I like to think of Thrawn as a more modern Revan, where everything he does is to help the known galaxy survive against a massive foreign threat

Imagine a game where you play as a Stormtrooper or other infantry/ air unit in a campaign under The Empire of The Hand - like doing everything the Empire should have done and actually being the good guys.

Imagine if the Empire of the hand had their own jedi order. A order that was competent and followed Qui Gon philosophy of the force

Personally I like the idea of Thrawn being yeeted in another galaxy, because it allows the First Order to develop in the Unknown Regions without stretching suspension of disbelief too much: had Thrawn being in the Unknown Regions he would have done everything in his power to disrupt the construction of Starkiller base (being a massive super weapon relatively close by to the Ascendancy). Looking forward to what he was up to all these years

Imagine if Palpatine had just used Thrawn to institute reforms in the Republic, making it a strong, unified galactic government, rather than indulging in a stupid and wasteful coup. He could have led a much stronger government in a much stronger galaxy, with the Jedi doing his bidding, with the caveat that he's not actually doing much evil.

I always wondered about other galaxies out there in the Star Wars universe and glad they are finally expanding on that level.

Yo this plot is already dope and Thrawn hasn’t even appeared yet. Can’t wait to fully see him and for any interactions he’ll have with the other characters.

Heir to The Empire, Dark Force Rising & The Last Command are amazing books. I know this will be nothing like Legends but I hope they can at least do his character some Justice. I don’t think we’ll see him until the last episode of the season.

I think thrawn had a massive imperial expeditionary force. That he left behind to maintain the empire of the hand.

Can't wait to see thrawn new empire in Ahsoka series

Loved this video! I really hope that the Ahsoka show will follow this direction, it would be so nice to see this new empire rising hoping at the same time that Disney will not turn this Empire into the first order. I’d also love to see a movie/tv show where they show the war against the vong.

Yet again another amazing video my friend, keep up the fantastic work.

I know nothing of this story but really enjoyed your summary.

I haven't read heir to the Empire since 1994 but now I want to go back and revisit that trilogy

Good video. Like always, very informative.

Is it wrong for me to root for the Empire at this point considering that with Grand Admiral thrawn at the Helm of the New Galactic Empire. Because the new Republic obviously is not doing a good job compared to its predecessor the galactic Republic before it. Corruption is a big problem in the new Republic and Grand Admiral thrawn is most likely going to use this against the New Republic in the future episodes of the series and we're probably going to see it. But from Legends I seem to recall aliens even joined Grand Admiral thrawn's new Galactic Empire or maybe his new title in the series will be Emperor Thrawn, anyway I'm hoping we get to see alien Stormtroopers in the series.

The real question is, if thrawn is in an entirely new galaxy. How did word spread that he might still be alive? So someone has to be in contact with him in some way right? Otherwise it wouldn’t make sense if no one was in contact with him how would Morgan Elsbeth know what map to look for

Never understood why they didn’t just make him the big bad for episode 7, 8, and 9 then they can the vong for 10, 11, 12. Like Disney that six guaranteed billion dollar films and countless small tv and spin on films

Good work!

It’s a shame Thrawn ultimately loses since he’s gone in the sequels

thrawn would have been the true hero of Star Wars if he survived. -change my mind

Thrawn pretty much said as much in the Zahn trilogy when C'baoth told him that "only fools spoke that way to the Emperor" when Thrawn told him that he had once told the Emperor one of his military plans was flawed and that he needed more time to prepare properly. For those who haven't read them, the Emperor got mad, did it anyways, failed, and never questioned Thrawn's advice again. Thrawn also favored a massive fleet over superweapons in the books, something the mouse pickpocketed for his designs as well.

Filoni’s pretty clever. New galaxy is one way to circumvent the sequels and do stories in another place. The distance between galaxies is vast… hundreds of millions of light years.

I've read the Heir to the Empire Comic series.... Good stuff... as far as Thrawn's way of doing things goes I hope that Disney sticks to the source materials

Thrawn in the thumbnail looks like William Tecumseh Sherman

My feelings Thrawn and Ezra are in the Milky Way (our) Galaxy. Think about it. You could say ET's people fled here to escape the Emperor. That's how ET ended up here and could explain their appearance in Ep I and why ET recognized Yoda😅 I know silly but would be cool

Those were 2 of the top 10 legends books that I really loved. The hand of Thrawn 2 book series when newly married Mr. and Mrs. Skywalker, Luke and Mara go into the unknown regions looking into the return of thrawn meet the chis ascendency and work with grand Admiral Pelion

Just waiting for them to reveal that the 'other Galaxy' is our Galaxy and Thrawn's ruling Earth. That'll save some budget $$$

Imagine Grand Admiral Thrawn as the main villain in The Force Unleashed 3. If it ever happens. I would love to see Starkiller have a face-to-face conversation with Thrawn.

