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Among the Blue: The Admiral's Shadow by bextia for beebee76

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
05 Jun 2026
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Time for Eli and Stent to pull the crazy stunt the rebellion cell has suggested: will Stent be able to pass as Thrawn?

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- Part 7 of Among the Blue
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English

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1,758

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2/13

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2

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5

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Humans, Toothpaste and Other Crimes Against Morale by bextia for SilverDove9

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
04 Jun 2026
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The Blood Crow’s emergency supply locker was never meant to be interesting.

It held dental tablets, ration soap, sealed shower gel, the worst cologne in the Imperial Navy, and a number of deeply uninspiring personal-care items intended only for emergencies. Unfortunately, aboard a ship full of overworked humans, even hygiene can become a logistical vulnerability.

When Eli Vanto learns why civilian toothpaste is restricted aboard Imperial vessels, Rask decides the situation is hilarious, Thrawn decides it is operationally relevant, and the crew of the Blood Crow proves, once again, that humans should not be left unsupervised with comfort items, informal trade networks, or anything mint-flavored.

A companion piece to Chiss, Chocolate and Other Human Hazards, featuring naval bureaucracy, questionable toiletries, Rask being Rask, Eli trying to prevent paperwork, and Thrawn discovering that morale may be harder to regulate than expected.

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English

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15,142

Chapters:

4/5

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24

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15

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3

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Among the Blue: Echoes of the Seventh by bextia for beebee76

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
02 Jun 2026
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Part six of the series: the search for Thrawn continues as Stent and Eli venture further into 'Lesser Space'

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- Part 6 of Among the Blue
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English

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20,204

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11/11

Comments:

43

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16

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1

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302
The Enemy Under Roof by bextia

Fandoms: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Rebellion Era - All Media Types
27 May 2026
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This is an old idea that has been living in my head for years.

At first, it began as a simple question: what would have happened if Thrawn had joined the Rebellion instead of the Empire?

Then I took the idea a little further.

The Empire has been defeated. Thrawn has returned from his second exile beyond the edge of the galaxy — and yes, I will be ignoring roughly 95% of what happens in the Ahsoka series, sorry — only to find the New Republic doing… well, what the New Republic does in Ahsoka. That remaining 5% I am keeping.

And Thrawn, being Thrawn, looks at the fragile, idealistic, politically tangled New Republic and reaches the only conclusion that makes sense to him: someone needs to impose military order before the galaxy collapses into something worse.

This fic will explore that very inconvenient premise.

Since I have other projects currently in progress, this story will not have a regular posting schedule. I will update it as the idea grows.

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English

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5,906

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2/?

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16

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19

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5

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Chiss, Chocolate, and Other Human Hazards by bextia for Its_a_moray

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
22 May 2026
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Today, while chatting on the Everything Chiss Discord server, we somehow ended up discussing which foods Chiss might be able to eat that humans cannot, and vice versa. Which means I have to thank Its_a_moray for putting the truly excellent and terrible thought in my head:

What if chocolate were as toxic to Chiss as it is to dogs?

For context: chocolate contains methylxanthines, mainly theobromine and some caffeine. Humans metabolize these well enough that chocolate is usually just a delicious life choice; dogs do not, which is why chocolate poisoning can cause vomiting, tremors, tachycardia, seizures, and, in severe cases, death. So this fic runs with the idea that Chiss biology handles chocolate just as badly.

Which is unfortunate for Thrawn, because Eli Vanto has just received a birthday care package from home.

With dark chocolate cookies.

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English

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25,400

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7/7

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85

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33

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3

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449

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The Hand of Thrawn(to) by nusoesva

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Hand of Thrawn Duology - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
17 Mar 2026
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After finding a strange message hidden deep within Thrawn's journal, Eli sets out to discover what final mystery his former friend and lover left behind.

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4,592

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3/3

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15

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25

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4

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260
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22 Mar 2026
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Doubled Pawns by twodragonsflying

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
18 Mar 2026
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The Ascendancy was in terrible danger. An alliance with the evermore powerful Galactic Empire could be exactly what they needed in their fight against the Grysks. However, the ability to secure that alliance relied on a name and the Chiss who had supplied it to them. That Chiss, disgraced former officer Mitth'raw'nuruodo had to be of use to his people one last time. He was therefore to be used only as a pawn, as was Eli Vanto, a supply officer from the Empire who had no idea that his life would be thrown upside down.

Or, what if Thrawn was imprisoned instead of exiled

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67,864

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16/18

Comments:

126

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151

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26

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4,070
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22 Mar 2026
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A Kingdom of Isolation by MissKitsune08

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Thrawn - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017)
04 Feb 2018
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“The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footprint to be seen. A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like I’m the king.”
Eli Vanto accepts Thrawn’s offer and joins the Chiss Ascendancy as Assistant Syndic Mitth’eli’vanto. Unfortunately, the rest of the Chiss are not thrilled by the prospect of admitting an Outsider into their fold.

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- Part 11 of The Freak Fleet
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English

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9,219

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7/7

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31

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124

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8

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17 Oct 2025
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Signal Lost // Contact Regained by draculard

Fandoms: Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars: Rebels
11 Sep 2020
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“I don’t have a lightsaber, so I can’t practice fighting,” Ezra pointed out. “I don’t have any sacred texts to study. You definitely don’t know anything about the Force, so…”
Thrawn’s shoulder twitched in what might have been a minute shrug. “You could read my mind,” he said.
At first, Ezra didn’t fully register those words. He interpreted them metaphorically, classified it as a somewhat odd thing for Thrawn to say, and dismissed it. Then Thrawn glanced up, his red eyes burning into Ezra’s, and suddenly Ezra realized he’d missed something.
“Read your mind?” he repeated.

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120,464

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25/25

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1

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312

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550

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132

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09 Oct 2025
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Split: A second chance by AleannaWindstorm

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Legends: Outbound Flight - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars Legends: Hand of Thrawn Duology - Timothy Zahn, Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn
27 Mar 2026
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A long time ago in a Galaxy far, far away a mad scientist became so obsessed with a brilliant Chiss warrior that he wanted to make him indestructible through genetic modifications and enhancements.
Thrawn doesn't particularly like the idea of someone experimenting on him, but during one of his missions to neutralize the mad xenobiologist, something irreversible happens to him.
Of course, there are always ways to turn what has been done to his own advantage, but does it mean he would make the same choices, if he were given a second chance?

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- Part 1 of Split-verse
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English

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80,941

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16/?

Comments:

20

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29

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5

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05 Sep 2025