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Thrawn tells Jorus C'baoth and Captain Pellaeon why he stopped Outbound Flight.

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In his novel " Outbound Flight ," Timothy Zahn told the story of the expedition known as "Outbound Flight" which was led by Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth - and defeated by Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo of the Chiss navy, who would later become known a Grand Admiral Thrawn. In the follow-up novel " Survivor's Quest, " also by TImothy Zahn and set many years later, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and his wife Mara Jade went looking for, and found, the remains of the expedition. All these events take place in the Star Wars "Legends" universe and are not currently part of the Disney Star Wars canon On Outbound flight, fifty thousand colonists sailed beyond the edge of the charts. The Republic spent the rest of its existence pretending they had not.  In the fan fiction video below, the man who stopped them explains why he did so, on the one world in the galaxy where his guest is unable to take vengeance. The conversation takes place on Myrkr, hom...
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Thrawn on the fall of the republic

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 Fan fiction video in which Grand Admiral Thrawn and Captain Pellaeon discuss why the republic fell. From the legends "Heir to the empire" timeline rather than the Disney canon one, but practically everything in it transfers over.
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Music spot: "In the Navy" by the Village People, ("Down Periscope" version with Kelsey Grammer)

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Classic book review: "The Gandalara Cycle" by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron

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"The Gandalara Cycle" which was published in the names of Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron between 1981 and 1986,is an imaginative work of science fiction which is essentially one long novel in seven volumes. The seven books in the cycle are: 1) The Steel of Raithscar 2) The Glass of Dyskornis 3) The Bronze of Eddarta 4) The Well of Darkness 5) The Search for Kä 6) Return to Eddarta 7) The River Wall In an authors' note at the conclusion of the final book, Vicki Ann Heydron explained the story of it's composition. The authors were husband and wife, and began planning the book as a joint project shortly after their marriage in 1975. An outline for the entire series and a draft of the first book, "The Steel of Raithscar" had nearly been completed when, in 1979, Randall Garrett contracted a viral infection which led to severe amnesia and made him unable to work Working from their joint outline, Vicki Heydron completed the work. She dedicated the last book ...
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Thrawn on General Grevious

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This fan-fiction video in which Grand Admiral Thrawn discusses the separatist commander, General Grevious, refers to Grevious in its' title as the "Manufactured Monster." These videos are set in the Star Wars Legends "Heir to the Empire" timeline rather than the Disney canon. Whether the Grand Admiral would ever have been able to be so ruthlessly honest in a discussion with an Imperial audience about the crimes of Sheev Palpatine is an interesting question, but his assessment of what Palpatine was doing and how he, Dooku and others used Grevious is extremely perceptive.
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Thrawn uses art to explain the death of empires

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 Fan fiction video in which Grand Admiral Thrawn shows captain Pellaeon the art of various galactic powers and explains how that art reflects their weaknesses.
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Thrawn on the rise of Emperor Palpatine

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Fan fiction video on how Emperor Palpatine rose to power. This conversation is assumed to take place during the "Heir to the Empire" trilogy by Timothy Zahn and is part of the "Legends" universe, not the official Disney canon timeline.
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