The modification artist that saves Fennec Shand's life is none other than Grammy award-winning artist Stephen Bruner, best known as Thundercat. Bruner grew up in a family of musicians (via Huck Magazine), and has played bass guitar in everything from thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, to funk and soul music on his most recent album "It Is What It Is." He's also played with Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, and Kenny Loggins, and he doesn't think music should have borders. He told Mixdown Magazine, "I find inspiration in everything; it comes and goes in different ways and I try to make myself available to it on many different levels."
A self-confessed comic, anime, and manga fan, his first job was at a comic book store when he was 10. "They couldn't pay me because I was too young — I got paid in comic books and toys and s***" (via The Face). According to The Atlanta Journal Constitution, in 2016, Thundercat brought a Jedi lightsaber to the Grammys when he collected one of his awards. When asked why, he replied, "Why wouldn't you have one?"
Seeing Thundercat show up in a "Star Wars" property feels like it was meant to be.
