1. Thrawn trying to justify the BS he’s been conducting while part of the empire to Ar’alani. (it’s not convincing her)
2. Wutroow clowning Samakro for being demoted to Mid-Captain after Thrawn was reinstated as Senior Captain of the Springhawk. Ft. Ziinda being witness to a 2nd degree murder attempt.
3. Che’ri showing her gratitude to her father figure, Thrawn, on his personal ship.
4. Thrawn and Che’ri are just happy to be there while Ar’alani ponders how she’s going to get wine out of her white uniform.
5. A nice family portrait of the Senior Captain, Skywalker, and Caregiver of the Springhawk. (Thrawn was exiled a week ago and they needed an updated photo)
6. Thalias after she, quite literally, pulled a charric on Thurfian.
7. Ar’alani being the best Admiral and helping the skywalkers finish their last boss battle.
8. Ar’alani telling Zistalmu to stfu while he’s aboard her ship. (Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising. Chapter 14, pg. 255)
*in my little Star Wars au as Ezra is about to reunite with the ghost crew*
Thrawn: you shouldn’t be nervous, they’re your family
Ezra: I haven’t seen them in so long though. A lot has changed! And they might be mad at me.
Thrawn: I felt that way before seeing my family again, but you know what happened?
Ezra: Ar’alani gave you a black eye, Eli didn’t talk to you for a week, and your siblings yelled at you for two hours straight?
Thrawn: Fair enough. But we all made up. Your family is nicer than mine, though.
I’m seeing many people feel that Thrawn isn’t portrayed as he is in the more recent canon novels (more pro-empire, less focus on the Chiss). Perhaps. However, this line sticks outs to me “the security of our galaxy” (including Chiss space). He knows that the Empire (or the Imperial Remnants) could be better at protecting the galaxy than the New Republic, hence the need to take the helm and reestablish imperial order. Some others are also pointing out that he says “long live the Empire” as opposed to something about the Chiss - but why would he want to bring attention to the Chiss? They’ve been isolated off in the Chaos and don’t need the rest of the galaxy trying to get there (plus their own possible civil war?). I still think this is our Thrawn from the EU/canon books and Rebels. Looking forward to this! May warrior’s fortune be ever in your favour!
Chapter 19 (I think) of Lesser Evil ~ the girls are fighting
. . .and when I say girls i mean hardened military commanders and when I say fighting I mean trying to save each other’s lives lmao
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. I adore the Thrawn books because of the casual amount of strong female characters who do not fall into toxic tropes !!!
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