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Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn"

Vurawn, (codename), Thrawn (core name)
Biographical and chronological information

Homeworld:

Csilla

Home universe:

Viau Universe

Ethnicity:

Csillan

Date of birth:

59 BBY (1365 NE)

Date of death:

794 BBY (2198 NE)

Physical and biological description

Species:

Chiss

Gender:

Male

Height:

1.8 meters

Weight:

83 kilograms

Hair color:

Black-Blue

Eye color:

Red

Skin color:

Blue

Societal and political information

Affiliation:

Rank:

Grand Admiral

Status:

Deceased

Sibling(s):

Cohbo'rik'ardok (older sister)

Marital status:

Single

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Mitth'raw'nuruodo, better known by his core name Thrawn (pronounced /Thråwn/), and misinterpreted as Mitthrawdo by Vicelord Siv Kav, was a male Chiss who served in the Imperial Navy and became the only non-Human Grand Admiral. Thrawn was regarded as one of the best commanders to serve under and a brilliant military strategist in the starfleet. His skills were appreciated enough by the reigning Sith Lords that he rose to a position of significant power despite the Empire's speciesistpolicies.

Thrawn hailed from Csilla, and made the first steps to his calling by becoming an officer in the Expansionary Defense Force of the Chiss Ascendancy in the Viau Skyriver's Unknown Regions, where he demonstrated his ruthless commitment to eradicating any and all threats to his people. These early menaces included an advance force of scouts of the Yuuzhan Vong species from outside the Viau Skyriver Galaxy, which were known to the Chiss as "Far Outsiders."He is also most likely to be the Founding Members of the Axis Joint Military. Thrawn served as an officer in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force for many years in the Unknown Regions, where he demonstrated his brilliance. However, many of Thrawn's ways were contrary to that of Chiss society that reject offensive and preventive strikes. In the first war, he first met Palpatine, then Darth Sidious, after having destroyed one of his private taskforces. However, they agreed with the threat posed by the Unknown Regions, and most notably the Yuuzhan Vong and in secret, study the strength and limits of the extra-dimensional empire, the Empire of the Combine Race. Although in the Multiversal conflict, the Chiss Grand Admiral was able to deal the Alliance of Civilizations during his leadership of the Empire in the Emperor's absence alongside Darth Vader , including the time it was made into a puppet state of the Combine.

Thrawn ultimately perished in the Great Battle of Bilbringi at the hand of Rukh, his Noghri bodyguard, who had recently learned that the Empire had betrayed his people. Though Thrawn was dead, he would be remembered as the genius tactician, consummate strategist, and Imperial leader who nearly brought down the Alliance.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Mitth'raw'nuruodo was born on the planet Csilla in 59 BBY (1365 NE) during the final decades of the Galactic Republic. His species, the Chiss, controlled an area of space in the part of the Skyriver galaxy known to those in the Republic as the Unknown Regions. He and his brother, Mitth'ras'safis, were born as commoners but, after joining the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force, Mitth'raw'nuruodo was taken as a merit adoptive in the Eighth Ruling Family of Chiss society. Mitth'ras'safis also joined the Eight Ruling Family, eventually becoming a Syndic within the family.

Though the practice of military officers becoming merit adoptives in the Ruling Families, and taking on the colors of their adoptive family, was common, they usually ceased belonging to the family upon leaving the military. Mitth'raw'nuruodo, however, soon reached the rank of commander—the youngest Chiss ever to achieve the rank—and impressed the Eighth Ruling Family enough during his early career to be considered a trial-born, with the possibility of becoming a permanent member of the family. His work with the Expansionary Defense Force gave him the opportunity to learn to speak several languages used throughout the Unknown Regions, including the trade languages Sy Bisti and Minnisiat, in addition to his native Cheunh.

