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Warning : hold back SPOILERS for Star Wars : Thrawn - Alliances # 2!Thrawnis famous within theStar Warsfandom for his deductive genius and tactical brilliance , but it seems sometimes even he does n’t have it away how good he really is - fount in point withAnakin Skywalker / Darth Vader . When Thrawn was on a mission withAnakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars , he circumstantially predicted his fall to the glum side , and he did so as easily and nonchalantly as he ’d after deduce the opposite about Darth Vader .
In a prevue forStar Wars : Thrawn - Alliances#2 by Timothy Zahn , Jody Houser , Pat Olliffe , and Andrea Di Vito , readers see Thrawn on two separate missions decades aside on the same satellite - and in the same Browning automatic rifle . The curtain raising Sir Frederick Handley Page show Thrawn and Darth Vader being attacked by a gang of noncitizen . This sequence transition seamlessly intoThrawn ’s past mission with Anakin Skywalkerin that same bar , after they were attacked by a different mathematical group of hostiles .
After their aggressor were taken down ( and Anakin awoke from being momentarily knock unconscious ) , Thrawn says that he was surprised Anakin was taken down at all , as he assumed Skywalker would comply his tactical atomic number 82 . At that point , Thrawn concluded that Anakin was a Jedi as oppose to a Sith . While Anakin intend that was obvious , Thrawn countered by explaining he only came to that conclusion because Sith had a repute for being apt and capable warriors , which were two things Anakin did n’t showing - yet .
Star Wars has unwrap a fundamental moment between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi where Luke Skywalker unfeignedly knew his father could be redeemed .
Thrawn Says Anakin Skywalker Isn’t Skilled Enough to Be a Sith - He’s Tragically Proven Wrong
It ’s unbelievably tell that Thrawn ab initio ca n’t order if Anakin Skywalker is a Jedi or a Sith by his appearance or intention alone , and has to deduce as much after it ’s proven during this abbreviated conflict that Anakin fundamentally is n’t skilled enough to be a Sith . It should be assumed at any given time that Thrawn knows basically everything , and what he does n’t have it off he can infer through astute observation . He knew about the legends of the Jedi and the Sith , which means he have a go at it Jedi have a repute for being pious peacekeepers , which is something Anakin also did n’t exhibit .
Anakin was good on the verge of being a potential Sith when Thrawn met him free-base on the fact that he inherently did n’t seem like a Jedi . He wore armour , called himself general , fought on behalf of a government , and trust hard on his emotions ( most notably anger / frustration ) - things Thrawn knew were unbecoming of the Jedi of legend . However , Anakin just was n’t skilled enough in Thrawn ’s eyes to be deal a Sith , so through the exponent of deductive reasoning , he had to be a Jedi . But , that ’s a thin line , one Thrawn accidentally anticipate Anakin would cross .
Thrawn Applies the Same Logic to Darth Vader During Their Mission
Thrawn deduces Darth Vader is Anakin Skywalker, confirming his own accidental prediction.
While it has n’t been overly implied quite yet in this laughable serial ( which is base on the novelStar Wars : Thrawn - Alliancesby Timothy Zahn ) , it will be bring out that Thrawn know Darth Vader was once Anakin Skywalker . Now , upon further reflection of this interaction between Thrawn and Anakin , the fact that Thrawn knows Darth Vader ’s bang-up secret is even more important . Thrawn knew Anakin was so closemouthed to being a Sith , that the only distinction was his armed combat skill - which greatly ameliorate as Darth Vader . So , by deducing Darth Vader was Anakin Skywalker , Thrawn sustain his own inadvertent prediction .
Thrawn is an unequalled hotshot who can see the truth hidden behind every mystery story , even those that are n’t even amply imprint . Anakin was being train by Palpatine when Thrawn meet him , and while the Chiss had no way of knowing that , he did cognize that there was something about Anakin that screamed ‘ Sith ’ , despite conclude that he was a Jedi . So , with this seemingly innocuous interaction , Thrawn accidentally predictedAnakin Skywalker ’s evenfall to the dark side , which was affirm whenThrawnlearned the truth about Darth Vader .
Star Wars : Thrawn - Alliances # 2by Marvel Comics is usable February 28 , 2024 .
Star warfare : Thrawn - Alliances # 2 ( 2024 )
