Gideon: “Captain Pellaeon, you always speak with much authority, and yet I see, once again, that Grand Admiral Thrawn is missing from your delegation. Grand Admiral Thrawn’s return will herald in the reemergence of our military, and provide commandant Hux enough time to deliver on Project Necromancer.” Pellaeon: “But that strength must not be wasted. There’s a pertinent conversation between Moff Gideon and Captain Pellaeon, discussing Thrawn. In this episode, we hear the Imperial Shadow Council discussing his return. It was announced last weekend that Lars Mikkelson will be playing Grand Admiral Thrawn in Ahsoka, and we even got our first look at the character in the trailer. There are obviously spoilers ahead for the episode, so proceed with caution. There will probably be a lot of questions about these matters, though, so let’s explore what it all means and why it’s such a big deal. It’s all setting up for the return of Thrawn, in the more immediate view, and the rise of the First Order, in the longer view, and it’s some of the best developments this show has made in connecting to the larger timeline. The latest episode of The Mandalorian, “Chapter 23: The Spies”, included some incredibly strong threads and connective ties to other material, including both Legends and canon, as it drew on plot lines from the books and the sequel trilogy.
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