+K.C. Hunter it be awesome if she was but I still love Mara Jade even existing. Given up on Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors and pretty much just accepted that Herra and Kanan are pretty much them.
The events of all the Old Republic stuff don't conflict with the new canon, and I think they've indicated that things going that far back aren't necessarily scrapped. I doubt they'd ever be mentioned, but it is feasible that Revan is still entirely canon.
+Aaron O'neil I remember one of the Star Wars canon team members said that the Bioware games weren't canon . They might have changed their minds, but I haven't found anything that says that.
Jeremy, do Yourself a favor and watch The Clone Wars and Rebels, it is amazing, sure, here and there are episodes for kids, You will not even remember, but that's only like 10% of episodes, others are great, season 2 finale was better than 40% of movies, and it was so emotional. Also, character from The Clone Wars - Saw Gerrera, is played by Forest Whitaker, which means, they really acknowledge cartoon series as canon in the movies, and You will understand some movies better if You watch cartoon series. It will mean much more because of the characters
I want him to watch Clone Wars at least. Every time I meet a big star wars fan who hasn't seen all of clone wars, I feel so compelled to get them to watch it. I keep thinking "I know! I Know! I almost didn't watch it either! Just please, get past the skyguy movie and watch the series!" It's like, you are missing out on something awesome that almost feels like a hidden gem.
+barry elms no just means he talking about something new and not a movie that was announced a while back that honestly will be amazing and everyone knows it.
Tarkin is too ruthless and bloodthirsty to be Rommel. Tarkin is more like an SS Officer, like Himmler. Thrawn fits for his pragmatic approach and the fact he treats his foes with some measure of respect. And to be fair, Sun Tzu and Carl von Clausewitz are more like political-military theorists, while Thrawn is more of the guy to put it into practice and develop his own strategies.
Tarkin is too ruthless and bloodthirsty to be Rommel. Tarkin is more like an SS Officer, like Himmler. Thrawn fits for his pragmatic approach and the fact he treats his foes with some measure of respect. And to be fair, Sun Tzu and Carl von Clausewitz are more like political-military theorists, while Thrawn is more of the guy to put it into practice and develop his own strategies.
Nothing says he dies in Rebels, that would be a complete waste. Hopefully he just fails to beat them and gets assigned to the outer rim which is how they explained his absence from the original trilogy the first time. That would lay the groundwork for his possible return in episode 8 or 9.
True, spoiler for a 20-something year old book series - Thrawn only "loses" because his Noghri bodyguard turns on him when he finds out about Honoghr. From a military standpoint, he didn't have many major defeats, since he's not afraid of retreating if losing.
Matthewgh i'd love to see him wipe out the rebellion, but I'm guessing that's not happening. Maybe the rebels find a way to get him reassigned as their major victory. Surprisingly few characters die in Rebels, I can't think of any of importance. There's no way they bring in Thrawn just to kill him off at the end of the season. The only question is if they plan to push him up to the movies if the response is good.
He should be lost until 8 and 9, but not in the outer rim, and he should not fail, he should be betrayed by his captain or power guy while he's in hyperspace.
Umbara arc was the best in the series. It really pisses me off that they didn't do more arcs focusing just on the clones because Umbara was just so damn good.
Jeremy! Please PLEASE watch Clone Wars FiRST. Not only is Rebels a sequel to Clone Wars but... You should just watch the clone wars. The first season is tough to get through and isn't all that great, but by season 2 and especially by season 3 it really hits a stride and is easily up there with some of the best star wars stuff in the franchise. I'm telling you, you will love it. Just to be clear. Rebels is for kids, but it still manages to be pretty interesting and bad ass. Clone Wars was PG, like original trilogy, which means it easily gets as adult if not way more so than the Empire Strikes Back. CRAZY shit happens in Clone Wars. The premier movie and season 1 are hard to get through, but it's worth seeing the series if you are a star wars fan. Do you like things like Avatar: The Last Airbender? Do you like Star Wars? Watch Clone Wars! It's that kind of "holy shit this is actually good!"
