Character. Thrawn first appeared in the 1991 Timothy Zahn novel Heir to the Empire, the first installment of what became known as the first Thrawn trilogy. He is a grand admiral in the Imperial Navy, and categorically "the most brilliant of the Emperor's minions".
What order should I read the Thrawn books?
The Thrawn series – chronological reading order
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (2020)
- Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (2021)
- Untitled third part of Thrawn Ascendancy (2022/TBC)
- Thrawn (2017)
- Thrawn: Alliances (2018)
- Thrawn: Treason (2019)
- Heir to the Empire (1991)
- Dark Force Rising (1992)
Is thrawn in the first order?
Lucasfilm has a new animated project on the way, and books and comics can always be used to continue his story, but it's hard to deny that his character arc puts Grand Admiral Thrawn on a path right into the middle of the First Order, and the First Order is obviously heavily featured in Episode VIII.
