Grand Admiral Thrawn - 12" Review

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(More customer reviews)If you're looking at this item, you probably already know who Grand Admiral Thrawn is. In case you're not up on Star Wars Expanded Universe characters, he was the star villain in the Zahn trilogy that debuted in 1991. Thrawn is the "Heir to the Empire," an Imperial warlord who turned out to be the only officer crafty and resourceful enough to take the reins of the Empire after Palpatine and Vader died.
As someone who was 12 at the time of the novel's release, I am of the generation who received a new influx of interest in Star Wars at the time, and I think Thrawn is a big part of what made that trilogy of books so great.
This figure is really pretty nice. The white uniform is, of course, very neat. I saw a review online somewhere in which the writer said this figure's face is too "comicky" and I can understand what he meant. The sculpt and paint are a tad on the cartoon side, though not TOO much, I think. The ysaalamiri creature he comes with is a great accessory, though he doesn't need a blaster (and since they did include it, I wish they'd given him an officer's holster to accompany the belt). The range of motion is typical Sideshow fare: thoroughly excellent.
The only reason I give the figure 4 stars instead of 5 is that they decided not to include his gold epaulets. They would have really completed his "grand" look, and certainly they could have at least been included as an optional accessory.

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A consummate strategist, Grand Admiral Thrawn likened combat to art and was an aficionado of both. Recognized long ago by his people, the Chiss, Thrawn's greatest weapon was his mind. His tactics were controversial in their boldness, and his activities within the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet drew many a concerned, glowing red eye. The rest of the galaxy made first contact with the Chiss when a taskforce dispatched by Palpatine stumbled upon Thrawn's fleet. The young blue-skinned commander was able to decimate the intruders despite inferior weapons and numbers. The taskforce's commander, Kinman Doriana, asked Thrawn for a parley. The two conversed, and Doriana was able to appeal to Thrawn's cool sense of logic and order. He outlined his mission - to destroy the incoming Outbound Flight vessel - to Thrawn, spelling out the threat that this vessel filled with Jedi Masters posed to the Chiss people. Thrawn completed the mission that Doriana failed and destroyed the Outbound Flight project. Returning to Csilla, Thrawn was reprimanded for his hostilities, and eventually, his activities caused him to be altogether banished from the Chiss. The Chiss's loss became Palpatine's gain, and despite a strong policy against non-human officers in the Imperial Navy, Thrawn ascended the Imperial ranks. Before long, Thrawn attained command of an Imperial Star Destroyer, the Vengeance. His star continued to rise unabated, and he achieved the rank of Vice Admiral and earned Vader's respect and access to his secret Noghri army. After helping dispose of the traitorous Grand Admiral Zaarin, Thrawn ascended to Grand Admiral rank himself.

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