I would have loved to have served under the Grand Admiral. Not only would I learn, I’d also gain respect and perhaps a promotion!

Thrawn not referring to them as the new republic is interesting is this why even in the Jedi outcast games they still call them rebels

Seeing other galaxies in Star Wars would be awesome!

Thrawn is by far the smartest known persona to rule the galaxy.

Thrawn is the competent Third Party needed that would've done away with a useless and outdated Two Party System.

So thrawn will probably crest the first order when he returns and will help the new republic destroy the remnants of the empire and gryysk in cannon I could see it

Cant wait to see em and does anyone know the name of the sinister sounding music throughout the video it isnt in the description

This would make $10 billion if it was done right as a trilogy

Looks like thrawn was a wise leader

If Ezra was captured by Thrawn in the Aftermath of the Whale Migration, and he told Ezra that he was doing something to prevent a race like the Yuzong Von (however you spell it) do you think Ezra could’ve been reasoned with to fight with Thrawn? That would kinda call back to what Ezra’s final message to Sabine said about doing the right thing. Would be cool to see some form of Imperials fighting with Rebels to combat a Galactic Yuzong Vong threat. Wait a minute… wasn’t that an obscure Dark Horse Star Wars comic plot? I mean it didn’t have Thrawn but both Imperial and Rebel forces fought the Yuzong Von in that thing (gosh I can’t spell it right😂😂😂).

Thrawn is the emperor of wild space. Perfect quote

So how does snoke come into power?

we will have to wait and see but it would be interesting if it turns out thrawn isn't the main villian of the story, a complex character with layers and also i really enjoyed the parts of the books were he would break down events or information and formulate his plans, i also do hope Captain Pellion shows up in a big way as he was one of the people thrawn was training and working on, you see it through out the books.

Thrawn and Ezra were on the same ship when the whales took them away with not knowing anyone out there how would Ezra get away from Thrawn when they got there and survive for what 10 to 15 years by himself

He just made the ascendency in the main galaxy

Thrawn is basically like bob from reboot

I'm so hyped Shadows of the Empire and Heir to the Empire were my favorite books growing up e

Me and a friend of mine. I’ve been saying this for a long time. Most of the current canon material pulls from and tweaks legends material. Yes it’s not the same and in some cases it feels like it is a rushed copy that doesn’t have as much of the same heart in it, but The reason I’m able to reconcile a lot of it is that the legends continuity feels like what would happen in the real world win you have stories that are passed down and retold a lot of the same details happened but they don’t happen in the same way they originally did. It’s actually why for me, the line in the last Jedi is so powerful when Luke is telling Rey that he even believed the legend of Luke Skywalker. Say what you Will about that movie and rise of Skywalker, but it really set the tone for me for what a lot of canon will look like in the sense that there’s gonna be a lot of familiarity, but to get around all of the fans who read all of the legends material they’re going to tweak things and revise them, and make them fit in the story they want to tell. I’m not going to say I like everything they’ve done, but that is how I’ve had to reconcile with not getting to see some of the things that I wanted to see or seeing them radically change aspects that I liked.

I swear this dude just makes stuff up as he does

The Starwars multiverse is starting to come to fruition

It's interesting that Thrawn was killed by a Noghri named Rukh. He did this after learning that he'd been forced into the service of the Empire, with a lie from Darth Vader. The planet suffered an ecological disaster during the Clone Wars, when a separatist ship crashed on it and burned off most of the plants and animal life. Darth Vader brought what appeared to be help but was secretly poisoning the land to keep it from actually recovering. Keeping their people basically, enslaved to the empire forever. When Thrawn took command of Rukh, he knew all about this, but kept it to himself. Thrawn might have eliminated much of the way the Empire did things but failed to do this for Rukh and lost his life because of it.

what about thrawn and the chiss vs the grysk????????

So is Thrawn more like a lawful evil or a chaotic good?

'The Hand'...galaxies pleasure palace icon.

I've always wondered; What would have happened if Thrawns clone was not killed?

The first time the team had

Emperor Thrawn would have been the best thing for the Galaxy

Finally someone explayned why bring Thrawn back in the 1st place. I was asking, what is a logical thinking of empire. why would they even bother to bring him back. he was a tactical genius and everything but still he was not worth that effort. "bring back 1 guy and give him all the remaining forces we have gained in years after the fall of the empire" Like why are they so loyal to him. what makes him special.

Thrawn’s empire really doesn’t sound too bad when you think about it; it just had questionable, at best, methods.

What stinks is it's not going to amount to anything because the sequels have not yet been retconned. We can only hope...

Imagine thrawn was part of the new republic

I just hope that Thrawn in motion looks better than the preview pic that looks like blue Elon Musk.

It is an interesting critique of the New Republic, as it mirrors our own history. Almost without exception all through human history, each time a former empire was overthrown by a rebellion within, that which replaced it was at least as bad… if not worse. Same game, different uniforms.

