Events The EUC Read-Through Thread - The Thrawn Trilogy!

As a new series the EUC Mods want to run, we intend to host a Thrawn Trilogy Read Along in anticipation of the Ahsoka series.

This will commit participants to reading each of the new Thrawn books by Timothy Zahn.

Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances and Thrawn: Treason.

One a month, starting May.

We will also likely finish off with the final few episodes of Rebels.

Who's in?



If we had more time I'd commit to the Ascendancy Trilogy, this Trilogy, and the 1991 Thrawn Trilogy, but time is against us, and one book a month is plenty. Right?

Right?

 

@Sinrebirth convinced me.

I'm in!

 

I agree. Are you reading along with us, my friend?

Six days until we start reading!

@Silvertough, @HanSolo29, @Lady_Belligerent, @PCCViking, @Nehru_Amidala

 

Alright!

The 1st May is upon us!

I intend on opening the show.

Chapter One

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This was a treat because it essentially retreads the Legends story Mist Encounters where Parck meets Thrawn, albeit this is from Eli’s point of view.

The Strikefast becomes a Venator rather than Victory Star Destroyer, and there are V-wings rather than TIE fighters.

But it’s the exact same story beats by Zahn and he really builds confidence in the story for the readers who know Thrawn before. I’d actually have loved to not know the old story, but you can’t unlearn it, and Mist Encounters actually got reprinted just before the reboot so it’s in people’s minds anywho.

Thrawn playing the ‘dumb Unknown Regions’ yokel works very well. Gets him aboard the Destroyer and yes he runs circle around the Imps - and kills a few(!)

Either way, good start!

 

Obligatory Mod ness.

Your pace is your pace.

The target is to read the book by the end of May, so we can have an on-going discussion and a finale one.

 

I made it to chapter 20!

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I really didn’t care for Pryce, but when she meets Tarkin it really kicks the game into overdrive. They’re dancing around each other, but Tarkin cuts to the chase swiftly enough.

Vanto is one of my favourite POV characters on Thrawn. Better than Pellaeon or Parck, not as interesting as

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Faro or Vader

(in Thrawn: Alliances), but I just really liked him as a person. He’s very down to earth. Oh, and his parents panicking about a Chiss was hilarious.

The mastery of this novel is that Thrawn has a foil; Nightswan. Giving Thrawn a Moriarity to bounce off, and the ties to the Clone Wars, one’s Nightswan exploits…

The Battle of Umbara is an example of this. Thrawn beats Nightswan, and the Empire nationalises Umbara, so the smugglers can steal more. It’s so smart. Thrawn is defeated even if he wins. I do think Nightswan gives the book what it needed.

Excellent fun.

How is everyone else doing?

 

@Nehru_Amidala to be honest, I could see Eli actually had feelings for Thrawn, but whether Thrawn reciprocated them, is another thing. I can’t see it, myself, Thrawn just isn’t a character I see like that.

All finished!

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Nightswan and Thrawn’s heart-to-heart was probably the best part of the book. Yularen watching him too, that was extremely stressful. Thrawn then abusing Nightswans morality to trounce his fleet… sneaky.

Pryce remained deeply annoying to the very end. The massacre on Batonn was really unnecessary.

The tension about the Death Star between Palpatine and Thrawn was brilliant, too. Thrawn disapproving of planetary munticide is a thing.

 

OK, now I have access to audiobooks and guess what is on my list now! After Alphabet squadron though first. (both)

 

Woot! Let us know when you start!