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You should see how badass Thrawn is in Boofire191's Earth in Star Wars: Galactic Century. Spoilers: In the opening battles of the Galactic Civil Wars he guides Earth's forces to capture and hold Empress Tita, Fondor(along with capturing the unfinished Executor), and Prackith. And he does so partly with Gundams.
You had me right up until "democratically elected senate." This would, of course, be the ideal scenario, and the one we would WANT Thrawn to follow. But democracy is not the Chiss way, not the way he was raised, and he always said in his original trilogy that the Republic's insistence on giving everyone a voice and a vote in the things that happened in their government is what ultimately destroyed them. He believed the power in government MUST be more centralized and streamlined, left in the hands of a much smaller group of people than the Galactic Senate had been. With over a million member worlds, it took too much time and effort (and often a great deal of deceit) to sway a majority of representatives to see any one issue in the same way. He much preferred the Imperial way of saying "This is how it's going to be, deal with it. End of discussion." He believed that only that kind of government, where the control was in fewer and fewer hands (just as the military had become by Palpatine creating the rank of Grand Admiral and having no more than 12 of them at a time overseeing the Navy) was the only way to effectively meet the threat coming from the Unknown Regions. While Thrawn has always been accepting of good ideas even if they came from sources other than himself, in the end, he does not allow his orders to be questioned. He told a crewman so in Heir to the Empire when the guy acknowledged an order by saying "Yes sir" with a questioning tone. Thrawn said in a firm and cold way, "You need not understand every order given to you. You need only to *obey* it." He's an infinitely patient man with a Big Picture view on things nut he had no patience with incompetence or endless squabbling over minor details. We did see flashes of impatience and even anger from him in HttE, and however he might have been written later in other stories, we have to remember that those stories were set BEFORE HttE and they represent the man he WAS...the leader he had been before his Unknown Regions tour and before the original Thrawn trilogy. People rarely revert BACK to the person they used to be. Decades of war would have, by the time you describe here, cemented the views Thrawn held in the HttE trilogy, and I think he would be even less likely to put the power back in the hands of "the people," most of whom (let's face it) just didn't have the proper training/education to grasp the nuances of political and military strategy. He is of the opinion in his original trilogy that the average people don't care who is in charge as long as it doesn't interfere much with their daily lives and they are still able to put food on the table, so I would think he doesn't much believe there will be a big outcry if people aren't given democracy. *Most* people did not mind being part of the empire, in fact. The ones who revolted against Imperial rule were the minority populations--non-hiumans, near-humans, and the humans who felt moral outrage at the way these species were treated--who were exploited, enslaved, or discarded and ignored in times of need. Thrawn didn't have a problem with the Empire as a government; he only said that Palpatine made mistakes in not treating all his Imperial subjects the same, and that if he had done that, he never would have had a war to begin with. So I can't see Thrawn agreeing to go back to the unwieldy "everybody has a voice in their fate" democratic senate, especially if he had re-established the Empire once already. He seems much more like "I know what's best for you; you will *learn* to trust in that," type of leader. ALL THAT SAID...I love this scenario. Things could have been so much more interesting if Thrawn had lived.
Yea, but he may have had to compromise his beliefs in order to gain galactic cooperation. I guess Chief of Staff of the Federation Military over a united galaxy beats Emperor of a small portion of the galaxy while engaged in a three way civil war when the Vong come to town.
It would be a way better end for Admiral Ackbar. Fighting until the end against one of the greatest military minds in the galaxy. Not getting blown up while fleeing with only one short sentence mentioning him :(
Krosis Seyn Not that Legends gave Ackbar a good death either. His death was only mentioned in the final novel in The New Jedi Order series, and it wasn't even in combat, but rather old age.
+Killerninja That makes Thrawn a character who was killed very easily by his own bodyguard. Take over the Galaxy? Thrawn was incapable of keeping himself safe!
@@Ares99999 He didn't think he was gonna be betrayed and he did nearly take it over. Anyone can be killed and betrayed, Sidious took over the galaxy but was killed. Anyone who takes over anything can always be killed by someone else, no one is unbeatable.
He did survive Bilbringi: it was his clone that died. The real Thrawn made off with some Islamari for breeding, and all the vast knowledge, blueprints and as much tech he could bring with him from the Emperors store house on Wayland making it onto the stealthed Steadfast with Admiral Ar'Alani and his groomed protégé Comannder Vanto. It's this effort that washes his hands clean from the Empire that is dying so that he and the Chiss may diplomatically bring the New Republic in as it's ally against the darkening maw of the outter regions.
I disagree with the Jedi Civil War entirely because Kyle Katarn and Luke were close friends and allies in Legends so they would understand each other's views. The Jedi were also too few in number to start a civil war and were almost wholly loyal to Luke due to his accomplishments, wisdom, and experience in such things. That being said however, I agree that Thrawn would deal with things the way you laid out, but not with the World Devastators of the Dark Empire, maybe something similar, but not those because he views the destruction of planets, or strip mining them, to be wasteful and unnecessary. What he probably would have done is find an asteroid belt that was rich in minerals and metals that could be used to build ships and mine there, but not strip mine planets. You should write a fan fiction for this stuff man, it would be something I'd read.
Great video :) I like the idea of the Dark Empire being a common enemy to unite Thrawn and the New Republic, and I really like to imagine how Thrawn would have dealt with their crazier super weapons like the Eclipses and the Galaxy Gun, and 'Galactic Federation' is nice sounding term for a post-Empire government. I do feel like it's a bit of a Diabolus ex Machina to have Thrawn killed off basically right after the Vong are dealt with. Not to mention the idea of a non-force using third party like Thrawn trying to stabilize a Jedi Civil war is a very interesting one so it feels like killing him off is wasting some potential.
It makes sense though, the risk of Thrawn siding with the peace faction jedi would have been to great and would have brought certain defeat to the war faction jedi. So they open the civil war by taking out what is realistically their biggest threat on a macro scale, crippling the military might of the Federation allowing them to focus on Luke and his peace faction.
@@jonathantanner7083 I agree that it makes sense that the war faction Jedi would try to take Thrawn out, but I don't think Thrawn would have ended up 'siding' with the Peace faction. Despite working closely with them for years, its very likely that Thrawn would have been openly highly critical of the Jedi's pacifist philosophy, though he likely also would have been critical of the War factions growing aggressive/power hungry tendencies (having been personally acquainted with the likes of C'byoth) I just feel like the presence of a non-force using third-party like Thrawn, who couldn't care less about 'Light vs. Dark', and likely doesn't care for the Jedi philosophy as a whole, and simply wants to keep the galaxy safe and secure would make the Jedi Civil War all the more interesting.
I agree with you finaldarkfire, killing off Thrawn at the end was rather blunt and wasteful. Perhaps Eck has a way to bring Thrawn back! At least let him die with honor or in some grand sacrifice...
@@EckhartsLadder maybe you can work it into your timeline by having her go after and influence anakin and be the prevaling cause for your jedi civil war.
