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1* AscendedFanon: The comic adaptation depicts Eli as appearing quite similar to his common fanon appearance, namely being AmbiguouslyBrown with SeventiesHair.
2* ProductionLeadTime: Similar to other books in the Expanded Universe, Zahn revealed in an interview on the ''Star Wars'' website that he was only brought in after Season 3 was finished in production, so he had to write ''Thrawn'' around it rather than already having written it prior.
3* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to WordOfGod at [=DragonCon=] 2018, in the epilogue, Eli was originally supposed to be looking for a "target". [[ExecutiveMeddling Del Rey]] requested Zahn to make it more specific, so he changed it to [[spoiler:Eli meeting up with Ar'alani instead.]]
4* WordOfGod: After the release of the book, Timothy Zahn stated that he's "already pitching [[Literature/ThrawnAlliances a sequel]]" to ''Thrawn''. And rumors are flying that he's trying to make it into a ''trilogy''.
5* WordOfSaintPaul:
6** Creator/TimothyZahn has stated in an interview that he believes Konstantine got his position from having [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections political ties or some other method unrelated to skill]] that got him his [[GeneralFailure rank of admiral]]. As it doesn't seem like Konstantine currently has any backstory and Zahn was the one that gave Pryce her backstory as seen in this very book, it's not outside the realm of possibility that it may actually be the case thanks to Zahn [[AscendedFanon ascending his theories into official works]].
7** When asked by a Wookieepedian about Nightswan's true identity, Zahn stated that while it's deliberately left vague in the book itself, he [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Nightswan%27s_identity/Message_from_Timothy_Zahn personally feels]] that Nevil Cygni was just another alias of Nightswan rather than his true identity (as otherwise the Galactic Empire could have easily tracked him down), leaving Nevil Cygni's real name currently unknown.

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