Talk:Mitth'raw'nuruodo/Legends

Name
Now just how many people are actually going to search for him using his real name? The title is fine as it is. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:46, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * While most fans refer to this character as "Grand Admiral Thrawn", titling the article by his full name (or at least just Thrawn) and having "Grand Admiral Thrawn" redirect would seem more encyclopedic in nature. This is a larger issue overall, but this seems to be a popular article (and a popular character), so why not start here? --SparqMan 06:57, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Move it to Mitth'raw'nurodo. We should name char articles by their name, not rank or title.--Eion 07:02, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I definitely think articles should point to names, not rank and names. People change ranks all the time, including our mains (should we be searching for Captain Solo or General Solo?).  Thrawn's a touchier issue; I'd normally say go with full name, but Thrawn is FAR better known by his core name than his full name of Mitth'raw'nuruodo, and anyone who would know to type *that* into a search engine (and pull it off without misspelling it!) already probably knows as much about the character as the article. ;-) JSarek 07:03, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Which is why we have Redirect pages. There is already one from Thrawn to Grand Admiral Thrawn. We shouldn't consider popularity in article names, only whether the name is correct.--Eion 07:05, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The thing is, the name IS correct; it's a legitimate form of his name, and the name under which he served in the Imperial Navy, the time when the bulk of his known biographical data is from. JSarek 07:11, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, plus the whole Chiss public/private name thing; I see where you're going. Agree. Thrawn is the correct choice.--Eion 07:29, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Are two spoiler tags necessary in one article? --Fade 13:51, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * maybe not his full name, but why not remove his rank. We also knew him as a commander, and captain--Eion 14:03, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. JSarek 18:52, 5 May 2005 (UTC)


 * How about keeping the article at his full name, and instead have plenty of redirects? That way, anyone searching for Thrawn gets redirected to his full name. --Imp 18:47, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No opinions? --Imp 22:13, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It's hard to say. He took the name "Thrawn" and used it himself more commonly than his full Chiss name. By used I mean that he must have introduced himself as such to his subordinates, or they would not call him "Grand Admiral Thrawn". When characters choose to alter their name (like with Lumpwaroo or Lumiya), we have to decide which name to use. My mind isn't made up in this case and it may warrant community discussion before setting a precedent. --SparqMan 03:24, 28 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Coming back to this months later, we have established a strong precedent for naming articles after their true names. Unlike the Wookiee renaming tradition, Mitth'raw'nuruodo's use of "Thrawn" was to make life easier for Basic-speaking non-Chiss. I suggest we move this to Mitth'raw'nuruodo. --SparqMan 21:27, 24 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. Admiral J. Nebulax 00:08, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Focus
The current state of the article is a good example of shaky encyclopedic style. For example, instead of saying," About ten years later, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade discovered that, hidden on the planet Nirauan in the Unknown Regions, Thrawn's most devoted followers held a fortress called the Hand of Thrawn" it might say "Thrawn used the Spaarti cloning technology that support his campaign against the New Republic to create a clone of himself. Although it was destroyed by Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade before enter animation..." etc. It can be difficult, but we must write the article about the topic, not merely its relation to major protagonists. --SparqMan 00:32, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Chronological Order
Shouldn't the article be written in chronological order of Thrawn's career and life rather than in the order of his appearances in Lucas-owned media (i.e. Heir to the Empire information comes before TIE Fighter information, yet the events of the PC game took place before the novel)? I could rewrite it to be such, but I wanted to make certain there wasn't a reason the order in which the article is currently.--SOCL 13:55, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The current order is probably a remnant of the older 'out of universe' perspectives. Either way, it should be in chronological order (as you would expect in a biography). Just make sure you proof-read if you do change it, as you seem to make lots of little mistakes here and there.--Fade 14:04, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Speaking of chronological, as I touched on above, should it mention his establishment of the Hand of Thrawn before his campaign against the New Republic, rather than when we discovered it?--SparqMan 20:58, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * If I'm understanding right then yes, as I gather that you're referring to a plot device meaning that it was secret from everyone else until a certain point, which would have no bearing on the fact that it actually happened/was set up before it was discovered by protagonists. --Fade 15:23, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd like some comments on the timeline here: http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Thrawn/Temp - I think there are some pieces missing from SparqMan's review.Prime 02:35, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Your link was broken,, the correct link is http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Thrawn/temp -- Riffsyphon1024 02:56, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Please add anything you find missing on the outline I made. I plan to rewrite the article to include a chronological flow (acknowledging the discrepencies on when he was promoted to Grand Admiral), and pull out a section on his strategy and personality. --SparqMan 15:45, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Redo
I put up the bare basics of a rewritten article. It is missing many smaller references, in part because I didn't have them on hand, and also due to the difficult chronology of Thrawn's story. If you feel comfortable, please add in details. --SparqMan 15:36, 24 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Succession box
I have removed that "Emperor" succession box. At no point did Thrawn claim the title of, style himself as, aspire to be, nor receive proclamation as tthe Emperor. Let's keep that kind of fan expansionism out. --SparqMan 17:46, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * True; however, it could be argued that during what has been referred to as his "shogunate," he was Emperor de facto if not de jure.Thanos6 18:18, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, but would a shogun show up on a list of Emperors? jSarek 18:20, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Arguably, if the Imperial throne was vacant (as it was), and the shogun was the highest-ranking ruler left (as, when Thrawn reappeared, all of Isard's support as Empress disappeared).Thanos6 18:24, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Technically, the Imperial throne *wasn't* vacant, as Palpatine had been reborn on Byss by this stage. QuentinGeorge 21:27, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * But Palpatine wasn't RULING THE EMPIRE, nor did he until the events of DE.Thanos6 22:19, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Warlord Zsinj possessed a sizeable fleet while no one sat on the throne, along with several other warlords, moffs, et al. The people that could you could argue for inclusion on that list beyond Palpatine (original and clone) would be Sate Pestage and perhaps Isard. --SparqMan 21:36, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * The warlords, though, did not have the support of the Inner Circle on Coruscant (as Pestage and Isard and, yes, Thrawn did). And the grand moffs, the other legitimate arm of the government, supported Trioculus and Kadann.  Anyway, I suggest a compromise: list Thrawn as "Emperor (de jure)".Thanos6 22:19, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * That is still incorrect. Thrawn had no role in the political workings of the Empire, nor any political or independent financial support. He was a Grand Admiral, and commanded the fleet remnants made available to him. Nothing more. --SparqMan 22:43, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Yuuzhan Vong
Do we know for a fact that Thrawn encountered the Yuuzhan Vong, or is that a revisionist theory? -- SFH 16:20, 5 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if we've seen an IU confirmation of that, but Zahn has said it's what he meant, but couldn't reveal NJO information at the time. That too could be revisionist. --SparqMan 17:29, 5 Sep 2005 (UTC)