Holy shit, why didn't I think of that? That means that the lost tribe of the sith would never Ally themselves with Luke and Ben, since it would be too early for the sith to be visited by ship. Wait would even that happen? I mean if the yuzahn vong war was only a year and Anakin was still alive, would that mean Jacen isn't captured and falls to the dark side of the force? If so that means Jacen would never sends Ben to Ziost, and ship would lay dormant.
@@ratbat1072 He was also a wimp that that had his personality changed by Green Milk and was just a complete asshole. Meanwhile, I was there for him in his younger days when he wanted to join the Imperial Academy but Owen wanted him to stay another season. From that point on he became a hero. Once he drank the filthy Green Milk though. He completely changed for the worse.
I think that post-Vong War, Thrawn would have allied with Luke's faction (as they are a force for stability) against Jaycen's faction. Thrawn would have forseen the coming Jedi Civil War and used the cloning cylinders from Mount Tantiss to mass produce Ysalamiri and harness backpacks to outfit dozens of squads of anti-Jedi specialized troops. Jaycen is killed and many of his followers are inprisoned on Coriband.
I wonder if Thrawn would've been pragmatic enough to realize that leaving a bunch of angry Force users alone on a planet to stew and rage and build back up is a bad idea, and just finished them off then and there. I suppose it depends on how much he knows about the distant past of the Star Wars galaxy. While I disagree with the Jedi genocide of the Sith _race,_ that's because on top of being extremely immoral, it basically _caused_ the endless cycle of war between Light and Dark Force users which continued right into the Legacy era. The actual Sith _cult,_ post-genocide, needed to be completely wiped out to ensure galactic stability, but things never quite played out that way.
This was by far my favorite video in a while, great work Eck! It reminded me of the After Endor series that he did a while back in a similar format. I hope both After Endor and the next of episode of this get made soon
That reminded me of End game crisis in Stellaris. Specifically when you know that it's coming and you're just fortifying the outer regions of the galaxy and raising a gigantic fleet although you have no real enemy to face
He did survive Bilbringi: it was his clone that died. The real Thrawn made off with some Islamari for breeding, and all the vast knowledge, blueprints and as much tech he could bring with him from the Emperors store house on Wayland making it onto the stealthed Steadfast with Admiral Ar'Alani and his groomed protégé Comannder Vanto. It's why Thrawn overlooked the missing spy droid he and Pellaeon planted to spy on the suspicious Noghri. The clone has no recollection of the missing modified deacon droid as it was in its final stage of incubation. A detail like this would have not been overlooked by Thrawn. It's this effort of the switch and bait that washes his hands clean from the Empire that is dying so that he and the Chiss may diplomatically bring the New Republic in as it's ally against the darkening maw of the outter regions. The Chiss now have access to cloaking shields based on imperial tech, tie defenders, death star weapon schematics, planetary shielding tech, force bubble blocking Islamari and most importantly cloning technology. Now they can reliably produce navigators, clone Thrawn and other competent service members. With the Islamari they can achieve so much more now.
I don't think thrawn would carve out his own empire, I believe he would pass it down to Pellaeon and would simple go home once the Yuuzhan Vong have been dealt with. His people were fair isolationists that did not want to get involve or have interest in outside affairs unless it threatens their very existence, this is shown when Thrawn asked if the Death Star was going to be used against the Chiss. Palpatine probably knows this about his people, which is probably why we don't see many other chiss. Again they're isolationists not conquerors.
Something you got wrong about the Battle of Bilbringi was your statement that Admiral Ackbar would have died. Because of the politics going on in the New Republic military, Thrawn and Palleon intended for his ship to be one of the ones that survived, as to disgrace him and further suggest that he was working with the Empire.
While I like Star Wars Rebels, this here highlights something that they missed. Thrawn isn't just a smart bad guy. He's also fair and likable. I know you'll get to this in the finale of the Vong sub-series. Won't stop me from going through the motions though. Anyways: Can you breakdown what is by far the largest space battle in the entire franchise? *The* *Battle* *of* *Yuuzhan'tar!* I have made this request: one-hundred-ten times.
@@wolfgod6443 Still, look at how his own men thought of him near the end of his reign. "Yesterday, the Chimaera's crew had trusted and respected the Grand Admiral. After today, they would be ready to die for him."
@@MrDrProfessor4 True, but the last guy they pledged their allegiance to was Palpatine, who is basically Star Wars Satan + Hitler. This still makes Thrawn the "Heir to the Empire", but again, that title is attributed to evil incarnate.
Thrawn was perfectly okay with keeping Honoghr poisoned so he could keep his Noghri-killer-commandos. He's maybe a bit more cunning than Vader or Tarkin, but just as evil.
Thrawn is such an interesting character. Incredibly effective, and often the worst you can say is he can be more amoral and goal-oriented than immoral.
In the 30 Years Ive been a SW fan, Darth Vader was always my favorite. T.Zahn's books changed my opinion. At least Thrawn needs his own comic!! Pleeeeze!!
I was very surprised to search through your videos and find that you haven't done a video about the following question: *What would have happened if the Death Star II had been finished* and the Rebels had been given misinformation? How might that have affected the events of Return of the Jedi?
I would have been proud to serve in Thrawns Empire, such a shame he died. As a loyal Imperial I would not heed Palpatines call during Operation Shadow Hand. He is a monster and doesn't deserve to rule for entirety. He had his chance, just as Fel had his. I am loyal to the Emperor and the throne not to a man. All hail the Galactic Empire!
One of the best Star Wars “What If” videos I have seen on TH-cam. I feel like you did an excellent job of describing character motivations that make logical sense.
In the Essential Guide to Warfare it is made clear that Thrawn was not in position to win (after the initial surprise Ackbar was able to form a powerful battle formation which seemed impenetrable) without reinforcement that he was indeed calling to all his (neutral) allies. Ackbar may not have the strategic thinking of Thrawn but in term of tactics he was at least his equal and he had fishtanks and snubfighters, enough to say Thrawn's victory was in jeopardy to say the least.
I don't known which would be best for me . But I have choose and credit I would order or reasearch or custom made my ship - A shiphip with self regeneration , and inbuilt space warp , star energy extracter . Also I would like it to made totally with nanotechnology as morphological and functionally unit so I could have infinite possibilities of future evolution . What would you order as ship ??
I would choose a ship like Slave 1...then take an X wing and B wing and combine them all...I would lose the foil movement of the slave 1 but I would gain speed with the 4 added engines, also the mini turbolasers and 4 more blasters with an array of missile and torpedo launchers as well as a light ion Cannon and a twin blaster overhead. I would expand the fuel tank down the spline and remove the sensors to place them in the cockpit area. This would remove the space in the cockpit but my sensors would all be linked into my helmet display. I would lose 1/3rd cargo space but if I modularize my space I can still haul the same stuff with little limitation... Remember the firespray was just a light system interceptor. Lastly armor wise I would remove most of the armor and favor a heavier shield generator and a particle shield stabilizer to triple my particle shield power and use it to back up my deflector shields. This reduces weight and increases my atmospheric handling. I would also toy with the idea of using a pirate fighters wings as mandibles for maneuvering larger freight...would be easy to install a tractor beams and magnetic cargo locks externally. This also allows me 2 more blasters, an expanded power generation ability and allows further modularization. The more flexibility I have the more dangerous I am.