The Vagaari[]

The Springhawk arrived back at Crustai base three days later, but as it was preparing to dock, the ship received a warning from a sentry vessel about a small group of Vagaari starships not far from the Chiss base. The Vagaari were pirates and slavers who had been moving through the region for ten years, raiding the weaker species they encountered. Since they'd never moved against the Chiss, Thrawn had not previously had any reason to engage them. With the Vagaari so close to Crustai, however, Thrawn ordered a micro-jump, taking the Springhawk into hyperspace and emerging near the intruders; two starfighters escorting a larger Vagaari vessel whose hyperdrive had already been disabled by the Chiss sentry. The Vagaari vessel turned to run, while its fighter escort moved against the Springhawk. When the fighters were quickly destroyed, the Vagaari opened fire on their Chiss pursuers. Their attacks followed a consistent pattern, which Thrawn was easily able to counteract, and the commander concluded that they were undermanned and not prepared for a fight—he decided that he would personally lead a boarding party to the Vagaari ship. Guided through the enemy ship by the Springhawk's sensors, Thrawn's boarding party secured the vessel within half an hour and he ordered the ship taken back to his base for study.

Thrawn returned to Crustai base during a routine survey by Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano of the Chiss's Fifth Ruling Family. Thrawn went to greet the Aristocra, taking the Humans with him, but having them escorted to guest quarters when the other Chiss showed no interest in talking to the aliens. Chaf'orm'bintrano was uneasy with the presence of the Humans, who he considered a potential threat, and also expressed his displeasure with Thrawn's attack on the Vagaari ship. The Chiss believed that preemptive strikes were immoral and that the Vagaari should be left alone until they moved against the Chiss. Thrawn, however, was unwilling to sit idly by while the Vagaari preyed on others. Emphasizing his point, he informed the Aristocra of the treasure his troops had found on the Vagaari vessel, items looted from worlds throughout the region. This was not enough to sway the other Chiss and Chaf'orm'bintrano left, still displeased with Thrawn's actions.

Thrawn later returned to the Vagaari ship, taking the Humans with him. He was curious whether they might recognize any of the artifacts aboard as coming from Republic space and wanted Qennto to pick some items for them to take as compensation for the delay, in turn establishing which artifacts were valuable. The group quickly identified some Frunchettan-sai art from the Outer Rim Territories, along with some Pashv art from Wild Space, and were impressed when Thrawn was able to describe both species, simply by observing their artwork. Thrawn continued to learn more of the Republic from the Humans, including knowledge of droids and the Jedi, both concepts previously unheard of by the Chiss. In language lessons with both Car'das and Ferasi, who, by now, had developed a serious crush on the Commander, Thrawn quickly took to Basic and, in turn, was impressed by the pair's progress with Minnisiat and Cheunh.

In time, Crustai received more visitors—Admiral Ar'alani of the Defense Hierarchy arrived to take possession of the captured Vagaari vessel, bringing Mitth'ras'safis along as a favor to the Eighth Ruling Family. Thrawn went to meet the admiral and his brother as they arrived, taking Car'das and Ferasi with him. Ar'alani was uncomfortable with the Humans in Crustai base, but Thrawn assured her that they were kept under constant surveillance and that he was learning much about them. He was soon informed a Vagaari attack was in progress and needed to distract Ar'alani while he investigated. He took the visitors on a tour of the captured Vagaari ship, eventually reaching the treasure room where Qennto was working. Ar'alani was suspicious of Qennto and insisted that she and Mitth'ras'safis take their inventory of the treasure, providing Thrawn with the distraction he needed. He made his excuses and departed with the Humans, though he expected to be disciplined upon his return.

Thrawn's intention was simply to observe the Vagaari and to only attack if he deemed them a sufficient threat to the Chiss. He, therefore, took Car'das and Ferasi along as independent witnesses. The Springhawk emerged from hyperspace in a safe area outside the battlezone. They soon observed around 200 ships of varying size involved in the battle, with a further 100 Vagaari vessels waiting on the other side of the nearby planet. Thrawn realized that the waiting ships were civilian, indicating that the Vagaari were a nomadic species and not simple pirates—unless they were all destroyed at once, they would simply escape into hyperspace and regroup. As he continued to observe the battle, Thrawn realized that the Vagaari were using several gravity well projectors to prevent their victims from escaping and decided to capture one of the vessels. He ordered his starfighters to jump to hyperspace on a course that took them through the target's gravity well, bringing them back to normal space near their objective. The Chiss fighters cleared the immediate area of any enemy vessels before Thrawn took the Springhawk to join them. An assault team was sent to the projector to neutralize the crew before Thrawn charged an engineering team with finding a way to secure it for transport.

