Grand Admiral Thrawn canon for Star Wars again?

[Kevin Hamilton]

Maybe:
nerdist.com/grand-admiral-thrawn-star-wars-canon-expanded-universe-star-wars-rebels/

With Disney’s takeover of Lucasfilm, one of the biggest changes to the franchise was the de-canonization of most of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Moments like Chewbacca’s death and characters like Anakin Solo were all dumped in favor of a clean slate. However, according to the guys over at Making Star Wars, it looks like one EU favorite may be returning to the fold. As part of season three of Star Wars Rebels, the team behind the cartoon is looking to re-introduce Grand Admiral Thrawn — the main villain at the core of Timothy Zahn’s series of books known as The Thrawn Trilogy.

One of the most popular characters in the Expanded Universe, he was known for his distinct blue skin and red eyes, and was one of the Empire’s most brilliant tacticians. He managed to take control of the Imperial Fleet following their defeat at Endor. Now if this is all true, it could open the door to other EU characters! (We’re lookin’ at you, Mara Jade.)

[Brainbustaaah!]

Can you imagine how many tongues this would still? Thrawn being canon again would be a huge step towards salving the hurt a lot of people had with the Legends changeover.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Those were by far the best EU books, and he was by far one of the best characters. This would definitely not be a bad addition to make.

[MC Blowfish]

Thrawn needs to come back.

[Limity (BLM)]

Whoo hoo!

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

I figure he is the Unnamed Fleet Admiral that shows up at the end of Aftermath.

[Sir Woodrow]

I want the Yuuzhan Vong to become canon in Ep VIII, if only to have them wiped out by the First Order

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Think is, ok there's the EU with a lot if stuff you'll need to throw out to make a coherent series going forward.

But it's not all like that, if there's an awesome character like Thrawn, why not use him? You do that, you have a good character you can tell all sorts of stories with, and you appeal to the hardcore base, there's no real downside to it.

[xCompackx]

Good, now let's make Starkiller canon. There's nothing that happens in the first Force Unleashed (didn't play the second one) which is directly conflicted by the later films and it gave an actual reason for how the Rebel Alliance came to be in the first place.

[ToyfareMark]

As long as Boba Fett remains Sarlacc poop, then its all good.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Feb 4, 2016 20:44:07 GMT -5 ToyfareMark said:

As long as Boba Fett remains Sarlacc poop, then its all good.

Well.............

[HMARK Center]

HELL YEAH BRING BACK THRAWN.

When I saw TFA I couldn't stop myself thinking that the Solo twins were involved in it, but I'll settle for Thrawn being back. The original Thrawn trilogy is probably the best thing produced in the EU, and a great structure for a cinematic trilogy if they had made Episodes VII-IX back in the 90s.

[The Spelunker!]

The Chiss are already canon again so it makes sense to use him somewhere.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Feb 4, 2016 18:21:26 GMT -5 Sir Woodrow said:

I want the Yuuzhan Vong to become canon in Ep VIII,

Now just wait one second!

Feb 4, 2016 18:21:26 GMT -5 Sir Woodrow said:

if only to have them wiped out by the First Order

Ah! Carry on.

[Sir Woodrow]

I want Talon Karrde as canon

[Sephiroth]

Since my Mister Sinister costume turned out so well at last year's NYC Comic Con, I'm actually thinking of doing Thrawn this year. But I think I'll put him in a black uniform as if he joined the First Order-keep it current and less chance any blue makeup that wears off will show up on it.

[Cyno]

YES!

After some elements of the KOTOR-era coming back into the Star Wars canon ("Hammerhead" ships in SW:Rebels inspired by a 'centuies-old design', Taris being a member of the New Republic in TFA, Kylo Ren's lightsaber being based off a thousands-of-years-old design from Malachor), Thrawn coming back would be great. And the Chiss are canon again, so might as well bring back the best one.

It makes sense, too, since the Zahn Star Wars books are the basis for some of the original "EU becoming G-Canon" material, like the name for the Old Republic/Imperial capital planet being Coruscant. And the Immobilizer 418 cruiser (aka the Interdictor Cruiser) originated in the Zahn books and recently had an entire episode dedicated to it in Rebels.

[The Spelunker!]

Feb 4, 2016 23:17:13 GMT -5 Cyno said:

YES!

After some elements of the KOTOR-era coming back into the Star Wars canon ("Hammerhead" ships in SW:Rebels inspired by a 'centuies-old design', Taris being a member of the New Republic in TFA, Kylo Ren's lightsaber being based off a thousands-of-years-old design from Malachor), Thrawn coming back would be great. And the Chiss are canon again, so might as well bring back the best one.

It makes sense, too, since the Zahn Star Wars books are the basis for some of the original "EU becoming G-Canon" material, like the name for the Old Republic/Imperial capital planet being Coruscant. And the Immobilizer 418 cruiser (aka the Interdictor Cruiser) originated in the Zahn books and recently had an entire episode dedicated to it in Rebels.

I'm super amused that they're using Rebels as a dumping ground for the cooler stuff from the EU.

[The Spelunker!]

My dream here is that we get Prince Xizor somewhere in this, as the Falleen already are confirmed legit too.

[Cyno]

Feb 4, 2016 23:40:51 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Feb 4, 2016 23:17:13 GMT -5 Cyno said:

YES!

After some elements of the KOTOR-era coming back into the Star Wars canon ("Hammerhead" ships in SW:Rebels inspired by a 'centuies-old design', Taris being a member of the New Republic in TFA, Kylo Ren's lightsaber being based off a thousands-of-years-old design from Malachor), Thrawn coming back would be great. And the Chiss are canon again, so might as well bring back the best one.

It makes sense, too, since the Zahn Star Wars books are the basis for some of the original "EU becoming G-Canon" material, like the name for the Old Republic/Imperial capital planet being Coruscant. And the Immobilizer 418 cruiser (aka the Interdictor Cruiser) originated in the Zahn books and recently had an entire episode dedicated to it in Rebels.

I'm super amused that they're using Rebels as a dumping ground for the cooler stuff from the EU.

It's really the best way of handling the Legends stuff: bring the cool stuff in through new canon works like Rebels, new canon video games, etc. while safely being able to avoid the mountains of garbage that the EU created.