This ship would be relatively cheap because all the parts can be scrounged and bought from junk dealers and it would be powerful enough to handle a small cruiser and possibly disable a Victory sized capital ship
I really hope for a Resistance version of Thrawn's campaign against the First Order in the current cannon, because of what I've heard the Chiss Accendency could be in the First Order's kill list.
no mention of the lack of influence Palpatine could have had on Thrawn's troops still carrying Ysalamiri? Because there's no way Thrawn would have stopped using Ysalamiri as long as there were force users to be neutralised
wow! awesome predications I would love to see this alternate universe where thrawn leads the galaxy against the yuuzhan vong. Hope to hear part 2 of your sci-fi fantasy ;)
I have to say it. I really do dislike how Thrawn died in legends. I mean he is known to collect Information such as art, culture and stuff before doing a attack or such. But having your bodyguard beeing someone of a species the Empire poisoned, without you, the guy who would 100% look into the guys background, noticing that is absurd imo. Pls correct me if im wrong.
@@frozengrip2609 i can see it being a struggle, but having a character as such dying in a paradox way affecting the entire Universe pretty much is stupid. Again, if i missed some Info which prooves him to have actually looked him up or some real explanation why his death is actually executed good, tell me, since this really bugs my mind.
It is beginning to dawn on me that the reason to why the Vong were so terrible as an opponent is that the Galaxy wasn't ready for them and that the dominant factions has lost countless of ships fighting in the Galactic Civil War. The galactic defense was at an all time low when the Vong invaded.
I have to disagree on some points, as I've put some thought into this scenario. Bilbringi - The Shipyards become 'excess capacity' in the wake of the destruction of Mount Tantiss. Thrawn puts a cordon around the Rebel Fleet trapping them in the shipyards, however a small number of the Rebels (Including Ackbar on Home One) and Karrde's smugglers escape with the CGT array. The Bilbringi Shipyards are heavily damaged, but without clones from Mount Tantiss, Thrawn no longer can crew the ships that the shipyard was building. Thrawn's advance into New Republic space is stalled however with the loss of Mount Tantiss. He has to pause his offensive operations and husband his troops as he no longer can as easily replace them. The Spaarti Clones were ready for combat in 2-3 weeks, but the conscripts he must now rely on need only 6 weeks just for basic training. Instead Thrawn elects to put a temporary cease-fire into effect. Instead of a military offensive he launches a diplomatic offensive, coaxing planets to shift their allegiance. During the cease-fire he rebuilds his forces, trains conscripts, and puts some of his various contingency plans into effect. At the same time he has to beg the various other Imperial Warlords for troops, as Thrawn only holds a tiny portion of the Imperial Navy's forces (roughly the size of an augmented sector group plus the dreadnoughts of the Katana Fleet). Most are in the hands of Warlords and the fleet gathering in Byss. The Noghri are forced from Honoghr for their betrayal.
BARC speeder(4 lasers cannons) vs 74-z speeder (1 laser) I think BARC wins it has more firepower and it looks better + it has paint job And has the same technology found in AT RT which allows it to tell the command post (without the pilot doing something) how many enemies are there, what kind of enemies are.
As I recall Thrawn never wanted to be Emperor, admitting that he just wasn't a politician. So I think it would depend on who took control. He may very well find himself a target if Imperial power players decide he is no longer needed and a bit of a pest.
Based on the list, my opinion would be YoRHa and Skynet would be the most interesting match-up. Both are really technologically advanced Androids. Though it seems YoRHa would win in terms of their versatility and sheer OP-ness, but the overwhelming numbers of Skynet and other features like their morphing abilities is something to consider. About Cyberlife which seems like more of a civilian Android, not sure about Weyland though.
he best way to stamp out a rebellion is to just be good to the people. Nobody in their right mind would rebel against a government that is actively improving quality of life.
I agree with this video, minus the Assassination of Thrawn by the Jedi. I personally believe that after the Vong War: that Thrawn would apologize for the way that he used Jedi Tech aggressively, and the Galactic Federation would make peace throughout the Galaxy for eternity... until the First Order shows up
........and throw abeloth and the one sith, the lost tribe all into the equation because destroying centerpoint during the corellian crisis would free her a couple decades earlier......
I know/knew none of this or really anything about SW past the basics, but it is very interesting and you present it all very well. That sounds like a crazy cool time in the SW timeline... Thrawn was the chosen one who brought balance!!!
This was pretty good, i want to see how you continue this with the Jedi Civil War (totally not the one from KOTOR lol). But besides that, i have a question: How would Nom Anor react to the state of the galaxy? i noticed you skipped him and his attempts to destabilize the galaxy in this scenario.
Thrawn would literally be the perfect ruler of the galaxy. He combines the best of both sides, the Empire, which is capable of securing the galaxy and the new Republic which is not as cruel as the Empire. Great video😊
Or it could be another nogeri pretending to be Rukh, possibly Rukh's brother who came to avenge his brother and given the fact Rukh died on Lothal in 1 BBY. And their people who had been manipulated by the Empire.
Great video with excellent theorizing and justifications for all your postulations. However, you lost me at the end, Eck, with Thrawn being assassinated by the divergent jedi. Before then, it was all so well thought out. Just as in the original (book) Thrawn trilogy, I am sure he would have suspected such treason and had ysalamiri on hand. Otherwise, masterfully completed, as always!
Disagree. Revan was always referred to as a clever strategist, but Thrawn is on another level even amongst his own. Plus, Revan didn't earn the nickname "the Butcher" for nothing. If they fought with equal resources, e. g. Ships and troops, I'd give it to Thrawn. 1v1 fight, Revan, if Thrawn doesn't bring Ysalamiri.
@@thelegolistme3250 Pretty sure Revan would win even if Thrawn did bring Ysalamiri. Thrawn isnt a one on one combatant and Revan isnt entirely reliant on his force powers, probably being experienced with blasters as well (given thats the most likely weapon to use early on in KOTOR) But yeah with a fleet Thrawn wins no matter what. The writers make all of his strategies 100% effective no matter what they are.
Really fantastic premise!! I'm sure there are many a Legends fan who asked themselves that exact question. I would enjoy seeing a fleshing-out of this parallel universe like you mentioned, post Anakin Solo's assassination of our favorite Chiss.
A nice outline, One thing that I'd like to say, for my own viewpoint is that, I Don't believe the Dark Empire scenario, Operation Shadow Hand, would have started. Information on Byss and Palpatine's "Clone-hopping" would have been recovered either from Mt. Tantiss, or already been known by Thrawn as a Grand Admiral, and I doubt he'd sit back and just let Palpatine re-emerge like that. Had he survived Bilbringi, I imagine he would have taken steps to "deal with" Palpatine's clone (he could have already had plans starting to move into position that just weren't mentioned in the books). Most likely either using specially trained commandos or a pretense of bringing information to the Reborn Emperor, and striking him and his clone bodies down, or (After the Noghri betrayal) positioning several agents to step in, while leaking the existence of the Emperor's hidden throneworld to the Noghri, and having his agents take advantage of said Noghri commando's attacking to step in and finish Palpatine off. Ending Palpatine, and Probably as many of his Dark side adepts as possible, or allowing the ones who remained to fight among themselves over whom should claim the title of Emperor, allowing Thrawn himself to step in and claim Byss and it's devices and garrison, etc after having secured Coruscant. Just my donation of a couple of pennies.
