Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals If He’d Play Thrawn in The Mandalorian

Benedict Cumberbatch has not had a chance to get caught up on The Mandalorian. The British actor has been hard at work filming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He has also not heard of the fan-casting rumors that have him as a favorite to play the villainous Grand Admiral Thrawn in The Mandalorian Season 3, although he didn’t need to hear much about the character to make up his mind about his potential involvement. For those of you not in the know (yours truly included), Thrawn was a major character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, first appearing in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. An Imperial commander who takes control of the Empire’s scattered forces after the death of the Emperor at the end of Return of the Jedi, Thrawn has remained a fan-favorite character whose popularity was so strong it allowed him to survive Lucasfilm’s purging of the EU timeline prior to the release of The Force Awakens; Thrawn appeared in Seasons 3 and 4 of the animated series Star Wars Rebels, and was name-dropp