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  Star Wars: Databank | Thrawn, Grand Admiral
A consummate strategist, Grand Admiral Thrawn likened combat to art, and was an aficionado of both.
Thrawn's greatest oversight was the compelling leadership of Leia Organa Solo.
At the height of the Battle of Bilbringi, Thrawn's faithful Noghri bodyguard Rukh killed the Grand Admiral with an assassin's blade.
www.starwars.com /databank/character/grandadmiralthrawn/eu.html   (787 words)

  
 Mitth'raw'nuruodo - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Thrawn was born a commoner, and gained status by pursuing a military career; on earning his commission in the Expeditionary Fleet, he became a merit adoptive of the Eighth Ruling Family—the Mitth Family, not the Nuruodo.
Perhaps to test the spacer's skills, Thrawn's next task was to kill an adult Fambaa and retrieve a vial of blood for him (a hard task for a solo operative), followed by asking the individual to retrieve a paintbrush, for reasons unknown, from a lady on Naboo.
Thrawn died during the climactic Battle of Bilbringi at the hands of his Noghri bodyguard, Rukh, who had discovered the duplicitous oppression of Honoghr of which Thrawn was responsible.
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 Grand Admiral Thrawn
Grand Admiral Thrawn is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe who first appeared in the Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy of novels, set five years after the time of Return of the Jedi.
Thrawn is generally regarded as the last great commander of the Galactic Empire side of the Galactic Civil War; Thrawn's campaigns were some of the last made against the New Republic which might actually have succeeded (if not for Thrawn's untimely assassination).
Thrawn was then persuaded for reasons as yet unknown by Kinman Doriana, one of Palpatines most trusted advisors and a survivor of the ambush, to destroy the Project himself.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/gr/grand_admiral_thrawn.html   (973 words)

  
 Grand Admiral Thrawn
Thrawn was his public "core" name, reminiscent of the English word "thrawn", meaning "twisted or crooked", an apt description of his intricate schemes; his full name was only known to a few select individuals.
Thrawn was more tolerant of the failures of those under his command than other Imperial officials, who were known for their lethal reaction to the most minimal of failures.
Thrawn would become involved in Imperial court politics, as Mara Jade would later reminisce; all thought that his exile was due to his political defeat by Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus.
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 Grand Admiral Thrawn
Thrawn - whose full name is Mitth'raw'nuruodo - was one of the first to intercept the Imperial task force dispatched to destroy the Outbound Flight Project, when it appeared in the Unknown Regions.
Thrawn received private schooling in Imperial military academies, becoming a Captain shortly after the Battle of Yavin and quickly rising through the ranks as one of the few non-humans in the Navy.
As one of the surviving Grand Admirals, Thrawn was able to quickly garner support from the Imperial remnants, obtaining control of the small fleet under the command of then-Captain Pellaeon.
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 CBUB Fights: Admiral Thrawn vs. CDR. Breetai
Thrawn or Breetai, Thrawn or Breetai; this is a tough one.
Thrawn is an excellent leader who sincerely cares for his men and because Thrawn does not kill officers for failure, like Lord Vader does, but makes them learn from their mistakes Thrawn has a fleet of experienced men loyal to him and that would follow him to the gates of Hell and back again.
Thrawn may be good at improvising, but his experience with cloned warrior societies is pretty limited, and you can never underestimate the value of experience.
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 Profile of Grand Admiral Thrawn
Thrawn, by studying the art and psychology of his enemies, was able to outmaneuver them time and again.
Thrawn took up his position of Grand Admiral in the Empire with the re-establishment of Imperial Center, although his existence remains a closely guarded secret.
Thrawn remains the best tactician among those who were his former students and heads the council during his short returns from operations within the Unknown Regions.
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 Thrawn Campaign Information
Thrawn received word of the failed ambush on Myrkr only after he had began to move his fleet against the New Republic shipyards at Sluis Van.
Grand Admiral Thrawn regained a fourth of what the Empire had lost and was cutting the sky out from under the Republic.
Thrawn not only delivered massive blows to the Republic, but he also was the first to be able to master cloaked shielding and not only perfected cloning but cut the time down from twenty years to two weeks and made it so they were able to not need training.
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 Grand Admiral Thrawn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Grand Admiral Thrawn, a fictional character from the Star Wars universe, was an Imperial who commanded a major part of the Imperial fleet.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is described as a tall solidly built humanoid with blue skin, wearing a white uniform with a cape.
This is seen as a departure from the standard charcoal grey uniforms that imperial officers wore as shown in the classic trilogy, although there is a white-uniformed officer on the Death Star in the first film.
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 STAR WARS: Star Destroyers: Ship List
Admiral Rogriss' flagship, used in the Battle of Adumar and the Battle of Vahaba.
Operated as part of Thrawn's task force assigned to destroy Zaarin, she operated (with Grey Wolf) in a failed attempt to trap Zaarin, using a convoy carrying Missile Boats as bait.
She, along with ISD Imperator, comprised the traitor force under Admiral Zaarin that ambushed ISD Courageous in the Gwar system, though Thunderer herself was destroyed by rocket attacks and laser/turbolaser fire from Courageous and her starfighters.
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 Jedi Council Forums - Missing Grand Admiral?
It is known that Admiral Zaarin was replaced as one of the Emperor's favoured twelve by his blue-skinned pursuer, the chauvinist Grand Admiral Thrawn (ref. TIE Fighter).
Because Admiral Thrawn is an ersatz grand admiral, he is not included in the entry's statement respecting the fates of the grand admirals.
Thus, it is probable that neither Admiral Teshik nor Admiral Tigellinus were still tenants of the prestigious rank of grand admiral as of the Battle of Endor.
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 Grand Admiral Thrawn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Using his core name Thrawn, he would go on to become the Empire's only alien member of the 12 member Grand Admiral Circle.
But due to political maneuvering on the Imperial capital of Coruscant, Thrawn was sent on an expedition of the Unknown Regions, at a time when the Empire could use him the most, the time just before the Battle of Endor.
However, Thrawn failed to understand his allies as much as he did his enemies, as his Noghri bodyguard Rukh after learning Thrawn's deception against his people, assassinated the Grand Admiral aboard the bridge of Thrawn's Star Destroyer, Chimaera.
www.ece.uic.edu /~jfleigel/starwars/thrawn.htm   (317 words)

