Ahsoka The Road To Peridea

You were right! Good call.

And it does make sense that Elsbeth would find her Nightsisters there. They were the ones talking to her. This makes perfect sense.

 

I do wonder how Thrawn came to apparently be allied with them. This episode brought as many questions as it did answers.

 

So now we can safely say that the Road to Peridea is a dead end for the whales. Hue hue hue.

 

I am sure Zahn will answer that in his next trilogy

 

So if Peridea is basically a horror planet, is it possible the entire galaxy is as well?

I wonder if the entire galaxy is dying from being too imbalanced from the dark side?

It could be an endless number of Lovecraftian horrors populates the remains of this galaxy.

 

Dream scenario, imo. That would be endlessly fantastic.

 

I would actually love it if this galaxy was chock full of massive, horrifying, space-faring beasts (with the purrgil being the benign end of the spectrum), and that this is the reason for the desire to get the hell out. And Baylan realizes this too late.

 

I don’t know if it’ll happen this season, but I do kind of get the sense that Baylan has an Indiana Jones villain “be careful what you wish for” ending coming.

 

I think we will see Peridea in Dawn of the Jedi, and get our first intergalatic travels. Skeleton Crew will maybe go here.

 

A possible face-melt might be on the way.

 

Personally, I'm guessing some canonical version of Abeloth (the one from the legends probably won't pass), there were three figures on the map to the galaxy, so it's probably something from Mortis. And we have all MOTHERS. And Abeloth was Mother after all.

I think it was confirmed somewhere that Skeleton Crew take place in this galaxy, or something like that.

 

So, I’m guessing Thrawn is stuck on Peridea because he/ The Chimaera doesn’t have hyperspace maps of the new galaxy (?)

Has no other species from this galaxy visited Peridea in the last few years (or ever?) Have the Great Mothers never ventured beyond this planet? It’s not like Peridea is the only planet in this galaxy.

Or am I mistaken and Thrawn has been hopping around the new galaxy but he didn’t find anything worth his time and he wants to return to the old galaxy because there’s no place like home?


Also, shouldn't this thread be named 'Pathway' to Peridea?

 

This is such a logical answer, it must be correct. We often forget that in the GFFA everyone has maps for their hyperspace jumps. Rarely do they jump blind, so to speak.

 

I think we need to add in the fact that the hyper drive ring that Morgan built has 7 hyperdrive cores from SSDs. So it seems more than just plotting a course. There is probably also the power required to make the jump...even if that power is only required to shorten the jump. Maybe if they just used the Chimaera's hyperdrive they could make it....but it would take months, years or even decades.

 

I'm assuming all ships use a computer. They'd have to calculate where to jump because the entire galaxy is always in motion. The galaxy itself is rotating, the systems, the planets, moons, all moving in orbits.

It's a swirling mess. No being could do that alone.

 

Although, I assume the Nightmothers would have maps for Thrawn? So maybe this wouldn't be the problem we think it would be?

If the Nightmothers have maps, then that means Thrawn has probably explored the new/old galaxy during his ten years there.

However, one reason Thrawn might not explore much is dwindling troops and a galaxy full of horrific threats.

 

There might be a similar map room on this planet just like the planet in the first ep. The map knowledge is kept under lock and key. The mothers probably can access it, but even so I don't know how easy it is to return. The maps to Peridea are based on the whale journeys. Those whales don't ever return so ... maybe the return journey is different? I dunno.

Thrawn may not have nav computers on his ship of this new galaxy. There might no even be hyperspace lanes. So traveling might be almost impossible. Even with the Mothers.

 

I agree Thrawn doesn't have the capability to return to his original galaxy because he doesn't have the power, even if he had a map back. I was thinking more along the lines that he was specifically stuck in Peridea's system because he doesn't have the maps of hyperspace lanes of the new galaxy, and thus can't travel outside Peridea's system, unless at sublight speeds. There are billions of other stars and planets in this new galaxy, and Peridea is only one of them.

Good points. Yes, it makes sense to me that the Great Mothers would have maps of their own native galaxy and Thrawn could use those to explore the area. You might be right that there's something dangerous making him wish to make a swift exit back home.
We could also assume the Great Mothers have a similar star map that leads back to Thrawn's galaxy.
In ten years, I wonder why Thrawn hasn't attempted to build his own Eye of Sion. He could acquire the 7 or 10 or however many hyperdrives required, and befriend, coerce, or strike a deal with a shipbuilder.

 

Jedi could. Instinctive Astrogation has been a Force skill since the 80's in WEG SW RPG. I've long suspected that's also how Luke found his way to Dagobah. "No thanks, Artoo, I'll keep it on manual for a while."

 

Aren’t the Chimera’s primary engines damaged? Only one of them seems like it could be functional, with the other two looking fairly damaged or totally destroyed. So I don’t think Thrawn’s destroyer is too space-worthy at the moment.

 

I would say it is space worthy from the stand point that it will the hull can be sealed and life support works...but it has limited engine power and mobility.