I KNOW what Ezra and Thrawn ARE Doing 

By the way, I never expected so many comments from people saying that I sound like Eli Vanto 🤣😂👌🏽🤌🏽. Y’all are hilarious!

If live action Ezra doesn't claim to be Jabba or Lando at least once, i'll be very disappointed.

This works honestly, as fan-fic'y as it sounds, it still sounds along the lines of something Disney should do to win back fans. Ezra may even genuinely (try to) befriend Thrawn, as it's already shown that Thrawn respects and admires anyone who can outplay him. Old canon leaned more into Thrawn becoming an Empire man, while new canon leans more into his Acendancy allegiances. Good video!

The overall idea with this theory I agree with, things like Luke being busy, the sequels having nothing to do with the "Grysk War" I agree with further. But there really is room and time for more writing, characters, and perspectives. Regardless, I do think Thrawn and Ezra will form an alliance and we will take Timothy Zahn's canon route rather than remaking the Legends Thrawn.

There is no mention of Ashoka or Ezra in the sequel trilogy, that’s cause the sequel trilogy only cares about itself and doesn’t care about past events other than the empire and Palpatine

I hope Vanto makes an appearance in Ahsoka, him and thrawn are such a cool dynamic in the first novel

Ahsoka was no longer a Jedi since before the end of the Clone Wars, so Luke’s statement is true whether Ahsoka is in the galaxy or not (assuming he doesn’t know Ezra’s whereabouts). It doesn’t require her to leave

I really really wished they waited to make the sequel trilogy because if all these shows were out and taken into consideration how cool they could’ve been

No, because this story will be much better than the sequels whilist at the same time period, so disney will not let that happen.

Good theory. You made some excellent points about Ezra and Thrawn. Keep up the good work!

In the Thrawn books, when Vader and Thrawn overhears the term Grysk, it was the first time that he sensed emotion come from Thrawn (who he knew was already well composed). No doubt, the Grysk are a genuine threat to the galaxy and it was one of the reasons why Thrawn joined the Empire to begin with. Here's hoping that Ezra will find Eli Vanto. :)

I think it would be very cool to see this as a season or side show of it's own!

does anyone also think like me that Ezra is basically the coolest jedi? He literally summoned an army of space whales to defeat the empire in a battle

That would defenetly be an interesting story! I like the idea of relocating the Ezra/Ahsoka/Thrawn plot line into the unknown regions. There is so much potential for good stories to be told, without having to adapt too much to the sequel desaster.

Interesting theory. After listening to the Trawn books, I’ve decided that he is not evil himself, but chose a side that exhibited what he perceived as creating and maintaining order. I think he looked at the bigger picture and overlooked the “little things” and did what was necessary as a warrior to get a specific outcome even if he didn’t agree with the methods to get there. I could see him speaking plainly to Ezra and through the Force, Ezra coming to an understanding of Thrawns ultimate desire, the protection of his people.

I always assumed they died a horrible death of asphyxiation due to the bridge being exposed to the vacuum of space.

I figured that Ezra would end up with the Chiss Asendancy in there sky-walker program helping the children

I never thought Thrawn was evil: just very talented and motivated by things we weren't privy to at the time of Heir to the Empire.

Yay Way! Congrats on the big vid!!!

Great video! You did a good job editing it! Love this theory and can’t wait for Ashoka!

If it DOESN’T go the way you’ve laid out and Thrawn is just a big bad and not an anti-hero, I’ll feel awfully bad for Timothy Zahn, who worked really hard to make Thrawn a more nuanced, interesting character over 6 books. For added fun, they could do a love triangle with Ezra, Sabine, and say, Che’ri, but that could get pretty corny pretty quick.

This is almost exactly like what I have been hoping they do with the story, except you gave more details as to how it could work which were really great. The new canon Thrawn trilogy is my favorite book series, and I really hope this is the direction these Star Wars shows go.

That was a really nice video! I’m really glad it got recommended to me. „We will watch your career with great interest.“

Really interesting and educated theory, definitely earned my sub. I really hope the Ahsoka show gives us a good answer on Thrawn and Ezra. Their rivalry was so good towards the end of Rebels, and I think the respect was already there. Thrawn respected how Ezra powerful was at such a young age, while Ezra respected Thrawn’s strategic genius. I trust in Dave Filoni but not Disney, so I can only hope we’ll get a good payoff

Awesome theory. I also hope that Grogu becomes a part of this conflict because if not, then he is probably dead during the new trilogy and that would be sad and a waste. This also goes for Din Djarin and Mandolorians.