New Picture, Please?
Could we please for the sake of everything that is good and pure get a different picture for Thrawn, other than the one that looks like it might as well be some dip in a Halloween costume? I'm just begging on the grounds of decency...--Spanky The Dolphin 03:12, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC) in "Summary", check "I affirm that the copyright holder of this file agrees to license it under the terms of the Star Wars copyright", and upload it. --Master Starkeiller 18:06, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see what's wrong with it. It's the only photo we got of him, it's the same one the Databank uses, so we might as well keep it. --Master Starkeiller 07:26, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I have a pair of pictures that look much better than the one we have in the article, including one that's format matches the same drawing style as the one used for the other grand admirals...I just don't know how to upload pictures...--SOCL 16:31, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Go to the "upload file" option at the toolbox, or through "Special Pages". Then click "Browse" and browse for the pic or just write the filename, add a description and a or a  or a  or a


 * While the image is a bit tacky, I think we should find a place for Image:Thrawn.jpg because it represents the only canon, non-illustration image of Thrawn. The ugly Mara Jade, Talon Karrde and Corran Horn "real person" images have made it up. I think this image should too. --SparqMan 02:19, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Galaxies
Isn't he in one of the Galaxies expansion packs? Kuralyov 14:49, 31 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I've never played the games, but I remeber reading something about a Captain Thrawn somewhere. I'll get back to you on that. -- SFH 20:18, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * My brother actually has a screenshot of Captain Thrawn back from when he used to play the game, so yeah, he's in it.--Spanky The Dolphin 23:59, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Could you post it here? Kuralyov 00:59, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * IIRC, he hangs around the Emperor's Retreat on Naboo. QuentinGeorge 05:06, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Lead in quote
This article needs a good lead in quote, but I can't think of one that is note worthy or descriptive enough. -- SFH 20:18, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)