Also, another side note. Just because characters introduced in the new expanded universe aren't in the movies, doesn't necessarily mean they are dead. They have made some pretty crazy hints that there might be other reasons certain significant characters don't appear and there might even be a role for them to play in the future movies.
As actor and Sith Lord Sam Witwer once said, "Season 1 was a kids' show. Season 2 was a sophisticated kids' show. Season 3 was a teen's show. Season 4 was Empire Strikes Back territory... and in Season 5, everybody dies."
***** Season 1 isn't really that good. The only good things about it are the introduction of Hondo Ohnaka, the Rookies episode, and Hostage Crisis episode with Cad Bane.
Clone Wars as a whole was better but Rebels has been getting better and better with every season. Clone Wars is slightly better but Rebels is getting there. S1 of rebels was okay, season 2 was brilliant, and its on track to get even better.
+Haljordan4life no, he has a different opinion than you. Get over it. However I agree with you, but I loved the last few episodes of season 1 of rebels, and I still loved every episode.
Possibly the same way they did The Force Awakens, with having the 7th episode made similar to Episode 4. Season 1 of Clone Wars wasn't all that great, but it got better eventually during the later seasons.
Snoke is definitely not chiss so thrawn being snoke is out of the question. If we are theorizing that snoke is inhuman, I want to throw the theory out there that he is actually a New Canon version of the Yuuzhon Vong. It would be a good way to bring old canon and new canon together neatly, and we could also get some flavor you backstory about palpatines plan to save the galaxy from the Yuuzhon vong by ruling it, similar to the old canon. I understand the old canon is dead now but they are picking tons of stuff from it to become new again, I'd love for there to be an ulterior motive for the entire Palpatine plan that may humanize him in a way that really would cause us all to look at the villain in a different light. That's supposed to be the whole temptation of the dark side theory, good men become attached to their loved ones and do bad things to help them.
They are visiting some stuff from that era in rebels such as Malachore and they found a SITH holocron with many people speculating it was made by Traya
If Disney should revisit then what they should do is to show the Jedi's not depend on midichlorians, instead anyone can be a Jedi knight. Showing why Jedi can't love and become a cardboard character with no depth as the war with the sith go on due to having to much emotional conflict in battle. Idk something like that so that way the prequels slightly looks better.
The Malachor planet they visited in Rebels is likely not Malachor V, there are several more planets called Malachor, there is also Malachor III mentioned in the Jedi Consular's story of SWTOR, and since there is a Malachor V and III, there must be a I, II and IV, the one visited in Rebels could be either one of these, and it is against Traya's personality to create a holocron of any kind, given how she feels about the Force and all, and there are other Sith Lords with histories tied to the Malachor planets other than Traya, like Terrak Morrhage, for example.
I have one question. If thrawn was in a live action star wars film, who do you think would play him? I would go with Michael Fassbender, He is the first to pop up in my head, what can I say? He makes a great villian.
He does a bit lololol. Well Thrawn is one of the best created villains in Star Wars outside of the movies -- so if they do him well and stick to what he is then he could be a very stand out villain. One reason is that he was a completely different villain to all the villains before him
I actually liked a lot of season 1 & 2, but when season 3 had those episodes that were taking place before and after prievous episodes, oh my god that was such a drag especially those godawful Padme episodes. Thank god for the Mortis trilogy shortly after.
i am rewatching the prequels as part as of my 169 days of star wars currently on 150 and watching the clone wars again watching season 1 and 2 are difficult also that rocky jam music makes less it star wars for me
+Haljordan4life I do find it odd that most people who call themselves fans or hardcore fans know nothing outside the movies. Know absolutely nothing of the history of the star wars lore or the different Jedi or Sith besides Vader, Palp and Maul. To me he is a fan but just a causal movie fan, not that theres something wrong with that but not a hardcore fan in the slightest.
