate in a film directed by Dave Filoni. I'm apprehensive but optimistic!
3:34 You met the droid, Master Huyiang, before in the youngling-arc of Clone Wars.
Can’t wait! David Tennant is back!!
I just started season 2 of Clone Wars, so I've got a LOT LOT LOT of catching up to do before I get to Rebels. ARGH!!! 😀
I have not seen any of the cartoon shows. But after reading all of the extended universe books, seeing Thrawn in a show and hearing the words "Heir to the Empire" was pretty exciting.
Natasha Liu Bordizzo is playing Sabine which I'll be liking as she a Australia like myself and Hera is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead which is Ewan McGregor wife. All these shows are going to lead up to the movie can't wait for that movie. The next Stars Wars is going be in Japan 2025. The guy who plays Thrawn is the guy who does it in Rebels Lars Mikkelsen which the show he will be it in the show too.
Still waiting for your Rebels videos to be posted on RUclips
Glad you guys were able to catch up and finish Rebels before this. Heh, we over here at Abstract Tiger have been affectionately calling the Ahsoka series "Rebels season 5" Lol. Curious though, are you going to release Rebels to YT like you did for Clone Wars? Anyways, love you guys and the doggos!
I was lucky enough to get to see the Lucasfilm panel at Celebration and let me tell you the Acolyte trailer looked great as well. While Ahsoka seems to be scratching that 90s era Star Wars Expanded Universe itch with Thrawn and a potential ‘Heir to the Empire’ adaption. The Acolyte has that early 00s prequel aesthetic, multiple Jedi feeling nailed down.
I'm curious, if now that you are finished with rebels, if you will start releasing them on the youtube channel as you did with clone wars too? Of course i understand wanting to have the finale, well the entire 4th season for a while exclusive but if you'd start with season 1 episode 1 this month and tickled it out like you did with clone wars that would be plenty of an exclusivity window
There’s also speculation that in the final scene of the trailer, Ahsoka is fighting Barris Offee from the Clone Wars series because after she was arrested we never know what happens to her when the whole Order 66 stuff happens
Hopefully one day you guys will release your Rebels reactions for us poor folk out here like you did for The Clone Wars. :)
I LOVE Jenn’s shirt/blanket combo . . . It just screams chic!
jk Jenn… LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Will the rebels reactions be posted to RUclips eventually?
When do we get to see your Rebels Finale reaction can’t wait🙌
2:40 Orange. The Lightsabers are orange.
I've heard a theory that red lightsabres are actually caused by crystals that are made to bleed by the dark side, I guess crystals are alive in some way force wise. Orange sabres are light sabres with the crystals only made to bleed a bit hence orange, not red. I have no idea if this is canon or not, just heard it from a guy on RUclips.
Fun fact, Ewan Mcgregor’s wife actually plays as Hera in the Ahsoka series. And Hayden will be back as Anakin Skywalker for flashbacks as well which I cannot wait forrrrr
Holden do the Rocky franchise please ❤
Do people not think theres a direction in seson 3 of Mando? Its been quite clear the whole seasons about reclaiming mandalore and combining the Mandolorian sects
Thrawn is played by Lars Mikkelsen.
Mikkelsen portrayed Thrawn already in Rebels before.
ezra in the hologram, vikings show older athelstan as orange lightsaber dude, and LARS MIKKELSEN AS GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWWWWNNN
The thing with Mandalorian Season 3 is....Din doesn't have a huge goal. He is more for bounty hunting and helping friends and he doesn't want to lead a huge crowed of people.
His Goal in Season 1 was at first Bounty Hunter stuff but then came Grogu and he wanted to protect Grogu and bring him to his Jedi friends. Mission done. Plot of Season 1 and 2 is finished.
Bo Katan on the other hand wanted to unit all the Mandalorians.
The overall goal of Season 3 and most likely also Season 4 is to unit all Mandalorians.
BUT that can't happen instantly... the story needs to evolve and that takes time.
It is funny that people criticize Season 3 but forget that all the other shows like Clone Wars and Rebels even have the same issue.
The question when does the Rebels epilogue happen after or before long hair Sabine and Grey Ahsoka.
I think Ahsoka the White and Short Hair Sabine in the epilogue is after.
just so you know ''Heir to the Empire'' is the first book of a thrawn trilogy which came out in the '90s.
the pillars at the start looked real unreal enginish hehe
The fight at 3:13 looks like it’s taking place in the world between worlds where Ezra saved Ahsoka in Rebels. Can’t wait for this show.
It’s too rocky to be the world between worlds
Heir to the Empire by Zahn...greatest Star Wars trilogy ever written. I pray they do it even 50% justice.
Massive W deciding to watch Rebels.
Hera is played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who married Ewan McGregor last year.
The lightsabers were orange, not red. Dave Filoni hinted that there will be a specific reason why.
Anyone else think the Inquisitor with the Inquisitor blade is Ezra? I haven't looked anything up so I don't know if that character was confirmed to be someone we know. Seems like he could be the right build/height etc.
These new force users are either from the Old Republic or they're bringing Outbound Flight to canon and these two were brought back with Thrawn.
The Mandalorian is now 'The Bo Katan'
That circle lightsaber move that Ahsoka does in the beginning is the same move she used to save herself & Rex in the Clone Wars finale.🧐
There will be a movie directed by Dave Filoni that will be the ending of the "Filoniverse" (The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett and Ashoka). My guess is that the final villain of all will be Thrawn so... Exciting times to be a Star Wars fan.
Will you put Rebels on youtube after finishing it like TCW ? Don't know if you mentioned anything before.
Heir to the Empire is the title of the EU novel that first introduced Thrawn. Looks like this show will take elements from that trilogy of novels...
Any chance you would drop your Rebels watch through on RUclips at some point?
We probably will down the line
@@HoldenHardman That's great, I loved your TCW/Tales of the Jedi reactions
Yes. Ezra! This looks great 🙌🏾 This a still going around of Sabiene in her Mando armor & shirt hair-Love itttt. I need to see her with her Mandos. PS. MOST Reactors I follow DO watch trailers multiple times in their reaction vids. Just saying, feel free! 🤷🏾♂️
3:21 The guy with the double-bladed lightsaber is highly likely an inquisitor due to his sword design.
Will you guys be putting the Rebels reaction on here someday?
Will y’all be posting your rebels reactions on RUclips?
Im so glad they announced lars mikkelsen is returning as grand admiral thrawne in live action
Imagine you had to wait over 5 years for the continuation of Rebels.
Why are you guys not reacting to other recently launched trailers from the past week. Please try to cover those big fan of you two ❤❤
I’m just curious if ye are planning on releasing your rebels reactions to RUclips at a later date like what ye did with clone wars
Filoni never misses 🥲
Those are dark side users not necessarily siths but the man is the master of the girl and they where both ex jedis that survived order 66 that switched to the dark side
2:39 The lightsabers are orange. (Important: They are not red.)
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE rebels ON THE CHANNEL HERE :)
Thrawn is being played by the man who voiced hin on Rebels
I would recommend to either read or listen to the Heir to the Empire series to get a really good feel for Thrawn. Plus betting both will enjoy Mara Jade. One of the best EU books and this series would have been the perfect sequel series to Return jedi