Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Universe works as "Star Wars" "Legends" in 2014 and declared them non-canon to the franchise, but Thrawn was reintroduced back into the canon in the third season of the 3D CGI animated television series "Star Wars Rebels", where he was voiced by Lars Mikkelsen. "Rebels" is set at a point in the "Star Wars" timeline earlier than Thrawn's storylines in the "Legends" continuity and, as such, sees his defeat much earlier on, shortly before the events of the original 1977 film "Star Wars". Despite this, the character is mentioned as still being alive in the second season of the live-action web television series "The Mandalorian" (2020), which takes place a few years after "Return of the Jedi", much like the original Thrawn stories from "Legends". The character is also featured in a new "Thrawn" book trilogy by Zahn, consisting of "" (2017), "Thrawn: Alliances" (2018) and "Thrawn: Treason" (2019). Another book trilogy, called "Thrawn Ascendancy", began in September 2020 with "Book I: Chaos Rising" and "Book II: Greater Good" to be released in April 2021.