I like to think that, in this timeline, Thrawn is seen as somewhat controversial, but mostly remembered as a hero who fought to heal and protect the galaxy.
I disagree, I feel like the chaos that could ensue from knowing an extragalactic threat was coming would outway what support he would get from the public, especially because he probably wouldn't need much support. But I guess we'll never know.
Hence the title "Heir to the Empire". He's the only other being besides Sidious whom the Empire would've accepted as Emperor (besides maybe Vader or Tarkin, but I'm hesitant on them).
@Paradoxical Nightmare Well with the jedi destroyed by the original trilogy Vader would've taken his mind somewhere else. Tarkin made mistakes but his actions echoed that of Palpatine's in many areas. The Death Star was Palpatine's dream long before the Empire. Not exactly great leaders but acceptable ones by the Empire's standards. The real problem isn't the characters though, it's how the rest would react. Tarkin has authority, but enough to bring the Empire together after the Empire? As for Vader, many would turn coat or only serve him out of fear. Vader has the capacity to rule but not well enough, he'd turn it into an even more militaristic society than it already is.
But would Anakin be okay with the idea to assassinate Thrawn to begin with? Would he have join Kyp's faction? I mean maybe, I could have seen Jaina joining over too.
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Yeah i was thinking of that but I wanted someone characters from all sorts of fiction so I didn't want two comic book characters also everyone here has reality breaking powers which I want to see
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Will yu do a top ten Order 66 Jedi survivors vid?
EckhartsLadder How about noble six Survived?
What happens with the Thrawn clone in your timeline?
@@Blitzkrieg23 Noble 6 is sooo dead. It's so unlikely for him to have survived that.
Seriously that was a great vid, you hit that out of the ball park!
The moral of the story: bad stuff happens when Thrawn dies. Protect and cherish your Thrawn.
You should see how badass Thrawn is in Boofire191's Earth in Star Wars: Galactic Century.
Spoilers: In the opening battles of the Galactic Civil Wars he guides Earth's forces to capture and hold Empress Tita, Fondor(along with capturing the unfinished Executor), and Prackith.
And he does so partly with Gundams.
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@@generaljimmies3429 And he had Commander Shepard as a protege. Don't forget that.
Yeah, thrown in earth in Star Wars GC was even more of. a legend than in sw cannon, mainly because he joined he right side.
Thrawn surviving would have been my dream, he’d be the best ruler the galaxy has ever seen. Amazing video
probably a better ruler than those idiots in the Hosnian System
especially since they're dead
It would be haven and maybe even better if he was exposed to socialism and capitalism.
@@GasMan1918 I'll tell you the same thing I tell my dad
Shut up!
@@GasMan1918 just shut up
@@GasMan1918 "if I will"! Wa! Ha ha! NO
You had me right up until "democratically elected senate." This would, of course, be the ideal scenario, and the one we would WANT Thrawn to follow.
But democracy is not the Chiss way, not the way he was raised, and he always said in his original trilogy that the Republic's insistence on giving everyone a voice and a vote in the things that happened in their government is what ultimately destroyed them. He believed the power in government MUST be more centralized and streamlined, left in the hands of a much smaller group of people than the Galactic Senate had been. With over a million member worlds, it took too much time and effort (and often a great deal of deceit) to sway a majority of representatives to see any one issue in the same way.
He much preferred the Imperial way of saying "This is how it's going to be, deal with it. End of discussion." He believed that only that kind of government, where the control was in fewer and fewer hands (just as the military had become by Palpatine creating the rank of Grand Admiral and having no more than 12 of them at a time overseeing the Navy) was the only way to effectively meet the threat coming from the Unknown Regions. While Thrawn has always been accepting of good ideas even if they came from sources other than himself, in the end, he does not allow his orders to be questioned. He told a crewman so in Heir to the Empire when the guy acknowledged an order by saying "Yes sir" with a questioning tone. Thrawn said in a firm and cold way, "You need not understand every order given to you. You need only to *obey* it."
He's an infinitely patient man with a Big Picture view on things nut he had no patience with incompetence or endless squabbling over minor details. We did see flashes of impatience and even anger from him in HttE, and however he might have been written later in other stories, we have to remember that those stories were set BEFORE HttE and they represent the man he WAS...the leader he had been before his Unknown Regions tour and before the original Thrawn trilogy. People rarely revert BACK to the person they used to be. Decades of war would have, by the time you describe here, cemented the views Thrawn held in the HttE trilogy, and I think he would be even less likely to put the power back in the hands of "the people," most of whom (let's face it) just didn't have the proper training/education to grasp the nuances of political and military strategy.
He is of the opinion in his original trilogy that the average people don't care who is in charge as long as it doesn't interfere much with their daily lives and they are still able to put food on the table, so I would think he doesn't much believe there will be a big outcry if people aren't given democracy. *Most* people did not mind being part of the empire, in fact. The ones who revolted against Imperial rule were the minority populations--non-hiumans, near-humans, and the humans who felt moral outrage at the way these species were treated--who were exploited, enslaved, or discarded and ignored in times of need.
Thrawn didn't have a problem with the Empire as a government; he only said that Palpatine made mistakes in not treating all his Imperial subjects the same, and that if he had done that, he never would have had a war to begin with. So I can't see Thrawn agreeing to go back to the unwieldy "everybody has a voice in their fate" democratic senate, especially if he had re-established the Empire once already. He seems much more like "I know what's best for you; you will *learn* to trust in that," type of leader.
ALL THAT SAID...I love this scenario. Things could have been so much more interesting if Thrawn had lived.
That is....that is basically what i think and how i view and autocratic government as a whole, well spoken
@@halonut96 As long as you have a competent leader who doesn't abuse his power, democracy can just fuck itself.
That's why you create a Civilian Republic. Service guarantees Citizenship.
@@Bluesonofman Would you like to know more?
Yea, but he may have had to compromise his beliefs in order to gain galactic cooperation. I guess Chief of Staff of the Federation Military over a united galaxy beats Emperor of a small portion of the galaxy while engaged in a three way civil war when the Vong come to town.
*yuuzahn vong arrives*
Thrawn: "hmm"
Yuuzahn vong:...."why do i hear boss music"
Thrawn fleet health 999999999999/99999999999
u mean doom music?
you know Thrawn and for dealing with Thrawn you got to just run
Why am I laughing so hard at this 🤣 😂
It would be a way better end for Admiral Ackbar. Fighting until the end against one of the greatest military minds in the galaxy.
Not getting blown up while fleeing with only one short sentence mentioning him :(
A death any Klingon would pray for
Krosis Seyn Not that Legends gave Ackbar a good death either. His death was only mentioned in the final novel in The New Jedi Order series, and it wasn't even in combat, but rather old age.
@@sambridgers9543 Dying peacefully by old age is not a bad death, it is a good death. Just not a death with glory or heroism attached to it.
TankHunter678 My point is that his death in both Legends and Canon were just a footnote. Neither was a fate he deserved. Just putting it out there.