May I suggest "But....it was so artistically done" ? Gothymog 20:45, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Quotes have to be about the person. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 20:47, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think it needs a lead in quotation. Most quotations I can find refering to Thrawn are rather disparaging. --SparqMan 00:10, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, we could always add in a quote from the New Republic or something&mdash;a quote to show how bad a threat Thrawn was or something like that. If such a quote exists. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 00:15, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * The Final Prophecy has a brilliant line; someone wonders what Thrawn would have made of the YV. Wedge answers - "Ground Vong." Then takes a beat, and adds, "If he could have gotten hold of an example of their art, of course.... " --86.131.253.100 00:55, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * How about the "just call me Thrawn" but from Mist Enconter? Of course I can't remember exactly what the Imperial said before that...That NJO quote sounds good, too. Kuralyov 01:00, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Does the quote need to be full of praise? He may have been worthy of admiration, but lets not forget that, in the end, Thrawn was a villian. But since I'm not able to think of a good quote myself, I'll take what I can get. -- SFH 01:12, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Thrawn's villiany is debateable. Certainly he was the antagonist of the Thrawn trilogy, but being an effective and loyal Imperial officer doesn't necessarily make him a villain.
 * Also keep in mind SW seems to be trending toward ambiguity lately. Consider Darth Revan- when you compare Thrawn and Revan the similarities are striking, especially when you consider the Chiss and Thrawn's mini-Empire he seems to have built up in preparation for the Vong; Revan does much the same thing vis-a-vis the Old Republic and the Old Sith Smpire. --Maru  (talk) Contribs 03:04, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)

--Master Starkeiller 21:52, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC) "Grand Admiral Thrawn was undeniably one of the most capable, cunning soldiers the Emperor commanded. He was also one of the biggest enigmas in the Imperial military: a non-human given high rank in an intolerant, human dominated regime; a brilliant tactician who studied the customs and thought patterns of the peoples he conquered, yet whose own mind was unknown to those around him."
 * How's about, "When you understand a species' art, you understand that species." That at least sums up his strategic and tactical methods. --SparqMan 01:45, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * That's fine with me. -- SFH 03:48, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I prefer the The Final Prophecy one. --Master Starkeiller 11:14, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * What is that quote? Cmdr. J. Nebulax 21:22, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * The Final Prophecy has a brilliant line; someone wonders what Thrawn would have made of the YV. Wedge answers - "Ground Vong." Then takes a beat, and adds, "If he could have gotten hold of an example of their art, of course.... " --86.131.253.100 00:55, 3 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * That's pretty good, but we'd need the full quote, of course. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 21:59, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Eh, it's a good line, but I don't think it works as a serious introductory quote about the character. Can anyone find the quote by Mara Jade from the original Thrawn Trilogy where she's explaining that the Grand Admirals were the best, and that Thrawn was the best of them?  jSarek 22:06, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll look for it. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 23:31, 9 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * How about this one, from The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook:

- Pollo Tipn, assistant to New Republic historian Voren Na'al

"This one is constantly thinking, analyzing, strategizing. He showed no fear, but was curious, studying me in turn."
 * That's perfect. I'll add it in. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 12:14, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * It's far too long. It's also very boring and fails to sum up Thrawn in any poetic manner&mdash;it simply literally defines him. --SparqMan 15:36, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * While I agree it is a little long, I must disagree with your next points. Quotes are supposed to describe the person, as this one does. Whether it is boring or not poetic doesn't matter. Cmdr. J. Nebulax 15:54, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * All other quotes we have are either poetic or humorous. This is just a long dull paragraph. It sums Thrawn up perfectly, but still it's not right. --Master Starkeiller 19:25, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I still don't see why quotes have to be poetic or humorous. It talks about Thrawn. But, since others disagree, I'll remove it. Admiral J. Nebulax 22:10, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * There's a whole log entry from Palpatine about Thrawn in The Essential Guide to Alien Species, from which there are several possible quotes that are shorter and/or more humorous than Pollo's quote:

- Emperor Palpatine

"I am intrigued, to say the least. And I could see that he was as intrigued with me. I could sense that he did recognize me as a threat, but wasn't fearful of harm.  He simply studied me as a potential opponent."

- Emperor Palpatine

"I am amused. I believe I will watch his new career with interest."

