General Star Wars Animated Series

I suspect the only reason Thrawn was on the ground was because he was tasked with capturing targets, which required far more micromanagement than he could provide from orbit.

I assumed he was there to deliver his victory in person. He doesn't really do anything himself besides hang back and bark orders until everything is wrecked and his enemies are completely surrounded.

Which would still be rather stupidly egotistical of him, granted.

Him being proficient at hand to hand combat does make it slightly more excusable. Though not when you're up against Jedi.

Also I was surprised that he apparent has genuine reverence for the Emperor.

Of course a master tactician would have reverence for the master tactician.

I mean this guy waged both sides of a massive civil war and nobody even noticed until the moment he revealed it.

Why wouldn't he? Arguably the trait that set Thrawn apart from other Star Wars villains when he debuted was his professionalism. He isn't a Card-Carrying Villain; he truly believes in the Empire's cause. He didn't claw his way up the ladder over the bodies of his enemies; he's just that good. He's the embodiment of the company man.

Have we ever seen what a Jawa looks like without its hood? Or what a Tuskan Raider's face looks like?

Not in canon. I don't remember if we ever saw a Jawa with its hood down in the EU, and if we did it went back and forth on being accepted. The few Sand People we saw without head coverings were more or less human, but I have no idea if they were native Tuskens or if they were all adopted in.

Darth Krayt from the Legacy comics was a Tusken Raider, actually.

edited 29th Mar '17 7:27:10 PM by BadWolf21

I thought he was a raider-raised human.

(edited because I meant the exact opposite of what I typed)

edited 29th Mar '17 7:57:38 PM by Ninjaxenomorph

Again, we have no real indication that Tuskens aren't human. He wasn't born one of them (or he was, but his father wasn't, or something), but he identified as one.

Hett, Katarn and Jade are really the only legends I'd like ported over from the old EU like Thrawn

Think Boba will finally show up in a season about mandolorians after... pretty much every body and their mother has basically now mocked Jango's mando cred... I mean I get they'll never really refer to how Jango got his mando cred cause its somebody "elses" idea

I mean Mando culture has gone kinda CRAZY with the attempts to not have them just be Space Vikings for hire. Now they are kinda a weird mix of Fuedal Japan, Sparta and Space Vikings!

The thing I'd like brought over most from Legends is Shadows of the Empire. Or failing that, Xizor. I had the N64 game as a kid and I also read the novel, so I admit I'm a little biased.

Don't expect any story to ever be reinstated wholesale. It's just not going to happen.

However, following The Last Jedi, I can definitely see the comics moving on to the year between Empire and Jedi, to give the new canon it's own interpretation of those events, and I would not be shocked if we met Dash Rendar and Xizor around that time.

I'd actually say that Mandalore is basically Space Scotland with all the powerful rival factions that go by "Clan X".

The Japanese tribes are also translated as "clan" though. The whole family-based army thing. I wonder how effective that actually is for maintaining military power. The real superpowers of the world didn't really start appearing until militaries fell away from being family-based in nature.

IIRC, in the case of medieval Scotland, family-based military factions lead to Scottish military power having Crippling Overspecialization Gone Horribly Right. You essentially had well-trained and motivated smaller armies whom were near fanatically loyal to their officers, but good luck keeping them unified under a monarch's single command when there's no obvious common enemy (England) to unite them against. Plus, frequent English invasions and punitive expeditions lead to high attrition rates among the Scots, forcing the latter to look to the Auld Alliance with France to ensure geopolitical deterrence and a source of foreign military aid against the former.

Finally got around to watching Zero Hour today. And it was, in my opinion, the perfect way to end the season. Was it as good as Twilight of the Apprentice? No. But it didn't have to be.

Season 3 has been the show's greatest season yet. Yes, Season 2 had better individual episodes, but overall I believe it was the weakest season. It had too many episodes that were just okay instead of up to the standards set in Season 1...and continued in Season 3.

I feel the show really hit its stride this past year. And Thrawn is easily one of the best, if not the very best, villains the show has ever had. He's definitely the embodiment of Evil Is Cool and I'm glad he survived the season's events.

Looking forward to Season 4!

One thing I must criticize (It may just be me though) is that I didn't like the force related things like Maul being so divorced from the main plot of the season.

Yeah, I really wish the Bendu and Maul's journey got a bit more focus. They both feel like missed opportunities.

Maul's journey had me laughing for a good minute, though.

• Maul: Yes, he's on Tattooine! Finally, my revenge is at hand!
• [nine episodes later]
• Maul: Fuck, this desert is bigger than I thought.

Maul, it's the size of a goddamned planet, what did you expect? :P

Maul you've literally been there before you fool.

Thrawn doesn't seem to have teeth.

No but really, it's really starting to bug me. Watch that scene where Thrawn is trying to intimidate Hera into surrendering. She has clearly visible teeth. Behind Thrawn's lips is seemingly a black void.

edited 3rd Apr '17 1:19:39 PM by blkwhtrbbt

He's not been to the Lars homestead, which seems to be a journey by speeder bike to Mos Isley.

What's weird to me is that Maul doesn't even seem to have a speeder bike. Perhaps it was destroyed, but even then Mauls ship was only a short distance from Obi Wan's campfire when Ezra needed to fly it. How did Maul get to wandering on foot?

I assume Ben managed to trick him away from it some how.

edited 3rd Apr '17 6:11:11 PM by Whowho

What if this incarnation of Thrawn simply has black teeth?

edited 4th Apr '17 6:10:31 AM by FluffyMcChicken

You'd still see them. They'd reflect some light. But personally I think the design team left out his teeth to make him that much creepier.