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Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil
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Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil is a canon novel written by Timothy Zahn as the sequel to Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, and the final volume of Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy. It was published by Del Rey on November 16, 2021 along with its audiobook adaptation.
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Facts
- Title
- Thrawn Ascendancy:
- Lesser Evil
- Author
- Timothy Zahn
- Cover artist
- Sarofsky Design
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- November 16, 2021
- Intl release
- March 6, 2022 (Spanish, paperback)
- Media type
- Hardcover
- Paperback
- eBook
- Pages
- 576
- Isbn
- 9780593158326
- Audiobook
- Audiobook
- Timeline
- 18 BBY (present)
- Between c. 39 BBY and 19 BBY (flashbacks)
- Series
- Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy
- Preceded by
- Greater Good
Who turns up here
Characters: 132
- Mitth'ali'astov
- Irizi'in'daro (first identified)
- Che'ri
- The Magys
- Stybla'mi'ovodo (first appearance)
- Qilori
- Jixtus (first mentioned)
- Ab'begh (mentioned only)
- Ab'begh's caregiver (mentioned only)
- Bet'nih (mentioned only)
- Bomarmo (first mentioned)
- Brisch
- Chaf'pri'uhme
- Clarr'etu'vilimt (first appearance)
- Clarr'ivl'exow (first appearance)
- Clarr'upi'ovmos (first appearance)
- Cohbo'rik'ardok (first appearance, first identified)
- Crofyp (first appearance)
- Csap'ro'strob
- Dasklo'irv'ursimi (first appearance)
- Droc'tri'morhs (first identified)
- Dy'lothe (first appearance)
- Elod'al'vumic
- Erighal'ok'sumf
- Ers'ikaro (first appearance)
- Evroes'ky'mormi (first identified)
- Frangelic (voice only)
- Fsir (mentioned only)
- Haplif (mentioned only)
- Ieklior (first mentioned)
- Irizi'emo'lacfo (first identified)
- Irizi'fife'rencpok (first appearance, first identified)
- Irizi'stal'mustro
- Ja'fosk
- Jaraki (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Kiwu'tro'owmis
- Uingali foar Marocsaa
- Mitth'iv'iklo
- Mitth'omo'rossodo (mentioned only)
- Mitth'omo'rossodo's son (mentioned only)
- Mitth'oor'akiord (in a flashback)
- Mitth'ras'safis's father (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Mitth'ras'safis's mother (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Mitth'urf'ianico's mother (first mentioned)
- Mitth'ykl'omi (mentioned only)
- Obbic'lia'nuf
- Plikh'ar'illmorf
- Pontriss (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Raamas (first appearance)
- Sarsh (first appearance)
- Shrent
- Darth Sidious (indirect mention)
- Anakin Skywalker (mentioned only)
- Stybla'ppin'cykok (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Stybla'rsi'omli
- The Magys's companion (mentioned only)
- Thistrian
- Tildnis (first appearance)
- Tumaz'mor'diamir (first identified)
- Unidentified Boadil Patriarch (first appearance)
- Unidentified Chaf patriarch (first appearance)
- Unidentified Csap Patriarch (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Droc Patriarch (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Erighal Mid Captain (indirect mention)
- Unidentified Grysk captain (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Grysk commander (HopeBreaker) (mentioned only)
- Unidentified Grysk commander (Orisson) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Grysk commander (Sunrise) (first appearance, voice only)
- Unidentified Grysk outrider 1 (first appearance)
- Unidentified Grysk outrider 2 (first appearance)
- Unidentified human female (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Irizi Patriel (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Kilji vassal (Helm) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Kilji vassal (pilot) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Kilji vassal (weapons) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Midsummer first officer (mentioned only)
- Unidentified Mitth syndic (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Obbic Patriarch (first appearance)
- Unidentified observer (Thrawn's exile) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Paccian commando (first appearance)
- Unidentified Paccosh (first appearance)
- Unidentified personnel officer (mentioned only)
- Unidentified Plikh Patriarch (first appearance)
- Unidentified Pommrio Mid Captain (indirect mention)
- Unidentified Prince Militaire (indirect mention)
- Unidentified receptionist (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Stybla freighter captain (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Stybla Patriarch (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Stybla Patriel (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Stybla pilot (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified Tahmie (first appearance)
