Since Ahsoka is now on the hunt for Thrawn, it’s possible that her path to the Grand Admiral could also lead to the missing Jedi making his own appearance in The Mandalorian. Rebels ended with Ahsoka Tano and Sabine heading off together to track down Ezra. How is Grand Admiral Thrawn connected to Ezra Bridger?

Interestingly, he had a plan to return after his death through a clone, just like Palpatine in the Sequel trilogy – though the Grand Admiral's double was destroyed. In the Legends continuity, which is no longer part of the Star Wars lore, Thrawn had the same tactical skill as his canon counterpart. A Beskar-destroying weapon Sabine created was being used against her own Clan in the battle, and Thrawn encouraged the Governor of Mandalore to kidnap Sabine to better understand exactly how it worked. Their eventual location is still unknown.īefore that, Thrawn has a history with Mandalore as he was involved in suppressing an uprising caused by Sabine Wren – though via hologram only. The pair of them were on board the Chimera ship and took a bunch of Purrgil – a giant, space-whale style race of creatures – with them. Eventually, Ezra was able to stop Thrawn by sending the two of them into hyperspace. The character then reappeared in the animated Rebels series, going up against the young Jedi Ezra Bridger and his friends. They charted the Grand Admiral’s past, including how he was found in the Outer Rim, and his rise to power through the ranks of the Imperial Navy. Thrawn’s entrance to the new Star Wars canon was in Zahn’s trilogy of novels, starting in 2017.

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