Browsed through this thread and it was a good reminder as to why I don't frequent the forums too much these days. The community can be very toxic.
*Someone makes a legit complaint*
*Others insult or belittle him/her for being 'lazy' and not doing the work themselves to find out. etc
*People defend the current state by calling people whiners for whatever reason etc.
*Rinse/repeat.
Now, I do feel it may not have been the best business decision to be so secretive about Thrawn, but it is what it is. I know they like to create the 'rush spending' atmosphere by revealing things at late notice, but we have already had Thrawn and players have some general idea as to when he should return and so have been able to plan. It doesn't make any sense to me that R2 is already coming back for a third time when Thrawn has only been here once...