History Literature / ThrawnTreason

** Twice during the confrontation between Thrawn and [[spoiler: Grand Admiral Savit, Thrawn said to his fellow Grand Admiral on Savit's Star Destroyer ''Firedrake'' bridge that he leaves his Death Troopers behind (Savit has assumed that Thrawn leaves them on the ''Chimaera''), he never said how far they were behind and they were actually still in the shuttle that brings him aboard the ''Firedrake''. Also, the Chiss Grand Admiral said that there will be no loss of life, the Chiss never said that nothing will get damaged, shown as Faro neutralises Savit's TIEs without killing their pilots.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The fact that Project Stardust is this lies at the heart of why [[spoiler:Grand Admiral Savit decides to steal from its supply lines. He thinks the massive resources that are going into building the Death Star are a colossal waste, because he believes it's only a matter of time before somebody figures out a way to blow it up. So he tries to preemptively salvage as much as he can by stealing turbolaser components that can be used to reinforce his star destroyers.]]

''Thrawn: Treason'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWars]] novel written by Creator/TimothyZahn, who previously authored ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' works including the original ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' that first introduced the character into the franchise, as well as the preceding novels, ''Literature/{{Thrawn}}'' which had explained the titular character's new origins in the ContinuityReboot, and ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances'' which explained Thrawn’s first meeting with Anakin Skywalker.

''Thrawn: Treason'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] novel written by Creator/TimothyZahn, who previously authored ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' works including the original ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' that first introduced the character into the franchise, as well as the preceding novels, ''Literature/{{Thrawn}}'' which had explained the titular character's new origins in the ContinuityReboot, and ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances'' which explained Thrawn’s first meeting with Anakin Skywalker.

* {{Interquel}}: The events of this novel occur a few weeks following the events of ''Thrawn: Alliances'', at some point between the season 4 episodes "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E07RebelAssault Rebel Assault]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell Family Reunion – and Farewell]]" of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''

* SmallNameBigEgo: Ronan, despite some surprising abilities (see HiddenDepths above), is nowhere near as competent as he thinks he is, and continuously underestimates his superiors (except for Krennic, who he hero-worships). His final thoughts in the book are [[spoiler: that if Thrawn advising him to join the Chiss is not due to a secret plan with Palpatine to destroy the Chiss Jedi (a plan that doesn't exist and Ronan pulled out of thin air after a single astute observation spun out too far), Ronan will prove to be a deadly enemy for him and the Chiss. As soon as he's out of earshot, Thrawn and Ar'alani immediately start talking about how they can use his inevitable treachery to feed tailored information to the Imperials, and the reader has seen enough of the POVs from all three characters to have no doubt that Ronan doesn't have a hope in hell of matching wits with either of them]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: The fact that Project Stardust is this lies at the heart of why [[spoiler:Grand Admiral Savit decides to steal from its supply lines. He thinks the massive resources that are going into building the Death Star are a colossal waste, because he believes it's only a matter of time before somebody figures out a way to blow it up. So he tries to preemptively salvage as much as he can be stealing turbolaser components that can be used to reinforce his star destroyers.]]

* ClarkKenting: [[spoiler: Major Dayja Collerand of the Imperial Security Bureau goes undercover using the alias "Mole", in order to investigate some pirate gangs. The bulk of his disguise consists of altering his posture, demeanor and voice inflection.]]

* ChekhovsGun: A great deal of attention, mostly mocking, is brought early on to the cape Ronan wears. [[spoiler:During the battle between the Chimaera and Savit's flotilla, Ronan uses the cape to save Thrawn's life.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Thrawn's confrontation with [[spoiler:Grand Admiral Savit's four star destroyers. Thrawn is able to predict Savit's actions almost to a tee and manages to fight the battle without even being aboard the ''Chimaera'', leaving it to Commodore Faro. The battle is also notable because there's not a single casualty.]].

* ExactWords: The bet to fix the vermin problem turns on this. [[spoiler: Finding out they're a RedHerring and fixing the real issue does not, technically, count.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: Being captured ans "broken" by the Grysks (who won't hesitate to inflict such treatment on children). Due to this, Vah'nya [[spoiler:asks Eli to kill her, and the other Chiss navigators, if the ship falls to them]].