While the engineers worked, Thrawn's forces moved to engage the approaching Vagaari defenders. A close look at the Vagaari warships revealed bubbles located around the hull—'living shields'—each containing a prisoner to discourage their enemies from attacking the ship. Knowing that the prisoners were already effectively dead, Thrawn ordered his forces to continue their attack but vowed to find a way to stop the Vagaari before more sentients could suffer the same fate. During the battle, the Springhawk's bridge was struck by Vagaari fire, causing a hull breach. Though the crew was already wearing enviro-suits, Thrawn's sustained a tear, and the commander was knocked unconscious in the explosion. Maris Ferasi attempted unsuccessfully to patch the hole, before lying across him to prevent the air from escaping. Chiss medics soon arrived and patched the suit, before taking Thrawn to the medical bay as the Springhawk fled to hyperspace. The Chiss engineers had succeeded in capturing the gravity well projector, which was later installed in the cruiser Whirlwind. Thrawn spent two hours undergoing medical treatment before he summoned the Humans to see him and thanked them for their efforts. He also told the pair that he hoped the Vagaari would be angry enough to attack the Chiss in retribution, giving his people the excuse to eliminate the Vagaari threat.

The Springhawk returned to Crustai to find that Ar'alani had confiscated the treasure and taken Qennto into custody before leaving. Thrawn released Qennto but informed the Humans that he would be unable to release the treasure until Ar'alani returned to present her case against him. While he spoke to the Humans and expressed his gratitude to Maris for saving his life, Thrawn was also visited by his brother, who had remained at Crustai. With four dead in the recent engagement, Mitth'ras'safis had no choice but to report the incident to the Ruling Families. He would try to portray it as a reconnaissance mission to protect his brother, but warned that the Eighth Ruling Family would disown the commander before they let him damage their reputation. Thrawn, however, was unwilling to turn his back while others suffered, though he would do everything he could to prevent his brother from sharing his fate

First Contact[]

By 27 BBY (1397 NE), Mitth'raw'nuruodo was the commanding officer of Picket Force Two, a small border patrol fleet based out of an asteroid in the Crustai system on the Chiss Ascendancy'sfrontier. He was tasked with overseeing the surveying of the system and anticipated that the second planet would be home to a Chiss colony within a few years. While out on patrol, his picket force came across a skirmish between two unknown ships. Deciding to intervene, Mitth'raw'nuruodo ordered his forces to fire Conner nets at both ships to disable them. While the first, a Corellian light freighter called the Bargain Hunter, was disabled easily, its pursuer, a vessel under the command of Progga the Hutt, opened fire on the Chiss vessels. Within six minutes the Hutt's vessel was destroyed and Mitth'raw'nuruodo had his starfighters escort the Corellian ship to his flagship, the Springhawk, while his forces began examining the wreckage.

During their initial meeting, Mitth'raw'nuruodo was intrigued by Car'das. The young Corellian spent his time looking around him, curious about his surroundings—a trait that Mitth'raw'nuruodo prized in others. When analysis of the Bargain Hunter suggested it was too small to cover the running costs by simply delivering cargo and too poorly armed to be a pirate vessel, Mitth'raw'nuruodo concluded that the Humans were smugglers. His suspicions were confirmed by the firegems hidden in their shipment of clothing but the commander decided to question Car'das on their true mission to determine whether he could trust the group. He summoned Car'das alone to meet with him and questioned him further. After Car'das admitted that they were smuggling the gems to avoid the customs fees associated with them, Mitth'raw'nuruodo explained that he was curious about the Humans and wanted their company for a while to learn more of their language and culture. In exchange for teaching him Galactic Basic Standard, Mitth'raw'nuruodo would satisfy Car'das's curiosity by teaching him and Maris Cheunh. Most of the time the three studied together, but later on, Car'das found out that Maris had secret separate lessons with the Commander as well. Since Thrawn had noticed that the Humans struggled to pronounce his name, he would also teach them the easier Minnisiat and suggested that they call him by his core name, Thrawn. As a prolonged stay at Crustai would delay delivery of their cargo, Thrawn also agreed to give them some valuables to offset any lateness penalties.

