Grand Admiral Thrawn

The Empire had many more terrors to offer the universe than the Emperor and Vader. In fact, its most formidable may have also been its most unexpected. Grand Admiral Thrawn, exile of his own people, found a second life with the Empire. Despite a lack of Force powers, he fought his way to the top of its military, dismantling his opposition with nothing more than simple, inalienable intellect.

Throughout his meteoric rise, Thrawn is constantly engaged in climactic battles, as well as deciphering seemingly unsolvable mysteries in an effort to strengthen the Empire’s control on the galaxy. Readers will be thrilled by his decisive victories, both on the battlefield and his personal conflicts. Therefore, those fans who will enjoy reading material about Thrawn the most are those who enjoy militaristic novels, Empire-centric stories, and cognitively-challenging mysteries.

Despite being the focus of thoroughly entertaining stories, Thrawn is an important character for fans to know because he is largely responsible for the continuation of the Empire after the Emperor’s death. In fact, Timothy Zahn is widely credited with revitalizing Star Wars with several of the stories in this collection after the Original Trilogy ended.

Regardless of your reasons for looking into this collection, you can be sure of one thing: with the Grand Admiral at the helm, the Empire is poised to strike first as well as strike back.