What if Thrawn Survived and Led the Empire?

[Music] my friends welcome back to another episode of generation tank my name is Alan for a lot of us die hard fans out there the way Disney did thrown in the rebel series really rubbed us the wrong way not only did they take a deep and interesting character and turn them into more of a generic villain they also let a bunch of space Wells ultimately defeat him with a gaggle of squirming tentacles this is Grand Admiral Thrawn one of the finest tactician and strategists in galactic history it was not only the savior of the chess but potentially also the savior of the Galactic Empire but know he was cut down in his prime by animals who really don't have a right to exist in the first place it's the ultimate tragedy in Star Wars if you ask me but what would have happened had Grant and will thrown up and carried away into the unknown region by a gang of spaced whales how would the Galactic Civil War have changed if he was still around even the most carefully laid out battle plans can easily collapse the moment the turbolasers start firing so what often separates the winners from the losers is how much preparation each side has made for the battle and no one spent more time trying to understand his enemy than Grand Admiral Thrawn when he wasn't engaged in battle thron would spend hours poring through history art and records to find clues about his potential enemies Thorne didn't really have any time for you Bruce or his own ego he would treat even the weakest enemies with respect and that is the one single thing that made him better than any other commander in the Galactic Empire sure he was extremely intelligent and a brilliant analytical mind but without his rigorous discipline and focus those traits would have all gone to waste and so in battle throngs commands are decisive and well informed men and materiel or rarely wasted in needless sacrifice and victories are always won by large safe margins this is more than enough to win him the admiration of his men and the favor of his Emperor Duan did have one major weakness they begin with he wasn't the most social individual even when he was amongst his own people the chiss this wasn't because throne was awkward or deficient in any way it was a result of his own lack of interest in what society and its offered one can imagine and all the social rules in hierarchy would seem pretty pointless to an individual like throne and when throng reached the Empire he also had trouble adjusting especially when it came to the Empire's embrace of human high culture it was the galactic empires codified policy of humano centric speciesism it's a beautiful ideology and it rolls off the tongue luckily for a throne that just looked human enough although the blue skin and eyes were definitely a bit abnormal and although some Imperials did taunt warn about his appearance he was under the direct protection of the Emperor himself and also as it just warrior here's more than capable of handling himself in a physical confrontation strangely enough as an individual who spent hours poring through an individual's background history culture in order to figure out how they work and think the ones seem to be pretty naive about the political goals of his fellow imperial officers there's a certain old-fashioned nobility Thrones rejection of politics that deftly clashes with his very logical and result-oriented battle strategies grant Emma with Ron's refusal to play political games and also bluish appearance delayed his rise to the Grand Admiral rank and that would hurt the Galactic Empire because he was a really competent officer though I quickly realized that the Empire possessed one large weakness and that was their Starfighter Corps was centered around single-seaters like the tie in space superiority fighter the ship lacked shields and hyper driving could easily be outclassed by consumer ships modified with a few aftermarket parts it was clear to everyone that the Empire put a lot more focus and resources on their capital ships but thron recognized very quickly that the growing insurgency would capitalize on this major weakness in the Imperial Arsenal and had already witnessed firsthand how superior the roble wings and ex wings were to the TIE fighters instead of complaining to his superiors about this inadequacy like a lot of other officers would drawn basically starts designing his own Starfighter the tide defender utilizing the existing cockpit design of the timeit's high defender as an additional wing and is fully equipped the shield's a hyperdrive and heavier armor and weapons it's appeared to the base TIE fighter in almost every way on one of its first missions the tie defender successfully intercepts a rebel convoy destroyed several escorting rebel fighters and almost kills Mon Mothma which would have effectively ended the or unfortunately a tide defender line never went into mass production and after thron was blasted into the owner and region with space whales the project essentially ended but before this even happened thron was actively already engaged in a political war over resources with director chronic head of the Deaf star project throng thought that the battle station was a waste of resources but failed to convince the Emperor throng intimately understood the rubble right these were small groups of highly motivated fighters that can move around at extremely fast speeds undetected what the Empire really needed was small task force that could actually keep up with these rebel cells the last thing they really needed was a gigantic battle station with a super laser if you look at it the Deaf star was that scare but it was unable to prevent the rebels from stealing the Death Star plans the Deaf star was at Yavin 4 but its lasers were too slow to stop the rebel fighter fleet from entering its trenches but after the Battle of Yavin after the destruction of the first Death Star the Empire finally started realizing the inadequacies of their own star fighters this is really when we see the Empire start pouring resources into star fighter or indeed this would have been a perfect time for the tide defender to emerge the Battle of Yavin 4 would change the course of the war it ended up killing moff tarkin and director critic had died days earlier on scare this would leave a huge power vacuum that only Grand Admiral Thrawn could really film after successfully handling the destruction in the low fall cell thron would have joined Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine side the two actually have a long working history that dates back to the Clone Wars Dron who now would have a much larger degree of autonomy would implement his tide defender strategy and start mass production he would also