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It doesn't work well as an interconnected universe either.

I watched Rebels. Last the general galaxy saw of Thrawn he lost Lothal which was the first major loss the Empire had. He spent years being the primary antagonist against those rebels that eventually won. That planet became independent and free from then on. Then the OT happens and the Empire is destroyed.

If anything that backstory shows why people would be devoted to Ezra more than Thrawn. He summoned giant space whales and saved the planet.

But for whatever reason even though Thrawn disappeared with his most loyal legion there are apparently a whole lot of people sitting around waiting for him to come back to wage a war.

A war we know never happens thanks to the ST. The New Republic disarms itself due to the perceived lack of threat that leads to their destruction by the First Order.

Now I'm sure they'll somehow try fit Thrawn to be responsible for that in some way. Even though they already gave credit to Palpatine. Even though it's been Gideon running around actually doing stuff the entire time Thrawn has been stranded on a planet with no contact with anyone. So I don't feel that's a particularly good opening or resolution for the character either. We know it ends up being Supreme Leader Snoke who takes the credit.

I guess we'll see if he does anything more outside of losing to TV show spin off characters. I'm skeptical.