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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 1

What name does Che’ri use for her caregiver Thalias?

Momish

Che’ri affectionately calls her caregiver Thalias “Momish.”

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 2

Who serves as Thrawn’s first officer aboard the Springhawk?

Samakro

Samakro is Thrawn’s first officer on the Springhawk.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 3

What species is the operative Jixtus?

Grysk

A Grysk male known as "Jixtus".

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 4

Which admiral commands the Vigilant during the Clone Wars era?

Ar’alani

Vigilant is Ar’alani’s command ship during and shortly after the Clone Wars.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 5

What core name does Mitth’ras’safis use?

Thrass

Also known by his core name Thrass.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 6

Which Chiss navigator enjoys making pictures of birds and scenery?

Che’ri

Often drew pictures of birds, flashflies, and scenery.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 7

Which Chiss family adopts Thalias?

Mitth

Thalias enters the Mitth family as a merit adoptive.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 8

At what age did Thalias lose her Third Sight?

Thirteen

Third Sight only lasted until she was thirteen.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 9

Which academy did Thrawn and the future Ar’alani attend together?

Taharim Academy

Thrawn meets the future Ar’alani as a fellow cadet at Taharim Academy.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 10

Which family counted Ar’alani as a blood member before her admiralty?

Irizi

Once a blood member of the Irizi family.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 11

What is the core name of the Grayshrike’s captain after her rematching into the Irizi family?

Ziinda

Known by her core name Ziinda.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 12

What navigation title is associated with Qilori of Uandualon?

Pathfinder

Pathfinder navigator Qilori.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 13

Which people does Jixtus use as telepathic agents to provoke civil wars?

Agbui

Employed the telepathic Agbui species to cause chaos and civil wars.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 14

What kind of artwork did Thrawn study before demonstrating his combat insight to Ziara?

Wire sculptures

Thrawn studies Ziara’s wire sculptures before demonstrating how art can reveal an opponent’s tendencies.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 15

Which three Great Families were lured into competing claims over a supposedly nyix-rich mining world?

Xodlak, Pommrio, and Erighal

The scheme targets competing claims by the Xodlak, Pommrio, and Erighal families.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 16

Which species’ forces, led by Yiv the Benevolent, were trained by Jixtus and the Grysks?

Nikardun

Jixtus and the Grysks train Yiv and the Nikardun in conquest.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 17

What information does Samakro feed Thalias to test whether she is spying?

A false explanation of Thrawn’s decisions

Samakro plants a plausible false explanation to see whether Thalias passes it to political rivals.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 18

What family rank permits Thrass to formally declare Thrawn his brother?

Cousin

His rank as a cousin allowed him to create his own family relationships.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 19

Why does the Magys insist on negotiating with Thalias when the refugees are found on Rapacc?

Thalias has touched what the Magys calls the Beyond

The Magys recognizes Thalias’s past contact with the Force as touching the Beyond.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 20

What did the Magys hope the suicide of her remaining two hundred people would accomplish?

Join the Beyond and heal their devastated homeworld

The Magys believes joining the Beyond through death will help heal her people’s ruined world.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 21

What makes Thalias’s appointment as Che’ri’s caregiver unusually valuable?

She is the first caregiver in decades who was herself a sky-walker

First caretaker in decades who had been a sky-walker herself.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 22

What bargain underlies Nakirre’s initial alliance with Jixtus?

Jixtus guides Kilji conquests in return for passage aboard Whetstone

Jixtus offers to guide Kilji conquests and receives passage aboard Whetstone in return.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 23

How does Jixtus make Nakirre’s supposedly cooperative alliance openly coercive?

He threatens that FateSpinner can destroy the Kilhorde

Jixtus threatens the Kilhorde with FateSpinner’s destructive power to compel Nakirre’s obedience.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 24

Who volunteered to operate Starflash in the final ancient defense of Csilla?

Twenty Mitth warriors, including four sons of Mitth’omo’rossodo

Twenty Mitth volunteers operate the weapon, including four sons of Mitth’omo’rossodo.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 25

Who said 'Because, at this one time, and in this one place,' in Thrawn Ascendancy?

Thrawn

Thrawn speaks this line: Because, at this one time, and in this one place, we were the lesser evil.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 26

Finish the quote from Thrawn: 'Because, at this one time, and in this one place, ...'

we were the lesser evil.

