History Literature / Thrawn

** Pryce Mining has found a mine full of doonium. In ''Legends'', it's a heavy metal alloy used in the construction of starship hulls. Incidentally, the book also says that [[spoiler:Thrawn and Anakin]] met in the Thrugii Asteroid Belt during the Clone Wars, which in ''Legends'', contained mines of doonium as well.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Whatever her other faults, Governor Pryce cares deeply about her parents and the workers of her family's mining company.

* RealityEnsues: Thrawn only knows minimal Basic at the beginning of the novel and thus needs someone to coach him and translate between him and other people. Also, while Thrawn was high-ranked in the Chiss Ascendancy, he has to start at the very bottom of the Imperial ranks as a lieutenant.

* StealthMentor: Thrawn himself to Eli, after recognizing how good Eli is at understanding Thrawn's plans, a skill only a few others like Wullf Yularen possess. Thrawn spends most of the boom developing thus talent further in Eli and it's not until late in the book when Commander Faro spells out to Eli that Thrawn has been preparing him for command.

** Thrawn himself. Possibly the biggest one since 2014.

* VaguenessIsComing: The Chiss are being threatened by an enemy from the Unknown Regions, and that same enemy may threaten the Empire as well. Thrawn never refers to it by name.

* NothingIsScarier: Whatever's out there lurking in the Unknown Regions. Nothing is said about it, aside from the fact that the Chiss are really scared of it. It's possibly the same presence that Palpatine and the Acolytes of the Beyond were said to have felt in ''Literaure/AftermathEmpiresEnd'', [[spoiler: which is implied to either be or is related to Snoke]].

** Thrawn himself. Possibly the biggest one since 2014.

It was released on April 11th, 2017, by Del Rey Books.

''Thrawn'' is a Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel by Creator/TimothyZahn, who previous authored ''Legends'' works including the original ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' that first introduced the character into the franchise. ''Thrawn'' delves into the new origins of the titular character, making it a preboot of sorts. The novel is a prequel to ''WesternAnimation/{{Rebels}}'', where Thrawn was first reintroduced into the franchise after the ContinuityReboot.

* BerserkButton: For Pryce, it is anything that threatens her parents. The main reason she entered politics was so she could find a way to get back at the people who screwed over her family's mining company. [[spoiler:She even kills an ISB agent to save them]].

* FatalFlaw: Thrawn, while a tactical and strategic genius, is constantly described as politically inept, something that causes him no end of problems with people both inside and outside the military.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In regards to ''Legends''.

* MilitaryMaverick: Thrawn's a rather more subtle example than usual. His pragmatic mindset drives him to find solutions to problems that, while effective, often end up ruffling the feathers of his superiors, particularly because Thrawn often does not default to the typical Imperial procedures that are sometimes too rigid for his purposes (or selects strategies that, while highly effective, are not politically expedient). As a consequence, he winds up frequently threatened with courts-martial and has to regularly return to Coruscant to face them.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Calculatedly {{Invoked}} by Thrawn (like everything else he does), when he actually yells at a stormtrooper who wasn't going to let him pass. Possibly the only time, in ''all of his appearances'', in which Thrawn raises his voice "in anger."

** Interestingly, the book counts as this for the ''Legends'' canon (which is itself the TropeMaker). It would take little, if any, modification for the novel to slot into that continuity, as well, serving as something of a prequel to ''The Thrawn Trilogy''.

It was released on April 11th, 2017, by Del Rey Books. It is receiving a comic book adaptation from Creator/MarvelComics' Jodi Houser (who was also responsible for the ''Film/RogueOne'' comic adaptation) in early 2018.

It was released on April 11th, 2017, by Del Rey Books.

* Something will separate Eli and Thrawn after the Battle of Batonn seeing as how despite him being Thrawn's aide he's nowhere to be seen when Thrawn makes his appearance in season three of Rebels. [[spoiler: It's because Thrawn sends Eli to serve the Chiss Ascendency following the battle.]]

* BroadStrokes: Parts of Thrawn's backstory from ''Legends'' have returned, including Thrawn being exiled by his people and being rescued by Imperials. Thrawn also reveals that his people are threatened by an enemy that is also a threat to the Empire (which was the Yuuzhan Vong in ''Legends'', but canonically, it is something currently unknown--possibly the same thing that Palpatine senses the presence of according to the ''Aftermath'' trilogy, [[spoiler:which is implied to have something to do with [[Film/TheForceAwakens Snoke]]]]) and he offers to help the Empire with his vast knowledge of the Unknown Regions (referencing the Outbound Flight project). The first chapter is almost a word-by-word copy of "Mist Encounters".

** The extra rank plaque that Deenlark gives Thrawn also shows up in some rather pivotal moments

* MilitaryMaverick: Thrawn's a rather more subtle example than usual. His pragmatic mindset drives him to find solutions to problems that, while effective, often end up ruffling the feathers of his superiors, particularly because Thrawn often does not default to the typical Imperial procedures that are sometimes too rigid for his purposes. As a consequence, he winds up frequently threatened with court-martials and has to regularly return to Coruscant to face them.

* SchrodingersCanon: See CanonImigrant.

* ScrodingersCanon: See CanonImigrant.

After Mitth'raw'nurodo, or Thrawn, is rescued from exile by Imperial soldiers, his deadly ingenuity and keen tactical abilities swiftly capture the attention of Emperor Palpatine. And just as quickly, Thrawn proves to be as indispensable to the Empire as he is ambitious; as devoted as its most loyal servant, Darth Vader; and a brilliant warrior never to be underestimated. On missions to rout smugglers, snare spies, and defeat pirates, he triumphs time and again -- even as his renegade methods infuriate superiors while inspiring ever greater admiration from the Empire. As one promotion follows another in his rapid ascension to greater power, he schools his trusted aide, Ensign Eli Vanto, in the arts of combat and leadership, and the secrets of claiming victory. But even though Thrawn dominates the battlefield, he has much to learn in the arena of politics where ruthless administrator Arihnda Pryce holds the power to be a potent ally or a brutal enemy.

** Thrawn being exiled for pre-emptive strikes. [[spoiler:Except... actually not. It's actually a ruse; he was purposely planted into the known Galaxy to be found by the Empire, because from what the Chiss Ascendancy heard from Neimodian refugees fleeing into the Unknown Regions after the end of the Clone Wars, they were worried that the Empire wouldn't be a stable ally against threats from the Unknown Regions. And since Thrawn had previously met Anakin at some point during the Clone Wars, they decided he was the most qualified of them to assess the Empire's potential.]]

** Price's hand-to-hand training in the novel help explain her skill demonstrated in Rebels.