[69] Thrawn is voiced by Tim Russell in the audio drama of Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire[73] and Tris King in Star Wars: TIE Fighter. Only Moff Vilim Disra actively opposed peace, forming a triumvirate with a con artist called Flim and the clone of Major Grodin Tierce in a bid to prevent it. [58] However, they soon lapsed back into infighting, and ultimately, not even the return of Emperor Palpatine in a clone body in 10 ABY was enough to restore the Empire. Thrawn would eventually choose Rukh to serve as his bodyguard and the Noghri would rarely stray far from his master thereafter. While Outbound Flight shows that both Thrawn and Palpatine were aware of the Yuuzhan Vong (as the "Far Outsiders") as early as 27 BBY, it is deliberately unclear how much of the article should be taken as fact and how much of it is the politically-motivated writing of an Imperial partisan. 9 ABY (44:8:27),[2] Chimaera, over Bilbringi[3] Soon after this, Thrawn hired the spacer once more to infiltrate and eradicate the Rebel cell which had been responsible for shooting down Captain Dolman's shuttle. Upon hearing HoloNet rumors that the Grand Admiral had returned to lead the Imperial Remnant, they decided to investigate further. He was given the title of Fleet Director of Strategy. The factory was protected by numerous starfighters which moved to engage the Grey Wolf. Thrawn quickly had the holographic footage edited to implicate the Rebels in Slui-Koronar's murder and had 15,000 credits deposited in Stern's account, supposedly from the Sluissi. [2], Finally, Thrawn was willing to admit defeat. [30], In 1 BBY, however, a revolt ejected the Imperial garrison from Mon Calamari, and Ackbar was invited to return to his homeworld and lead their rebuilt fleet. During the Imperial occupation of the planet Bespin, the Zann Consortium raided the planet and stole large quantities of tibanna gas. The cloning cylinder was set to a ten-year cycle and, while those who served under him were unaware of his clone's existence, Thrawn informed them that, should he ever be reported dead, they should continue their operations and wait for his return ten years later. Once the vessel was defenseless, Thrawn withdrew and offered them one more chance to withdraw. [61], Before the Black Fleet Crisis, which involved a mysterious Imperial fleet that had resurfaced under the command of the Yevetha, Chief of State Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo wondered if Grand Admiral Thrawn knew of the long lost fleet, because of his high-ranking status in the Imperial Starfleet, and they both realize how terrifying it would of been if he used it against them, or the fact he may have kept the battlegroup in reserves. [23], By 1 BBY, Thrawn had achieved more victories and earned more promotions than most officers who had served for twice as long. [20], Thrawn did not spend all his time around the Core Worlds and made substantial efforts to explore the Unknown Regions. [48], Thrawn admires Jonas Stern's Rodian statuette, Sometime in the same year, Thrawn made a brief return from the Unknown Regions when he traveled on the Vaathkree with his Noghri bodyguard Ovruk to the shipyard system of Sluis Van, then cautiously neutral in the ongoing Galactic Civil War. What none of them realized was that Thrawn had left the two boxes improperly sealed so that they might discover the contents and that all the remaining boxes were empty. [38], True to his word, Vader later accompanied Thrawn to Honoghr, where the Dark Lord of the Sith explained that his duties in the war against the Empire's enemies required his full attention and named Thrawn as his heir. Height Under heavy Imperial fire, the Solos were able to rescue Banai and Killik Twilight and the group escaped aboard the Millennium Falcon after removing the Shadowcast code key from the painting, which they left with the Squibs Emala, Grees and Sligh who planned to sell it to the Imperials[51] and it eventually ended up in Thrawn's possession. However, Thrawn launched TIEs to cover the loading operation and the Rebels were quickly defeated. In order to avoid the damage caused to the Judicator on the previous raid, this time he sent three Dreadnaughts under the cover of a shieldship to avoid direct sunlight. Using the Lost Reef and Chimaera's remaining tractor beam systems Thrawn was able to steer the Star Destroyer away from its predetermined course releasing not only the capital ship, as damaged as it was, but also the Golan to join the battle against Esva's fleet. However, Thrawn actually planned to capture Skywalker himself and had probes left at the edge of the system, to watch for his departure. Via the orders which assigned Ackbar to his new rank, Alliance Commander-in-Chief Mon Mothma instructed him travel to the Telaris system by the fastest means available and take command of the Alliance Fleet there. Thrawn's studies of S'krrr art had shown that they favored patterns similar to those of drog swarms, suggesting that the two species thought alike and agreed that it might be possible to communicate with them, though he thought it unlikely that a single S'krrr could calm the swarm.