- Emperor Palpatine


 * We should add all three of those in, along with or instead of the current one. Admiral J. Nebulax 23:41, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I really like the last one.TIEPilot051999 23:49, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, if I had to choose, I'd say the first one, but I don't want to start a vote. Admiral J. Nebulax 23:50, 23 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Ysalamir
While renditions of Grand Admiral Thrawn holding a ysalamir may be trivial, I think it deserves mention in the Behind the Scenes section. Because it is quite abundant actually, even when Joruus C'baoth was nowhere to be seen. -- SFH 15:53, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. I was actually going to add it back in after it was taken out, but I did not. Admiral J. Nebulax 15:56, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Are we going to add that Han Solo is usually shown wearing a white shirt, navy vest and navy pants? --SparqMan 17:46, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Since when have Ysalamiri been common fashion accessories? --Fade 18:04, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * SparqMan: If he is always shown with ysalamiri, it should be metioned. And as for your remark involving Han Solo, that would be plain stupid. Plus, he doesn't even wear that all the time. Admiral J. Nebulax 19:54, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, in the Thrawn Trilogy comic series he is often shown with one on his shoulder to protect himself from Luke Skywalker and Joruus C'baoth. I still fail to see why this deserves notation in "Behind the scenes". If you want to include an image with a ysalamir draped over his shoulders, it may be appropriate to note his common use of one during his final campaign in the caption. --SparqMan 20:59, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Then that should be done. Admiral J. Nebulax 22:41, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Like this one? And not just the Thrawn comics. He's also seen holding one in both of the Essential Chronologies, and the New Essential Guide to Characters. I also think his miniatures figure is holding one, but I don't play the RPGs so I'm not sure. And I didn't say he always wears one, I said that he is "often" shown with one. -- SFH 22:57, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * That's a good picture. That should be added, along with a good caption. Admiral J. Nebulax 23:59, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I know it's a little late, but where is that picture from? Admiral J. Nebulax 21:25, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * The original version of The Essential Chronology. jSarek 22:05, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Admiral J. Nebulax 23:13, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Commissioning of the Executor
"He took quickly to appearing in the Emperor’s Court and standing alongside the Emperor and Darth Vader at publicized events, such as the commissioning of Executor." What is the source for this statement? Is it in reference to that picture of him, Vader, Miltin Takel, and Palpatine, or is it from some novel or comic book that I never saw? -- AdmThrawn --
 * I assume it's just a reference to the picture. Admiral J. Nebulax 20:41, 21 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * IIRC, that's from Galaxy NewsNets in SWAJ #12. --SparqMan 21:02, 21 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * You seem to know a lot about it. Could you tell me who else was present at the commissioning of the Executor. There were three people standing beside Palpatine during the event. One of them was Thrawn. Who were the other two? -- AdmThrawn --
 * The other two were Darth Vader and Grand Admiral Rufaan Tigellinus. jSarek 22:24, 21 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Thank you. Admiral J. Nebulax 00:13, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Dear Everyone who helped on this article, especially SparqMan, Thanks for your help on the Thrawn article. I think that it is up to featured article status now. I have been working on it for a while now and I think that we have seen sucess. Kir Kanos (The Empire Rocks!)
 * Yup, it's been on a solid path since the big rewrite this summer. The section on the "final campaign" needs tightening. It could probably have a good chunk moved over to Thrawn campaign and be made succinct. --SparqMan 16:01, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with SparqMan. Anyway, this article is looking very good. A few touch-ups are needed in areas, but it's good. Admiral J. Nebulax 16:03, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Establishment of the Hand of Thrawn
I have removed the section "The Hand of Thrawn", again, because it is already covered in another part of the article. Further, it was chronologically inaccurate. Please do not readd the section or move it, unless you have some evidence to the contrary. --SparqMan 16:07, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC) P.S. Thank you for re-wording whatever I said in the article to make it sound better.
 * That would be Kir Kanos's fault. But why is it still up there if you removed it? Admiral J. Nebulax 16:10, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * What are you guys talking about. Palpatine did not exile or even send Thrawn to the Unknown Reigons. He went there out of his own free will to establish the Hand of Thrawn complex. It was not ordered by the Emperor. If he did, there is no cannon that I know of which proves it. And anyway, I did not put the Hand of Thrawn thing back after you deleted it. There is almost nothing in the article about the Hand of Thrawn. Please put at least some of what I wrote in the Hand of Thrawn section back.
 * Okay, I think that I have come up with something good. I added a lot to the Unknown Regions section. It needed to have more added as there is a duology on the Hand of Thrawn. Sorry about the Mount Corvast thing. I even read the book and had it right next to me when I was rewriting the article. There was one trivial detail. At the end of the Final Campaign section, there was "&mdash" which didn't even appear as a long dash. Anyway, this article is now up to par greatly thanks to the work of SparqMan who made it look and sound a lot nicer (he also checked for accuracy and gramattical errors) and me, Kir Kanos (The Empire Rocks!) who provided the un-refined bulk.
 * "There is almost nothing in the article about the Hand of Thrawn". That's why we have links. Admiral J. Nebulax 19:49, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay SparqMan, I submit. You can post your theories that Thrawn was actually sent to the unknown regions. I won't argue. Thanks again for the help Kir Kanos (The Empire Rocks!).
 * Hey Kanos, I hope you're not just working on this article. We could use you on plenty of other articles in addition to this. Admiral J. Nebulax 00:47, 24 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * No actually. I am also working on Ysanne Isard and all Galactic Empire stubs. If you need help on anything else, please post it on my talk page. Kir Kanos (The Empire Rocks!). If there is anything you would like help with which is about the era before the clone wars, ask my friend, The True Mandalore. His name is under M on the list of Wookipedians. P.S. I've only been using Wookieepedia for two weeks.

