Warning ! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars : Thrawn - Alliances # 3

Summary

In the young comic adjustment of Timothy Zahn’sThrawn Alliances , Anakin Skywalkeremulates a classicStar Warsmonster during his dynamic team - up with the future Grand Admiral Thrawn during the Clone Wars . Having join together thanks to a chance group meeting , Anakin and Thrawn benefit mutual esteem for one another as warriors . As such , the benefits of their shared acquisition are on full display in this new mirthful serial .

As seen inThrawn Alliances # 3by Timothy Zahn , Jody Houser , Pat Olliffe and Andrea Di Vito , Anakin Skywalker ’s dangerous undertaking with Thrawnon the man of Batuu are intercut with Darth Vader and Grand Admiral Thrawn ’s joint missionary station to the same world as ordered by Emperor Palpatine , investigate a key disturbance in the Force . face Separatist allies during the Clone Wars while look for the miss Padmé Amidala , Thrawn encourages Anakin to personify a classicStar Warscreature , ironically one Anakin is quite conversant with thanks toAttack of the Clones .

Understanding what Thrawn is implying , Anakin wake his lightsaber while Thrawn continues drive their pirate speed demon through the streets of Batuu , the same planet that would become the backdrop forDisneyland’sStar Wars - theme land know as Galaxy ’s Edge .

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Together, Anakin Skywalker and Thrawn Embody A Reek

The Rhino-Like Creature From Attack of the Clones

Working in tandem , Anakin and Thrawn emulate the rhino - same creature know as a foetor , the very same monster Anakin fight down in the Geonosian arena as seen inAttack of the Clones . While Thrawn ride , Anakin becomes the horn of their " charge malodor " with his lightsaber , taking out several of the thugs . He even throws his lightsaber ahead of the speed demon before using the Force to call it back .

Anakin and Thrawn gain the upper hand over the attackers , allowing them to larn their dead on target motif and acquire what might have happen to Padmé . besides , the true welfare for Thrawn during this era is the knowledge he ’s gaining about the Clone Wars , having come from theUnknown Regionson behalf of his people , the Chiss Ascendancy . Regardless , this exciting callback toAttack of the Clonesis a testament to how great Anakin and Thrawn were as a team , an alinement that would straighten out during the Dark Times when they both come into the Empire ’s service .

Anakin And Thrawn Were One Of Star Wars' Most Impressive Duos

Even After Anakin Became Darth Vader

Returning to Batuu eld afterward , Thrawn was sassy enough to live the true statement about Darth Vader , having know that he must have once been the Jedi he struggle alongside years prior . Furthermore , Vader and Grand Admiral Thrawn are just as effective during the Dark Times as they were during the Clone Wars , taking out an integral cantina full of enemies even after they ’d been immobilized by a concrete - like substance . At any rate , it ’s exciting to see the originalThrawnAlliancesnovel invite these exciting unexampled visuals , explaining Thrawn ’s acknowledgment when Anakin ’s name was referencedin the recentAhsokalive - action series .

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Anakin Skywalker Mirrors A Reek From Attack of the Clones

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Star Wars: Thrawn - Alliances #3 cover featuring Thrawn.

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