Episode 159 - Thrawn Ascendancy - Chaos Rising

Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 4 p.m.

Thrawn is back in a new novel from Timothy Zahn outlining the Grand Admirals origins and how the Chiss Ascendancy is arranged.

On this fully armed and operational podcast, we discuss:

  • Whether Chaos Rising works as a Star Wars novel,
  • The organization of the Chiss Ascendancy,
  • The structure of the Sith families,
  • Skywalkers and their roles in Chiss society,
  • How Thrawn failed to understand politics,
  • Whether Thrawn’s abilities to analyze art to discern tactics actually works,
  • Thrawn’s rivalry with Yiv the Benevolent of the Nikardun,
  • The cameo of a major Star Wars character,
  • How Thrawn’s own family fears his potential to bring down the Ascendancy, and
  • The general plot of the book.

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