#grysk

Basically, one big project to work on for a while.

Know When to Run

Summary: In the aftermath of the Empire’s fall, it is time for Thrawn to return to Lesser Space. Time to approach another newly formed government; to bow before its leaders, and hope that they will see the wisdom of his counsel.

Time to see if Thrawn’s gamble will save his people, or destroy them. Here it is, the final installment of my Rebel!Thrawn AU! I know I promised this last year, but hey, at least it is finished XD

Who wiped out the Witch Kingdom of the Dathomiri? It's not easy to take on an army of Force users.

Why is Thrawn so anxious to "escape this galaxy"? Thrawn doesn't scare easy.

This wonderful, cultured, courteous man?

The one and only Grand Admiral Thrawn.

Well, if they make him evil in Ahsoka, I will probably have a screaming fit and then break the TV. Seriously. He can be an antagonist, I don't care about that, but we saw in his new trilogies and even some Legends material that Thrawn actually has a softer side. And it's pretty prominent.

Who else thinks that they'll focus on the Grysk War instead?

Also, we NEED live-action Ar'alani.

and he has some of the most irritating takes too

like how the Galaxy joining together to fight the sith in ROS shows that centralized government is unnecessary

never mind how the fleet from all over the galaxy was gathered and lead to exegol by Lando, aka was organized by a central leadership and didn't just show up on their own

And never mind how the first order rapidly conquered the galaxy precisely because they wiped out the central government, and in the absence of said central government many worlds adopted "look out for themselves" stances, which only further guaranteed the first order's successful conquest as those worlds had little chance of resisting alone

and that's just one thing, centralized government is needed in SW at the very least for dealing with common threats

threats such as...

What if the first order regroups and keeps fighting?

What if the mandalorians start conquering again?

What if we get another separatist type situation where a bunch of mega corps make a sham government that says its about democracy and self determination but really is just a corporate-military dictatorship?

What if Kanjiclub, the Guavian Death Gang, or other crime factions want to rank up from criminal organizations to actual territorial powers?

in a similar vein, what if the Hutts decide now's the time to make a comeback?

speaking of the hutts, If there’s no centralized government how do you effectively combat slavery? How do you keep slavery illegal?

What if one of the highly aggressive alien species from legends like the Ssi-ruu, the Yeventha, or the Yuuzhan-Vong get brought into canon?

what if the Chiss decide to give galactic conquest a try?

what if the Chiss start conquering worlds to harvest resources to fuel there wars against the Grysk, Vagaari, or other unknown regions powers?

what if the Yinchorri (big aggressive mind-trick immune turtles) start attacking like in legends?

which btw, was only stopped by a collective effort organized by Chancellor Valorum

Or what if stronger planets start bullying/conquering weaker planets, thus encouraging planets to create tangled webs of alliances between each other, and that in turn creates a WWI-type powder keg where a minor dispute between two planets drags their varying networks of allies into a galactic scale war?

Central government would be good for preventing that

it would also be good for enforcing a ban on superweapons and preventing the spread of that technology

very important in the post-ROS galaxy, as planet killers can now be mounted on smaller ships and mass-produced

(Not mine) The villains' plot in *The Phantom Menace* is only possible because Palpatine *takes the central government out of the picture*

and the backstory of SW is the centralized government has worked for several thousand years

so why does a few decades of it being deliberately sabotaged discount the entire concept?

Because they don't like the concept that's why

They are so obviously libertarian

I mean, their whole thesis comes down to "centralized government is unnecessary because if the collective people need some service or task done then people will just do it"

Textbook libertarian crap, the stuff that gets a town taken over by bears

And all the above is just the more dramatic exciting stuff

A central government is essential for mundane things like maintaining a universal galactic currency

Trade agreements

Consistent tax rates

saftey ratings being the same across the galaxy

Maintaining travel and communication infrastructure (eg hyperspace routes, however comms work)

Thrawn and Ezra end up wherever (not important)

They are found by Captain Pellaeon, causing Pellaeon to suggest his return in Mando S3

Thrawn takes up his position as Heir to the Empire as Palpatine had to hand it off to someone vaguely competent

Ezra is being held in the brig or another secure location

Thrawn maintains the appearance of being a Grand Admiral of the Empire but actually reckons that it's going to fall to the New Republic so tries to covertly end up back in the Ascendancy, taking Ezra with him

Hijinks ensue

Ultimately, at the end of the Ascendancy trilogy, Thrawn's goal (vaguely) is to gain allies to help the ascendancy eliminate the Grysk threat. Could he have gone on a tangent and decided building up the Empire for power would be better for him? Sure.