I love your hypothesis and I think you are right, I also love how confident you are when you record. I wish I was

Love the channel so far! I’m a new sub!

this is one of the first videos I've watched that describes what I hope happens for the Ahsoka series. many others are under the assumption that Thrawn will be the main adversary, but then if that's the case what were all the Thrawn books setting us up for? We need the Grysks to be the common enemy! that's very interesting that you think Ahsoka showing up in BOBF was before she and Sabine meet up. but it makes sense if we're looking at it from a gandalf/LOTR perspective.

Given that the Grysk are the Disney canon version of the Yuzzhan Vong I could see Ezra joining forces with Thrawn to defeat them. He may not like Thrawn but his empathetic nature with living things, plus his trust in the Force, would see him standing against the Grysk even if that meant working with Thrawn. Ironically there was a plan for Ezra to appear in The Rise of Skywalker, kicking Sith Trooper butts with a green lightsabre but the filmmakers felt that it would be confusing as those watching wouldn't know who this strange Jedi, who is the same age as Luke actually he's a day or two older, was. Especially as he had never been mentioned before in the laughingly called sequel trilogy.

This was a solid theory, and it lived up to the hype tag, so good job, nobody does that these days! I can’t really think of any reason why this wouldn’t work, although would this problem have dissipated itself prior to the last trilogy? Because as you said, there is no mention of it…perhaps the problem could be contemporaneous along the last trilogy, and end up being like you said, the next big conflict. That would be a nice gift to old school fans and new school fans alike. Keep up the good work!

Super relevant 1 year later, thank you!

I guess we're gonna see how this plays out. Great work!

I appreciate your video, great thoughts!

I 100% could see Ezra taking Thrawns side and maybe even turning to the dark side. Maybe not both. I can see him joining Thrawn bc Thrawn is persuasive and smart, but Thrawn also is trying to rally people to fight a bigger enemy. I can see Ezra going Dark over the anger/hatred he has against Thrawn, or maybe through torture.

I still think that the world between worlds could be used to create an alternate timeline from the sequels. Say that Ezra saving Ahsoka would create a separate timeline where she was alive to tell the mandalorian to take Grogu to the Jedi beacon. This would mean the empire couldn’t study Grogu and Snoke is never created. I don’t know if this is too complicated but I think it would be cool to create an alternate post endor. This could include many more EU like stories in the form of tv shows instead of movies

Nice video bro. Good editing. I hope you grow quick and well

Do the Purrgil have a homeworld? Maybe that's where they went, even briefly I do remember briefly thinking and hoping that at the end of Mando 2x5, when Ahsoka sees off the Razor Crest in that lighter cloak, that she would maybe then contact Sabine and tell her she knows where to go - leading directly into the Rebels epilogue and such

I actually completely agree... I've read all the cannon thrawn books and watched all the shows, and this set up seems most plausible. Excited to see how they portray the Grysk, Ar'alani, and of course my fave Thrawn himself.

Food for thought. Don't forget to include Grogu and him becoming a Mandalorian and Dark Saber wielder. He may go out to the edges of unknown space and help Ezra. Grogu is not seen in the later trilogies. Thoughts?

You sound just like Mark Thompson doing Eli Vanto. Also, you came up with the same fan theory that I did, so I hope we are right. I will add that I would love to see Ezra hook-up with a grown-up Che'ri.

YYYAAASSS, why cant people see this! it almost upsets me that people cant come to this conclusion....

This is the best theory I’ve heard yet. Well-reasoned and researched. I would like to see Eli Vanto make an appearance

I like this idea. Hopefully they do something interesting with the four characters mentioned in your video. Expanding into the Chiss and Unknown regions would be pretty cool.

I truly hope they carry on the story of the Cannon Thrawn books. The Grisk invasion is coming and I would love to see it in live action.