- Unidentified Ufsa Patriarch (first appearance)
- Unidentified Vak Combine commander (first appearance, voice only)
- Unidentified Xodlak Patriarch (mentioned only)
- Vassal One (Anvil) (first appearance)
- Vassal One (Whetstone) (first appearance)
- Vassal Two (Anvil) (first appearance)
- Vassal Two (Whetstone) (first appearance)
- Vassal Three (first appearance)
- Vassal Four (Anvil) (first appearance)
- Vassal Four (Whetstone) (first appearance)
- Vimsk
- Wevary (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Wikivv
- Xodlak'brov'omtivti (first appearance)
- Xodlak'oo'nifis (mentioned only)
- Xodlak'uvi'vil (mentioned only)
- Yiv
- Yopring (mentioned only)
- Cohbo family (first appearance)
- Csap family
- Kivu family (mentioned only)
- Kynkru family (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Krovi family (mentioned only)
- Tahmie (first mentioned)
- Tumaz family (first identified)
- Unidentified minor Chiss family (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Erighal family
- Kiwu family
- Pommrio family (mentioned only)
- Stybla family
- Xodlak family
- Irizi'in'daro's original family (mentioned only)
- Boadil family (mentioned only)
- Clarr family (first identified)
- Dasklo family
- Irizi family
- Mitth family
- Obbic family
- Plikh family
- Ufsa family
- The Force
Species: 22
- Growzer (mentioned only)
- Flashfly (mentioned only)
- Stingfly (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Lion (in a flashback)
- Packbull (first appearance)
- Symbiont
- Wolf (in a flashback)
- Chiss (first mentioned)
- Agbui (mentioned only)
- Garwian (voice only)
- Grysk
- Human (in a flashback)
- Kilji (first appearance)
- Lioaoi (mentioned only)
- Neimoidian (mentioned only)
- Nikardun
- Paataatus (in a flashback)
- Paccosh
- The Magys's people
- Vagaari (mentioned only)
- Vak (voice only)
- Watith (mentioned only)
Planets: 35
- Avidich (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Celwis (mentioned only)
- Ornfra (first appearance)
- Colonial Station Camco (mentioned only, first identified)
- Colonial Station Chaf (mentioned only)
- Copero (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Cormit (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Csaus (first mentioned)
- Csilla
- Csilla's sun (mentioned only)
- Hoxim (mentioned only)
- Jamiron
- Kinoss (mentioned only)
- Naporar
- Noris (first mentioned)
- Ool (first appearance)
- Pleknok (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Primea (mentioned only)
- Rapacc
- Rapacc's sun
- Rentor (mentioned only)
- Junkyard (first appearance)
- Rhigar (first appearance)
- Rhigar's sun (first appearance)
- Sarvchi (mentioned only)
- Schesa (first appearance)
- Sharb (first mentioned)
- Shihon (mentioned only)
- Sposia (first appearance)
- Stivic (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Sunrise
- Thearterra (mentioned only)
- Unidentified planet (Glastis 3) (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Zyzek (first appearance)
- Unidentified planet (Thrawn's exile) (mentioned only)
Places: 33
- Mokivj droid factory (indirect mention)
- Stybla assembly hall (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Mitth family compound (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Bastion (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Krolling Sen shipyard (first mentioned)
- Clarr fleet depot (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Csaplar
- Convocate Hall
- March of Silence
- Unidentified prison (Csilla) (first appearance)
- Mitth family homestead
- Unidentified mountain (indirect mention)
- Unidentified bistro (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Unidentified settlement (indirect mention)
- Unidentified electronics factory (first mentioned)
- Kilji homeland (first mentioned)
- Listening post KR20 (mentioned only)
- Markenday Bar (first mentioned)
- Defense Force headquarters (first mentioned)
- Expansionary Defense Fleet headquarters (mentioned only, first identified)
- Stybla stronghold (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Taharim Academy (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Unidentified bistro (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Ardok Ranch (first appearance)
- Ibbian Spaceport (first mentioned)
- Pomprey (first mentioned)
- Seekers' Shadehouse (first appearance)
- Gem (first appearance)
- Desum Industrial Field (first mentioned)
- Vault Four (first appearance)
- Sunrise mining compound
- Thearterra center (mentioned only)
- Thearterra carnival (mentioned only)
Galaxy: 13
