If this 'threat' in the Unknown Regions doesn't have to do with the Yuuzhan Vong, I'll be surprised. Regardless, I'm anticipating this novel quite a bit... If nothing else the dynamic between Vader and Thrawn should make for a great read.
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Yeah, considering the lack of creativity in the new canon, It's gonna be the Yuuzhan Vong. But Timothy Zahn's writing is just so heaven-sent, and I've been dying to explore the unknown regions...plus, I have a soft spot for this era and these characters. I'm probably going to love this.
Well we also know that Filoni planned to introduce the Vong back in TCW(he even drew preliminary artwork for Vong warriors and their spacecraft), but the show ended before that could happen.
Recycling the Vong into the new canon doesn't bother me that much, because I think Zahn teasing them in this novel could pave the way for some great stories in the future... Especially since we know there are several threats in the Unknown Regions -- the Vong could just be one of them.
But who knows, maybe it will turn out to be something new. /shrug
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
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Wtf is with Anakin there? He looks like he feels sad being in Thrawn's presence.
__________________ RealistRacism: "Sheevites, much like the Banites, were meant to increase in power with each member. From Lightsnake to Gideon to Azronger, this was supposed to be the case. However, knowledge must've been lost in some kind of Gravid-like incident, as Az turned out to be a mid-tier debater with a sub-par track record, sh!itting all over Tempest's legacy. Sad."
Dumb, yes. But not sad. But it's understandable in this case.
__________________ RealistRacism: "Sheevites, much like the Banites, were meant to increase in power with each member. From Lightsnake to Gideon to Azronger, this was supposed to be the case. However, knowledge must've been lost in some kind of Gravid-like incident, as Az turned out to be a mid-tier debater with a sub-par track record, sh!itting all over Tempest's legacy. Sad."
__________________ RealistRacism: "Sheevites, much like the Banites, were meant to increase in power with each member. From Lightsnake to Gideon to Azronger, this was supposed to be the case. However, knowledge must've been lost in some kind of Gravid-like incident, as Az turned out to be a mid-tier debater with a sub-par track record, sh!itting all over Tempest's legacy. Sad."
So the threat in this novel isn't the Yuuzhan Vong(thank God); it's a new species called the "Grysk".
They're a mildly force-sensitive warrior/conqueror race, described as "a wide-shouldered creature with angled brow ridges, a tapered skull, and deep-set eyes", and also have some very interesting technology at their disposal. Aside from that, we were given no direct characterization of any of their members.
However, they have been studying the Empire since the Clone Wars, and stand ready to invade it as of the end of this novel(which is set between Season 3 and Season 4 of Rebels.) Thrawn believes them to be a legitimate threat to both the Empire AND Chiss Ascendancy.
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Sounds like a mix of Jedi/Sith(Force Users), CIS(overwhelming enemies with shear numbers) and Mandos(nomads). I’m sure this’ll go over well if they get introduced.
The Grysk are the main antagonists of this novel, and were behind the "disturbance" that Palpatine sensed in the force.
I expect they'll be fully fleshed-out in subsequent novels, but even here...where they were intentionally left a bit more vague...it's still clear that they represent a very significant threat. It was implied that the Chiss Ascendancy > the Empire, and Thrawn regarded the Grysk as threats to BOTH simultaneously. So yeah.
There is already speculation that Snoke is a Grysk, lol.
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Last edited by Galan007 on Jul 24th, 2018 at 09:25 PM