Grand Admiral Thrawn
Thrawn is an Imperial military commander who has taken control of the Galactic Empire’s remaining forces. He first appeared in the 1991 Timothy Zahn novel Heir to the Empire. His backstory is explored in various other novels, short stories, comics, and video games. He was reintroduced back into the canon in the third season of the 3D CGI animated television series Star Wars Rebels.
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Grand Admiral Thrawn is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is an Imperial military commander who has taken control of the Galactic Empire’s remaining forces. He first appeared in the 1991 Timothy Zahn novel Heir to the Empire. His backstory is explored in various other novels, short stories, comics, and video games. He 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. Thrawn has been called one of the most significant and popular characters in the Legends continuity, and several Star Wars action figures and other merchandising have been produced of the character. The character is also featured in a new Thrawn book trilogy by Zahn, consisting of Star Wars: Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances and Treason. Another book trilogy, called Thrawn Ascendancy, began in September 2020 with Book I: Chaos Rising. He has been described as ‘diabolical, brilliant and ruthless’ and ‘the most brilliant of the Emperor’s minions’ The character’s full name is Mitth’raw’nuruodo, and he is a member of the alien Chiss species. He faces off against classic Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian in the Thrawn trilogy, but is ultimately defeated. He also appears in the 1997 audio drama Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire, voiced by Tim Russell in the first episode of the Dark Forces series. The series is set before the events of Return of the Jedi, and sees him defeat much earlier on, shortly before the original 1977 film Star Wars.
Despite this, the character is mentioned as still being alive in the secondSeason of the live-action web television series The Mandalorian, which takes place a few years after Return of The Jedi, much like the original Thrawn stories from Legends. In three seasons and four episodes of the animated series, he is voiced by computer computer Tris Tris and computer game Tris: TIE Fighter, voiced for the 1994 Star Wars game Star Wars TIE fighter, and for the audio drama The Dark Forces Dark Soldier Dark Soldier: Dark Soldier, Dark Soldier 2, and Dark Force Dark Soldier 3, respectively. Zahn describes Thrawn as a character deliberately establishing the Grand Admiral as a villain who leads not by coercion and fear but through valuing strategy and loyalty. He said in 2017: Most of the Imperial leaders we see in the movies rule through a combination of fear and manipulation. I wanted to create something different: a commander who could lead through loyalty. The result was Thrawn, a tactical genius whose troops follow him willingly, and who will fight for him whether or not he’s watching over their shoulders. He described Thrawn’s command style as considerably different from that of Darth Vader and other typical Imperial commanders; instead of punishing failure and dissent, Thrawn promotes creativity among his crew.
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