@@sambridgers9543 honestly,death of old age is something few people in either the rebellion or the imperial fleet can dream of
I like how you put "How he'd rule the galaxy" in the title. Like the fact that he would take it over isn't even a question XD
Because it isn't. 😂
Does that make Thrawn an over powered character? Or balanced since he can die to one Rhuk boi?
+Killerninja That makes Thrawn a character who was killed very easily by his own bodyguard. Take over the Galaxy? Thrawn was incapable of keeping himself safe!
@@Ares99999 He didn't think he was gonna be betrayed and he did nearly take it over. Anyone can be killed and betrayed, Sidious took over the galaxy but was killed. Anyone who takes over anything can always be killed by someone else, no one is unbeatable.
+Bruce Jedi Lee And yet this vid strongly implies he is.
@@Ares99999 No they say he died at the end
Then we would have.......peace.
Introducing Star Wars 2: Star Peace
@@voynich7825 Star Wars 3: Astronomical Friendship
Peace is a lie...
@@flaviomonteiro1414 There is only passion
@@kukuza4319 through passion I gain strength
I wish Thrawn survived the Battle of Bilbringi, Echartsladder, you can tell the future of the Star Wars Galaxy.
It’s spelled bilbringi
@@niilorantala9582 I have tough time spelling these hard words, i apologize for the spelling.
@@darthplaguisthewise8985 Who would win:
One of the greatest tactical masterminds in the galaxy
one Ruky boi
What about we do a petition to shift the rights for starwars to him nad we let him make new movies with thrawn in them xD
He did survive Bilbringi: it was his clone that died.
The real Thrawn made off with some Islamari for breeding, and all the vast knowledge, blueprints and as much tech he could bring with him from the Emperors store house on Wayland making it onto the stealthed Steadfast with Admiral Ar'Alani and his groomed protégé Comannder Vanto.
It's this effort that washes his hands clean from the Empire that is dying so that he and the Chiss may diplomatically bring the New Republic in as it's ally against the darkening maw of the outter regions.
This sounds like a star wars infinities timeline.
Yep! :)
@@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773 So is Luke being cloned now too?
844Steam Fan um, well, in a very popular Legends book/comic
@@844SteamFan I thought that was named Luuke?
It's past midnight. But, what the hell, it's Eck's video.
Same
Same
Seeing Thrawn lead the combined forces of the New Republic, Empire, and Empire of the Hand is my dream
Thrawn: leads new republic, empire and empire of the hand
Any threat: *chuckles* were in danger
I disagree with the Jedi Civil War entirely because Kyle Katarn and Luke were close friends and allies in Legends so they would understand each other's views. The Jedi were also too few in number to start a civil war and were almost wholly loyal to Luke due to his accomplishments, wisdom, and experience in such things.
That being said however, I agree that Thrawn would deal with things the way you laid out, but not with the World Devastators of the Dark Empire, maybe something similar, but not those because he views the destruction of planets, or strip mining them, to be wasteful and unnecessary. What he probably would have done is find an asteroid belt that was rich in minerals and metals that could be used to build ships and mine there, but not strip mine planets.
You should write a fan fiction for this stuff man, it would be something I'd read.
I also dont see Anakin Solo pulling that...more of a Jacen thing id think tbh
Great video :) I like the idea of the Dark Empire being a common enemy to unite Thrawn and the New Republic, and I really like to imagine how Thrawn would have dealt with their crazier super weapons like the Eclipses and the Galaxy Gun, and 'Galactic Federation' is nice sounding term for a post-Empire government.
I do feel like it's a bit of a Diabolus ex Machina to have Thrawn killed off basically right after the Vong are dealt with. Not to mention the idea of a non-force using third party like Thrawn trying to stabilize a Jedi Civil war is a very interesting one so it feels like killing him off is wasting some potential.
It makes sense though, the risk of Thrawn siding with the peace faction jedi would have been to great and would have brought certain defeat to the war faction jedi. So they open the civil war by taking out what is realistically their biggest threat on a macro scale, crippling the military might of the Federation allowing them to focus on Luke and his peace faction.
@@jonathantanner7083 I agree that it makes sense that the war faction Jedi would try to take Thrawn out, but I don't think Thrawn would have ended up 'siding' with the Peace faction. Despite working closely with them for years, its very likely that Thrawn would have been openly highly critical of the Jedi's pacifist philosophy, though he likely also would have been critical of the War factions growing aggressive/power hungry tendencies (having been personally acquainted with the likes of C'byoth)
I just feel like the presence of a non-force using third-party like Thrawn, who couldn't care less about 'Light vs. Dark', and likely doesn't care for the Jedi philosophy as a whole, and simply wants to keep the galaxy safe and secure would make the Jedi Civil War all the more interesting.
But what Jedi did ankin solo kill because a mind like thrawn Wud know that they want to kill him so he will ask luke to have Jedi to protect him
I agree with you finaldarkfire, killing off Thrawn at the end was rather blunt and wasteful. Perhaps Eck has a way to bring Thrawn back! At least let him die with honor or in some grand sacrifice...
If u destroy Center Point then you best get ready for Abeloth to come in and attempt to destroy all life in the galaxy again
Great point
@@EckhartsLadder maybe you can work it into your timeline by having her go after and influence anakin and be the prevaling cause for your jedi civil war.
Holy shit, why didn't I think of that? That means that the lost tribe of the sith would never Ally themselves with Luke and Ben, since it would be too early for the sith to be visited by ship. Wait would even that happen? I mean if the yuzahn vong war was only a year and Anakin was still alive, would that mean Jacen isn't captured and falls to the dark side of the force? If so that means Jacen would never sends Ben to Ziost, and ship would lay dormant.
@@joby-wankenobinolan3428 yup so many possibilities I wonder what Jacens new destiny would be
BlackSteel KeyChain No! Not Abeloth. I’m so over that bitch.
Thrawn got so smart from drinking Blue Milk. #GotBlueMilk?
It's the other way round. Ever wondered where blue milk is coming from?
This is where...
@@hafor2846 least know where green milk is from...
Luke became better at using the force by drinking green milk
@@ratbat1072 He was also a wimp that that had his personality changed by Green Milk and was just a complete asshole. Meanwhile, I was there for him in his younger days when he wanted to join the Imperial Academy but Owen wanted him to stay another season. From that point on he became a hero. Once he drank the filthy Green Milk though. He completely changed for the worse.
@@ratbat1072 nah, the green milk killed him, it was unhealthy, the Force Projection had nothing to do with it
I think that post-Vong War, Thrawn would have allied with Luke's faction (as they are a force for stability) against Jaycen's faction. Thrawn would have forseen the coming Jedi Civil War and used the cloning cylinders from Mount Tantiss to mass produce Ysalamiri and harness backpacks to outfit dozens of squads of anti-Jedi specialized troops. Jaycen is killed and many of his followers are inprisoned on Coriband.
