Mumm-Ra [ThunderCats 2011]?

 

What, or who was Mumm-Ra in the ThunderCats 2011 series? An alien, or some muted and unnaturally preserved human?

In its short time we got a surprising number of answers (and surprising answers!) from the ThunderCats 2011 series. The entire history of the Animals of Third Earth is laid out for us, providing greater context to the overall conflict.

Yet the series antagonist, Mumm-Ra remains an enigma.