Well, what was he meant to say? Richard E. Grant, recently confirmed to appear in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Episode 9, is renowned for his roles as nefarious evildoers. His turn in Logan was pretty underappreciated, though it seems to have caught the attention of the higher-ups as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lucasfilm. The internet, putting two and two together, assumed he’d then be playing a fan-favou♔rite villain – but that doesn’t appear to be the case, judging by a new interview.

Speaking to the , Grant was confronted with a question about how he’s preparing to play General Admiral Thrawn. His ans🎉wer was unequivocal: “I’m not playing the Star Wars character you just mentioned.” Well, that’s that then…

…or is it? Grant goes on to say “I’m not allowed to tell you anything. Otherwise I would be fired,” as well as revealing Star Wars 9 has “a complete lockdown on any information whatsoever.” So, of course he would say that. It’s also pretty damওning, too, that he already knows Thrawn is a Star Wars character, despite the blue-skinned baddie not being that well-known (if it all) to anyone but die-hard Star Wars fans.

For now, we’ll have to wait and see. An official denial is still never quite of🐠fi🗹cial when it comes to the secrets-laden saga from a galaxy far, far away.

That, 🔯when coupled with a tweet responding to a mock-up of Grant being cast as Thrawn, a key character working for the Empire in the Star Wars Rebels show who was introduced in a series of Star Wars Extended Universe books in the 1990s, being . Maybe Lucasfilm told him to keep schtum after that? Or mayb🌼e, just maybe, Grant is channelling his inner-ne’er-do-well and taking us along for a ride? How very Thrawn of him.