I wonder if Thrawn would've been pragmatic enough to realize that leaving a bunch of angry Force users alone on a planet to stew and rage and build back up is a bad idea, and just finished them off then and there. I suppose it depends on how much he knows about the distant past of the Star Wars galaxy. While I disagree with the Jedi genocide of the Sith _race,_ that's because on top of being extremely immoral, it basically _caused_ the endless cycle of war between Light and Dark Force users which continued right into the Legacy era. The actual Sith _cult,_ post-genocide, needed to be completely wiped out to ensure galactic stability, but things never quite played out that way.
TL;DR thrawn is kinda overpowered and does not fully work as a "good guy" character
Presumably Mount Tantiss still would have been destroyed by the strike team since the only significant change is Thrawn surviving Bilbringi.
This was by far my favorite video in a while, great work Eck! It reminded me of the After Endor series that he did a while back in a similar format. I hope both After Endor and the next of episode of this get made soon
That’s exactly what it reminded me of too!
That reminded me of End game crisis in Stellaris. Specifically when you know that it's coming and you're just fortifying the outer regions of the galaxy and raising a gigantic fleet although you have no real enemy to face
Personal shield technology compared Dune Halo Mass Effect and Star Wars
I second this
NO I WANTED THRAWN TO LIVE! Why does my precious blue boi always have to die!?
He did survive Bilbringi: it was his clone that died.
The real Thrawn made off with some Islamari for breeding, and all the vast knowledge, blueprints and as much tech he could bring with him from the Emperors store house on Wayland making it onto the stealthed Steadfast with Admiral Ar'Alani and his groomed protégé Comannder Vanto.
It's why Thrawn overlooked the missing spy droid he and Pellaeon planted to spy on the suspicious Noghri. The clone has no recollection of the missing modified deacon droid as it was in its final stage of incubation. A detail like this would have not been overlooked by Thrawn.
It's this effort of the switch and bait that washes his hands clean from the Empire that is dying so that he and the Chiss may diplomatically bring the New Republic in as it's ally against the darkening maw of the outter regions.
The Chiss now have access to cloaking shields based on imperial tech, tie defenders, death star weapon schematics, planetary shielding tech, force bubble blocking Islamari and most importantly cloning technology.
Now they can reliably produce navigators, clone Thrawn and other competent service members. With the Islamari they can achieve so much more now.
@@dledman nice
It’s legends
I've been waiting for a video like this for nearly a year now and now I finally have it, thank you Eckhart.
I don't think thrawn would carve out his own empire, I believe he would pass it down to Pellaeon and would simple go home once the Yuuzhan Vong have been dealt with. His people were fair isolationists that did not want to get involve or have interest in outside affairs unless it threatens their very existence, this is shown when Thrawn asked if the Death Star was going to be used against the Chiss. Palpatine probably knows this about his people, which is probably why we don't see many other chiss.
Again they're isolationists not conquerors.
No thrawn wants what”s best for the galaxy, which can only be achieved by him. I see your point though and he would be like 90 when he died
Something you got wrong about the Battle of Bilbringi was your statement that Admiral Ackbar would have died. Because of the politics going on in the New Republic military, Thrawn and Palleon intended for his ship to be one of the ones that survived, as to disgrace him and further suggest that he was working with the Empire.
No I think ackbar would have died but wedge and corran horn would have survived
While I like Star Wars Rebels, this here highlights something that they missed. Thrawn isn't just a smart bad guy. He's also fair and likable.
I know you'll get to this in the finale of the Vong sub-series. Won't stop me from going through the motions though.
Anyways: Can you breakdown what is by far the largest space battle in the entire franchise? *The* *Battle* *of* *Yuuzhan'tar!* I have made this request: one-hundred-ten times.
To be fair, Thrawn did murder a guy in front of everybody in Legends. His troops probably didn't find him likable and fair then.
@@wolfgod6443 Still, look at how his own men thought of him near the end of his reign.
"Yesterday, the Chimaera's crew had trusted and respected the Grand Admiral. After today, they would be ready to die for him."
@@MrDrProfessor4 True, but the last guy they pledged their allegiance to was Palpatine, who is basically Star Wars Satan + Hitler. This still makes Thrawn the "Heir to the Empire", but again, that title is attributed to evil incarnate.
Thrawn was perfectly okay with keeping Honoghr poisoned so he could keep his Noghri-killer-commandos. He's maybe a bit more cunning than Vader or Tarkin, but just as evil.
I love how laid back Thrawn was.
Thrawn is such an interesting character. Incredibly effective, and often the worst you can say is he can be more amoral and goal-oriented than immoral.
In the 30 Years Ive been a SW fan, Darth Vader was always my favorite. T.Zahn's books changed my opinion. At least Thrawn needs his own comic!! Pleeeeze!!
I really like how you ended with the Jedi Civil War. Great writing my man and I look forward to hearing how that would unfold.
I was very surprised to search through your videos and find that you haven't done a video about the following question:
*What would have happened if the Death Star II had been finished* and the Rebels had been given misinformation? How might that have affected the events of Return of the Jedi?
This is my favorite video of yours so far, Eck! You’re doing great man, keep it up!
I would have been proud to serve in Thrawns Empire, such a shame he died. As a loyal Imperial I would not heed Palpatines call during Operation Shadow Hand. He is a monster and doesn't deserve to rule for entirety. He had his chance, just as Fel had his. I am loyal to the Emperor and the throne not to a man.
All hail the Galactic Empire!
The Empire was tyrannical and xenophobic
@@jasonskeans3327 Palaptines rule was. Though Empire of the Hand, Fel Empire and Imperial Remnant were not.
@@HCUhardcoreUnited they were all autocratic governments therefore they needed to die
@@jasonskeans3327 ok
@@jasonskeans3327 Only an absolute moron would think autocracies are inherently "evil"
Thrawn is my favorite character and this was just amazing
Please make a part two. Love to see what you come up with.
One of the best Star Wars “What If” videos I have seen on TH-cam. I feel like you did an excellent job of describing character motivations that make logical sense.
*So Thrawn would be a good dictator? I can see that.*
Probably my favorite video so far. This scenario on empire at war would be incredible to play also
#askeck If firing arcs are important, why dont we see more ball or sphere ships? like the torpedo sphere?
This has to be one of my favorite videos from you channel so far. I would love for this story line to someday become a novel series.
#askeck What if Noble 6 had survived Reach?
Zevi theres no proof he died🤷🏽♂️only mia
All Spartans are MIA. As a Spartan never dies.
I am glad to see your channel grow. It's like seeing a child going to the next stage in life.
In the Essential Guide to Warfare it is made clear that Thrawn was not in position to win (after the initial surprise Ackbar was able to form a powerful battle formation which seemed impenetrable) without reinforcement that he was indeed calling to all his (neutral) allies. Ackbar may not have the strategic thinking of Thrawn but in term of tactics he was at least his equal and he had fishtanks and snubfighters, enough to say Thrawn's victory was in jeopardy to say the least.
#askEck If you were a smuggler in the SW universe, what ship would you fly?
I don't known which would be best for me . But I have choose and credit I would order or reasearch or custom made my ship -
A shiphip with self regeneration , and inbuilt space warp , star energy extracter . Also I would like it to made totally with nanotechnology as morphological and functionally unit so I could have infinite possibilities of future evolution .
What would you order as ship ??
