Witwer has had the opportunity to work on various Star Wars projects over the years, having voiced characters like Darth Maul and Emperor Palpatine on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels TV series.
The Star Wars episodic films will continue later this year with Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi.
He also lent his voice to the fan-favorite Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game character, Starkiller.
Humanizing people from the Empire seems to be a popular narrative thread in the Star Wars franchise right now.