  
 Dirt - A Story of Grit & Determination
The sight of a Grand Admiral's unadorned white uniform immediately impressed upon the lower ranks the majesty and might of the Empire.
Thrawn rose and wiped a bit of the spillage from his cheek with his napkin.
Thrawn noticed only that she had stopped and was now rumpling his clothing.
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 MASSASSI STAR WARS, ARCHIVES, CHARACTERS, GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN
rand Admiral Thrawn was the first alien to be appointed to the position as one of the 12 Grand Admirals of the Empire.
Thrawn used mole miners, which he had stolen from Lando Calrissian to capture a large contingent of Katana Dreadnaughts.
Soon after this defeat, Thrawn's bodyguard Rukh, avenged the Empire's deception of his people, Rukh plunged a dagger into the heart of the Grand Admiral.
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 CBUB Fights: Admiral Thrawn vs. CDR. Breetai
Thrawn on the other hand was stupid enough to allow a trained Noghri near him even though the Noghri had a major grudge against the Empire.
Thrawn is an excellent leader who sincerely cares for his men and because Thrawn does not kill officers for failure, like Lord Vader does, but makes them learn from their mistakes Thrawn has a fleet of experienced men loyal to him and that would follow him to the gates of Hell and back again.
Admiral Thrawn appears to be at a disadvantage.
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 Home1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Grand Admiral Thrawn is the only non-human to reach a high position among the Imperial Fleet.
Thrawn was later discovered by an Imperial task force charting the Unknown Regions.
He was promoted to the rank of Grand Admiral when he successfully hunted down the defector Grand Admiral Zaarin and his rouge fleet.
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 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thrawn was not concerned with his own personal glory, only with winning the fight against the New Republic (which he refused to acknowledge as such, instead constantly referring to it as the Rebellion).
Thrawn used a gravity well generator stolen from the Vagaari at a prior engagement to pull both the bulk of the Vagaari fleet and Outbound Flight out of hyperspace at the same point.
Thrawn was horrified that it had come to this, as this had never been his plan.
www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Thrawn   (2673 words)

  
 Rebelscum.com: Star Wars Power of the Force 2 Photo Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Grand Admiral Thrawn, the tactical and military genius of the Imperial Fleet.
A tactical and military genius, Grand Admiral Thrawn rallied the remnants of the Imperial fleet and set in motion a plan to destroy the New Republic.
Due to his popularity, Grand Admiral Thrawn, an member of the Chiss alien race, has been inserted into many backstories in the Expanded Universe.
www.rebelscum.com /potf2euthrawn.asp   (138 words)

