So now that we are getting Thrawn...

Since the "incoming transmission" was revealed to be Ahsoka, getting Thrawn seems unlikely. I never really felt he qualified as a fan favorite or iconic.

"Paarthysnax;c-1080037" wrote:

"Xylo_Phona;c-1079680" wrote:

"Crazylazyguy;c-1073434" wrote:

"Vinny_Vader_Vedi;c-1073394" wrote:
I am just saying - things set up earlier aren't even confirmed yet.

"Omeah;c-1073385" wrote:

"Vinny_Vader_Vedi;c-1073237" wrote:
I can't see two empire capital ships. Not sure of ranking but Grand Moff is considered Higher than Grand Admiral. Could be wrong. Also Chimera isn't a super star destroyer. Please correct me if I am wrong though.

Grand Moff is actually a civilian title, Moffs are governors (Tarkin was an Admiral in the Republic though), and the Chimaera is only a Star Destroyer, yes

Yes that's why I was wondering. It is a civilian title but I still feel as if Tarkin has more authority than Thrawn, Imperial wise.

Could be Kallus yes - Ahsoka as well - even though CG has the rights for season 3 and I'm guessing 4. Ahsoka is confirmed for the 4th season.

Kallus and Ahsoka will appear during or after season 4, maybe even in the beginning. Right now, we haven't seen Ahsoka for a whole season, and Kallus just recently became the cool guy with them actually showing us how he helps the Rebels and takes risks. We will see more of him in season 4 so it makes sense for him to be released then.

Tarkin doesn't have more authority. People seem to think that because Tarkin was in charge of the Death Star in episode IV, but aside from that he doesn't have that much power in the military. There is a reason why even Vader listened to him. He was on the battle station that Tarkin supervises, so he decided not to mess with his plans.

Military wise, Thrawn has far more authority than Tarkin, he is after all a Grand Admiral and in space battles he is the highest ranking officer, with only Vader and the Emperor outranking him. Grand General should be the battle unit that has the most authority in ground battles.

First off Moff is higher than Govenor. Think of Govenor as the boss of a planet or small system. Think of Moff the Boss of several Govenors or several planets and systems. And Grand Moff obviously is the head Moff.


Tarkin actually liked to be called Govenor, even after he became Grand Moff. He was a Military officer of high regard so he never lost the leadership of the fleets, even if he was not directly in charge of them.

If you read the Tarkin book and Catalyst book it will given more understanding of Tarkin and his position in the Empire. He out ranks EVERYONE except Palpatine and Vader. Vader takes Tarkin's lead because he fought with Anakin when the Jedi made the Jail break from The Citadel for then Captain Tarkin and Jedi Master Piell. Tarkin respected Anakin and his more aggressive ways. And always suspected that Vader was Anakin. The Tarkin book is a good read.

Oh wow, that's a nice clarification! I've always thought that governors and moffs were rather political, and admiral etc are military. I don't know if it is exclusive for Tarkin to be that involved to military, or if moffs indeed had the authority to instruct the navy.

They are political figures. The only one who has a bit more power is Tarkin because Palpatine knows he is extremely loyal. Grand Moff is indeed higher than Governor, I never said the opposite.

And again in an actual battle Thrawn would outrank him, because he has far more experience. So Tarkin may say "we need x base taken down", but Thrawn will be the one to deploy the fleet and command them.

"Gaidal_Cain;c-1080054" wrote:

"Ljaat;c-1080048" wrote:
Incorrect.. Dev tweeted that Ashoka is NOT the June "fan fav"

I still have hope for an Empire cleanse in Thrawn.. /pray

In the podcast however, they specifically talked about the use of the Fulcrum gif. The gif was referring to Ahsoka, NOT Thrawn OR Kallus.

Edit: Yes there will be a fan favorite in June but they specifically said Fulcrum is Ahsoka.

Crap, missed that part.. sigh..

So now that we aren't getting Thrawn......lol. Well, there's still hope he's the fan favorite character in June.

"Woodroward;c-1080070" wrote:
Since the "incoming transmission" was revealed to be Ahsoka, getting Thrawn seems unlikely. I never really felt he qualified as a fan favorite or iconic.

Thrawn is widely considered the most popular character of the entire EU...and he's basically been around since the start of the post-ROTJ EU (technically there were various comic books, etc. that came out during the movie era that would count as "EU"). So he's definitely a fan favorite and iconic. If you're trying to define "favorite" as everyone's favorite, then there's no character that would fit that description.

"Vos_Landeck;c-1080120" wrote:
So now that we aren't getting Thrawn......lol. Well, there's still hope he's the fan favorite character in June.

"Woodroward;c-1080070" wrote:
Since the "incoming transmission" was revealed to be Ahsoka, getting Thrawn seems unlikely. I never really felt he qualified as a fan favorite or iconic.

Thrawn is widely considered the most popular character of the entire EU...and he's basically been around since the start of the post-ROTJ EU (technically there were various comic books, etc. that came out during the movie era that would count as "EU"). So he's definitely a fan favorite and iconic. If you're trying to define "favorite" as everyone's favorite, then there's no character that would fit that description.

A fan favorite or iconic character would be someone that is well known to most fans, and Thrawn is unfortunately not in a well known enough segment to qualify as that. Fan favorites can be universally hated... As long as they're welll known.

EU only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. Too small of a segment of Star Wars fans know it.

Star Wars Rebels only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. For the same reasons as above.

Thrawn may fit in both of those categories, but they alone aren't enough to catapult him to that level.

