Few villains in Star Wars have made an impression like Grand Admiral Thrawn. Introduced in the Expanded Universe (EU) in the early ’90s, the blue-skinned Chiss stood apart from the likes of Darth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These books take place during the era of the Clone Wars but far away from the battling Republic and Separatists. The Chiss have ...

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The first trailer for Disney+'s Ahsoka series confirmed what we hoped — and suspected — it would: Grand Admiral Thrawn is coming, and he's gathering every Imperial remnant he can ...

Creating a “Star Wars” villain that can stand up with Darth Vader is a serious challenge, but Timothy Zahn managed it with Grand Admiral Thrawn. The Chiss military strategist made his debut in 1991’s ...

In 1991, the Star Wars universe changed forever. After a few years of quiet, the Expanded Universe exploded in scope and reach, kicking off with a series of novels from Timothy Zahn that brought us ...

Zahn again proved himself to be one of Star Wars’ most agile storytellers with the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy. The prequel books further defined Thrawn, the autocratic Chiss Ascendancy empire, and a ...

On movie screens, Darth Vader has always been the go-to bad guy in the Empire for Star Wars fans, though in the 1990s a new generation fell in love with Grand Admiral Thrawn from the pages of Timothy ...

Grand Admiral Thrawn is one of those Star Wars characters that most fans have never heard of. Despite never appearing in the movies, he is one of the most prolific non-Sith villains the galaxy has ...

The Chiss Ascendancy is in danger. We learned about a mysterious threat to the Chiss in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising. That book started a new Thrawn-centric trilogy, which makes sense as Thrawn is ...