Grand Admiral Thrawn

Grand Admiral Thrawn (full name: Mitth'raw'nuruodo) is a fictional character and major antagonist from the Star Wars galaxy. He first appeared in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy, published between 1992 and 1994. In these books, set five years after Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Thrawn has assumed command of the remaining Imperial forces and is planning to battle the New Republic. He has subsequently appeared in numerous other Expanded Universe works, including five more novels by Zahn. Although Thrawn is portrayed as a villain due to his leadership of the Imperials, his command style was considerably different from Darth Vader and other typical Imperial commanders who were known to be megalomaniac and sadistic. Instead of...