1.) It was explained that Admiral Konstantine had tried, and failed, to handle the Rebel cell on Lothal. Thrawn was brought in by Tarkin at the special request of Pryce to not only handle the insurgents on Lothal, but deal with the entire Rebellion as a whole.
2.) Tbf, Thrawn's only true losses in his entire time with the Empire were the battle of Atollon(due to the Bendu's direct intervention), and the final battle of Lothal(due to Ezra summoning the Purrgil behind the scenes.) Not trying to make excuses for Thrawn, but there was really no way for a non-force sensitive to have contingencies in place for force-related randomness like that. Thrawn himself admitted that "the mysteries of the force were an enigma to [him]." As they should be.
3.) The Defenders themselves were vastly superior to any other type of fighters in the Empire -- this is driven home multiple times in Alliances, for example, and also why Palpatine felt that the need for them was of =/> importance than the Death Star project itself. The fact that the entire fuel supply for the Defenders was kept in a single yard on Lothal, however, was indeed stupid.
4.) Yeah, wasn't much of a Rukh fan either. He was given some redemption in Alliances as well, but still not enough to make him enjoyable.
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I'd put it more due to plot rather than force related shenanigans...but meh. Cause in more than a few episodes, you can blatantly see plot armor.
Who the frack is Admiral Constantine?? That's another thing, I can't remember any characters aside from the main crew and the OT/Legends people, all of the others were just forgettable frankly.
__________________ 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."
I mean, we know he doesn't kill her, so there are only a few other possibilities here...
That was my first impression as well.
I do want the happenings on Malachor during the Jedi/Sith war to be explored, but aside from that I'd like to get something fresh. Unfortunately, It'll probably just be a rehash of the previous Maul works. Meh.
I imagine it'll just be similar to the Jedi: Mace Windu fight, but longer. I still wish we could get a proper Dooku vs Windu duel though, or Anakin vs Grievous. Something new at least.
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