Posted by: GreyStar
« on: September 18, 2017, 11:09:35 PM »Well the main issue i have with him is he either has multiple personality disorder or Zahn tried too hard to retcon Thrawn into a good guy in later novels.
He's shown to be decidedly cruel to the Noghri and delighting in it. He's callous about their deaths, keeps them enslaved by deception and actually jokes about it. He has no qualms about attacking civilian targets unlike later novels and has been shown to be unwilling to give up control, seeing himself as the true Heir to the Empire. He pursues a vendetta against Karrde and Jade to the detriment of the war effort when if he'd left them alone could have prevented massive repercussions.
Contrast this Thrawn with the one from Outbound Flight or Choices of One and even the Thrawn in his last battle with Nuso Esva and you have two totally different characters.
Especially considering Thrawn's rejection of Imperial logic and instead remaining steadfast to his own believes is what gave him the tactical abilities he possessed through his naval career, and allowed the Empire of the Hand to be so successful, I wouldn't dismiss Thrawn's morality to be a thing about him that can be easily discarded.