create his own special rebel hunting task force senator around his Star Destroyer the Chimera one technology that throne would invest heavily in would be the interdiction ships these were large star destroyers or cruisers on the gravity wall projectors that could pull ships at a hyperspace and prevent them from jumping back in cyber space it was the ultimate tool for trapping a very fast and mobile rebel fleet and after thron died in the Canon version of history that technology just disappeared somehow at the Battle Mountain throne almost destroyed a good portion of the rebel fleets with the interdict er but unfortunately one of his officers casis constantine was too eager for glory and screwed those plans up Considine been charged with one of the interdict errs and have been ordered to maintain a blocking position at the rear of the Imperial fleet he disobeyed these orders and ended up engaging the rebel fleet and was killed when rebel commander Jun Sato rammed his carrier into his ship had Ron really been in charge of the whole battle plan he would have never tolerated someone as stupid as our mole Konstantin thron was not only a brilliant tactician he was also an excellent leader he is fully invested in his crew and constantly tested his underlings and challenged their abilities it wasn't uncommon for Ron a question his command crew or XO in the middle of a battle to gauge their competency in understanding by understanding the limitations of his own crew he was able to use them more effectively in the middle of a battle the Ron's ultimate goal was for each crew member to be able to act independently without him being around this way they could be an extension of himself and despite being perceived as cold and calculating throttle is made sure to never needlessly sacrifice his crew or expose them to danger following the Battle of Yavin for the empire would clamp down on all rebel activity Ron and his elite tennis force would have been focused on bringing them the main rebel cell which eventually would establish echo base on Hoth it's very likely had Ron been in charge of pursuing these rebels with his fleet of intra dictor's and tide defenders that the rebels would have never made it to huh in the first place in the days following the rebel victory the rebelling would first relocate to the pantora system and then stay mobile for quite some time looking to build up strength this is also when the rebels would try to start the mid rim offensive encouraged by a rise in recruitment this was an ill-fated and overly confident rebel advance on multiple mid rim worlds that quickly stretched their non-existent supply lines to the max meanwhile rebel leaders would be scrambling around the galaxy looking for even more supplies ships and recruits one thing that the rebellion lacked were larger capital ships that would allow the rebel fleet to stand and fight in space battles finally two years after the Battle of Yavin the mutiny on Mancala occurred a large portion of the Mon Cala mercantile fleet which was made up of MCAD cruisers defected to the rebellion these MC ATS were around size of an imperial client starter sir and much larger than anything the rebellion had surely after the mutiny all of these ships would gather at the Miqo'te space docks deep in the outer rim for a great celebration unfortunately for them the Empire had been notified about this gathering and a spy had introduced a bug into the rebel fleets computer system which eventually locked down all of the ships Darth Vader was originally in charge of the Imperial attack on Makoto and he does manage to destroy several MC ATS but most of the rebel fleet manages to escape Catherine also been at this battle with his interdictor z-- it's very likely a large portion of the rebel fleets would have been lost and that's the thing about Thrawn he would have been relentless in his pursuit of the rebellion and because of his competency the Empire might have adopted less extreme measures in their long term strategy to deal with the rebellion this means less collective punishment on Imperial worlds less seizures of land and resources and maybe the plans for the second F star would have been scrapped altogether you see the more successful the rebellion became the more desperate and crazy the Empire became Iran was so difficult to defeat that whenever Disney canon does Hanuman defeats it usually comes in the form of a very silly strategy and his enemies are given a ridiculous men applaud armor and that's really a testament that Thrones ability as a commander but perhaps even more important than his ability as a commander is his ability as a leader of men throne was a compassionate mentor to his crew he nurtured a very open and free thinking environment on a ship solely dedicated to figuring out new ways to defeat the enemy this was far more different from the usual cutthroat mentality that was prevalent through the Empire the Emperor's own City ology had slowly poisoned the Imperial Academy system and made inferior officers who were more focused on climbing the ranks and stabbing their fellow Imperials in the back than working alongside them throngs fleet would have been a shining example of a better and alternative culture for the Imperial Navy so that's what I believe would have happened had throne not been carried away by all those stupid space whales as you can see it takes only one small event to completely change the course of galactic history every story every battle has a purpose well guys I hope you enjoyed today's episode so don't forget to subscribe and hit that notification button so you don't miss out on the rest of our awesome content and as usual thanks for joining us today if you're watching this you are in generation tech [Music]

Channel: Generation Tech

Views: 151,879

Keywords: generation tech, star wars, Thrawn, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Chiss, Thrawn Background, Thrawn's Personality, Thrawn death, how did thrawn die, What happened to thrawn, What if thrawn had survived, rebel alliance, Galactic Empire, Imperial Navy, Imperial Class star destroyer, Wulf Yularen, Anakin, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Sidious, rebel trooper, Lothal, Tie Defender, Interdictor Class Star Destroyer, Thrawn trilogy, tie fighter

Id: h-DmCIsNock

Length: 11min 21sec (681 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 23 2020

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Thanks for reminding me about hyperspace whales breaching the bridge of a ship and hyperspacing it out of a atmosphere.

[u/mazer924]

If he hadn't been taken by space whales, he would have died because of OT's plot. Overall it was good for him since he might return to the galaxy in the future.