- Unknown Regions
- Chiss Ascendancy's northeast-zenith sector (first appearance)
- Ornfra system (first appearance)
- Csilla system
- Hoxim system (mentioned only, first identified)
- Jamiron system (first identified)
- Pleknok system (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Rapacc system
- Rhigal system (first appearance)
- Sunrise system (first identified)
- Unidentified system (Unknown Regions) (first appearance)
- Unidentified star system (Watith) (first mentioned)
- Zyzek system (first appearance)
Starships: 67
- Clarr family fleet (first appearance)
- Clarr family homestead defense force (first appearance)
- Dasklo family's private fleet (first mentioned)
- Mitth family fleet (first mentioned)
- Avidich System Patrol (first mentioned)
- Jamiron System Patrol (first mentioned)
- Ornfra System Patrol (first mentioned)
- Rhigar System Patrol (first mentioned)
- Jixtus's fleet (first appearance)
- Unidentified Grysk task force (indirect mention)
- Crofyp's task force (first appearance)
- Illumine Kilhorde (first appearance)
- Paataatus attack fleet (first mentioned)
- Escape pod
- Blackdock (in a flashback)
- Glastis 3 (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Bluedock One (first appearance)
- Guild Concourse 447 (mentioned only)
- Unidentified orbiting merchant-hub station (indirect mention)
- Prism-class BattleChief (first appearance)
- Chiss heavy cruiser
- Grayshrike
- Springhawk
- Kilji picket cruiser (first appearance)
- Hammer (first appearance)
- Kilji war cruiser (first appearance)
- Anvil (first appearance)
- Whetstone (first appearance)
- Stingfly
- Whisperbird
- Orisson (first appearance)
- Bogey One (first appearance)
- Bokrea (first appearance)
- Parala
- Tahmie patrol cruiser (first appearance)
- Deathless (mentioned only)
- Chiss frigate (mentioned only)
- Midsummer (mentioned only)
- Nikardun blockade frigate
- Aelos (first identified)
- Man-of-war
- Firewolf man-of-war (first mentioned)
- Bellicose (first mentioned)
- Groundlion man-of-war (first appearance)
- Venturous (first appearance)
- Nightdragon man-of-war
- Vigilant
- Shatter-class WarMaster (first identified)
- FateSpinner (first appearance)
- HopeBreaker (mentioned only, first identified)
- StoneCrusher-class WarMaster (first appearance)
- Armageddon (first appearance)
- Emery (first appearance)
- SkySweep (first appearance)
- Saltbarrel (indirect mention)
- V-484 (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Paccian Four (first appearance)
- Unidentified Paccian gunboat (first appearance)
- Jixtus' ship (mentioned only)
- Chiss patrol ship
- Jandalin (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Bogey Two (Nikardun base) (first appearance)
- Bogey Three (Nikardun base) (first appearance)
- Jixtus' shuttle (first mentioned)
- Paccian shuttle (first mentioned)
- Bogey One (Sunrise) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Lesser Space starship (first appearance, in a flashback)
Organizations: 41
- Chiss Ascendancy
- Ascendancy military (first identified)
- Chiss Defense Force
- Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet
- Chiss warrior
- Defense Hierarchy Council (mentioned only)
- Chiss Syndicure (first identified)
- Great Families
- Nine Ruling Families
- Clarr senior officer corps (first mentioned)
- Sky-walker corps
- System Patrol
- Patrol Command (first mentioned)
- Universal Analysis Group (first appearance)
- Confederacy of Independent Systems (mentioned only)
- Executive Separatist Council (indirect mention)
- Galactic Empire (mentioned only)
- Galactic Republic (mentioned only)
- Garwian Unity
- Ruleri (mentioned only)
- Grysk Hegemony
- Attendants (mentioned only)
- Grysk leadership (first mentioned)
- Grysk military
- Grysk armada (mentioned only, first identified)
- Grysk warrior
- Kilji Illumine (first appearance)
- Kilji Overlords (first mentioned)
- Kilji vassal (first appearance)
- Kilji way of order and enlightenment (first appearance)
- Navigators' Guild
- Pathfinders
- Nikardun Destiny (indirect mention)
- Paataatus Hiveborn
- Paccian Governance
- Marocsaa subclan
- Paccian commando (first appearance)
- Uingali foar Marocsaa's Paccian commando squad (first appearance)
- Vagaari pirates (mentioned only)
- Vak Combine
- Zyzek System Defense (first appearance)
Events: 49
- Assassination attempt on Patriarch Thooraki (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Battle between the Clarr and Irizi (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Unidentified battle (Vagaari) (first mentioned)
- Clone Wars (indirect mention)
- Mission to Mokivj (indirect mention)
- Mission to Mustafar (indirect mention)
- Grysk conquests
- Chiss–Grysk conflict
- Battle at listening post KR21 (first appearance)