"Why Thrawn's NEW Empire is FAR Superior To Palpatine’s" And yet we still get a regurgitation of Palpatine in the last movie. sigh

Unless he gets thrown into the lost galaxy again after this then the empire. Thrawn the first order and the final order all lost and his can’t last long in this version

I mean, other than hating the new republic Thrawn sounds pretty alright.

I love the idea of a Whole NEW Galaxy Far Far Away. No longer needing to trample on the continuity on The Galaxy Far Far Away.

9:36 Except, of course, that the Rebellion was formed almost entirely by high-ranking Republic officials...

My theory is that Thrawn was actually making smurf village, and that we should leave him alone unsupervised and in peace

Thrawn does have his own Jedi order, and they’re led by Baylon and Shin and I’m pretty sure Dave Filoni is going to base it on the imperial knights force users who used silver light sabers. In the new galaxy

Ezra will be the Bruce Lee of star wars

MANNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! Thrawn got a blue butt. WE CANT TAKE HIM SERIOUS. Imagine him on the toilet!

A good summary right up until 8 minutes in. The Hand did NOT destroy Thrawn's clone -- he was (apparently) blown up by Luke and Mara because they had no other way to escape the flooding cloning chamber (but we never did see confirmation that he was killed). Also, the Hand does not have any arrangement with the Jedi whatsoever, and tried to recruit Mara Jade to their cause. Luke and Mara -- not the Jedi as a whole -- chose to keep their knowledge of the Hand to themselves. You guys need to give "Visions of the Future" and "Survivor's Quest" another read.

I hope they dont kill Thrawn. He can lose, but i would like to see Thrawn withdraw to the Hand and rule there and permit the expansion of that lore.

So basically the hand is badass lol

Depending on the time line, this could be the perfect time to bring Thrawn in with the first order being defeated.

Imagine if Thrawn was force sensitive. He would probably be on par with Lord Vitiate.

Well thrawn only used the empire to complete his own goals but because ezra trapped him in a different galaxy hes probably preparing an army because he still wants to sabe his people

This is what the new Triology should be, Heir to the Empire / New Jedi Order, New Republic

I wish thrawn was reborn, but clones are simply not a great version of the original, 😢

I think if they had any sense, they’d echo legend’s Thrawn but I have learned to never underestimate Disney’s ability to shit the bed.

Will we see the vong finally?!

Imagine if the Rebellion saw what the Empire of the Hand was before Thrawn was killed, having Thrawn and the Rebellion leaders work together and create something better than the Republic and Empire combined.

Oddly enough I can actually see myself loyally serving Thrawn in his Empire of the Hand. Despite knowing better.

Thrawn kinda sounds like a good guy

This is a blend of elements that would make the ideal Thrawn - built on the concept of the original Thrawn from the novels. Sadly, however, the concept laid out in this video is not the Thrawn that exists in Disney's version of the character - which I hate to say is a far lesser character than the original.

The messed up thing is....They actually could have talked to Thrawn. He was getting ready for the real fight. I'm just saying. He has honor. You can speak to folks with honor. Imagine if they talked to him. Thrawn for life ❤️‍🔥🖤💙💙🇹🇹🫡💯😎

I don't know man. I have a bad feeling about this. This starting to sound a lot like Johnson's pitch of having a Star Wars trilogy take place in a different galaxy where the force doesn't exist. Guess we'll find out soon.

I don’t get why Disney doesn’t like Legends,this if fire

Mass amedda whas an high ranking alien Imperial to

I’m now rooting for thrawn the galaxy needs order the new Republic is too incompetent!!

Is he a Smurf? He needs a white hat

Is generation tech and star wars theory, the same person on both channels 🤔

Idk why but I don’t like Thrawns death in legend sounds kinda silly death to a mastermind And not gonna lie I hope Thrawn won’t die anytime soon he’s to epic for Disney just killing off this early. Not gonna lie I kinda hope Ashoka will be bigger then Mandolorian yes Mado is epic and fun but it’s just boring at this point because Disney makes all shows connect with Mando which I don’t like, like in Boba fett they should have left mando out of that series

Thrawn refused to waste resources or potential.

I hope they do this and de-canonize the sequel trilogy.

After Ahsoka takes his head, she'll be queen of a new empire. We need a Jedi ruler, she's perfect as a grey.

This is why Thrawn is of one of my favourite characters. His intellect and tactical genius is only second to Darth Revans imo.

I can't wait to see how Disney Star Wars destroys the most competent male in the galaxy.

What difference does Thrawn's presence really make ? Or any of his henchmen ? They could be the most bad assed villains ever in star wars. That doesn't change the timeline. The imperial remnants were destroyed in the battle of Jakku. Thrawn or no Thrawn....

So superior to be brought down by a rag tag group of rebels