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IRONY

I must've missed something...

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I must've missed something...

Grand Admiral Thrawn is blue.

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Grand Admiral Thrawn is blue.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

This is not a joke.

This is not sarcasm.

This is an actual question.

Who in the blue hell is Grand Admiral Thrawn?

Get yourself learned, then you can thank me later...

Grand Admiral Thrawn

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Basically all the greatness you need to know...

While a master of military tactics, Thrawn was more than an adept commander. His use of knowledge and intelligence in conjunction with stunning tactics proved Thrawn to be one of the galaxy's most remarkable military commanders.
The precise application of intelligence allowed Thrawn to win countless victories over numerically superior forces. Thrawn believed that one could understand the psychological and tactical limitations of one's adversaries through the examination of their art, and thus exploit their weaknesses. This conviction was often proven correct since his vast knowledge and obsession with the analytical study of art resulted in almost infallible strategic victories over nearly every opponent Thrawn engaged. Thrawn had a large holographic collection of art, although he also possessed few real artifacts, including Killik Twilight, a set of Mandalorian armor which he wore on his mission to Corellia, and, according to rumor, General Grievous's mask. He also had a statue made by a certain species, which were totally wiped out by his forces—it was the only case when Thrawn had knowledge of a particular species' art and was not able to create a proper tactic to defeat them without total annihilation.

An attention to small details also played a major role in Thrawn's technique. By scouring large collections of data and intelligence, Thrawn was able to piece together small details that alone were merely trivial, but together formed a powerful variable. Additionally, his collection of information and near-encyclopedic knowledge of topics gave Thrawn an eerie aura of omniscience.[3] At least once, however, he made mistakes as a result of over-predicting his enemies, assuming they knew information that they did not.

Finally, Thrawn laid out complex campaigns in advance of his attacks. By following a carefully planned campaign, Thrawn was able to keep his enemies guessing. In the time it took his enemies to understand one phase of his plan, Thrawn had already moved on to the next. In this, Thrawn was always a step ahead of his foes.

Basically, the only time you could win against Thrawn is when he knew too much.

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Basically, the only time you could win against Thrawn is when he knew too much.

So how was he defeated then?

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So how was he defeated then?

Well, my memory is hazy on this, but he kind of lost on multiple fronts (after a bunch of victories). Part of it was in assuming Luke would be defeated by others.

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Did it have anything to do with failing to realize that the Noghri would be influenced by Leia? I feel like that played into it somehow, though I haven't read the books in a while.

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As I recall, he wasn't really aware of Leia's presence on the Noghri world.

All the same, though, she exposed the Empire's poisoning and enslavement of their people, which allowed for his personal bodyguard to literally knife him in the back (right through his damn chair, even).

But that was his personal defeat. His professional one was even nastier, for reasons including but not limited to:

1) The Jedi Master clone, Joruus C'baoth, taking over the clone supply, which was attacked and wrecked by the Republic

2) Mara Jade joining forces with the Republic

3) The various smugglers unifying against the Empire, largely behind Talon Karrde (because of that one smuggler who worked for Thrawn screwing up and making it look like the Empire was out to get them)

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See, Thrawn is so legendary that even the people who really are into this sort of thing don't have a definitive answer. Chances are he's still alive, having Chiss threesomes and dominating everyone around him with his awesomeness.

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1) The Jedi Master clone, Joruus C'baoth, taking over the clone supply, which was attacked and wrecked by the Republic

2) Mara Jade joining forces with the Republic

3) The various smugglers unifying against the Empire, largely behind Talon Karrde (because of that one smuggler who worked for Thrawn screwing up and making it look like the Empire was out to get them)

Numbers 1 & 2 were why I got the impression that a major flaw was assuming Luke would be taken care of (by either of those factors).

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The "Return of the Jedi" that could have been

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Goddamn they need to start filming! I need real episode VII news! I cannot survive on the breadcrumbs of people's EU reminiscing.

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Goddamn they need to start filming! I need real episode VII news! I cannot survive on the breadcrumbs of people's EU reminiscing.

Just pretend there is no such thing as an E7 and focus on other stuff.

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