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1. The "Thrawn Trilogy" got its name from the fan-favourite new villain, Grand Admiral Thrawn. Unlike Vader or the Emperor, he was a cold and methodical leader with unparalleled deductive and predictive capabilities. How did Thrawn find weaknesses in his enemies to exploit?
2. Late at night, Luke Skywalker was awoken by Force ghosts on Coruscant. To clear his mind, he stepped outside with a beverage introduced to him by Lando Calrissian. What was Luke drinking?
3. Despite the New Republic replacing the Empire, the capital world was still Coruscant. During the Imperial reign, what had the world been renamed?
4. While Luke was outside, Leia was pretending to sleep in the former Imperial Palace, hoping to not tip off her personal assistant, Winter, that she was awake. Which of the following statements about Winter is false?
5. Han started the novel talking to his old smuggler friends, trying to recruit them to aid the New Republic's strained shipping services. Han was meeting his contact Dravis in a cantina on which planet, seen in the original trilogy movies?
6. On the secluded planet Myrkr was the primary base for Talon Karrde and his smuggling group. He had asked Mara Jade to join him for dinner to discuss what?
7. Who interrupted Talon Karrde and Mara Jade's dinner by coming out of hyperspace into Myrkr's orbit?
8. Thrawn was putting together the pieces of his grand plan, which involved a trip to Wayland to visit an old Jedi. They brought along strange creatures called Ysalamiri. What was special about the Ysalamiri?
9. Thrawn and Pelleaon met the Jedi Joruus C'baoth. What did the Imperials offer C'Baoth to secure his help in their campaign?
10. While recruiting C'baoth was one of Thrawn's goals on Wayland, he also wanted to find the Emperor's secret stash of rare technology. What did Thrawn find in the Mount Tantiss storehouse?
11. On Coruscant, Princess Leia was part of the New Republic Provisional Council. She got along well with Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar, but newcomer Borsk Fey'lya was often difficult. Fey'lya liked to remind the others of the sacrifice his people made to recover the second Death Star plans. What species was Fey'lya?
12. The Provisional Council asked Leia (and Han, Luke, Chewie, and the droids) to go on a diplomatic mission to the planet Bimmisaari. While on the planet, which group ambushed our heroes?
13. Thrawn was continuing his campaign against the New Republic. Having C'baoth use the Force, and with the help of some cloaking technology acquired from the Emperor's storehouse, what illusion was Thrawn able to pull off at the planet Bphassh?
14. To draw Luke out, the Imperials started spreading rumors of the return of Jedi Joruus C'baoth. Who eventually told Princess Leia about the returned Jedi?
15. Leia and Han were on Bphassh to perform diplomatic damage control, when they were ambushed again. Thankfully, the Millennium Falcon was there to save them. What stopped the heroes from getting into the Falcon?
16. Luke wasn't allowed to go on the diplomatic mission to Bphassh because the locals didn't like Jedi. With some time on his hands, he returned to which planet from the original trilogy to do a little soul searching?
17. Without meaning to, the gang met back up when they decided to visit Lando at his latest venture on Nkllon. Why did they have to approach the planet slowly instead of coming out of hyperspace right beside it?
18. Just as the heroes were approaching Lando's base on Nkllon, the Imperials also happened to launch their raid. Why were the Imperials at Nkllon?
19. Luke, during his journey of personal discovery, had found a strange device. He'd gone to Lando hoping his friend could identify it. What did Lando say Luke had found?
20. After being attacked twice, it was decided that Leia should go into hiding. Chewbacca offered to take her to the Wookiee home world of Kashyyyk. What was done to throw the Imperials off her trail?
21. On Nkllon, Leia told Luke the rumors that a Jedi named Joruus C'baoth was living on the planet Jomark. Luke decided to go, but unfortunately Thrawn was watching for his departure, and was able to plan a trap. How did Thrawn ambush Luke?
22. Thrawn's goal was to capture Luke, not kill him. Luke's X-wing was caught in the Chimera's (Thrawn's personal Star Destroyer) tractor beam, being pulled into the Star Destroyer's hold. How did Luke manage to escape?
23. Thrawn was displeased with Luke's escape. He went to Cris Pieterson, the tractor beam operator, and Ensign Colclazure, the man who trained him. Pieterson claimed that he hadn't been trained for the situation Luke had put him in. What was Thrawn's response?
24. Leia had been secretly whisked away to Kashyyyk. Her guide on the planet was Ralrracheen (Ralrra). What made Ralrra unique among the Wookiees?
25. Luke did not get far in his damaged X-wing after escaping Thrawn's ambush. Of all the people to find him, it was the smuggler Karrde in his flagship, the Wild Karrde. Karrde was amiable, but not altruistic, and captured Luke. How had Karrde found Luke in the middle of empty space?
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