Public Promotion to Grand Admiral
If his promotion was eventually made public, then how did the Rebellion/New Republic "miss" him on their list? Thanos6 18:45, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think it was that public. Admiral J. Nebulax 19:11, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, on the internal evidence of TIE-Fighter, the public field promotion at the end of the game is probably just before Endor (and could concievably be within the RotJ timeframe). Any planned effect of this could have been lost beneath the bang and rumble of a tyrannical Galactic military-industrial complex imploding. There are also, as I understand it, some references in SWAJ to a spat between Thrawn and Tigellinus, which I think may be meant to be the politicking that led to his "exile". The question is: what rank is Thrawn given, and what date are these placed at (IIRC, they're given precise year-month-day dates under the Great ReSynchronization system). Anyone? --McEwok 20:28, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you mean "what rank is Thrawn given"? Admiral J. Nebulax 21:38, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Voice clip?
Anyway we can get a voice clip for Thrawn from the TIE Fighter game, like for Zaarin? Thanos6 19:12, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Name issue again
Sorry to start this over again, but due to the recent discussion that sprung out of the Grievous article, I think the community has come to the decision that article's names should be according to "Most Well-Known Names" (quoting the discussion) according to the Mark Twain precedent on Wikipedia. This article fits perfectly. --UVnet 19:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Do we really have to plague this article's talk page with this discussion? But before anything is done, let's see what others have to say. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 20:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * There is also the fact that other factors must be taken into consideration, such as whether or not the person abandoned the name or not. Thrawn never abandoned the name Mitth'raw'nuruodo, so he was still formally known as such among his Household Phalanx. As for Wikipedia, well, the also have Dooku's article as Count Dooku, and Grievous at General Grievous, so they have some problems. -- SFH 20:05, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually the decision was "last form of name". Thrawn is just a nickname, as Coope has pointed out. QuentinGeorge 20:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * So it's not getting moved. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 20:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't want to start a commotion or nothing, but just for your knowledge if you want it to be most encyclopedic, the general approach is most well known name. It is used in Wikipedia, it is used in Encyclopedia Britannica, Encarta, Encyclopedia.com and The Columbia Encyclopedia, just to name a few.
 * Enough, already. It's staying here. Thrawn was a nickname. He never got rid of the name Mitth'raw'nuruodo, unlike Grievous with Qymaen jai Sheelal. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 01:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That's nice, but "Thrawn" isn't a name, just as "Chewie" isn't a name. They're nicknames QuentinGeorge 05:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 20:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * He was still better known as "Thrawn" though :-P --Azizlight 07:23, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Doesn't matter. "Thrawn" isn't his name. Ever. QuentinGeorge 07:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Exactly. The article is staying here. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 12:06, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The vote in question never said that nicknames were disallowed. It says quite clearly "to name articles based on the character's final or most widely known name, rather than the character's birth name". This particular character is commonly known as Thrawn, not Mithioaindlkankdljkwhatever. It looks like we have two staunch defenders of the unpronouncable name against several others who advocate a move. — SavageBob 21:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No. This isn't getting moved. Why? Thrawn never gave up his actual name. So, it's staying here. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 21:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And where does the vote in question mention the fact that the character has to "give up the name in question"? — SavageBob 21:13, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

For Behind the Scenes: Thrawn is the Erwin Rommel of the Empire
Thrawn, like Rommel uses strategy, trickery, and gut instinct to lay out his battles while usual commanders rely on brute force. Both can turn the tables even when they are outnumbered. Like Rommel as a General, the Grand Admiral is always on the scene directing a battle, not away in some distant location, sending orders. Finally, Thrawn is a commended commander by all sides for his brilliance just like Rommel. So, should a behind the scenes reference compare Thrawn with Rommel?
 * This may be a case where, like Palpatine, a character happens to follow an archetype closely enough to correspond to several historical figures. (He's a bit Napoleonic, too.)  Anyone know if Zahn had any historical figures in mind? &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 12:16, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * He probably did (or maybe not, I don't know), but it seems like some villians were based off of many real-life people, not just one person. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 12:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)