Ever since my husband and I got married, we’ve made it a habit to read aloud to each other while driving in the car long distances (it also helped that we moved nine hours away from our families and came back to visit every few months). We’ve read other genres of books, but mostly we’ve read Star Wars books. This newest joint-read is another in the Star Wars universe.
Thrawn is set after the Clone Wars but at the beginning of the Star Wars Rebels TV show. Obviously, it revolves around Mitth’raw'nuruodo (more commonly known at Thrawn) and how he came to be a part of the Empire.
After being cast out of Chiss society, Thrawn is found alone on a world in the Outer Rim’s Wild Space and is taken to the Emperor. This blue skinned, red eyed alien shows his military intelligence and is told to attend the Empire’s Academy to train him to be an officer. The problem is Thrawn doesn’t know a lot of Basic (the main language in the Star Wars universe), so he’s given a translator, Ensign Eli Vanto, who just happens to know a remote trade language that the Chiss also use.
Along with chronicling Thrawn’s career from a lieutenant to a grand admiral, the story also introduces us to Arihnda Pryce, which you know as Governor Pryce of Lothal if you’ve watched the Rebels TV show. Her story starts with the loss of her family’s mine on Lothal and her move to Coruscant. It shows her drive, and her manipulations, to get back the power she’s lost.
It is your typical Star Wars story…there’s political power plays, space battles, smugglers, and hidden agendas. It’s also very well written and easy to follow, especially if you’re already familiar with the Star Wars universe. I just think Thrawn himself is such an interesting character, being a military genius but also an alien in an Empire that dismisses anyone non-human. It shows you that you shouldn’t judge people who are different from you; what you should do is look at what’s underneath.
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