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Excerpt from Upcoming THRAWN Novel

Discussion in 'Star Wars: Books & Comics + Legends' started by The Hud, Mar 2, 2017.

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    It was probably only five seconds. But to Eli it felt like a medium-sized eternity. The entire throne room was utterly still, utterly silent. The only sound was the thudding of his pulse in his ears, the only movement the shaking of his arms in his sleeves.

    “Captain Parck,” the Emperor said at last, his gravelly voice neutral. “I’m told you bring me a gift.”

    Eli winced. A gift? For the Chiss of the stories, that would have been a deadly insult. Thrawn was behind him, and he didn’t dare turn around, but he could imagine the expression on that proud face.

    “I do, Your Majesty,” Parck said, bowing low. “A warrior reportedly of a race known as the Chiss.”

    “Indeed,” the Emperor said, his voice going even dryer. “And what, pray tell, would you have me do with him?”

    “If I may, Your Majesty,” Thrawn spoke up before Parck could answer. “I am not merely a gift. I am also a resource. One you have never seen the like of before, and may never see again. You would do well to utilize me.”

    “Would I?” the Emperor said, sounding amused. “Certainly you’re a resource of unlimited confidence. What exactly do you offer, Chiss?”

    “As a start, I offer information,” Thrawn said. If he was offended, Eli couldn’t hear it in his voice. “There are threats lurking in the Unknown Regions, threats that will someday find your Empire. I am familiar with many of them.”

    “I will learn of them soon enough on my own,” the Emperor countered placidly. “Can you offer anything more?”

    “Perhaps you will learn of them in time to defeat them,” Thrawn said. “Perhaps you will not. What more do I offer? I offer my military skill. You could utilize that skill in making plans to seek out and eliminate these dangers.”

    “These threats you speak of,” the Emperor said. “I presume they’re not simply threats to my Empire?”

    “No, Your Majesty,” Thrawn said. “They are also threats to my people.”

    “And you seek to eliminate all such threats to your people?”

    “I do.”

    The Emperor’s yellowish eyes seemed to glitter. “And you wish the help of my Empire?”

    “Your assistance would be welcome.”

    “You wish me to assist people who exiled you?” the Emperor said. “Or was Captain Parck incorrect?”

    “He spoke correctly,” Thrawn said. “I was indeed exiled.”

    “Yet you still seek to protect them. Why?”

    “Because they are my people.”

    “And if they withhold their gratitude and refuse to accept you back? What then?”

    There was a slight pause, and Eli had the eerie sense that Thrawn was giving the Emperor one of those small smiles he was so good at. “I do not need their permission to protect them, Your Majesty. Nor do I expect their thanks.”

    “I’ve seen others with your sense of nobility,” the Emperor said. “Most fell by the wayside when their naïve selflessness collided with the real world.”

    “I have faced the real world, as you call it.”

    “You have indeed,” the Emperor said. “What exactly do you wish from my Empire?”

    “A state of mutual gain,” Thrawn said. “I offer my knowledge and skill to you now in exchange for your consideration to my people in the future.”

    “And when that future comes, what if I refuse to grant that consideration?”

    “Then I will have gambled and lost,” Thrawn said calmly. “But I have until that time to convince you that my goals and yours do indeed coincide.”

    An interesting excerpt released today from the upcoming novel

    Full story - http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...-wars-thrawn-book-exclusive-excerpt/98518860/
     
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    So did they Cancel Clone Wars before they introduced Thrawn to us?
     
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    Yes, they are starting to remove Rex from all the SW Rebels scenes he appears in...
     
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    What is that in reference to?
     
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    Oh no. Sorry. I missed to indicate that my post was only humour and sarcasm.
    Because Ridcully said just above that "they cancel Clone Wars before they introduce Thrawn", I assumed that "they" was standing for "Disney", and assumed the whole meaning of his post was "oh, they dare to rewrite the SW story so well that they even will cancel Clone Wars".
    So i went further in (acid) irony when I wrote: "Yes, they cancel Clone Wars, so they have to erase Rex from the Star Wars Rebels show, as Rex is coming from the Clone Wars".

    It was a ridiculous joke of mine. Nothing more :|
     
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    As a massive fan of the original Thrawn trilogy I have very high expectations for this novel & I am looking forward ad to how Thrawn will be incorporated into the new canon.
     
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    It was more like: he could have been in clone wars if they didn't cancel it. And auto correction messed with the grammar.
     
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    Looking forward to this T. Zahn is my favorite sw author.
     
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    When I fail, I fail HARD. ... :(
     
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    Threats from the unknown regions? Who or what is this threat? Boy does it sound like they are setting up some future Yuuzan Vong-like species invasion. Add to that that Snoke is "Supreme Leader" just like the YV had...AND...now that the Republic leadership and military might has been destroyed...sure sounds like we may be getting an invasion in movies 10 - 12.
     
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