Well, now I can say that I've read The Thrawn Trilogy

all Thrawn wanted to do was expand his Empire

I for one welcome the new blue overlord

Joruus can go sit in a hole

plan to read Outbound Flight next

I can see how even back then, Thrawn got so many fans and became such a long-lasting character

it was also interesting to read something that was obviously written before the prequel movies

when the Clone Wars was pretty much just a throwaway line by Leia and Lucas hadn't really ironed out the details on what that was all about

and obviously before it was established that astromech droids can fly

Outbound Flight is so good omg

that's definitely the one I'd recommend reading next

so I've heard

it's where I consider Thrawn's characterization to have peaked. He has just enough of the hard edge from the original trilogy, and just enough of the heart that went into the new one.

interesting

I mean, in The Last Command you can kinda see that's where Thrawn begins to show more of his benevolent qualities, like when he gets pissed at Ferrier getting his men killed and when he makes sure to let his fleet know they did good

Yeah, that's what I mentioned about Zahn feeling like he was obligated to use the Star Wars villain tropes but then backing right up off them almost immediately.

yep

And the entire section set on Honoghr is interesting af for all the different sides of Thrawn's character it shows. He's respectful of other cultures and their traditions, but won't hesitate to assert authority in ways contrary to them if he feels like the situation truly calls for it. And the turbolaser demonstration, that was some hardass shit

that it was