Grand Admiral Throne was a core part of the Star Wars universe since the 1990s, but one of its later storylines has been quite a bit goofy in one specific way: its secret base. Star Wars is pretty tonally consistent in all of his movies, with even the outliers like Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace And The empire strikes Back Still have a generally consistent amount of goofiness and seriousness. The novels Specter of the past And Vision of the future By Thrawn creator Timothy Zahn, however, introduce one of the silliest locations in Star Wars.
During the year 19 Abby, 10 years after Thrawn’s Star Wars Legends dead, the heroes of the New Republic wind up on the trail of something known as the Hand of the Throne. It is revealed that the Hand of Thrawn is actually a fortress that was the headquarters of Thrawn’s very own Empire of the Hand, a coalition of forces loyal to him for fighting threats in the Unknown Regions. The fortress itself is where the real serious story gets very goofy.
The hand of Tran really is a ridiculous base
It is a fortress that looks like a hand
in Vision of the futureUpon Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade’s escape from the hand of Thrawn in a stolen starfighter, they looked back at the fortress. Seeing its five towers – four tall and one shorter – they suddenly realized why it was called the “Hand”; The fortress is literally shaped like a hand. All this time, the mystery of the hand of the throne is not metaphorical, but literal.
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It is unknown which came first in the universe, the name or the spelling, but nevertheless, The base known as the “hand of the throne” is literally a giant hand. Unfortunately, due to the fact that Vision of the future is a novel without a visual adaptation, and because the hand does not appear anywhere visually, there are no images of it. This means that the extent to which the fortress actually looks like a hand is up to the reader’s imagination.
Will the Hand of Tron appear in Star Wars canon?
Thrawn’s Secret Empire
Because Thrawn is now established as such a major player in the New Republic era of canon, it’s interesting to consider if Thrawn’s hand will appear in canon. Largely, though, it actually did – from a certain point of view. The Hand was founded by Thrawn during his time in the Unknown Regions, his return from what is the campaign that Kanon is adapting to Ahsoka and future stories.
With that in mind, Thrawn’s base on Peridea is really something of a canon version of​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ alike. with time, Thrawn’s base on Peridea. In fact, viewers even saw Thrawn with a fortress in AhsokaAlthough, unfortunately, it was not shaped like a hand. No matter what, it is important to read and cherish the legends Stories, as they are incredibly important to the identity of Star Wars And how it will continue to develop in the future.