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Thrawn largely goes against the Chiss rule of non-aggression, repeatedly baiting his enemies to commit an act of aggression against the forces under his command, but colludes with Admiral Ar ' alani ( who had commanded the task force that fought off an initial incursion from the Far Outsiders ) to eliminate the Vagaari to prevent a two-front war.
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In Dark Force Rising, Threepio goes to Honoghr with Leia during the Thrawn Crisis during her quest with Khabarakh to discover what had caused the plight of the Noghri.
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Nomad City is destroyed during Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign against the New Republic, portrayed in The Thrawn Trilogy.
Meanwhile, the rest of the New Republic is fighting against Grand Admiral Thrawn, and thanks to Leia's help, he is eventually defeated, although Luke tried several times to get near him and his ally, Joruus C ' boath.
Grand Admiral Thrawn launches his offensive against the New Republic with great success.
Doriana, as a last-ditch effort to save Thrawn, throws a toggle switch on Thrawn's command chair, causing the droid fighters to stop attacking the Vagaari and instead perform suicide runs against the Outbound Flight and to drop a radiation weapon into the hulled Dreadnaught vessels.
Thrawn foiled a coup attempt against the Emperor by the renegade Grand Admiral Zaarin with the aid of his top pilot Maarek Stele.
His bodyguard, Rukh, discovered the betrayal of the Noghri race by Darth Vader, the Emperor and Thrawn, and took vengeance against the only one he could, stabbing him aboard his flagship the Chimaera in the middle of the climactic Battle of Bilbringi.
Thrawn was not concerned with his own personal glory, only with winning the fight against the New Republic ( which he refused to acknowledge as such, instead constantly referring to it as " the Rebellion ").
Antilles commanded both squadrons against Warlord Zsinj and after that he returned to his command as Rogue Leader to battle against Thrawn, Krennel, Palpatine's clones and lead the team to other battles.
Thrawn and Chiss
Thrawn is a Chiss, a species of aliens from the Unknown Regions.
Thrawn rises to the rank of Commander in the Chiss Expansionary Fleet.
Having the concern over this Yuuzhan Vong threat reinforced by these newly-met Republic aliens, and the arrogance of Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth with his single-minded determination to not veer from Chiss space, Thrawn chooses to attack.
To defeat the formidable Jedi forces aboard Outbound Flight, Thrawn maneuvers around investigations on his activities by superior officers, and conspires with his guest Jorj Car ' das into lulling the Vagaari, a troubling pirate group near Chiss space, into a trap.
Thrawn is later exiled from Chiss society to an uninhabited planet.
It was later speculated by Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker, after the events of Outbound Flight, that there was another Thrawn clone loose somewhere in the galaxy who had arranged the Vagaari attack in Chiss space at the remains of the Outbound Flight Project, so that the Chiss could be deliberately provoked into dealing with them once and for all.
It is noted that the Chiss, one of whom would become Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn, were involved in the interception of this ship.
Thrawn and repeatedly
In The Thrawn Trilogy, Luke meets former Emperor's Hand Mara Jade, who is bound by Palpatine's disembodied voice that repeatedly commands " You will kill Luke Skywalker.
Thrawn and enemies
Thrawn did have enemies within Imperial loyalist circles.
Thrawn devised military strategy based in part on the aspects of his enemies ' mindset that he derived from their cultures ' art, e. g. determining from his study of paintings that a simultaneous englobement with small fighters would induce temporary paralysis in an enemy's command structure.
Thrawn and forces
In these books, set five years after Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Thrawn has assumed command of the remaining forces of the Empire and is planning to battle the New Republic.
During the surrender of the remaining Republic forces, Thrawn was put in contact with Lord Sidious.
Thrawn and under
Prince-Admiral Delak Krennel ( who briefly collaborated with Ysanne Isard in X-Wing: Isard's Revenge ) formerly served under Thrawn, but Krennel's career with the Imperial Navy was almost ruined after Thrawn dismissed him.
Thrawn was considered a true warrior by those who served under him.
Thrawn was more tolerant of the failures of those under his command than other Imperial officials, who were known for their lethal reaction to minor failures.
Unlike Darth Vader in particular, Thrawn would not regularly terminate individuals under his command for " errors.
The Empire rose again several times under powerful leaders such as Grand Admiral Thrawn and a series of clones of Palpatine, but was always thwarted when those leaders were killed.
Thrawn and command
Zahn describes Thrawn's command style as considerably different from that of Darth Vader and other typical Imperial commanders ; instead of punishing failure and dissent, Thrawn promotes creativity among his crew and accepts ideas from subordinates.
The Baron noted that " an alien ( such as Thrawn ) in such a high position of command was very unusual, given the Empire's extreme xenophobia.
Thrawn assumed command of the Empire and took the Star Destroyer Chimaera as his command ship.
Upon assuming command of the Empire, Thrawn immediately began to seek ways to destroy the Republic despite their numerical advantage.
Thrawn is known for a supremely unique command style.
Thousands of light years away, Grand Admiral Thrawn, the last of the Emperor's Warlords, has taken command of the shattered Imperial Fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic.
Thrawn and with
In the Thrawn trilogy, Grand Admiral Thrawn, who had formed an alliance with Joruus C ' Baoth, orders Noghri commandos to kidnap Leia, who is pregnant.
At this time, Leia comes to terms with her heritage and asks Saba Sebatyne to train her as a Jedi Knight, as per a promise Luke had made to her during the Thrawn crisis.
In the Hand of Thrawn Duology, Luke, now a Jedi Master, works again with Mara Jade, who has learned to better her Force knowledge since her training at Luke's Jedi Academy.
When the Thrawn Trilogy ended in 1993 with The Last Command, Zahn thought it was the last book for which he would develop the character.
The Thrawn trilogy depicts Mara's first confrontation with Luke Skywalker, whom she has sworn to kill to avenge Palpatine's death.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is described as a tall, solidly built humanoid with blue skin and glowing red eyes.
He decides to risk exposing his true name, agenda, and position with the Republic, in an attempt to convince Thrawn of the threat of the Jedi expedition and of a new alien species that Palpatine had sensed.
Doriana puts Thrawn in contact with Palpatine, and the two converse over the situation, with Palpatine immediately noting Thrawn's capabilities.
Jorus C ' baoth, having succumbed to the dark side, attacks Thrawn with the Force.
Actually, Palpatine and Thrawn together had planned his ' exile ', with Palpatine quietly feeding him troops and ships to pacify the areas of the Unknown regions without anyone the wiser.
While political intrigues on Coruscant delayed a Republic response, Thrawn seized all but 21 of the ships, and crewed them with his massive new army of clones.
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