History YMMV / ThrawnAlliances

* MemeticMutation: Anakin trying time pronounce Mitth'raw'nuruodo.

** Some were let down when it turned out that the mysterious antagonistic species was a brand new species as opposed to a canon version of the Yuuzhan Vong.

** Anakin insisting on calling Thrawn by his full name, only for the latter to [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY repeatedly correct him in his attempts]], soon resulting in Anakin agreeing to just use his core name.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Rather than a part of the narrative, the funniest moment in the book is left for the dedication at the end of the novel.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Rather than a part of the narrative, the funniest moment in the book is left for the dedication at the end of the novel.

* AltenateCharacterInterpretation: Thrawn, like someone poking at a loose tooth, picking at the fringes between Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader. When did he first suspect they were one and the same, and when did suspicion become certainty? Does Thrawn keep tugging at the threads because knowledge is an irresistible drug to him, or was he trying to keep Vader off-balance so Thrawn would have more power in their relationship than he would otherwise, and was this an attempt to keep Vader's lethally capricious temper from harming his crew? When Thrawn replies to Vader's final assertion that Anakin is dead with "I know," does he really believe the Dark Lord, or has he simply accepted that Vader ''will not'' acknowledge his past no matter how much Thrawn presses the issue?

* CharacterShilling: Some find Zahn's usage of Thrawn in the presence of other capable characters like Anakin and Padmé as this.

** Chiss fans were hoping for Ar'alani and/or Thrass to show up or be mentioned as major points. Ar'alani is at least mentioned, but that's about it.

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Since Force-sensitive Chiss children have the ability of precognition, Thrawn is well aware of the possibility of being able to see the future. Whe he defeats the Bendu in the series 3 finale of WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels, he almost anxiously asks the Bendu what he sees, and is left rightly apprehensive at the prediction of his fate.]]

* TaintedByThePreview: The fact that (based on the released excerpt, at least) Batuu, the planet that serves as the setting for the Star Wars Land attraction at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, that serves as the crux of the book's plot. Some feel that it's a shameless cash grab to [[ProductPlacement promote the attraction]], others are happy at the continuity being displayed between different canon mediums, while others feel that it is a blatant cash grab but that Timothy Zahn's writing will help to iron these problems out.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Padmé shows up in a main role, which was unexpected since she hadn't been indicated to have been involved in Anakin and Thrawn's past encounter.

* TaintedByThePreview: The fact that (based on the released excerpt, at least) Batuu, the planet that serves as the setting for the Star Wars Land attraction at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, that serves as the crux of the book's plot. Some feel that it's a shameless cash grab to [[ProductPlacement promote the attraction]], others are happy at the continuity being displayed between different canon mediums, while others feel that it is a blatant cash grab but that Timothy Zahn's writing will help to iron these problems out.

* BrokenBase: The fact that (based on the released excerpt, at least) Batuu, the planet that serves as the setting for the Star Wars Land attraction at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, that serves as the crux of the book's plot. Some feel that it's a shameless cash grab to [[ProductPlacement promote the attraction]], others are happy at the continuity being displayed between different canon mediums, while others feel that it is a blatant cash grab but that Timothy Zahn's writing will help to iron these problems out.

* BrokenBase: The fact that (based on the released excerpt, at least) Batuu, the planet that serves as the setting for the Star Wars Land attraction at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, will serve as the crux of the book's plot. Some feel that it's a shameless cash grab to [[ProductPlacement promote the attraction]], others are happy at the continuity being displayed between different canon mediums, while others feel that it is a blatant cash grab but that Timothy Zahn's writing will help to iron these problems out.

* BrokenBase: The fact that (based on the released excerpt, at least) Batuu, the planet that serves as the setting for the upcoming Star Wars Land attraction at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, will serve as the crux of the book's plot. Some feel that it's a shameless cash grab to [[ProductPlacement promote the attraction]], others are happy at the continuity being displayed between different canon mediums, while others feel that it is a blatant cash grab but that Timothy Zahn's writing will help to iron these problems out.