Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good

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Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good is an upcoming canon novel written by Timothy Zahn as the sequel to Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, and the second volume of Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy. It will be published by Del Rey on April 27, 2021.

Publisher's summary[edit | edit source]

Thrawn and his allies race to save the Chiss Ascendancy from an unseen enemy in the second book in the epic Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

Thrawn's latest triumph still rests newly on his shoulders. Despite leading the Chiss to victory and bringing glory to the House of Mitth, the true threat to the Ascendancy has not yet been extinguished. Their foes do not send threats or ultimatums, or mass ships on the edge of the Chaos. Their weapons come cloaked in smiles and generosity—gifts offered freely, services granted unconditionally.

Across the Ascendancy, seemingly inconsequential events could herald the doom of the Chiss. As Thrawn and the Expansionary Defense Fleet rally to uncover the enemy plot, they discover a chilling truth. Rather than invade Chiss capitals or pillage resources, this mysterious enemy strikes at the very foundation of the Ascendancy by widening the rifts between the Nine Ruling Families and Forty Great Houses below. As rivalry and suspicion sow discord among allies, each warrior must decide what matters most: the security of their family, or the survival of the Ascendancy itself.^[3]

Media[edit | edit source]

Editions[edit | edit source]

ISBN 9780593158296; April 27, 2021; Del Rey; US hardcover^[3]
ISBN 9780593158302; April 27, 2021; Del Rey; US eBook^[4]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Ar'alani^[1]
Ba'kif (Mentioned only)^[1]
Che'ri^[5]
Kiwu'tro'owmis "Wutroow"^[1]
Mitth'ali'astov "Thalias"^[5]
Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn"
Oeskym^[1]
Xodlak'in'daro^[1]
Yiv (Mentioned only)^[1]

Creatures

Chimaera
Nighthunter (Mentioned only)^[1]
Whisker (Mentioned only)^[1]

Events

Nikardun conquests (Indirect mention only)^[1]

Locations

Unknown Regions

Organizations and titles

Chiss Ascendancy
- Aristocra (Mentioned only)^[1]
- Chiss Defense Force
  - Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet
    - Picket Force Six^[1]
  - Chiss officer^[1]
- Great Families
  - Kiwu family^[1]
- Nine Ruling Families
  - Mitth family
- Syndicure (Mentioned only)^[1]
Engineer (Mentioned only)^[1]
Nikardun Destiny^[1]
- Nikardun military^[1]
Officer^[1]
- Admiral^[1]
- Captain
- First officer^[1]
- General (Mentioned only)^[1]
- Senior Captain^[1]
- Supreme General (Mentioned only)^[1]
- Weapons officer^[1]
Vak Combine (Mentioned only)^[1]

Sentient species

Near-human
- Chiss
Nikardun (Mentioned only)^[1]
Vak (Mentioned only)^[1]

Vehicles and vessels

Starship^[1]
- Battle cruiser^[1]
- Cruiser^[1]
  - Heavy cruiser^[1]
    - Springhawk^[1]
- Grayshrike^[1]
- Gunboat^[1]
  - Nikardun gunboat^[1]
  - Nikardun missile boat^[1]
- Nightdragon man-of-war^[1]
  - Vigilant^[1]
- Starfighter^[1]

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Notes and references[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 ^1.35 ^1.36 ^1.37 ^1.38 ^1.39 ^1.40 ^1.41 ^1.42 ^1.43 ^1.44 ^1.45 ^1.46 ^1.47 ^1.48 ^1.49 ^1.50 ^1.51 ^1.52 ^1.53 ^1.54 ^1.55 ^1.56 ^1.57 ^1.58 ^1.59 ^1.60 ^1.61 ^1.62 ^1.63 ^1.64 ^1.65 ^1.66 ^1.67 ^1.68 The Chiss Fleet Attacks in Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good – Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)
↑ "Launchpad"—Star Wars Insider 201
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Hardcover)
↑ Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (eBook)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter: "@SymphonicEtoile Thalias and Che'ri are definitely part of Greater Good. Most Thrawn books are rollercoasters right? But in a good way! We think you'll enjoy it." (backup link)

External links[edit | edit source]

The Star Wars Novels Timeline by Del Rey

The High Republic	· Light of the Jedi · The Rising Storm
	· Dooku: Jedi Lost · Master and Apprentice
I The Phantom Menace
II Attack of the Clones	· Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising · Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good
	· Dark Disciple: A Clone Wars Novel
III Revenge of the Sith	· Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel · Lords of the Sith · Tarkin
Solo	· Thrawn · A New Dawn: A Rebels Novel · Thrawn: Alliances · Thrawn: Treason
Rogue One
IV A New Hope	· Battlefront II: Inferno Squad · Heir to the Jedi · Doctor Aphra · Battlefront: Twilight Company
V The Empire Strikes Back
VI Return of the Jedi	· The Alphabet Squadron Trilogy · The Aftermath Trilogy · Last Shot
	· Bloodline · Phasma · Canto Bight
VII The Force Awakens
VIII The Last Jedi	· Resistance Reborn · Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
IX The Rise of Skywalker

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In other languages

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[SWI-2] "Launchpad"—Star Wars Insider 201

[Penguin-Hardcover-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Hardcover)

[Penguin-eBook-4] Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy (Book II: Greater Good) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (eBook)

[Del_Rey-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Del Rey (@DelReyStarWars) on Twitter: "@SymphonicEtoile Thalias and Che'ri are definitely part of Greater Good. Most Thrawn books are rollercoasters right? But in a good way! We think you'll enjoy it." (backup link)

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