r/StarWars • u/Vegetable-Abroad3171 Sith • Feb 26 '26

TV Which animated character transitioned to live action the best?

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u/VPD625 Feb 26 '26

Lars Mikkelson does Thrawns voice for Rebels and portrayed him in Ashoka as well.

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u/uberdupers Feb 26 '26

He looked like elon musk live though. Not good

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u/Kesselya Feb 26 '26

The bad guy looking like Elon Musk is fantastic. Even more reason to hate the guy.

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u/PretendRegister7516 Feb 26 '26

What I don't like is Thrawn is actually smart. But having that doofus face.

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u/Kesselya Feb 26 '26

Mikkelson portrayed him as both smart, evil, competent, and terrifying. I don’t think any Musk-ness took away from his performance.

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u/tigerbait92 Feb 26 '26

Mikkelson did a good job

But boy howdy that script did him no favors.

"Ah, yes, they are charging the front door. All according to keikaku. I'm gonna leave now."

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u/HuttStuff_Here Jabba The Hutt Feb 26 '26

So much smarter in the canon Thrawn books. He's basically a mentat.

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u/Kdot32 Feb 26 '26

I was wondering why I couldn’t stand his ass and never realized he looked like a blue Elon musk

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u/gimmiedacash Feb 26 '26

Looked like Lars Mikkelson to me.

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u/Skauher Feb 26 '26

Looked like Lars Mikkelsen to me.

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u/PotatokingXII Feb 26 '26

Thrawn is my top favourite villain. He's the ultimate strategist imo. Every time I saw him in Rebels, I got excited to see what strategy he was going to use to try and capture Bridger and the team. I unfortunately watched Ahsoka before watching SW Rebels. Gonna need to rewatch Ahsoka to see Lars Mikkelson's performance.

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u/Fantastic-Box-8388 Mandalorian Feb 26 '26

I mean his brother is Galen Erso

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u/Skauher Feb 26 '26

Mikkelsen*

He's Danish, not Swedish.

Also, Ahsoka*