Alliance with Anakin Skywalker[]

Thrawn departed Csilla with sky-walker Che'ri to search for allies for the Ascendancy's coming conflict with the Nikardun. Their search was to take place within and beyond the Unknown Regions. While exploring the edge of the Chaos, Thrawn began teaching Che'ri how to fly a starship. Che'ri had drawn aerial landscapes, birds, and many other flying entities, and the Senior Captain recognized the young girl's desire to fly reflected in her drawings. Che'ri became more confident and admitted her love of flying, and came to believe that Thrawn was an excellent teacher.

Not long after reaching the Outer Rim Territories of "Lesser Space," Thrawn and Che'ri detected an energy shield far more advanced than the electrostatic barriers used for warship defense in the Unknown Regions. The energy shield was deployed to protect a Separatist base on the world of Mokivj which they would later discover was a battle droid factory.They also waited above the Outer Rim planet Batuu in search of possible allies and briefly spoke with Duja, whom they inferred to be a scout or spy for the Old Galactic Republic. Che'ri did not believe they would be able to catch up with Duja, but the Mitth senior captain was confident that Chiss hyperdrives and especially chiss sky-walker navigators were superior to those used by the Republic.

Jedi General Anakin Skywalker's Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor exited hyperspace above Batuu, and Thrawn saw artistic similarities with the design of Duja's ship. Thrawn's scout ship approached the Actis' hyperdrive ring, seeking to study it. Skywalker hailed the Chiss vessel in several languages until they could successfully communicated in the Meese Caulf trade language. The Jedi ordered Thrawn to withdraw from his hyperdrive ring. When Skywalker introduced himself, Thrawn was surprised by his last name, given that the same name "sky-walker" was used for the Chiss navigators. Although he was actually a Senior Captain, Thrawn introduced himself as Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo, an officer of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet. Thrawn sought Skywalker's assistance in learning of the pan-galactic Clone Wars and the state of the galaxy. The Jedi Knight agreed to help in return for Thrawn's assistance from Batuu locating Padmé Amidala and Duja. The pair descended to Batuu's surface along with the Jedi's astromech droid companion R2-D2. Che'ri was left alone to take care of Thrawn's ship and to deploy decoys when they would be needed. Skywalker told the Chiss about the Clone Wars, which saw the Confederacy of Independent Systems' Separatist Droid Army allayed against the Jedi and clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Thrawn and Skywalker found Padmé's H-type Nubian yacht in a small forest clearing thirty kilometers from the settlement known as Black Spire Outpost. There, Skywalker fought a group of smugglers upset at the presence of Amidala's ship in their landing spot, leading Thrawn to break up the fight. Together, he, Skywalker, and R2-D2 investigated Padmé's Nubian yacht. They found no sign of forced entry, but found logs indicating that Duja's ship, a Nomad Four, had left a week before Amidala's arrival. The two made arrangements to travel to Black Spire to continue their search.

Skywalker and Thrawn visited a cantina in Black Spire Outpost, where they asked the bartender about Padmé and Duja's whereabouts. The two were attacked by four assailants, but subdued and killed their attackers. Thrawn was wounded in the fight, but luckily his Chiss uniform absorbed and dissipated much of the energy from blasterfire. Thrawn deduced that the assailants had come to assassinate Skywalker and that a fifth companion was still at large. To track down the fifth companion, Skywalker came up with a plan to make it appear that one of the human assassins survived, wherein Skywalker would use the Force to animate the assassin's corpse. In the meantime, Thrawn installed listening devices at the cantina. Because of Skywalker's Force-sensitivity and employment of the Force in combat, Thrawn deduced that he was either a Jedi or a Sith. Because the Chiss myths of Jedi and Sith portrayed the Sith as clever and capable warriors, and because Skywalker had made careless mistakes in the skirmish, Thrawn inferred he was a Jedi.

Thrawn and R2-D2 returned to Skywalker's Jedi starfighter with the assassin's body. While Skywalker and R2 flew with the body, an explosion in the Actis' portside repulsorlift caused it to descend rapidly. Skywalker managed to regain control of the ship and landed it among the trees, where he was attacked by a droid assassin. Skywalker was able to use the Force to deflect the droid's fire back at it, disabling it. Skywalker soon encountered Thrawn, who had captured the fifth assailant. The two searched the assassin's Separatist freighter.