This is great and Honestly what I've been theorizing with all we have so far, from the 'Mando Universe' , Rebels and the Thrawn Trilogy.. I've thought Ezra was going to be riding that fine line between Darkside and Light, But still good.. He will choose to survive with thrawn in the Unknown Regions and it's because Of what the Grysk threaten.. Also agree Thrawn isn't forming the Empire but what we see In Ahsokas Episode in Mando season 2. That episode felt so Dark and eerie I love it, and Think the Loth cat is a big hint to Ezra in that Episode, and what's coming in the Ahsoka Series..

I also think that thrawn let Ezra take him with the purgil in order to have a reason to get away from the empire and palpatine because what kind of “talk about loyalties” would palps actually have with thrawn and he knows that.

Good video!

Agree with some of this - though I’m not sure how much of it is out of hope they use the fantastic setups Tim Zahn gave them. I definitely think they’re in the unknown regions, though I’m dubious as to how visible they are given the fractious nature of the great houses in the Chiss ascendency and their natural xenophobia for lesser races. I think Thrawn and Ezra have come to a mutual understanding, I think (hope) the eventual contact with Ar'alani and Eli Vanto will push Ezra to understand the more rounded picture of who Thrawn really is. I think there will be interest from Asohka in Chiss force users, which will create conflict in the ascendancy as skywalkers are valuable commodities and the ascendency is a delicately balanced eco system. If they decide to fully flesh the story I can basically see conflict within the ascendency, with the Grysk and with one another. It’s a huge opportunity to present new worlds and ideas, the new Thrawn canon was some of my favourite SW work but I’m just super cautious of whether Disney can really present anything that mature.

Knowing the lore, I've always thought the idea that Thrawn was working for the Empire/First Order after Rebels and in the Mandoverse was silly. Honestly, I question whether Thrawn will even be a villain in the show

Fantastic video keep it up

I think you are on track as I do believe they are attempting to recreate “Heir” in a new way. As I think JJ originally wanted the sequels to be Dark Empire in a new way.

Having read the thrawn books, I absolutely feel like your right and the grisk are going to eventually be a major threat. Its definitely the logical conclusion to thrawns story and with such a major conflict I don't see how it wouldn't be a major point in the future starwars show content. Its just kind of crazy how you likely wouldn't have any idea about thrawns motivations, or (how I see it) the directions the shows are likely to take without having read the most recent timothy zahn books. I however didn't read the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy because I assumed the content wouldn't fit well within current cannon but there's definitely gonna be motivation from that in the new stuff coming out.

Great video. I totally agree with you and this theory makes a lot of sense

Something like this could even set up a whole new series of films based on an extra-galactic threat which would do wonders towards continuing to bring the fan base back together.

I think that in the Ahsoka series, Ezra is either a prisoner or Thrawn successfuly turned him to the Dark Side. Ahsoka and Luke will have to team up to save and return Ezra to the Light. That will tie in with the Mandalorian Civil War that is on the horizon in the Mando show, through Sabine

I like your line of thinking on this

I think you’re on the right track for sure. Hyperspace travel isn’t instantaneous, once they make the jump I think Thrawn will realize he should work with Ezra for the moment. After all, Ezra is in direct control of the Purgill. Thrawn will perhaps communicate directions through Ezra to the purgill to direct them to his people’s territory. It would echo the hat he did with Vader in the second thrawn novel.

Honestly I would love it if this were the case, Star Wars really needs to start creating unique new villains. I have had the exact same idea and hopes for the new show, fingers crossed!!!

I could definitely see the trio staying to help Thrawn especially with this new threat being a danger to the universe. Sabin could even teach them art as well as weapon tactics

I love this take on it- it really sounds like a great fresh start/branch of the Star Wars Universe. I hope it does work out something like this.

I’ve been hoping that this would happen

Nailed it! That’s exactly what’s going to happen and what I’ve been saying for the last year or so

This sounds beyond amazing

This is such a dope theory and I hope that it comes to fruition in the coming series and movies.

This is exactly what I've been thinking the entire time since the first hint of ahsoka.

Thrawn might try a different tactic: Thrawn: No, Mr. Bridger. I am not the Emperor. I have no intentions on violating you. I believe they call him an " well-known old cheek-buster. Ah yes, that's it, a booty bandit" Very much uncivilized. Your Captain Syndulla however...is a different matter. No, i will not force myself on her either. I want her to come to me of her own free will. I can wait. I suggest a truce to get us out of our predicament that has removed us from the galaxy-at-large.

