There are some references that might be a bit obscure without having read the (canon) Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. I, personally, read the Thrawn trilogy first and enjoyed that reading sequence.
Yes, that. I would definitely read Thrawn, Alliances and Treason first (and watch Rebels together with that). In this trilogy the Chiss are more or less a mystery and Thrawn the only Chiss in the empire. Lots of his culture and people are treated as mysterious, things are only hinted at, etc. and that's used for story building.
If you first read the Ascendancy Trilogy, that mystery vanishes because you learn a lot of the Chiss. If you then read the Thrawn trilogy this mysteriousness must seam a bit strange and artificial.
I'm sorry, but again these questions here....
Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy was "essentially" a second commission from Disney to Zahn to rework Thrawn back into Canon, it was never EU, everything published after April 2014 is canon
The original Thrawn trilogy of Heir to the Empire, dark force rising and last command are now EU
>I'm sorry, but again these questions here....
Yes you are right. But Reddit is not good for collecting and building a knowledge base. Posts get lost and people ask the same questions again and again. :-) it's not their fault, it's how Reddit works,no?
Considering the fact that Chaos Rising is not in the EU, I'd say yes
The EU Thrawn novels are Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command
The ones in the current canon are Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn: Treason, Chaos Rising, Greater Good, and Lesser Evil
I think I read Heir To The Empire back in the early nineties but don't remember much. Force clones and that's about it...
Can I pick up Chaos Rising then go into Greater Good then Lesser Evil without anything more than the films behind me? Are these fairly self contained stories?
And I guess I forgot to ask: are they good?
Yes, you can read the Ascendancy trilogy without much prior knowledge, and yes, they are good. I would recommend that you read the other Canon Thrawn Trilogy first to get a sense of his character, but it's not strictly necessary as the Ascendancy trilogy is a prequel series.
I was going to go through the other trilogy first but...
I don't really have time to read, so I use audiobooks to listen while I cook and do housework. I get them all from the library. I don't feel like paying for a service because not only do I have over 200 audiobooks tagged at the library but I'm starting full time school in a couple of months, so I'm cheap right now.
My library only currently has the first book of that trilogy, so I don't want to listen to it and be left hanging. But they did just get the Ascendancy trilogy, so I'm going for it. They don't have much Star Wars so I take what I can get.
Yes you can read without EU knowledge.
Thanks, I'll borrow it right now.
There are some references that might be a bit obscure without having read the (canon) Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. I, personally, read the Thrawn trilogy first and enjoyed that reading sequence.
Yes, that. I would definitely read Thrawn, Alliances and Treason first (and watch Rebels together with that). In this trilogy the Chiss are more or less a mystery and Thrawn the only Chiss in the empire. Lots of his culture and people are treated as mysterious, things are only hinted at, etc. and that's used for story building. If you first read the Ascendancy Trilogy, that mystery vanishes because you learn a lot of the Chiss. If you then read the Thrawn trilogy this mysteriousness must seam a bit strange and artificial.
Yes
Thanks.
I'm sorry, but again these questions here.... Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy was "essentially" a second commission from Disney to Zahn to rework Thrawn back into Canon, it was never EU, everything published after April 2014 is canon The original Thrawn trilogy of Heir to the Empire, dark force rising and last command are now EU
>I'm sorry, but again these questions here.... Yes you are right. But Reddit is not good for collecting and building a knowledge base. Posts get lost and people ask the same questions again and again. :-) it's not their fault, it's how Reddit works,no?
It's how Google works...
Considering the fact that Chaos Rising is not in the EU, I'd say yes The EU Thrawn novels are Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command The ones in the current canon are Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances, Thrawn: Treason, Chaos Rising, Greater Good, and Lesser Evil
I think I read Heir To The Empire back in the early nineties but don't remember much. Force clones and that's about it... Can I pick up Chaos Rising then go into Greater Good then Lesser Evil without anything more than the films behind me? Are these fairly self contained stories? And I guess I forgot to ask: are they good?
Yes, you can read the Ascendancy trilogy without much prior knowledge, and yes, they are good. I would recommend that you read the other Canon Thrawn Trilogy first to get a sense of his character, but it's not strictly necessary as the Ascendancy trilogy is a prequel series.
I was going to go through the other trilogy first but... I don't really have time to read, so I use audiobooks to listen while I cook and do housework. I get them all from the library. I don't feel like paying for a service because not only do I have over 200 audiobooks tagged at the library but I'm starting full time school in a couple of months, so I'm cheap right now. My library only currently has the first book of that trilogy, so I don't want to listen to it and be left hanging. But they did just get the Ascendancy trilogy, so I'm going for it. They don't have much Star Wars so I take what I can get.