Lothal Campaign[]

Multiverse War[]

Heir to the Empire[]

Hunt for Voyager[]

Death at Bilbringi[]

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Meanwhile, the New Republic's efforts to remove the asteroids from Coruscant were meeting with limited success. In an effort to speed up the process, Admiral Ackbar and General Crix Madine planned to acquire a crystal gravfield trap. With the only three available CGTs located in Imperial space, the Alliance identified the one at Tangrene as the easiest target but, believing that it may be a trap, prepared a raid for the CGT at the Bilbringi Shipyards—providing the additional opportunity to hamper the Empire's shipbuilding capabilities. In order to cover their tracks, they began a misdirection campaign to make it appear that they were intent on hitting Tangrene. By the time Thrawn had completed the capture of Xa Fel, news had begun to reach the Imperials of New Republic movements near Tangrene but Thrawn saw through the deception and, despite Pellaeon's insistence that Tangrene was the target, began preparing the fleet to defend Bilbringi.

However, before Thrawn could depart for Bilbringi, news reached him that General Covell had been found dead shortly after arriving on Wayland. Suspecting C'baoth's involvement in the general's death, Thrawn decided that the time had come to deal with the Jedi Master and ordered Colonel Kleyn Selid to place him under arrest. Thrawn still had one final use for the Dark Jedi and planned to have C'baoth cloned—away from the ysalamiri effect and slow enough to avoid clone madness. However, the opportunity to clone C'baoth was soon lost, Jade led a Republic team to Wayland where C'baoth was killed in combat with Jade and Skywalker, before the Rebels destroyed Mount Tantiss itself.

Thrawn, unaware of events on Wayland, arrived at Bilbringi where he had the fleet take positions to trap the New Republic fleet as their Interdictors forced it out of hyperspace. His gamble proved correct when the Republic fleet fell into the trap. While the Interdictors prevented the Republic ships from escaping, Thrawn had his forces engage. The battle quickly went in favor of the Imperials and Pellaeon suggested allowing one ship to survive to tell of the Imperial victory—Thrawn agreed and designated Ackbar's command ship to escape, knowing that the inevitable allegations of incompetence would finally ruin the Mon Calamari's career. However, the battle soon took an unexpected turn. Talon Karrde, believing the New Republic would be attacking Tangrene, had organized a smuggler raid for the CGT at Bilbringi for the same time. Despite the unexpected battle raging around them, the smugglers proceeded with the plan and, while making their escape, attacked one of the shipyard's Golan II platforms, allowing the Alliance forces to move in on the shipyard itself, and forcing Thrawn to divide his fleet. However, before the Grand Admiral could respond to the new threat, news of the attack on Wayland arrived—including the involvement of a group of Noghri aiding the Republic team. After Thrawn left Honoghr, Leia Organa had been able to prove that the Empire was deceiving the Noghri—making it appear that they were helping to clean their world, while actually ensuring their perpetual service—and the Noghri had pledged themselves to serve the New Republic. News of the Noghri betrayal came too late and, as Thrawn sat in his command chair, Rukh turned on his master, stabbing him through the chest from behind before fleeing the bridge. As Thrawn died, Pellaeon was forced to admit defeat and ordered the Imperial forces to withdraw. In just six months since launching his campaign, Thrawn had extended the Empire's power to half the Skyriver galaxy but, with his death, the future of the Empire was once again uncertain and the infighting that had plagued it before his return soon resurfaced.

Attempted Rebirth[]

Thrawn's movement against the New Republic galvanized the remnants of the Empire to action, and uniting their forces, they were able to seize Coruscant and force the New Republic from the Core Worlds in a lightning campaign.However, they soon lapsed back into infighting, and ultimately, not even the return of Emperor Palpatine in a clone body in XXX ABY (2XXX NE) was enough to restore the Empire. The Reborn Emperor died at Onderon and the New Republic rapidly regained much of its lost territory by XXX ABY (XXXX NE).