+Wafflehouse Jr. As an animator it isn't. It inconsistent though -- sometimes they lack weight and are too rigid , move too fast but sometimes they nail gestures and movements. They also get some really cool facial expressions. So it is not awful overall but is inconsistent
"fanfiction" look.....the old Legends EU (which I will personally always love more than the new Disney SW) may no longer be canon (or maybe it never even was) but it was certainly never fanfiction. It was officially licensed, commissioned, written by proper published authors and overseen by Lucasfilms. Disney even are still officially publishing the old books/comics under the 'Legends' banner. It's not fanfiction by literally any definition. of the word.
Indeed though Lucas said they are not canon he was still overseeing some of them and he brought in stuff from those books. so yeah... I agree they were not fanfiction at all!
The way fan fiction is used this way bothers me as well. In my experience, those who refer to the EU in this manner have experienced very little, if any, of it to make such an assessment. There's well-over a thousand novels, comics, junior readers, and games that make up the EU; and while it varies in quality, which is of course subjective, there is bound to be something everyone can enjoy. Most of the EU was indeed canon, as determined through the canon hierarchy created by Leland Chee and approved by George. Lucas never said it wasn't canon (don't think he ever even used the word canon). The only evidence people use to the contrary is one quote by George in 2008 that is taken out of context, and seem to conveniently overlook the decades of evidence that support the EU being part of the greater SW universe.
It's always puzzled me as to why people called the Expanded Universe 'fanfiction'. I mean by that definition aren't all other books in the world fanfiction too? Isn't Harry Potter or Game of Thrones just expensive fanfiction? And why aren't any non-Star Wars comics out there considered fanfiction? I mean I've read plenty of piss poor Marvel comics that read like fanfiction but no one cares, no one ever says the Marvel comics don't matter only the films. (Which is actually true today considering how shite Marvel comics are) And as for the video games, if KOTOR is ever called fanfiction by someone then Mass Effect is just as much fanfictional as that. Don't get me wrong there were stories in the old EU that felt like fanfiction, but the Thrawn trilogy was never one of those examples. And to me, the new 'canon' Expanded Universe has plenty of moments that feel like over glorified fanfiction, and NO ONE ever calls it out for that. I'm talking about Heir to the Jedi, the Aftermath trilogy, Marvel's new Star Wars comics that had Sana Solo, Han's wife before they were like "Fooled you it's not his wife just someone called Sana Starros." And then there was the Marvel comic Shattered Empire, oh dear god that felt like bad fanfiction. Imagine Poe Dameron's mom going off on a few adventures with Leia and then Luke, yeah that type of fanfiction where it doesn't feel like a natural chapter of the saga. I always thought the 'fanfiction' Dark Horse made was of higher artistic and writing quality and those comics always felt more at home in the Star Wars universe than the new Marvel comics do, even the Legacy comics felt less like fanfiction despite being set 100 years into the future. By the way, The Force Awakens felt like fanfiction too. :P
I don't understand how Jeremy found the season 2 finale "fucking awesome" when you need to have knowledge about Ahsoka and Anakin's relationship shown in the Clone Wars to be interested in it. I remember he called the show "stupid cartoon" in his review for A New Hope.
Armin Reindl I know right? He even said in his review for Return of the Jedi that he doesn't really care that Boba Fett survives in the EU because he only has the movies as "his" Star Wars. Yet, this video comes out where he's like the biggest EU fan.
I think rebels handled it really well even without the clone wars background. They went just enough into asohka anakin relationship in "shroud of Darkness" as well as "THe siege of Lothal" so there will be enough tension even if you haven't seen Clone Wars. My roommate watched Rebels with me and loved that last episode even wthout seeing the clone wars first Something can be well done without loads of backstory. Just look at vader v obi wan in a new hope. People thought that was awesome before the prequels came out right?
