>>6033793Thrawn is the Empire's greatest tactical genius. After the Emperor died and the Alliance pushed the Empire back, he took the reigns of the Imperial military.
He quickly reconquered much of the lost territory in a few short campaigns. He devised plan after plan after plan to defeat the Alliance, from making himself immune to Jedi, to finding a lost fleet of ships, to capturing Luke Skywalker himself.
He's got all the brilliant plans of Lex Luthor with almost none of the arrogance. If there was ever to be a sequel trilogy made, Star Wars fans always thought that it would be an adaption of the Thrawn Trilogy, because it was that good.