Thrawn Treason Review

Finally I have returned with my review of  Star Wars Thrawn Treason. And in the time between the release of this book and me reading and reviewing it, Timothy Zahn wrote a whole other trilogy about Thrawn’s time in the Chiss Ascendancy. I will eventually read those books, but this is most likely to be the last review I write of the Thrawn novels. 

Overall, I felt like there were some very epic parts in this book and the characters had some cool moments but it was lesser than the first two books.

When it got good, it got really good. This novel contains some of Thrawn’s best strategic deductions and the characters went hard at times. The calculated dialogue and politics of existing under the oppressive authoritarian code of the empire continue to be interesting and it’s wonderful to see Thrawn’s trolling and maneuvering around that.

Some of the story was very confusing military science fiction. I would really like someone to explain to me everything that happened, because I don't think you possibly can. But in the final hour of the book, it got to a point where the battle became simple and fun, wonderfully showing off Thrawn’s  conniving wits.

I learned that Thrawn is an expert exterminator and Krennic has simps. To expand on these things, the whole book is premised on Thrawn making a bet with Krennic. That if Thrawn can clear the Death Star supply lanes of creatures known as grollics, more funds will go to Project Stardust (The Death Star) or Thrawn’s TIE defender project. Tagging along with Thrawn through the whole book to “monitor”/spy on Thrawn for Krennic is Faro, a passionate defender and lackey of Krennic’s, down to having a copy of Krennic’s cape. Well, I don’t blame anyone for wanting to imitate Ben Mendehlson and his immaculate dialogue and style from Rogue One.

This book’s title and cover are somewhat misleading. The treason aspect doesn’t really apply as much to Thrawn as it does to other characters. Additionally Emperor Palpatine is hardly a focus of the book as the cover implies. 

At the end of the day, I would only really recommend Thrawn Treason if you are a big Thrawn fan and like Zahn's writing. 

Here’s a note that I liked: the dedications for each book in this Thrawn Trilogy.

More than anything, this book excites me more about the character of Thrawn and his likely upcoming appearances in the Ashoka series and possibly his own show.

That be all for today. So thanks for reading and stay connected.