"Journey to the Unknown Regions and learn more about the origins of Thrawn and the Chiss Ascendancy."

The Ascendancy Trilogy by Timothy Zahn starting in May 2020.

(Thrawn Prequel Trilogy)

While it is interesting, I'd honestly rather find out where Thrawn and Ezra wound up.

But learning about the Ascendancy will be cool.

Eh, I love Zahn's work, and Thrawn as a character, but I have zero interest in this. I'd rather the story continue, rather than keep going further back to tell prequels to prequels.

How about rewriting Heir to match the new canon instead?

9 minutes ago, GreatMazinkaiser said:

How about rewriting Heir to match the new canon instead?

The big problem I see with that is where would it be in the time line? Post-Aftermath, Pre-Sequel Trilogy causes problems for why it wasn't mentioned or why the New Republic was so willing to let a new force arise after Thrawn kicked their collective asses for a while, Post-Sequel Trilogy means it'll have a whole new group of characters to write in as most of the main characters of the books are dead or don't exist in this universe.

Just like with anything post-Rebels, Zahn really doesn't have free reign to do what he wants with the character; Disney/Lucasfilm does, and until they decide what they want to do, Thrawn has to remain in limbo. I'd venture a guess that Thrawn's ultimate fate won't even be left in Zahn's hands anyway, regardless of what they decide. I think Filoni or someone else will deal with it in a show, animated or otherwise, or even in Episode IX. Sad to say, but the thought of Thrawn in a numbered Star Wars film no longer is exciting, but something I shudder thinking about.

13 hours ago, That Blasted Samophlange said:

While it is interesting, I'd honestly rather find out where Thrawn and Ezra wound up.

CONFIRMED: Rey is the lovechild of Thrawn and Ezra, you heard it here first.

4 hours ago, Alpha17 said:

I think Filoni or someone else will deal with it in a show, animated or otherwise, or even in Episode IX.

cough *The Mandalorian* caugh

4 hours ago, Alpha17 said:

Sad to say, but the thought of Thrawn in a numbered Star Wars film no longer is exciting, but something I shudder thinking about.

Even sadder than that, I think that the rest of the Star Wars Canon Fandom agrees.

20 hours ago, colki said:

CONFIRMED: Rey is the lovechild of Thrawn and Ezra, you heard it here first.

Hey at least she would have a dad.

Look what happened to that kid Anakin. He was wreck less speeding at such a young age.

Who knows what ever troubles he got himself into.

20 hours ago, colki said:

CONFIRMED: Rey is the lovechild of Thrawn and Ezra, you heard it here first.

I mean, that would certainly explain her...... I dunno, I got nothing.

19 hours ago, ArcticJedi said:

cough *The Mandalorian* caugh

Possible, though I wonder if Thrawn really wouldn't fit the scope of the show. Nothing I've seen indicates they'll do broad, sweeping stories like that, though who knows?

On 10/4/2019 at 10:50 PM, That Blasted Samophlange said:

While it is interesting, I'd honestly rather find out where Thrawn and Ezra wound up.

But learning about the Ascendancy will be cool.

I don't know why they couldn't have done both. They could have ended up in Ascendancy space and then got wrapped up working together to fight some threat to the Ascendancy.

I'll still consume this media because I enjoy Zahn's writing and Thrawn in particular, but I think it could have been more, unless that timeline is forbidden for written media for some reason.

Heck even if they wanted to do stories about them in Mandelorian, there's still a few years between when they zoom off and when Mandelorian takes place.

Love the cover art

Can't wait to read this!

Awesome, although fingers crossed as Thrawn Alliances was bl00dy awful

On 10/5/2019 at 8:37 AM, Alpha17 said:

On 10/5/2019 at 8:23 AM, GreatMazinkaiser said:

How about rewriting Heir to match the new canon instead?

The big problem I see with that is where would it be in the time line? Post-Aftermath, Pre-Sequel Trilogy causes problems for why it wasn't mentioned or why the New Republic was so willing to let a new force arise after Thrawn kicked their collective asses for a while, Post-Sequel Trilogy means it'll have a whole new group of characters to write in as most of the main characters of the books are dead or don't exist in this universe.

I am in the camp that throwing thrawn in after 9 would be the best place for with what they did with the canon. It would match up with the original EU pretty well.

Galaxy devided betweent New New republic and leaderless First Order.

Rey rebuilding the Jedi order with help maybe from ahsoka, Ezra, jacen, baby Yoda, and Jedi survivors.

Bring in threats from beyond the rim that they been hinting at as being the future big baddie for the series. The vong or those bug people.

........... Unfortunately, I think they are just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks and it will be a few years until they really try something big. Which really sucks because Resistance Reborn was an amazing book that used canon books, comics, and video games to make everything so much better!

Delayed release date.

But look at BLUE colour!

Thrawn: Chaos Rising official poster by Jeremy Wilson for Barnes & Noble Edition

Wish it was a tv series or movie

Thrawn Ascendancy Book 1 Dramatis Personae

49 minutes ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:

Thrawn Ascendancy Book 1 Dramatis Personae

Read or LISTEN to an exclusive excerpt from Chaos Rising

I recommend listening as Marc Thompson brings the story to life.

On 7/8/2020 at 2:58 PM, buckero0 said:

Wish it was a tv series or movie

Books don't have to worry about a special effects budget, nor as much about being cancelled before their story is complete. You can fit much more action and details into a book than you can a TV show or Film.