It’s the only way to have a new order in hiding. I hoped we would get a story where Windu sent some masters and Padawans into hiding far away. It would take generations to rebuild anything near the order . Your theory works well.

I love this theory, I had the same idea (though I never thought that the purgil could latch onto Thrawn’s thoughts too. That’s a interesting idea). Although I don’t believe it. Don’t get me wrong, everything lines up (but I think Thrawn’s likely in the Unknown Regions or Wild Space, not the outer rim). It would make so much sense. If we’re being real, I don’t think we’re getting the morally grey Thrawn from the canon books. We’re getting Thrawn as our antagonist, heir to the empire Thrawn (love that Thrawn too. But legends and canon thrawn are different). I don’t think lucasfilm’s writing staff is going to use stuff established by Zahn. The only thing I’d say against that is, why would Zahn create the Grysks? U don’t make a massive threat like that and then have it resolved off to the side. I just don’t see that happening. Whatever happens, i just want to see Admiral Ar’alani in live action, that women is a legend

I like to think Thrawn and Ezra alliance would start when the two have to work together to save a Chiss girl, a force-sensitive Chiss girl calling for help through the force. Ezra and Thrawn would learn of this, and the two put their difference aside to save the Chiss girl.

The world between worlds is already an established infrastructure for galactic (possibly extra galactic) travel…it can be used to help re-map the galaxy And yes: the new heroes from filoni need their own enemies/battles in order to grow as characters (also grows their universe and commercial revenue in our universe) I wanna see the rakata

You present a very interesting set of perambulators.

It’s also why I like the idea of the empire being in the Outer Rim, he trying to strengthen the borders

Yes! This! I have been thinking along the same route for a whil now, and really hope Ezra and Thrawn will form an alliance, as their both my favorite sw characters. But I disagree with the conclusion that they will teach the Chiss force sensitives, as they are described as physically incapable of doing anything other then forseeing the future and reading minds last time i checked. But that again leaves the question of what our heroes will do after the Grysk war, if they live through it...

I'm actually really hoping thrawn and ezra are working together now, after finishing the books recently I am very excited about it.

I like it. I can see Asokha seeing the true Enemy next to Thrawn and saying, “ We are not ready”.

Its a sound Theory but how does the assistant director from Treason factor into your theory? I am curious if that is a factor. Or was he spaced?

This is a solid and great theory!! You should write for the Filoni verse!!

very interesting, I would bet you're pretty close!

5:25 to 5:42 This goes to show “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” This video seems very accurate. Well done. Also, if Ezra and Ashoka train others in the Force, they’ll likely teach them to balance the light and dark abilities and uses. This will make them Grey Jedi, who have the best understanding of the Force and how to balance it.

I like this theory a lot. I think Ezra/Thrawn as reluctant allies in their exile makes a lot of sense and one of the only scenarios where they’d both return alive. And I think what happens when they return he is anyone’s guess, but other than that by like where your heads at. I also like the idea of good or bad Force users out there that don’t identify as Jedi or Sith.

i actually think thrawn is gonna befriend ezra, after realizing how week the empire is and how it is an incapable candidate for fighting of the Grysks but it may not reach that point until after he learns that Empire has fallen. or thrawn works with ezra only because thats the only chance of survival. i also think that eli vanto has a chance to show up

I really hope u are right I have always thought that they went into the unknown regions and it would go really nicely with Timothy zhans books. Great theory and one I really hope is true

