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word of advice : control SPOILERS for Star Wars : Thrawn - Alliances # 3!The dichotomy betweenGrand Admiral ThrawnandDarth VaderinStar Warscanon can be summarize in a individual comparison : alone intellect vs Brobdingnagian power . Both men are astronomical legend as unvanquishable enemy - Thrawn because he plan ahead and does n’t waste imagination on losing fight , and Darth Vader because he ’ll take on any engagement and refuses to drop off . These difference are highlighted in the ongoingStar Warsseries where Vader and Thrawn are partner up together , which show thatThrawn is , indeed , smarter than Vader , but still can not liken to the Dark Lord of the Sith in one undeniable direction .
In a preview forStar Wars : Thrawn - Alliances#3 by Timothy Zahn , Jody Houser , Pat Olliffe , and Andrea Di Vito , Thrawn and Darth Vader find themselves on a far - off world look for for enemy of the Empire , as the Emperor has sensed a great disturbance in the Force beleaguer this particular planet . In the porta pages of this preview , their target escapes off - world . Vader tells Thrawn to order his ship - the Chimera - to pursue , but Thrawn says their butt is out of chain , pull in it impossible for the Chimera to intercept .
The trailer then cuts to an extemporaneous mission Thrawn went on with Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars , which - interestingly enough - was on the same major planet Thrawn and Darth Vader are on in the present time . During that deputation , Thrawn and Anakin are operate to unveil a Separatist plot , and to do that , they postulate information from a local gang . So , stick with Thrawn ’s expert tactical planning , Anakin deal down a identification number of the gang appendage while keeping their leader witting for questioning .
Thrawn is a genius beyond even his own prompt understanding , as he predicted Anakin Skywalker would become Darth Vader completely by stroke .
Star Wars Preview Confirms Thrawn is Only Smarter than Darth Vader Because He Has To Be
It would be appropriate to assume thatThrawn knows fundamentally everything in every situation , and what he does n’t know he can infer within instant , as his situational consciousness attainment are almost superhuman . Thrawn pays penny-pinching attention to his surroundings at all times , allowing him to make decisions quickly and with the utmost confidence . This is put on full exhibit in thisStar Warspreview , which makes Darth Vader front a moment slow or dull by comparison . Though in reality , Vader just does n’t deal .
Darth Vader did n’t care that the ship they were after was out of chain of mountains of the Chimera , he said to go after it , so that ’s what he expected his crew to do . Vader would be prepared to dog his butt across the galaxy if he had to , because he was confident that if he set his head to catching them , he ’d catch them . Darth Vader is almost an optimist when it comes to the confidence he has in his own abilities - and his telling displays of Brobdingnagian power in the cheek of utter defeat is the intellect why .
Darth Vader Regularly Does the Impossible in Star Wars Canon
A recent example:Star Wars: Darth Vader“Into the Fire” by Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco
Darth Vader does n’t pay as much tending to his environment as Thrawn because he does n’t require to . He knows he can endure anything much anyone throws at him , something Darth Vader prove to himself in a fairly late storyline , “ Into the Fire ” , which showed Darth Vader stripped of his technical school ( including his coat of arms and leg ) , issue off from the Force , and dump on Mustafar by Emperor Palpatine . This was equal portion punishment and a test of strength , with Palpatine being completely okay with Vader dying if he was n’t strong enough to survive on his own with literally nothing .
Lying half - drained on the lava banks of Mustafar - just as he had been when Palpatine bump him inRevenge of the Sith- Darth Vader literally picked himself up from the ashes . Vader used his mechanical brilliance to design transposition limb from abandoned droids and from the technical school stolen from the cadaver of those who the Emperor sent to kill him ( indeed , this was an uttermost test of strength ) . Yet even still , Darth Vader made it through the trial by ordeal even stronger than he was going into it , which prove to himself that he could pull through anything .
Thrawn is Smart Enough to Make Himself Irreplaceable within the Empire (Despite Remaining Loyal to the Chiss Ascendancy)
Star Wars: Thrawnby Timothy Zahn, Jody Houser, and Luke Ross
Like the ongoingStar war : Thrawn - Alliances , theStar Wars : Thrawncomic Holy Writ miniseries is an adaptation of the canonThrawn Trilogyby Timothy Zahn !
While it is impressive that Darth Vader was able to rip himself out of the fire the path he did in “ Into the Fire ” ( both literally and figuratively ) , Thrawn is smart enough to not be thrown into that fire to start with - quite the opposite , in fact . During the events of the miniseries that took place straight off beforeStar warfare : Thrawn - Alliances , Thrawn strand himself on an Outer Rim planet knowing that he ’d be discovered by the Empire - a plan he and Ascendancy come up with to form an alliance with the Empire .
Upon meeting the Emperor , Thrawn broker a deal with Palpatine on behalf of his the great unwashed , the Chiss . The deal specify that if Palpatine admit Thrawn into the rank of the Empire - if he turn up himself able , of course - then an alliance could be reached between the Empire and the Ascendancy to stand off a mysterious scourge to the big cosmos . Thrawn directly makes himself necessary to the survive safe and security measure of the Empire , and continuously assure that Palpatine sees their pile as beneficial , and not unneeded ( which would thereby make Thrawn spendable ) .
Thrawn Avoids Conflict If It’s Uncertain He Can Win, Darth Vader is Always Certain He Can Win
After comparing these two iconicStar Warsvillains , it ’s readable thatThrawn is smarter than Darth Vaderwhen it comes to quickly pinpoint and acting upon the most lucid course of legal action in every billet - even situations that require year of continuous activity . But , it ’s also been plant thatDarth Vader does n’t care about what the most logical course of study of action is . Vader has shown that he can do the impossible , meaning anything he want done - no matter how windy - can be done at that moment if he bequeath it so .
Throughout their respectiveStar Warshistories , Thrawn and Darth Vader confirm the findings of this analysis many times over , and it ’s likely neither would deny where their persuasiveness and weakness consist when equate to the other . However , the preview forStar warfare : Thrawn - Alliances#3 has never made that comparison easier to draw , as it is in thisStar Warsstory whereGrand Admiral Thrawnproves he ’s smarter thanDarth Vader , but also shows that he’sstill nowhere near as sinewy .
Star Wars : Thrawn - Alliances#3by Marvel Comics is uncommitted March 20 , 2024 .
Star Wars : Thrawn - Alliances # 3 ( 2024 )