Lance Shadow You got a point. I just don't know what it's like watching the finale without seeing Anakin and Ahsoka's relationship prior to the confrontation.
I'm not that huge of a Star Wars fan, I like the movies but I've never really seen any of the animated shows, played any of the games, read any of the books or comics, etc. I legit just clicked on this video because god damn it Jeremy you looked so damn excited in the thumbnail and it was too adorable not to click on.
I was thinking: In a way TFA is actually fan-fiction. Expensive fan-fiction starring the original actors. But still fan-fiction Because it was done after Lucas handed over creative control. And I can still pretend that the Zahn Trilogy is actually canon, rather than TFA. Especially helpful is that here in Germany the books have been adapated into an audio drama starring all the original german voice actors that voiced the original characters in the dubbed version of the movies back in the 70's and 80's. And I really mean ALL of them. Even Mon Mothma has her original german voice in this one. And the new characters like Mara and Thrawn are voiced by very prolific actors in the dubbing business who usually voice actors like Angelina Jolie and Hugh Jackman. So the production value is so high that it actually feels like a movie version of the books.
Exactly, I have my own canon story line, and it's not the one Disney are producing. Don't get me wrong I loved The Force Awakens and I'm excited for the new movies, but the Expanded Universe novels will always remain my canon.
Just think of it as a parallel universe. Like the new Star Trek movies. I wonder who's dad got killed by a marauding time traveller to bring about the Force Awakens universe...
I decided to take it a step further. Since I'm a writer and don't like the direction they are going with Star Wars, I'm writing my OWN fucking stories and incorporating EU material into it. It's really fun actually.
+Miqayel Harutyunyan Yeah, because the new Disney comic stuff is fucking brilliant lol. There's already some shitty stuff and it's only been two years lol. Anyway, I'm happy because I'm a fan of Rebels but I'll say it again. It's disgusting.
+MaulSlasher you know how complicated it would be to sort out what they can and cannot do with all the Legends information? It would be really hard to come up with ideas on how to save some story lines where Chewbacca gets killed by a star. It felt like anyone and everyone could write a Star Wars book back then and it was just fan fiction
+Miqayel Harutyunyan Look, I'm not trying to start a war here since I'm just stating my opinion... but TFA is pretty much high budget fanfiction. It's just a matter of choosing your favourite fanfiction: Legends or Disney.
+MaulSlasher oh no I understand. You have a preference and that's find but in my opinion the sooner we get over the fact that the stories are not cannon the sooner we will enjoy the new stuff being created within our lifetime. Cheers to Star Wars
Revisiting this video because Jeremy made me aware that there was a character called Thrawn...and now 4 years later in the Mandalorian they name dropped him so he's alive..even after the fall of the empire..
I don't really understand why the original Clone Wars isn't technically canon anymore, as The Clone Wars was designed to be set in between seasons of the original(after the introduction of assajj ventress, but before Grievous "kidnapped" the Chancellor, etc.). But at least it's still available to watch, as are the other old expanded universe books and comics. At least they're being reprinted.
Robert Wild That's what I don't get. I mean yeah they changed the reason why Grievous coughs and changed Assajj's back story a bit. But other than that I don't get how it isn't canon. Heck I think in the movie the reference the finale to the first season of the original.
Actually Windu destroying droid armies with his bare hands was among the greatest shit ( and I mean that in the utmost positive way ) I've ever seen in Star Wars lol.
