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- "And eventually, as he dealt with some of the Chiss's enemies, he pushed things just a little too far. He was brought up on charges, stripped of all rank, and sent into exile on an uninhabited world at the edge of Imperial space."
- ―Admiral Voss Parck
By 19 BBY,[1] the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force officer[4] Thrawn pre-emptively raided a ground installation in the Unknown Regions that was manufacturing weapons in a lead-up to an attack against the Chiss Ascendancy. According to Ascendancy law, such a pre-emptive strike was illegal, and Thrawn's actions were judged to be in violation of all the Chiss believed regarding not attacking without direct, violent instigation by the enemy.[5] Unbeknownst to most was that Thrawn had actually engineered the conflict so that he was exiled and could—with no affiliation to the Expansionary Defense[3] Force—[4] join the Galactic Empire.[3]
The Ascendancy indeed exiled the officer,[3] and sent him to an uninhabited planet, where Imperial Captain Voss Parck captured Thrawn and brought him before Emperor Palpatine, who accepted the Chiss into the Imperial Fleet.[5]
Behind the scenes
The conflict was first mentioned in the biographical capsule written by Peter M. Schweighofer that accompanied Timothy Zahn's short story Mist Encounter in Star Wars Adventure Journal 7.[5] Its role as an engineered downfall was explained in Vision of the Future, the final installment in Zahn's Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn Duology.[2]
Appearances
"Mist Encounter" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 (reprinted in Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club) (First mentioned)- Vision of the Future (and unabridged audiobook) (Mentioned only)
- "Red Sky, Blue Flame" — Star Wars Gamer 7 (Mentioned only)
Sources
- "The University of Sanbra Guide to Intelligent Life: The Chiss" — Star Wars Gamer 5 (Indirect mention only)
- The New Essential Guide to Alien Species (Indirect mention only)
- The Unknown Regions (Indirect mention only)
- Who Is Thrawn? on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete) (Indirect mention only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 As Mist Encounter, which The Essential Reader's Companion dates to 19 BBY, depicts Thrawn's exile and Vision of the Future establishes that after the conflict, the Chiss was exiled, the conflict must have taken place by 19 BBY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Vision of the Future
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
"Red Sky, Blue Flame" — Star Wars Gamer 7
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Outbound Flight
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
"Mist Encounter" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 7