The Chiss Ascendancy is in danger. We learned about a mysterious threat to the Chiss in Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising. That book started a new Thrawn-centric trilogy, which makes sense as Thrawn is ...

The Chiss were a species of blue-skinned, blue-haired, red-eyed humanoids native to the Planet Csilla in the mysterious Unknown Regions of the Star Wars Galaxy. Beyond their obvious alien features, ...

The Chiss play a unique role in the Star Wars galaxy. They’ve always been around, but never part of the galaxy’s politics at large. That’s because they inhabit a part of space called the Unknown ...

Grand Admiral Thrawn, presumably thinking about just how to explain the many layers of his name to these dumb Imperials. Screenshot: Lucasfilm Star Wars is full of cool bullshit which is, in many ways ...

For decades, fans of Star Wars' expanded universe characters and stories echoed their love and praise for one of the franchise's most intriguing and intelligent villains, Grand Admiral Thrawn. This ...

Few villains in Star Wars have made an impression like Grand Admiral Thrawn. Introduced in the Expanded Universe (EU) in the early ’90s, the blue-skinned Chiss stood apart from the likes of Darth ...

One curious fact about the Chiss is that many of their young are naturally force sensitive. Referred to as the Sight, the majority of force-sensitive children on Csilla were female. Because of the ...

Posted: June 11, 2025 | Last updated: June 12, 2025 Did you know that originally Agent Kallus played by David Oyelowo was going to be a member of The Chiss Ascendancy in Star Wars Rebels alongside ...

Book review: Timothy Zahn brings his prequel trilogy to a close with a fun Thrawn adventure, but doesn't define its baddies enough. Sean knows far too much about Marvel, DC and Star Wars, and poured ...

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