Why the thrawn trilogy is GREAT.

The Thrawn trilogy will always be the real star wars sequel trilogy

I was 10 minutes in before I realized this wasn't one of those huge lore channels. Great Job!

The thrawn trilogy honestly got me into the eu books and now I’m on Dark Journey (the 22 entry in the EU timeline) and HOLY shit.

I believe the most chilling part about Thrawn is that he seems like a pretty chill dude. Like if he invited you on the Chimara he would probably give you a glass of wine and want to talk about his paintings.

Just a slight correction about Mara: the books acknowledge that she never actually appears in the movies - or more accurately, not at the Sarlacc pit (there have been plenty of speculations about who was portraying her in Jabba's palace under the assumption that she was depicted there, but the books were written before the Special Edition of the movies, and most of these came up in the wake of the SE release) - but they use a pretty clever way for doing it. For those who do not already know, I will not spoil anything, but I will say this: the realization of it has quite the bone-chilling effect on Luke, all because just one little detail change could have made the rescue of Han Solo go completely differently and very likely disastrously for them (and yeah, this is a way of bringing up the concept of the butterfly effect).

Plus a early computer game in the 1990s, Tie Fighter, subtly reinforced Thrawn as a great and enriching character in the lore and story telling. From a more slow paced, as well as more rewarding, gaming era.

I do sincerely think this stuff was far more interesting and better than what Disney has done Just like the Halo books are the holy grail of the original Halo story

This book is the anchor of the Expanded Universe. Everything starts here. I argue the prequels and sequels might not have been made if this wasn't a success.

It's worth noting that there was already a series of books before Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy that were building up the post-RoTJ (the Star Wars: Rogue Squadron books), but the first Thrawn trilogy was the first time we got to see 'the gang back together'. The fact they had Thrawn (a non-force user) with Joruus Sabbaoth as a secondary antagonist just makes the trilogy all the more memorable/interesting than the Disney dreck we ended up getting (and that's just on the villain side).

To be fair... Thrawn has had three great trilogies. A great trilogy of great trilogies. You've got the Legends Heir to the Empire trilogy which kicked off the whole EU/Legends, and you've got the Canon Thrawn and Thrawn Ascendancy trilogies that are some of the best Disney era Star Wars content, regardless of what you think about Disney's handling of Star Wars as a whole. All three of these trilogies shine bright thanks to Timothy Zahn's phenomenal writing.

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3:44 Leia is what amounts to the Secretary of State for the New Republic. Also, the NR wasn't really "larger" than the Imp Warlords, what made them lose was more that they were using resources to fight each other instead of the NR, giving the NR time to consolidate and start their meticulous campaign of eliminating one Warlord after the other.

WE haven't forgotten you EU! Great video, was born in 92' so after discovering the OG Trilogy on VHS (man that makes me feel old, older than I am) I was introduced to the EU & was HOOKED. A few yrs back I got back into collecting (TVC 3.75!) & really have fallen back in love with SW. My job since starting 4-5yrs ago has really beaten me down, draining the force from my body, creating a wound in my life. Yet, SW has helped, I've fallen in love with this galaxy again, & it has really helped in dark times. Glad I found this, I hit subscribe right away, & plan on staying!

Just wanted to add to your points of Zahn's character exploration: As far as i'm aware, Mon Mothma's only appearance from that point was in RotJ, and it was kinda brief too. But we got to see her take on the role as leader of the New Republic, the struggle that the politics entailed, and how she eventually swallowed her pride for the benefit of all, allowing a certain Corellian general to save the day. Sure, she still was kindova minor character, but she got some characterization and background added to her than merely "Rebel leader". Also, i've never wanted to punch a character more than Councilor Feyyla. Masterful writing from Zahn. And a great video! I really STRONGLY recommend for people who haven't read the Thrawn trilogy to do so. Afterwards, if you want to re-savour the story, try reading the graphic novels. They're fantastic. (One more thing- I totally agree that the Noghri had such a fearsome and awesome design via the graphic novels. I personally prefer the version in Dark Force Rising.)

One of the aspects of the original Sequel Trilogy was that unlike Vader or Palpatine, Thrawn wasn't a force-user, and unlike Tarkin, wasn't relying on brute force but on pure intellect. Even more, he acted not only as a strategist, but also as a teacher, teaching his strategies and his style of command to his subordinates. Thrawn's death is arguably one of the greatest mistakes Zahn could have made. We should have had an Empire led by the Grand Admiral, no matter if it was the Empire Remnants, the Empire of the Hand or something else, but the Grand Admiral should have had a true chance as Heir to the Empire.

Its funny If they put some mind to it they can adapt the trilogy with a couple changes especially including the prequels

Great video man. Looking forward to seeing what you make in the future!

Great video! Please continue talking about the EU like Dark Empire Saga and the jedi academy trilogy etc

It was so artistically done.

Very much enjoyed this video. Even tho I have the audiobooks and have been listening a bit lately, this was like rediscovering the books in a way. Thanks for making it.