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* TakingYouWithMe: When questioned by Ar'alani after the final battle, Eli explains that his plan, [[spoiler:should the Grysks win]], would have been to [[spoiler:load the navigators and himself into a shuttle along with as many explosives as he could pack and then detonate all of them when the Grysks tried to board]]. This would also keep his promise [[spoiler:to Vah'nya to kill her and the other navigators in the event of defeat]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: Being captured ans "broken" by the Grysks (who won't hesitate to inflict such treatment on children). Due to this, Vah'nya asks Eli to kill her, and the other Chiss navigators, if the ship falls to them.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Ronan (having shown laudable powers of observation by realising one of the Chiss girls is Force-sensitive) then spins it out into a theory that Thrawn has been given a secret mission by the Emperor to sabotage and destroy these Chiss "Jedi". [[spoiler: It is his belief that he can help in this that leads him to accept Thrawn's suggestion of working for the Chiss at the end of the novel, with internal dark musings that if Thrawn is not doing this, Ronan will prove to be a deadly enemy for him and the Chiss. As soon as he's out of earshot, Thrawn and Ar'alani immediately start talking about how they can use his inevitable treachery to feed tailored information to the Imperials.]]

* PassedOverPromotion: Commodore Faro is starting to chafe under the role of Thrawn's flag commander, believing that a promotion to task force commander was long overdue by now and that Thrawn was blocking the promotion for some reason. [[spoiler:It's because Thrawn had been trying to get Faro command of an entire fleet, not just a mere task force.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: When the Emperor agrees to Thrawn's suggestion of sending Darth Vader to personally oversee Project Stardust, Thrawn tells Ronan that he has two choices: return to Stardust and [[spoiler:risk having Vader expose Ronan's contempt for the Emperor]] or [[spoiler:flee to the edges of the Empire and hope no one finds him]]. Since neither option is a good one, Thrawn then suggests a third one: [[spoiler:Ronan could go to the Chiss Ascendancy with Admiral Ar'alani and serve the Empire by helping the Chiss deal with the Grysks. Ronan is initially reluctant but has little choice but to accept. Ronan also thinks that Thrawn may be secretly working on destroying the Force-sensitive Chiss, whom he believes to be as bad as the Jedi were]].

* EntertaininglyWrong: Ronan (having shown laudable powers of observation by realising one of the Chiss girls is force-sensitive) then spins it out into a theory that Thrawn has been given a secret mission by the Emperor to sabotage and destroy these Chiss "Jedi". [[spoiler: It is his belief that he can help in this that leads him to accept Thrawn's suggestion of working for the Chiss at the end of the novel, with internal dark musings that if Thrawn is not doing this, Ronan will prove to be a deadly enemy for him and the Chiss. As soon as he's out of earshot, Thrawn and Ar'alani immediately start talking about how they can use his inevitable treachery to feed tailored information to the Imperials.]]

* PassedOverPromotion: Commodore Faro is starting to chafe under the role as Thrawn's flag commander, believing that a promotion to task force commander was long overdue by now and that Thrawn was blocking the promotion for some reason. [[spoiler:It's because Thrawn had been trying to get Faro command of an entire fleet, not just a mere task force.]]

* CallForward: Grand Admiral Savit is convinced that [[spoiler:someone will eventually figure out a way to destroy the Death Star and then all the money and resources that went into its construction will be wasted.]] It ends up happening [[Film/ANewHope a lot sooner]] than the 10 or 15 years he estimated though.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The fact that project Stardust is this lies at the heart of why [[spoiler:Grand Admiral Savit decides to steal from its supply lines. He thinks the massive resources that are going into building the Death Star are a colossal waste, because he believes it's only a matter of time before somebody figures out a way to blow it up. So he tries to preemptively salvage as much as he can be stealing turbolaser components that can be used to reinforce his star destroyers.]]

** On the side of the Empire, Vader comes up as a [[spoiler:candidate to oversee Project Stardust]], which freaks out [[spoiler:Ronan]] because Vader would figure out his contempt for the Empire and [[DeadlyEuphemism "address it".]]

* MythologyGag: The trick of hiding torpedoes behind a densely-packed fighter wing comes from the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' novels ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology, and a similar tactic is previously employed in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy''.

* ContinuityNod: The trick of hiding torpedoes behind a densely-packed fighter wing comes from the ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology, and a similar tactic is previously employed in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy''.

* BadassCape: Subverted. Assistant Director Ronan wears a cape just like his boss Director Krennic, but instead of seeing it as baddass, other Imperials privately mock it as a pompous affectation. What's worse, this novel reveals that Krennic made the capes mandatory among his upper staff.

** [[spoiler:Played straight at the end of the novel, as Ronan is able to stop Grand Admiral Savit from shooting Thrawn by whipping the cape at Savit.]]

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