Everyone that loves star wars should really give TCW a try if they havent already watched it. There are so many compelling stories and arcs in that show and it really shows you how the clones are affected by everything that happens in the universe. It also elaborates on how the force works, order 66, and shows a much more likeable Anakin
Wait... Timothy Zahn is making a canon book? I really hope it'll be good, I mean the sheer amount of things he's not allowed to write in that book is staggering... Also isn't it a bit... weird? Zahn created amazing stories and characters and now ONE a single one has been cherry picked out from the expanded universe... Think about that. That's like J.K. Rowling writing a new book where the villain is based on a fan fic she read. First of is that just something the creators can do? And second. I'm not saying it's bad to have Thrawn being official. I just think it might be weird to have a character that basically doesn't belong in the universe anymore, all the events and characters that gave him meaning and made him do certain actions, say certain lines are basically gone. Depending on how they write him, he won't be the same character, he might just be "Super smart evil officer archetype". I'm fine with all the AU not being canon. Completely, but this can become really freaking convoluted if they bring in people from different books seemingly at random. I think I prefer no AU to only some AU.
They're not just tossing the character in with the expectation that you've read it all. They're building the character again. All of his motivations and everything that led him to say, do, think and feel the things he does is going to be explained.
THANK YOU, I'm so glad to hear someone else say, you don't HAVE to be steeped in every game, cartoon, or spin off movie to be a fan. There comes a point where they are just inundating us with SW. I love the main story line of movies, even though it includes the prequels. And the Thrawn series of books, aside from that meh, some of it's good some of it's bad, but it doesn't mean I have to turn in my sw membership card just because I have never seen Clone Wars the movie or series. Oh, and Thrawn doesn't have to die in Rebels, as the canon clearly shows, he was in the unknown regions during the events of the Orig Trig, so he could easily be the force behind the new order if they want to go that route. Remember it's only Thrawn that is canon, not the events of the Heir to the Empire series. So nothing says he was anywhere to be seen during the time between Jedi and Force Awakens. We can only hope.
Thrawn doesn't have to be dead in Force Awakens. In the Thrawn books we learned he had been assigned to the Outer Rim by the Emperor when the action of the original SW trilogy took place. There's no reason why that couldn't have happened in the new SW timeline.
I'm also hoping that Palleon makes a return as well. He was Thrawn's true successor in Legends, using everything he learned from being Thrawn's protege to outsmart so many villains both tactically and verbally.
Thrawn on Rebels is being voiced by the guy who played the villain from the series 3 finale of Sherlock, which is awesome, but, JEREMY STILL HASN'T FINISHED AND REVIEWED SHERLOCK SERIES 3 SO HE WOULD'NT EVEN NOTICE!!!!!!!!!
what i liked about thrawn is that he does not need force powers to wreck everyone's shit. How he figures out how to out wit everyone was just scary. i can't wait to see what he does in season 3
though he could actually got injured near the end and they bring a apart of of the legends where he went to the outer rim and comes back. who knows but looking forward to it
Eh, Thrawn could very well still be alive. Even in the original novels he was absent during the OT, and that was explained. Nothing says he couldn't potentially survive and come back later.
This was the problem with Thrawn from the moment of his conception in the books. The author does an excellent job of convincing you that he's a tactical genius, but the whole time you're reading you know that it doesn't mean shit because Thrawn doesn't have "the force" on his side and the heroes are just going to pull a victory out of their asses anyway.
I would be very excited if Disney made a trilogy about Darth bane and the rule of 2. those three books were so amazing. Plus I feel a lot of people would love movies all about the old sith.
I checked this out without having any idea who Thrawn was and you managed to get me hyped. Real enthusiasm, being hard to fake and all, can be pretty contagious. Very interested to check the upcoming stuff out as it seems like they're doing right by the fans, and if he shows up in one of the live action movies - even a bit cameo - now I'll know who "the blue guy" is :D.
+parker friend (jet) youre right. they are just using the same model as the outrider. dash wont be in ut.they said the original designer of the outrider works for filoni now so it makes sense i guess
Mara is one of the few major EU characters I can't see them making canon, since her primary function in the series is that of Luke's wife, which is obviously way too large a role for a tv series. So maybe that's who Laura Dern is playing? If not, the only way they could make Mara work is as the main villain of season 4, while she's still the Emperor's Hand.