- Chiss Ascendancy crisis (first appearance)
- Battle at Csaus (first mentioned)
- Skirmish at Jamiron (first appearance)
- Standoff at Sarvchi (first mentioned)
- Skirmish at Shihon (first mentioned)
- Skirmish between the Grayshrike and the Orisson (first appearance)
- Attack on Rapacc (first appearance)
- Attack on the Nikardun bases (first appearance)
- Attack at Jamiron (first appearance)
- Paccian slaughter (first appearance)
- Sneak attack by a Grysk ship (first appearance)
- Confrontation between the Aelos and the Venturous (first appearance)
- Battle against the Grysk (first appearance)
- Sunrise incident (first appearance)
- Senior Captain Thrawn's last stand (first appearance)
- Tribunal of Mitth'raw'nuruodo
- Jixtus's plan
- Agbui attempt to precipitate a Chiss Ascendancy civil war (mentioned only)
- Confrontation at Zyzek (first appearance)
- Skirmish against the Watith (mentioned only)
- Second skirmish over Sunrise (indirect mention)
- Hoxim incident (mentioned only, first identified)
- Nikardun conquests (indirect mention)
- Battle over Primea (indirect mention)
- Sunrise's civil war (mentioned only, first identified)
- Nikardun campaigns (indirect mention)
- Conquests of enlightenment (first mentioned, indirect mention)
- Attack on the Illumine Kilhorde (first mentioned)
- Proclamation of the New Order (indirect mention)
- Imperial–Grysk conflict (indirect mention)
- Lioaoin pirate campaign (indirect mention, in a flashback)
- Pirate attack at Stivic (mentioned only, first identified)
- Mission to Pleknok (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Mitth'raw'nuru's cheating charge (indirect mention, in a flashback)
- Mitth welcoming ceremonies (first identified, in a flashback)
- Skirmish in the Pleknok system (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- War against the Chiss Ascendancy (first mentioned)
- Final Assault on Csilla (first mentioned)
- Vagaari pirate operations (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Jixtus and Clarr'ivl'exow's treaty (first mentioned)
Technology: 25
- Charric
- Compact charric (first appearance)
- Data siphon (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Gravity well projector
- Hibernation chamber (mentioned only)
- Light globe (first appearance)
- Breacher One (first appearance)
- Breacher Two (first appearance)
- Missile launcher
- Questis data-link reader
- Second item (first mentioned)
- Specialized cooking system (first mentioned)
- Starflash (in a flashback)
- Tachyon flow synchrotron accelerator (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Thruster
- Clothing
- Chiss uniform
- Grysk explosive armor (first appearance)
- UAG uniform (first appearance)
- Full dress honor chains (first appearance)
- Kilji data rectangle (first appearance)
- Long-range triad transmitter (first mentioned)
- Marocsaa subclan ring
- Stybla medal
- Nyix brooch (mentioned only)
Lore: 67
- Senior Captain
- Admiral
- Patriarch
- Mid Captain
- Supreme General
- Syndic (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Captain (first identified)
- Generalirius (first appearance)
- Imperial Era
- Cadet (in a flashback)
- Blood
- Aristocra
- Councilor (mentioned only)
- Patriel
- Speaker
- Syndic Prime
- Cousin
- Merit adoptive
- Ranking distant
- Senior Aide
- Caregiver
- Ozyly-esehembo
- Jedi General (mentioned only)
- Information broker
- Colonel (mentioned only)
- Magys
- Officer
- Commodore (mentioned only)
- Duty officer
- First Officer
- Fourth Officer (first appearance, in a flashback)
- General
- Junior Captain
- Junior Commander
- Lieutenant
- Lieutenant Commander
- Mid Commander
- Third officer (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Senior Commander
- Senior Warrior (mentioned only)
- Sensor officer
- Supreme Admiral
- Scientist (mentioned only)
- Teacher
- Dasklo family crest (first appearance)
- Caccoleaf (first appearance)
- Grillig-juice
- Ice cream
- Meat-striped fruit squares
- Force-sensitive
- Precognition (indirect mention)
- Clarr crest (first appearance)
- Erighal insignia (first appearance)
- Xodlak insignia (first appearance)
- Kilji language (first appearance)
- Meese Caulf (mentioned only)
- Minnisiat
- Sy Bisti (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Tybroic (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Taarja
- Nyix
- Nyix-alloy
- Paccian script (first appearance)
- 5019 BBY (first mentioned, indirect mention)
- 19 BBY (indirect mention)
- 18 BBY
- Unidentified maneuver (Nakirre) (first appearance)
Media: 2
- Gribblehex (first mentioned)
- Tactica (first appearance, in a flashback)
Everything else: 167
- Bird (in a flashback)
- Whisperbird (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Chimaera
