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What is Thrawn’s big plan?

Image: Lucasfilm
Image: Lucasfilm

Thrawn spends much of Ahsoka’s finally uttering things on the line of “Long Live the Empire,” but beyond seeking a return to Imperial prominence we actually have outstandingly little to go as to what he actually wants to do or why the Empire should be resorted—after all, he was gone for much of its apex and then downfall. Fans who’ve read Timothy Zahn’s canon Thrawn trilogies can make assumptions, but Ahsoka itself has yet to touch on that material in any particularly tangible fashion—and it wouldn’t be the first time expectations based on Star Wars novels turned out to be twisted in some manner. So… what is he up to?