I hope Thrawn doesn't die in Rebels. My personal scenario would be where Thrawn lives through the Original Trilogy and returns to hammer the crap out of both The Resistance and The First Order. Turns out that in the novels Thrawn wasn't an Imperial loyalist so much as a very pragmatic individual. The Chiss Hegemony was a buffer of sorts between the Galactic Core and the Outer Reaches, and during the time they were working tightly with the Empire they were very vocal about what was out there (the Vong weren't the worst thing they'd encountered). Thrawn's Hannibal-style dash to the gates of the New Republic wasn't just about smashing the forces that beat the Empire - he desperately wanted a unified front in the galaxy, because he genuinely thought that an Imperial war machine at full fighting strength was going to be necessary to take on the Vong when they came calling. That doesn't make Thrawn a hero, at least not in the Star Wars sense of "EMPIRE BAD, REBELS GOOD!", but it makes him a very complex character with decent motivations. I'm not overly attached to the Vong, but seeing a variation of the 'threat from beyond' plot play out would be nice. And I don't like The First Order - they're everything stupid about the Empire dialed to 11 on a scale of 1 - 10. They're great mooks as far as enemies go, but they're just brute force and blind fanaticism on a grand scale.
JJ, ya gotta talk about Thrawn in the Mandalorian my man. I'm not asking you to don the cape again, I just want you to love again bro. Its 2020, the world need this. Big love from a big fan in Australia. :)
Wouldn't it be awesome if Lucas was still around to make episode 7 using Timothy Zahn's script? Too bad that will never happen. His books are awesome though and I still consider Zahn's story to be "real" version of what happened (I refuse to watch the new star wars films).
Hate the fact that so many people are just accepting the fact that decades of literary work by hundreds of authors in the Star Wars canon are now null and void, referred to as little more than 'fan fiction'. Such an insanely dick move on Lucas' part to sell the rights and not stipulate that Disney could not erase the credibility of thousands of published works for their own greedy desires. A fucking atrocity.
Problem is, I've read Star War fan fiction that was far better than some of those books. I hated that it erased the Thrawn Trilogy, but that was about all that was worth saving out of all those stories.
+woodulike2 no I'd have to disagree. A lot of the EU covered fantastic and gritty and sometimes emotional story arcs in the sprawling SW Galaxy. From Knights of the Old Republic and Revan, to the multi generational descendants of the Skywalkers and Solos in the New Republic, to a lot of the Sith and Dark Sun and Mandalorian side stories, and even a few intense comics like Star Wars Tales and the unique Jedi vs Sith. It's callous and ignorant to say decades worth of massive material is all shit just because you read a few bad stories. I've read plenty of crap in the previous canon, sure, but that's hardly justification to write everything off altogether.
A few bad stories? We'll have to just agree to disagree. Not only was it ridiculous to have Luke fall to the dark side in Dark Empire, it was ridiculous he was pulled back to the light so easily. The Courtship of Leia was atrocious in how they portrayed Leia even considering an arranged marriage, the Jedi Academy series was ludicrous having Luke and his students against a fucking ghost - should have called it Star Wars: Ghostbusters. And how many times did they have to go against some giant superweapon? The Sun Crusher, The Dark Saber, the shell prototype of the original Death Star? In another book Luke has to fight some kind of crystalline enemy from the inside, then falls in love with another force ghost who takes over the body of a regular person and loses her abilities? To top it off, the premise of the Vong is a direct violation of the Force as set out by the first movie. It's supposed to be an energy field created by ALL living things, yet the Jedi can't sense them in the Force, nor can they sense any Vong technology which is all biological? Never mind the the story of how the Dark side is an actual living entity named Abaloth? I'm sorry the hard core fans of the books felt betrayed, but I'd have done the exact same thing as Disney: wipe the slate clean and tell stories that make sense and stay true to the characters as established in the original trilogy.