The Empire's decline continued over the next ten years until, in XXX ABY (XXXX NE), the now Supreme Commander Gilad Pellaeon decided the time had come for a peace treaty with the New Republic. Pellaeon's plan met with opposition from many within the Council of Moffs, though all but one eventually accepted the need for peace. Only Moff Vilim Disra actively opposed peace, forming a triumvirate with a con artist called Flim and the clone of Major Grodin Tierce in a bid to prevent it. Disra would provide the political brains behind the scheme and Tierce, with his knowledge of Thrawn's own tactics, would oversee the military aspects. However, it was Flim who would serve as the focal point for the plot by impersonating Thrawn himself. Thrawn's apparent return undermined Pellaeon's position as Supreme Commander and Imperial forces soon began to rally around the Grand Admiral. Meanwhile, the triumvirate began a campaign to destabilize the New Republic by exploiting the crisis caused by the recent discovery of the Caamas Document in the rubble of Mount Tantiss. Rumors of the return of Thrawn reached the Empire of the Hand and prompted the Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo training academy on the planet Rhigar in the Rata Nebula to accelerate the training of their cadets in preparation for service with the Grand Admiral.

Meanwhile, the single clone of Thrawn, which was being grown at the Hand of Thrawn complex, had remained undisturbed for almost ten years. Voss Parck, Soontir Fel, and many Chiss soldiers had spent the previous decade continuing Thrawn's fight against threats from the Unknown Regions, staying out of contact with the Imperial Remnant while waiting for his prophesied return. Upon hearing HoloNet rumors that the Grand Admiral had returned to lead the Imperial Remnant, they decided to investigate further. However, Thrawn's goal had always been to protect the galaxy from the dangers it faced. With the Empire's strength greatly diminished, Thrawn may have decided to work with the New Republic instead. Therefore, they were unwilling to reveal their operation to the Empire itself and instead chose to make contact with Mara Jade and acquire her knowledge and expertise of both sides before making a decision.

Mara Jade was successfully lured to the Hand of Thrawn complex on Nirauan, with Luke Skywalker following after Karrde's people lost contact with her. With the help of the Qom Jha, the two infiltrated the Hand of Thrawn through the caves beneath, arriving in the hidden section which contained Thrawn's clone. After Jade rejected Parck's offer to join the Empire of the Hand and sabotaged their ships to prevent them contacting the Empire, she and Skywalker returned to explore the hidden section of the fortress. In the course of their investigation, the two discovered the cloning chamber and found a fully mature clone of Thrawn still in the cloning cylinder. The two were uncertain what to do with the clone—though he could represent a threat to the Alliance, since he was not actually Thrawn, he should not be held accountable for his predecessor's actions. However, while they decided what to do, they activated the room's security systems and came under attack from the sentinel droids. When their lightsabers proved ineffective against the droids' cortosis armor, Mara used her blade to cut through the cavern wall and flood it from the nearby lake, destroying the droids but cutting off their only escape route. Left with only one chance of escape, Mara cut through the transparisteel around the cloning alcove. When the water hit the generator, it exploded and blew a hole in the wall through which they escaped. However, Thrawn's clone was killed in the process. When the triumvirate's scam was revealed to Admiral Pellaeon by Talon Karrde and Shada D'ukal, using information they had received from Jorj Car'das, Parck had no further reason to contact the Empire, though the operation in the Unknown Regions would continue.

Legacy[]

After his death, Thrawn would be remembered as the genius tactician, consummate strategist, and Imperial leader who nearly brought down both the New Republic and the factions of the Alliance. Thrawn was viewed as a hero by some members of the Empire of the Hand, including one of Baron Fel's sons, the Chiss-raised Jagged Fel. However, most of his own people still intensely disliked him. Tuvok compared him to some of many greatest military minds such as Sun-Tzu, considering him a force who played a major role in the Beta Quadrant War in the 14th century New Era that almost destroyed the Federation without the support of the Alliance or the New Republic.

