85 votes, 29 comments. Thrawn is….a somewhat interesting case as a character. he'd probably benefit from dialing the good-guy-ness back just a little. I think Hand of Thrawn and Survivor's Quest actually struck a pretty good balance in that regard (as well as Tatooine Ghost, actually, which I'm reading right now): Fair, pragmatic, but won At the beginning of the episode, Sabine's boyfriend Ezra makes a new lightsaber from parts that were once used by his later master Kanan Jarrus. (For those like me who don't watch the animated Ahsoka's relationship with her former apprentice, Sabine Wren, is strained, with both of their headstrong natures getting in the way. Meanwhile, Baylan Skoll seems to have a close relationship Zahn also penned six new bestsellers with Thrawn as the protagonist, all of which make a darn good case for siding with the "bad guy." So did Filoni: Thrawn wasn't just a malevolent force for the The writers know that. Very few characters exist that can carry a show as a protagonist and as the main bad guy. So they use Thrawn and Ahsoka, characters I and large parts of the fandom give a shit about. Thrawn is a big shot empire guy. Making up another big shot empire guy for Ahsoka to go up against instead of just using Thrawn is 3: Haplif, a minion of the mysterious bad guy Jixtus who is trying to start a civil war within the Ascendency. 4: Refugees, from one of the worlds Haplif has already destroyed via civil war in the Chaos, have fled to a nearby planet. Thrawn goes rogue to find a way to help return them to their world and find out who caused the civil war. In her final scene of the episode, Tano reveals that the bad guy she's been hunting—who many viewers may have assumed to be Giancarlo Esposito's Gideon—is none other than Grand Admiral Thrawn. That means the series will fill in a key gap not just in Obi-Wan's life, but also in the history of the Sith Inquisitorius. These characters will play a major role in the series. We know of at Thrawn is remembered from the Thrawn Trilogy for being an iconic villain. But Timothy Zahn, If he pals around with bad guys, dresses like a bad guy, acts like a bad guy and opposes the good guys, he's a bad guy. Making up 'super duper evil worse aliens that are totally worse I promise' The big bad of Star Wars Rebels isn't the Emperor (although he does show up quite a few times throughout the series) but the nefarious Grand Admiral Thrawn.Thrawn (who also has an extensive ie08IH.