The complete dialogue is: Because, at this one time, and in this one place, we were the lesser evil.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 27

True or false: Csilla was the Chiss homeworld.

True

Csilla was the frozen homeworld at the heart of the Chiss Ascendancy.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 28

True or false: The Chiss Ascendancy was located in the Core Worlds.

False

The Ascendancy was situated in the Unknown Regions.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 29

True or false: Chiss sky-walkers used the Force to assist navigation.

True

Sky-walkers used precognitive abilities to guide ships through hyperspace.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 30

True or false: Chiss sky-walkers were exclusively elderly men.

False

Chiss navigators were typically young girls whose abilities faded with age.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 31

True or false: Thalias had previously served as a sky-walker.

True

Thalias was a former sky-walker who later cared for Che'ri.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 32

True or false: Che'ri commanded the entire Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet.

False

Che'ri was a young sky-walker, not the fleet's commander.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 33

True or false: Thrawn commanded the Springhawk.

True

The Springhawk was a Chiss warship commanded by Thrawn.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 34

True or false: The Springhawk was a Death Star-class battle station.

False

The Springhawk was a Chiss heavy cruiser, not a battle station.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 35

True or false: Ar'alani held the rank of admiral.

True

Ar'alani served as an admiral in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 36

True or false: Yiv the Benevolent was the ruler of the Galactic Republic.

False

Yiv led the Nikardun Destiny, not the Republic.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 37

True or false: Yiv was associated with the Nikardun Destiny.

True

General Yiv led the expansionist Nikardun Destiny.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 38

True or false: Jixtus was a Jedi assigned to train Thrawn.

False

Jixtus was a Grysk operative working against the Ascendancy.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 39

True or false: Thrass belonged to the Mitth family.

True

Thrass was a Mitth family Syndic and Thrawn's close friend.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 40

True or false: Thrawn belonged to the Skywalker family of Tatooine.

False

Thrawn was a Chiss adopted into the Mitth family.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 41

True or false: Samakro served aboard the Springhawk.

True

Samakro served as the Springhawk's first officer.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 42

True or false: Ba'kif was a Sith apprentice.

False

Ba'kif was a Chiss general, not a Sith apprentice.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 43

True or false: The Ascendancy had Nine Ruling Families during the trilogy.

True

Nine Ruling Families stood at the top of the Ascendancy hierarchy.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 44

True or false: The Ascendancy encouraged unrestricted preemptive strikes.

False

Chiss rules restricted preemptive military attacks.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 45

True or false: Thrawn studied artwork to understand other cultures.

True

Thrawn used art to infer a culture's psychology and tactics.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 46

True or false: The Chiss called the Galactic Republic the First Order.

False

The First Order was a later state, distinct from the Galactic Republic.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 47

True or false: The Vigilant was associated with Admiral Ar'alani.

True

Ar'alani commanded the Chiss warship Vigilant.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 48

True or false: Lesser Evil is set after the Battle of Endor.

False

The main story of Lesser Evil takes place around 18 BBY.

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Canon · Core lore · REFERENCE 49

True or false: Thrawn encountered Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars.

True

Chaos Rising overlaps with Thrawn's Clone Wars encounter with Anakin.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 50

What is the Chiss homeworld?

Csilla

Csilla is the icy capital of the Chiss Ascendancy.

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Canon · Familiar lore · REFERENCE 51

Who is Thrawn's devoted aide in the Ascendancy books?

Thalias

Mitth'ali'astov 'Thalias' is Thrawn's caregiver and ally.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 52

Which Chiss family does Thrawn belong to?

The Mitth family

Thrawn was adopted into the Mitth ruling family.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 53

What is the Chiss expansionary fleet called?

The Expansionary Defense Fleet

The CEDF defends Chiss space from Unknown Regions threats.

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Canon · Deep lore · REFERENCE 54

What is the name of the Chiss ruling council?

The Syndicure

The Syndicure governs the Chiss Ascendancy's politics.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 55

What is the name of the Chiss sky-walker navigators' ability?

Third Sight

Sky-walkers use Third Sight to navigate the Chaos.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 56

What is the region of space the Chiss call the Chaos?

The Unknown Regions

The Chaos is the Chiss name for the Unknown Regions.

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Canon · Expert lore · REFERENCE 57

What is the name of Thrawn's brother in the Ascendancy?

Mitth'ras'safis 'Thrass'

Thrass died with Lorana Jinzler aboard Outbound Flight.

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