@@Aj-fd4ne tbh if you had the credits for that ship you wouldnt need to be a smuggler
@@jasonevildreamshawcross5167 true
I would choose a ship like Slave 1...then take an X wing and B wing and combine them all...I would lose the foil movement of the slave 1 but I would gain speed with the 4 added engines, also the mini turbolasers and 4 more blasters with an array of missile and torpedo launchers as well as a light ion Cannon and a twin blaster overhead. I would expand the fuel tank down the spline and remove the sensors to place them in the cockpit area. This would remove the space in the cockpit but my sensors would all be linked into my helmet display. I would lose 1/3rd cargo space but if I modularize my space I can still haul the same stuff with little limitation...
Remember the firespray was just a light system interceptor.
Lastly armor wise I would remove most of the armor and favor a heavier shield generator and a particle shield stabilizer to triple my particle shield power and use it to back up my deflector shields. This reduces weight and increases my atmospheric handling.
I would also toy with the idea of using a pirate fighters wings as mandibles for maneuvering larger freight...would be easy to install a tractor beams and magnetic cargo locks externally. This also allows me 2 more blasters, an expanded power generation ability and allows further modularization. The more flexibility I have the more dangerous I am.
This ship would be relatively cheap because all the parts can be scrounged and bought from junk dealers and it would be powerful enough to handle a small cruiser and possibly disable a Victory sized capital ship
Can you do a video on Thrawn and Rukh? Their relationship, how Thrawn missed it coming, etc... that would be awesome.
Rukh died after killing thrawn, a bunch of stormies got him
I really hope for a Resistance version of Thrawn's campaign against the First Order in the current cannon, because of what I've heard the Chiss Accendency could be in the First Order's kill list.
Or a possible ally to the Order.
no mention of the lack of influence Palpatine could have had on Thrawn's troops still carrying Ysalamiri? Because there's no way Thrawn would have stopped using Ysalamiri as long as there were force users to be neutralised
As always, wonderful video!
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Gold leader standing by.
@@thedishonoredamerican129 just saying fam, your entire squadron got Yeeted by Vader
Silver 1 Armored corps standing by for deployment
I had a feeling that if Thrawn would’ve won, and defeat the Vong, then he would return home to the Chiss, then pellion would’ve surrendered maybe.
wow! awesome predications I would love to see this alternate universe where thrawn leads the galaxy against the yuuzhan vong. Hope to hear part 2 of your sci-fi fantasy ;)
I really like these "What if" scenarios that cover a good chunk of the timeline.
Loved the video Thrawn is my favorite Star Wars character.
I have to say it. I really do dislike how Thrawn died in legends. I mean he is known to collect Information such as art, culture and stuff before doing a attack or such. But having your bodyguard beeing someone of a species the Empire poisoned, without you, the guy who would 100% look into the guys background, noticing that is absurd imo. Pls correct me if im wrong.
I think this is a problem when you make characters so smart, their deaths always look weak and it is hard to kill them off in a good way.
He knew he was going to die, which was why he had the clone ready.
Which was why he said "when you hear of my death, wait ten years for my return"
@@frozengrip2609 i can see it being a struggle, but having a character as such dying in a paradox way affecting the entire Universe pretty much is stupid. Again, if i missed some Info which prooves him to have actually looked him up or some real explanation why his death is actually executed good, tell me, since this really bugs my mind.
@@KraNisOG thats more of a ace in the sleeve or last resort insurance, rather than a main Plan.
@@isbimperialsecuritybureau2192
An ass? 😂
I would kill for more of this sort of video, especially continuing this alternate universe. Please keep making them! I love your work!
Maybe we'll find out what happened to Thrawn and Ezra in the future
Not canon to this videos topic.
That was super intriguing, was glued to the screen. Would love to here a continuation of this timeline!
This would be an amazing new, AU Trilogy.
It is beginning to dawn on me that the reason to why the Vong were so terrible as an opponent is that the Galaxy wasn't ready for them and that the dominant factions has lost countless of ships fighting in the Galactic Civil War. The galactic defense was at an all time low when the Vong invaded.
Kaiju invasion Pacific Rim lore explained
*ECKHARTSLADDER I CRAVE THIS*
@@murderouskitten2577 mon calamari gets the upper hand against the weakest kaiju but in the end the kaiju will stomp them litteraly
@@murderouskitten2577 obviously *LOL*
I have to disagree on some points, as I've put some thought into this scenario.
Bilbringi - The Shipyards become 'excess capacity' in the wake of the destruction of Mount Tantiss. Thrawn puts a cordon around the Rebel Fleet trapping them in the shipyards, however a small number of the Rebels (Including Ackbar on Home One) and Karrde's smugglers escape with the CGT array. The Bilbringi Shipyards are heavily damaged, but without clones from Mount Tantiss, Thrawn no longer can crew the ships that the shipyard was building. Thrawn's advance into New Republic space is stalled however with the loss of Mount Tantiss. He has to pause his offensive operations and husband his troops as he no longer can as easily replace them. The Spaarti Clones were ready for combat in 2-3 weeks, but the conscripts he must now rely on need only 6 weeks just for basic training.
Instead Thrawn elects to put a temporary cease-fire into effect. Instead of a military offensive he launches a diplomatic offensive, coaxing planets to shift their allegiance. During the cease-fire he rebuilds his forces, trains conscripts, and puts some of his various contingency plans into effect. At the same time he has to beg the various other Imperial Warlords for troops, as Thrawn only holds a tiny portion of the Imperial Navy's forces (roughly the size of an augmented sector group plus the dreadnoughts of the Katana Fleet). Most are in the hands of Warlords and the fleet gathering in Byss.
The Noghri are forced from Honoghr for their betrayal.
Which star wars faction has the best speeder?
BARC speeder(4 lasers cannons) vs 74-z speeder (1 laser)
I think BARC wins it has more firepower and it looks better + it has paint job
And has the same technology found in AT RT which allows it to tell the command post
(without the pilot doing something) how many enemies are there, what kind of enemies are.
@@azistis_5539 But which is faster?
@@imppro on Wookieepedia it says
BARC 520 km/h
74-Z 360-500 km/h
Those messages on the top right oscillated from sexual innuendo to 40k news bytes.
As I recall Thrawn never wanted to be Emperor, admitting that he just wasn't a politician. So I think it would depend on who took control. He may very well find himself a target if Imperial power players decide he is no longer needed and a bit of a pest.
Please do more like this. This was actually pretty cool to watch.
Best Androids:
Cyberlife (Detroit become Human)
Yorha (Nier Automata)
Skynet (Terminator)
Weyland Yutani (Aliens)
The Androids from dragon ball with shitstomp them all anyway
That's because that's anime @@jhonnoilcringeincarnato8593
@@Azrael_Equinox but of course
Based on the list, my opinion would be YoRHa and Skynet would be the most interesting match-up. Both are really technologically advanced Androids. Though it seems YoRHa would win in terms of their versatility and sheer OP-ness, but the overwhelming numbers of Skynet and other features like their morphing abilities is something to consider. About Cyberlife which seems like more of a civilian Android, not sure about Weyland though.
what about tyrell industries(replicants)
he best way to stamp out a rebellion is to just be good to the people. Nobody in their right mind would rebel against a government that is actively improving quality of life.
