Thrawn Explains - Why Palpatine Closed the Senate and Went Blind
50K views · Sep 27, 2026 · Education
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@Christalkslegends · 2 days ago · pinned
Lore Question: Grand Moff Kaine lent Thrawn his fleet but kept the Reaper, his Super Star Destroyer, at home. Was he right to hold back his flagship, or did that one decision help lose the war? <br> <br>This is the first episode where I have used a small amount of Unreal Engine, so for the first time I am combining 3D animation with AI animation. I have rendered this episode five times and there are still a few small glitches. I apologise for those, and I am working on fixing them step by step.
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@nh7149-f1f · 2 days ago
It's amazing that I can watch four competent professionals just talking to each other and be totally riveted.
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@aliastheabnormal · 2 days ago
Who else finds Thrawn's discussions educational?
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@ClausNielsen-p2h · 2 days ago
Once again Thrawn delivers an excellent lecture.
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@white0thunderwhite0thunder71 · 2 days ago
An empire without eyes makes it easy for its rulers to hide their dirty little secrets. It also makes it easier for an empire's enemies to hide their own dirty little secrets right under its rulers' noses.
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@razorburn645 · 2 days ago
It's really interesting to touch on how Thrawn managed to get the warlords to cooperate.
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@Dead-y5i · 2 days ago
This is what Disney star wars should have done from the start.<br>Another glorious chapter in real star wars <br>Thank you
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@marcosargen3729 · 2 days ago
This is what a shadow government meeting looks like.
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@matthewcuratolo3719 · 2 days ago
Apart from sound and lip sync problems, another brilliant analysis.
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@gavros9636 · 2 days ago
Suggestion for a future discussion could be to have Thrawn discuss the Jedi killing techniques programmed into HK-47, Revans assassin droid.
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@sgtshatta01 · 2 days ago
As always, brilliant, these parts of the lore are most unfamiliar to me, watching it fleshed out this way makes it all come together, well done sir.
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@USA-TOP-100 · 2 days ago
Epic work Chris. Awesome to see the evolution of your channel from the beginning!
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