- Insect (in a flashback)
- Fly (in a flashback)
- Groundlion (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Nightdragon (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Firewolf (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Schesa triad (first appearance)
- Aide
- Artist (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Chiss family
- Office of the Patriarch (first identified)
- Trial-born
- Emissary (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Navigator
- Mercenary (mentioned only)
- Merchant
- Miner (mentioned only)
- Weapons officer
- Pilot
- Pirate (mentioned only)
- Soldier
- Spy (mentioned only)
- Technician
- Thief (in a flashback)
- Unidentified enemy of the Chiss (first mentioned)
- Near-human
- Skybus
- Space station
- Bluedock
- Unidentified shipyards (Jixtus's fleet) (first mentioned)
- Starship
- Capital ship
- BattleChief (first appearance)
- Cruiser (first appearance)
- Battlecruiser
- Heavy cruiser
- Picket cruiser (first appearance)
- Light cruiser (first appearance, first mentioned, as a hologram)
- Patrol cruiser
- Destroyer (first appearance, as a hologram)
- Dreadnought (mentioned only)
- Battle Dreadnought class (mentioned only)
- Frigate (first appearance, as a hologram, first mentioned)
- Paataatus light frigate (first appearance, in a flashback)
- WarMaster (first appearance)
- Courier (mentioned only)
- Freighter (first mentioned)
- Gunboat (first appearance)
- Gunship (mentioned only)
- Patrol ship
- Scout ship
- Shuttle (mentioned only)
- Transport
- Paccian troop transport (first mentioned)
- Warship
- Tube car (mentioned only)
- Bomb (mentioned only)
- Crippler net
- Deflector shield (mentioned only)
- Electrostatic barrier
- High-density electronics memory unit (first mentioned)
- Laser
- Modulated laserfire (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Spectrum laser
- Med-relief jector (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Melee weapon (in a flashback)
- Knife (in a flashback)
- Missile
- Breacher
- Dibber
- Plasma sphere
- Reader
- Sensor
- Sensory-deprivation headset
- Shield (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Tractor beam (mentioned only)
- Acid
- Alien
- Asteroid (mentioned only)
- Bathroom (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Bone (mentioned only)
- Rib (mentioned only)
- Skeleton (mentioned only)
- Brain (mentioned only)
- Bridge
- Capital
- Centimeter
- Chimaera
- Circle of Unity (first appearance)
- City
- Glove
- Holster (mentioned only)
- Robe
- Cloud
- Color
- Core name
- Death
- Depths (first appearance)
- Disease (mentioned only, in a flashback)
- Downmark (first mentioned)
- Dream
- Exile
- Eye
- Feather crest (first appearance)
- Foodstuff
- Fuel (mentioned only)
- Galactic coordinates (mentioned only)
- Gravity
- Gravity well
- Homeworld
- Hull
- Hyperspace
- In-system jump (mentioned only)
- Jump-by-jump (mentioned only)
- Ion storm (mentioned only)
- Kilometer
- Language
- Listening post (mentioned only)
- Medal
- Metal
- Meteoroid (first appearance)
- Meter
- Mining (mentioned only)
- Mitth family artworks (first appearance, in a flashback)
- Mountain
- Mouth
- Museum (mentioned only)
- Ocean (pictured only, in a flashback)
- Orbit
- Ore (mentioned only)
- Painting (in a flashback)
- Planet
- Plasma
- Politics
- Prisoner (mentioned only)
- Realspace
- Refugee
- Rematching
- Sector
- Shadehouse (first appearance)
- Sky-walker suite (mentioned only)
- Sleep
- Species
- Spoon (mentioned only)
- Star
- Star system
- Box system
- Stomach
- Stone (mentioned only)
- Tachyon (mentioned only)
- Thrones of the ancient kings (first mentioned)
- Time
- Second
- Standard century (indirect mention)
- Standard day
- Standard hour
- Standard minute
- Standard month
- Standard week
- Standard year
- Trials (mentioned only)
- Unidentified statute (first appearance)
- Universe
- Viewport
- Water
Not in the archive: 17
- Unidentified Grysk commander (SkySweep) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified Mitth principal (first mentioned, in a flashback)
- Naporar's capital (first mentioned)
- Clarr homestead defense center (first appearance)
- Chiss cadet (in a flashback)
- Seeker program (first appearance)
- Patrol Command (first mentioned)
- Patrol Command (Rhigar) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified repair dock (first appearance)
- Class six cutting torch (first mentioned)
- Cooking system (first mentioned)
- Paccian commando armor (first appearance)
- Light Paccian commando armor (first appearance)
- Fading (mentioned only)
- Fading creep (mentioned only)
- Tidepool (first appearance, pictured only, in a flashback)
- Volcano option (first mentioned)
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