"And Thrawn assumes direct control-"
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL
I agree with this video, minus the Assassination of Thrawn by the Jedi. I personally believe that after the Vong War: that Thrawn would apologize for the way that he used Jedi Tech aggressively, and the Galactic Federation would make peace throughout the Galaxy for eternity... until the First Order shows up
........and throw abeloth and the one sith, the lost tribe all into the equation because destroying centerpoint during the corellian crisis would free her a couple decades earlier......
"Wait, so are you the hero or villain?"
Thrawn: Yes.
He's still alive in Canon. We so we'll see him again.
He’s alive since mandolorian
I wonder if Thrawn knew he was going to be assassinated, but just let it happen as he had fulfilled his duty
this video makes Thrawn sound like a saint
Whoa I have to say this is one of your best uploads!
What if the Clone Facilities on Kamino were successful in the Rebellion against the Empire In Star Wars Legends
I know/knew none of this or really anything about SW past the basics, but it is very interesting and you present it all very well. That sounds like a crazy cool time in the SW timeline... Thrawn was the chosen one who brought balance!!!
This was pretty good, i want to see how you continue this with the Jedi Civil War (totally not the one from KOTOR lol).
But besides that, i have a question: How would Nom Anor react to the state of the galaxy? i noticed you skipped him and his attempts to destabilize the galaxy in this scenario.
A seriously great video. I hope you have had a good day Mr.Eck.
I would like to see if Palpatine's dark empire didnt collapse
Thrawn would literally be the perfect ruler of the galaxy. He combines the best of both sides, the Empire, which is capable of securing the galaxy and the new Republic which is not as cruel as the Empire. Great video😊
Spartans vs N7 or Pilots (Titanfall) and UNSC Marines vs System Alliance Marines
Or it could be another nogeri pretending to be Rukh, possibly Rukh's brother who came to avenge his brother and given the fact Rukh died on Lothal in 1 BBY. And their people who had been manipulated by the Empire.
Great video with excellent theorizing and justifications for all your postulations. However, you lost me at the end, Eck, with Thrawn being assassinated by the divergent jedi. Before then, it was all so well thought out. Just as in the original (book) Thrawn trilogy, I am sure he would have suspected such treason and had ysalamiri on hand. Otherwise, masterfully completed, as always!
Now we need a follow up about what if Thrawn survived Anakin Solo's assassination.
If Thrawn and Revan fought, they'd de-populate the entire galaxy before spending 4 years in a 1v1 duel, then kill each other at the same time.
Disagree. Revan was always referred to as a clever strategist, but Thrawn is on another level even amongst his own. Plus, Revan didn't earn the nickname "the Butcher" for nothing. If they fought with equal resources, e. g. Ships and troops, I'd give it to Thrawn. 1v1 fight, Revan, if Thrawn doesn't bring Ysalamiri.
@@thelegolistme3250 Pretty sure Revan would win even if Thrawn did bring Ysalamiri. Thrawn isnt a one on one combatant and Revan isnt entirely reliant on his force powers, probably being experienced with blasters as well (given thats the most likely weapon to use early on in KOTOR)
But yeah with a fleet Thrawn wins no matter what. The writers make all of his strategies 100% effective no matter what they are.
Really fantastic premise!! I'm sure there are many a Legends fan who asked themselves that exact question. I would enjoy seeing a fleshing-out of this parallel universe like you mentioned, post Anakin Solo's assassination of our favorite Chiss.
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Yep
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A nice outline, One thing that I'd like to say, for my own viewpoint is that, I Don't believe the Dark Empire scenario, Operation Shadow Hand, would have started. Information on Byss and Palpatine's "Clone-hopping" would have been recovered either from Mt. Tantiss, or already been known by Thrawn as a Grand Admiral, and I doubt he'd sit back and just let Palpatine re-emerge like that. Had he survived Bilbringi, I imagine he would have taken steps to "deal with" Palpatine's clone (he could have already had plans starting to move into position that just weren't mentioned in the books). Most likely either using specially trained commandos or a pretense of bringing information to the Reborn Emperor, and striking him and his clone bodies down, or (After the Noghri betrayal) positioning several agents to step in, while leaking the existence of the Emperor's hidden throneworld to the Noghri, and having his agents take advantage of said Noghri commando's attacking to step in and finish Palpatine off. Ending Palpatine, and Probably as many of his Dark side adepts as possible, or allowing the ones who remained to fight among themselves over whom should claim the title of Emperor, allowing Thrawn himself to step in and claim Byss and it's devices and garrison, etc after having secured Coruscant.
Just my donation of a couple of pennies.
I'm a survivor! I'm going to make it! I will survive, and keep on surviving!
At least in canon, I will, anyway.
Well done grand admiral
We need a version in wich Thrawn would rule the galaxi.
Awesome video btw ♡
I like to think that, in this timeline, Thrawn is seen as somewhat controversial, but mostly remembered as a hero who fought to heal and protect the galaxy.
Best video you ever made! I want this as a movie!!!
I think he would speaj about the yuzahn vong publically to gain more support for his high military
I disagree, I feel like the chaos that could ensue from knowing an extragalactic threat was coming would outway what support he would get from the public, especially because he probably wouldn't need much support. But I guess we'll never know.
One of the best episodes in a really long time! Nice one!
In the EU? Thrawn would have united and ruled the entire galaxy no doubt.
In cannon? Same result.
It's not even a question, he would rule everything.
Hence the title "Heir to the Empire". He's the only other being besides Sidious whom the Empire would've accepted as Emperor (besides maybe Vader or Tarkin, but I'm hesitant on them).
@Paradoxical Nightmare Well with the jedi destroyed by the original trilogy Vader would've taken his mind somewhere else. Tarkin made mistakes but his actions echoed that of Palpatine's in many areas. The Death Star was Palpatine's dream long before the Empire. Not exactly great leaders but acceptable ones by the Empire's standards. The real problem isn't the characters though, it's how the rest would react. Tarkin has authority, but enough to bring the Empire together after the Empire? As for Vader, many would turn coat or only serve him out of fear. Vader has the capacity to rule but not well enough, he'd turn it into an even more militaristic society than it already is.
But would Anakin be okay with the idea to assassinate Thrawn to begin with? Would he have join Kyp's faction? I mean maybe, I could have seen Jaina joining over too.
Lmao, just watch episode 5 season 2 of mandolorian and it turns out he’s alive
Why have you not covered this Jedi Civil War you hypothesized? I NEED this!
Here is a video idea...
Who is the best villain:
Thanos (marvel)
Darth Sidious (star wars)
Oryx (destiny)
Sauron (LoTR)
*plz date them on power/tactics and not how well known they are*
Wich sidious canon or legends?
Probabale Sidious (legends) if not allowed then Thanos.
Good idea! But personally I'd replace Oryx with Darkseid(DC) or The Gravemind(Halo)
Yeah i was thinking of that but I wanted someone characters from all sorts of fiction so I didn't want two comic book characters also everyone here has reality breaking powers which I want to see
Saurons from the first age or third age?
This is my favorite video in the last 4 months.