Having fans and being a fan favorite are two different things. Thrawn is definitely the former, but there'd be some flack if he was classified as the latter.

"Woodroward;c-1080148" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1080120" wrote:
So now that we aren't getting Thrawn......lol. Well, there's still hope he's the fan favorite character in June.

"Woodroward;c-1080070" wrote:
Since the "incoming transmission" was revealed to be Ahsoka, getting Thrawn seems unlikely. I never really felt he qualified as a fan favorite or iconic.

Thrawn is widely considered the most popular character of the entire EU...and he's basically been around since the start of the post-ROTJ EU (technically there were various comic books, etc. that came out during the movie era that would count as "EU"). So he's definitely a fan favorite and iconic. If you're trying to define "favorite" as everyone's favorite, then there's no character that would fit that description.

A fan favorite or iconic character would be someone that is well known to most fans, and Thrawn is unfortunately not in a well known enough segment to qualify as that. Fan favorites can be universally hated... As long as they're welll known.

EU only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. Too small of a segment of Star Wars fans know it.

Star Wars Rebels only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. For the same reasons as above.

Thrawn may fit in both of those categories, but they alone aren't enough to catapult him to that level.

Having fans and being a fan favorite are two different things. Thrawn is definitely the former, but there'd be some flack if he was classified as the latter.

You are not really a fan if the only thing you know is the movies... In that case it would be simply a favorite character.

"Crazylazyguy;c-1080154" wrote:

"Woodroward;c-1080148" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1080120" wrote:
So now that we aren't getting Thrawn......lol. Well, there's still hope he's the fan favorite character in June.

"Woodroward;c-1080070" wrote:
Since the "incoming transmission" was revealed to be Ahsoka, getting Thrawn seems unlikely. I never really felt he qualified as a fan favorite or iconic.

Thrawn is widely considered the most popular character of the entire EU...and he's basically been around since the start of the post-ROTJ EU (technically there were various comic books, etc. that came out during the movie era that would count as "EU"). So he's definitely a fan favorite and iconic. If you're trying to define "favorite" as everyone's favorite, then there's no character that would fit that description.

A fan favorite or iconic character would be someone that is well known to most fans, and Thrawn is unfortunately not in a well known enough segment to qualify as that. Fan favorites can be universally hated... As long as they're welll known.

EU only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. Too small of a segment of Star Wars fans know it.

Star Wars Rebels only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. For the same reasons as above.

Thrawn may fit in both of those categories, but they alone aren't enough to catapult him to that level.

Having fans and being a fan favorite are two different things. Thrawn is definitely the former, but there'd be some flack if he was classified as the latter.

You are not really a fan if the only thing you know is the movies... In that case it would be simply a favorite character.

That's just flat out not true. You're not a geek if you only watched the movies, but you can still be a fan.

A geek is someone who researches or obsesses about entertainment endeavors. They are the most hardcore of fans, but they do not represent most fans.

To bring it full circle: Someone that is only a fan of the geeks can't actually be called a fan favorite or iconic.

"Woodroward;c-1080163" wrote:

"Crazylazyguy;c-1080154" wrote:

"Woodroward;c-1080148" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1080120" wrote:
So now that we aren't getting Thrawn......lol. Well, there's still hope he's the fan favorite character in June.

"Woodroward;c-1080070" wrote:
Since the "incoming transmission" was revealed to be Ahsoka, getting Thrawn seems unlikely. I never really felt he qualified as a fan favorite or iconic.

Thrawn is widely considered the most popular character of the entire EU...and he's basically been around since the start of the post-ROTJ EU (technically there were various comic books, etc. that came out during the movie era that would count as "EU"). So he's definitely a fan favorite and iconic. If you're trying to define "favorite" as everyone's favorite, then there's no character that would fit that description.

A fan favorite or iconic character would be someone that is well known to most fans, and Thrawn is unfortunately not in a well known enough segment to qualify as that. Fan favorites can be universally hated... As long as they're welll known.

EU only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. Too small of a segment of Star Wars fans know it.

Star Wars Rebels only characters: not fan favorites or iconic. For the same reasons as above.

Thrawn may fit in both of those categories, but they alone aren't enough to catapult him to that level.

Having fans and being a fan favorite are two different things. Thrawn is definitely the former, but there'd be some flack if he was classified as the latter.

You are not really a fan if the only thing you know is the movies... In that case it would be simply a favorite character.

That's just flat out not true. You're not a geek if you only watched the movies, but you can still be a fan.

A geek is someone who researches or obsesses about entertainment endeavors. They are the most hardcore of fans, but they do not represent most fans.

Being a geek is knowing the majority about the movies. Knowing a show or two or maybe a book is what makes you fan. The majority of so called fans flat out hate on any new movies they get, because of "whatever" reasons. Can you really call them fans?

"AtlasMKx;c-1080045" wrote:
Why can't anybody Ahsoka right?
And if anyone was actually paying attention, there is a podcast you can listen to at the top of the forums that talks about the Tarkin rework, and the new character being AHSOKA.
It isn't Thrawn.

But the they also mention that Ahsoka is NOT the fan favorite to be released.. Thanks for spreading half truths.

As much as I'd love to see Thrawn in game, I fear that they'd give him the Rebels Thrawn look. The original books made him such an imposing figure, and Rebels went and turned him into a blue pipsqueak. The pre-Rebels artwork always captured him as menacing, I don't know how Lucasfilm messed that up so badly (Disney?).