The Mandalorian & Grogu director Jon Favreau recently revealed why Lars Mikkelsen's Grand Admiral Thrawn wasn't in the film, and it wasn't because of a story issue. The Mandalorian & Grogu was recently released by Disney and Lucasfilm and marked the first Star Wars theatrical release since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker. So far, the film has not performed well at the box office, especially considering it is a Star Wars movie, and has gotten mixed reactions from fans. One aspect of the film nearly everyone has criticized is how self-contained it is, as many felt that it should have connected with the rest of the MandoVerse.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Jon Favreau (the creator and showrunner of Disney+'s The Mandalorian and the director of The Mandalorian & Grogu) revealed that there was one major reason Grand Admiral Thrawn did not show up in the recently released film. For reference, Thrawn was a major character in Ahsoka Season 1, which is connected to The Mandalorian within the MandoVerse, and it seemed as though Ahsoka Season 1 primed Thrawn to make an appearance in the next Mandalorian project due to him making it back to the regular Star Wars galaxy at the end of Ahsoka and waging war on the New Republic. Read full article on The Direct.