  
 Grand Poohbah Thrawn - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
If you were to combine Aristotle, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Tony Blair, Hannibal, Napoleon, Sun Tzu and possibly someone else, Thrawn would be smarter than the freakish combination they would make.
thrawn began life hoping for success as a chicken farmer that farmed plants but no animals.
At any rate thrawns choice to loose the hat was his first sign of going rogue.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Grand_Poohbah_Thrawn   (274 words)

  
 YouTube - A Tribute To Darkness - Grand Admiral Thrawn
Thrawn is the most badass thing to happen to Star Wars ever, with all the endless evil sith and evil greedy imperials and misc evil dudes Evil Space Sherlock Holmes was really refreshing.
Thrawn want to prevent casualties by sending the Outbound Flight back home, but the mad Jedi Jorus C'boath tried to kill Thrawn, rather then turn back, so Thrawn was forced to kill almost the entire crew of the Outbound Flight.
Some time after the Emperor's death, Thrawn gained control of the Empire's forces, and led them to many victories, until he was assassinated by his own bodyguard.
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 Universe Preview 9
Prior to the Battle of Endor, Thrawn commanded Imperial forces in the Unknown Regions, finally returning to the rest of the galaxy years after the Emperor’s defeat.
He had even discovered a means to resist the powers of the Jedi by using the Force-repelling ysalamiri, and he almost always had one close at hand.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is an impressive commander by any standard.
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 Star Wars: Blogs | Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cloaking ...
UPDATE: Hibridium cloaks were introduced in the Thrawn trilogy and retconned into the classic trilogy (the name "hibridium" comes from the Alex Winger short stories by Charlene Newcomb), but they appear to have existed since at least the prequel era, thanks to this HoloNet News story.
Palpatine, being a crafty guy, and not wanting to keep all his eggs in one basket, sets up a separate cloaking task force, Project Vorknkx, under the nominal supervision of Grand Admiral Thrawn to investigate hibridium cloaks to their fullest (this is a retcon involving the game TIE Fighter).
Grand Admiral Batch quickly puts together his own project, the "Phantom TIE" project, to overshadow Project Vorknkx, get into Palpy's good graces, and resurrect the stygium cloak after a twenty-year absence.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The fragile New Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has not only rallied the remaining Imperial forces but has driven the rebels back with an abominable new technology: clone soldiers.
The battle was devised by Grand Admiral Thrawn to trap and destroy New Republic forces attempting to get a CGT array located at the Bilbringi Shipyards.
Grand Admiral Thrawn was about to turn the battle back in favor of the Imperials by using the 'Thrawn Pincer' when he received a report of an uprising of the Noghri on Wayland.
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 Timothy Zahn books reviews
In the end, Thrawn escapes with a whole fleet of large space ships, but the New Republic has gained new allies without their enemy's knowledge....
A new, brilliant tactician (called Grand Admiral Thrawn) has seized control of the Imperial fleet, and is directing it extremely effectively against the New Republic.
This is the first of two book sequel to the Grand Admiral Thrawn trilogy.
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 The Imperial Grand Admirals
Grant hid in the Pentastar Alignment while his fellow Grand Admirals met their ends in attempted power grabs, finally defecting to the New Republic two years after Endor on the condition he be granted immunity to prosecution for war crimes and the right to retire to the planet Rathalay.
Thrawn chastises the squad sergeant for unnecessary brutality with a practical lesson in the matter, then is able to discover where the Solos are being kept in the inn.
Thrawn deploys two companies of stormtroopers to create an ambush for the Solos around the encampment, only to later withdraw one to pursue the possibility that the Solos are fleeing on stolen speeder bikes (a ruse created by the Solos).
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 Rufaan Tigellinus at AllExperts
He held the rank of a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet, and was one of the original 12 Grand Admirals, raised to that newly-created rank by the Emperor after the Battle of Yavin.
Around this period, Thrawn returned from the Outer Rim, and began partaking in politics; he quickly made an enemy out of Tigellinus, who while not a COMPNOR New Order fanatic like some of his fellow Grand Admirals, nevertheless fully believed in the superiority of humans (and especially what New Order theoreticians called 'High Human Culture').
Tigellinus consolidated power, and became Grand Moff of the Imperial Oversector (Sector 0), the most important sector, with the most wealthy worlds, fleets, and prestige, making Tigellinus the only Grand Admiral to also have legitmately held the title of Grand Moff as well.
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