Your first assertion is shaky. Based on Luke’s statement that he was the last of the Jedi religion…Ahsoka made it clear two times in Rebels that she did not identify with being a Jedi. Luke’s statement is still possibly correct*, however it is not a a definite proof that there was a resolution with the disposition of Ezra and Thrawn. Ahsoka’s relationship with Jedi identity was stated first when Ezra, Kanan and Ahsoka went to the ancient Jedi temple on Lothal and it was time to perform the Master & Apprentice ritual required to open the Lothal Jedi Temple. She deferred to Kanan & Ezra performing the ritual as she explained that she had voluntarily left the Jedi Order. The second instance was when Ahsoka and Vader were dueling in the Sith Temple on Malichor. Ahsoka firmly declared, “I’m no Jedi!” *So what about Ezra? He was a Padawan at best when he & Thrawn disappeared. He was well aware of Ahsoka’s non-Jedi affiliation yet she remained a powerful light sided wielder. This was something Ezra was well aware of. It’s not unreasonable to consider that Ezra simply followed a similar path to Ahsoka’s path, or he could have become a dark side wielder or he continued to follow the Jedi path; however it’s not known which path he chose. To dogmatically posit that Luke’s “I’m the last one” statement is proof that there has been a resolution to the the situation at the end of Rebels by ≈ 30 ABY is, as I said, shaky.

Here after the trailer and your theory still holds up. If that's not the plot of the series, I'll be disappointed because ngl your theory is perfect

This was my thoughts exactly after I finished the new Thrawn books

This is probably the best theory on this question I’ve ever heard. I hope ur right

this made me want to re read the thrawn books so much

You said the outer rim at 4:18 mark. Don’t you mean the unknown regions?

What I wanna know is what happened to the tens of thousands of Imperial crewmen and the 9,700 strong Stormtrooper garrison on board.

this idea can work even with the newer movies as it would take yrs to train an entire new group to use the force like the jedi and they could return to the known galaxy after last jedi this could even open up a path to the galactic alliance being formed dont forget the rebels show is set not long before the events of a new hope and both erza and ahsoka are still pretty young

Your 100 percent correct

I'd love to have a series of this but lets see if we get it

Interesting concept.

You made a lot of good points, got to give you credit, this is such a good theory. However, you were talking about how Luke said that he was the last Jedi and that Ahsoka and Ezra couldn't have been Jedi because it would break canon, I honestly think that is not an issue. Disney is in general trying to do content that is not centered around the sequel trilogy, I wouldn't be surprised if they fully retconned it. We could still have Ahsoka and Ezra be Jedi without it breaking canon. Also, I've seen alot of people say Ezra could be a dark side wielder now, but I think that is almost if not completely impossible. The whole point of Rebels is showing how Ezra learned good morals from his master Kanan, I don't think Ezra would trade anything that Kanan taught him for the ability to use the dark side. I personally think Ezra will stay in the light, but he might still help Thrawn defend his people against any alien threat, just my opinion tho

Man this is so good, which is why I'm scared Disney wouldn't give us the pure good

I LIKE THIS!!

If they do it right and actually take time to develop the story and characters this could be very good since it seems like there’s gonna be a few projects covering this conflict

I agree with all of this. It makes a lot of sense. However, I think there is a likelihood that many of the new Disney/Lucasfilm assets will be moved forward in the timeline to face the threat of the Grisse post the sequel trilogy. I've been theorising that thrawn has been collecting warriors and force sensitives and putting them into stasis until the conflict happens (you could probably use the world between worlds to do this too, but many fans would be turned off by time travel...personally, I'm happy either way). Disney are not going to just forget about the sequels, those stories need to be part of the over-riding arc. This way, characters from different parts of the timeline can be brought together for huge future projects. Ezra Bridger, Ahsoka Tano, Cal Kestis, Din Djarin, Boba Fett, Bo Katan, Sabine Wren Jacen Sindulla, Grogu, Maz Kanata, Chewbacca, Rey, Finn etc etc etc are all characters with unfinished arcs with the potential to be brought into the same project. It would reboot the Saga but still be and feel Star Wars and have characters we love. It's a no brainer for Disney/Lucasfilm to do this, and the bread crumbs seem to totally lead to it.

It's not possible for the rebels end scene to be after Ashoka appeared in live action, she's literally trying to find thrawn still in that live action episode, implications being he found his way back somewhere and hid and she's found some evidence of where he's been working and who he's been working with, otherwise why did Ashoka go there, to interrogate the magistrate as to thrawns whereabouts

Much of what you have said is interesting and quite plausible. The World Between Worlds reminds me of the Narnian version, if a bit easier to figure out the locations. Also a bit more dangerous than Lewis' idea. We shall see what the writers come up with. So far, The Mandalorian has been somewhat less than the first season promised.