Although the death of his clone had brought Thrawn's career to a close, when Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano used the remains of Outbound Flight to draw out the Vagaari in 1XXX ABY (XXXX NE), giving the Chiss an excuse to attack them, Mara Jade Skywalker noted great changes in his behavior and wondered if Thrawn had somehow survived and was behind the recent events. Jean-luck

Intense debates on the outcome of the Battle of Bilbringi if Rukh had not killed Thrawn raged among historians for decades after the event. Ackbar himself insisted until his death that he could have vanquished Thrawn, and that the best possible outcome for the Chiss admiral was a draw. Many historians, however, suggested that the New Republic was about to be defeated, and Pellaeon later remembered that he and his commander were about to summon additional reinforcements from nearby Imperial controlled areas when Rukh had betrayed them. Additionally, Grand Moff Kaine insisted that he had been preparing to send an Imperial fleet and the Star Dreadnought Reaper to destroy Ackbar's forces just before he learned of Thrawn's death.

Many of Thrawn's tactics were later employed by Admiral Gial Ackbar, or General Garm Bel Ibilis. Notably, when Ackbar used the "Thrawn Pincer" during the Battle of Ciutric against Prince-Admiral Delak Krennel.

Although Thrawn was able to unite several splinter factions to fight against the Alliance of Nations. Admiral Natasi Daala noted that Thrawn proved that the rebels have not yet managed to consolidate their own meager resources, making them vulnerable to attack. Daala would later kill the thirteen Imperial warlords at Tsoss Beacon, starting the Imperial Reunification into the United Warlord Fleets.

Before the Black Fleet Crisis, which involved a mysterious Black fleet that had resurfaced under the command of the Yevetha, James T. Kirk, Jonathan J. O'Neill Chief of State Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo wondered if Grand Admiral Thrawn knew of the long lost fleet, because of his high-ranking status in the Imperial Starfleet, and they both realize how terrifying it would have been if he used it against them, or the fact he may have kept the battlegroup in reserves. None of this is correct, as after the Great Battle of Endor happened, the Yevethan Uprising had occurred, and the fleet was lost to the Yevetha, who kept the fleet for the near future. The Galactic Alliance and the Alliance of Civilizations created a Thrawn simulator, and the Bothan Nek Bwua'tu was the only one ever known to have beaten it. This was also followed by the Multiversial Federation to create an AI of Thrawn for one of their flag ships to simulate military stratagems following the Nationalist Wars.

Personality and traits[]

Command style[]

"I have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own."
―Thrawn

Appalled by the "Vader style" of command that so many of his contemporaries supported, Thrawn preferred to promote creativity in his crew, rather than merely punish their failures, and did not often kill off personnel for minor failures, as that could easily strain the resources of the Empire, which was unaffordable at the time. This was perhaps best exemplified in a pair of incidents surrounding the tractor beam control pit. During his campaign against the Alliance of Nations, a tractor beam operator, Cris Pieterson, aboard Chimaera was responsible for allowing Lelith Hesperax to escape capture. Thrawn investigated the incident and found a defiant Pieterson disrespectfully refusing to claim responsibility for the incident, referring Thrawn to his commanding ensign. Thrawn summarily had the man executed at his post in a rather brutal fashion by Rukh, and informed the ensign that he was free to train the next replacement. On the other hand, when Hesperax escaped a similar trap again, he rewarded the new tractor beam operator, Rejlii Mithel, with a promotion to Lieutenant because the man had employed creative thinking in his attempt to capture Skywalker. In addition, Thrawn encouraged his senior officers to express their own ideas and gave them reasoned consideration rather than ignore any outside ideas, as many an Imperial commander had done during the height of the Galactic Empire. The sharp contrast between Thrawn's style and that of megalomaniac and sadistic Imperial leaders heightened Thrawn's ability to lead.

Thrawn boosted the morale of his crew not only through victories, but also through his clear dedication to the Galactic Empire. Officers and crewmen serving under Thrawn admired his lack of concern for personal glory, wanting only the defeat of the Empire's enemies and the establishment of order. Indeed, Thrawn was able to unify the Empire's feuding Moffs prior to his final campaign in no small part owing to his single-minded determination to destroy the "Rebellion".

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Notes[]

  • The Viau version of Thrawn is heavily based on the EU version were as the Canon version was born on Rentor, Thrawn was born on the capital world of the Chiss Ascendancy. Although there's still plenty of aspects of his canon self included as well.
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