'Star Wars Rebels' finale: Watch Thrawn throw down
Star Wars Rebels wraps up a strong third season this weekend -- and a long-anticipated showdown between Imperial and Rebel forces is here.
The season introduced the Empire's Grand Admiral Thrawn, a fan favorite character from old Star Wars novels known for his enlightened strategic cunning. Thrawn tends to win his battles with brain, not brawn.
But in this clip from the Rebels finale, exclusive to Mashable, Thrawn shows he's not above using fisticuffs when necessary.
The Grand Admiral discovers a Rebel spy in his own ranks -- Agent Kallus, an officer who has adopted the codename "Fulcrum" once used by former Jedi padawan Ahsoka Tano.
Now that his cover's blown, the Rebel plan to take our heroes' planet of Lothal is in jeopardy. And from the full trailer for the finale, it seems the Rebels are as overmatched by the Imperial fleet as they are in Rogue One:
The Star Wars Rebels season 3 finale airs on Saturday March 25 -- and since the show has already been picked up for season 4, we doubt this is the last we've seen of Thrawn or his opponents.
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Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.