Jeremy I recommend watching the clone wars series that came before rebels, the storytelling was amazing especially season 6 and the animation was way better
5:26 Well actually, though he was best known for being a part of the Star Wars EU AFTER Return of the Jedi, in the old CD-ROM game, TIE Fighter, Thrawn was shown to be a part of the Empire during the events of the Galactic Civil War. Vader even says toward the beginning of the game "send a message to Thrawn", and sure enough, we see its the same Thrawn.
the start is rough, a lot of the characters look like shit no seriously, examples being the wookies, yoda (looks like the family guy version) vader (he came straight over from disney infinitey) and of course erzra's season 3 haircut hurrrgh agh hurrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhh, kind of exaggerating. but other than that and the pg effect (they tease never really have the full conviction, it has been getting better though) so besides those flaws and if you like star wars stories you'll enjoy it.
With the Star Wars EU, I've always thought of it this way since Disney obtained the rights, and this was actually stated by one of the higher ups. Anything that happened after Return was considered non cannon, the rest was up for interpretation, and to be left as cannon unless anything done under Disney retcons it. This means that, at least to me, kotor, swtor, bane, and everything else prior to Phantom is hardcore cannon since that stuff takes place far enough back that it could of happened without changing the story in any legit way. Also anything that happened within the clone wars mini series (because that was done under Lucas) was also cannon.
So I'm gonna be honest, you're enthusiasm on the subject has me intrigued. So I went and checked out the Thrawn Trilogy from my library. I'll indulge as soon as I get through Tales of the Abyss.
The fact that Jeremy busted out the Star Wars Cape for Thrawn endears him to me endlessly. Even though I am PRETTY SURE he had no idea who Thrawn was before all of this happened, the fact that he respects the old EU well enough to know to be psyched that one of it's best characters is coming back.
I would not say he has to necessarily die on Rebels. He could just go into hiding, to resurface later. He seems to be really young in the Rebels trailer, so there is still hope that he might show up 35 years later in the new movies as a wizened badass
Thrawn might not necessarily die; he might be exiled to the Unknown Regions or some such by his rivals like he was in his original books and therefore his absence in the Original Trilogy could be explained.
You have to watch the clone wars series since you saw rebels, it gives you more back story on characters such as ahsoka and rex. Season 3 to 6 were just amazing with the return of darth maul so I think you'll enjoy and don't worry it's better written than the prequels.
As you can possibly tell by my handle, this makes me very happy. I've been a Thrawn fan since the mid-90's when I read the Thrawn trilogy. Honestly the first reaction I had when I heard that Disney were making the EU non canon was one of EXTREME disappointment. I'm very glad that the faceless overseers of Disney figured out that Thrawn is one of the best star wars characters of all time, regardless of their origin, and that they can leverage money off of him (AKA I get more Thrawn stories). Also very exciting to hear that Timothy Zahn is writing a new Thrawn book. Thanks Jeremy Jahns for this story
OR! He's operating in a different side of the universe becuase it is vast, and is now going to be emerging in the films because of the might and momentum the Rebels are building.
*Thrawn is an awesome reveal, really, but if the series does not introduce a new lightsaber wielding opponent, then it will lose interest of a lot of fans, including mine.* Season 1 had "The" Inquisitor (pau'an ex-guardian) Season 2 had 3 inquisitors Season 3 would need to introduce something like a classical, single saber wielding Inquisitor, who is more adept at force powers than all the previous ones AND can duel with greater efficiency too. Also as minor reinfocements, some other yet unreveaíled lesser inquisitors. And you forgot to mention, that this will be the first canon appearance of the Chiss race!
I like Thrawn's eyes now as opposed to the blank red eyes that we have had previously. Yeah, it's humanizing, but it's also more biologically sound. And re Jeremy's prediction to Thrawn being killed off, I'd believe that he gets sent back to the Chiss Ascendancy after either he fails in his mission (most likely) or he kills the whole Rebels cast and is no longer needed (very unlikely).
