Star Wars The Last Command: The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 3 characters

Appears from the start

The Imperial Grand Admiral now commanding the recovered Katana dreadnaughts and a rapidly growing supply of clone troops. Thrawn launches a coordinated offensive meant to break the New Republic before it can locate the source of his new forces or close his intelligence channel on Coruscant.

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Captain of the Chimaera and Thrawn's second-in-command. Pellaeon oversees the practical execution of the Grand Admiral's expanding campaign while recognizing both the strength of the strategy and the danger created by C'baoth's instability.

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The New Republic's Jedi defender and one of Thrawn's principal targets. Luke is trying to stop the clone offensive, protect Leia's family from C'baoth, and help Mara face the Emperor's lingering command without treating her as an enemy.

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A former Emperor's Hand now allied with Talon Karrde and the New Republic against Thrawn. Mara's skills and knowledge of Imperial systems are invaluable, but the Emperor's final command to kill Luke remains an unresolved compulsion that C'baoth may be able to exploit.

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A New Republic leader, Luke's sister, and Han's wife, now close to giving birth to twins. Leia works to protect her family and finish the Noghri alliance while helping trace the hidden Imperial source that has been leaking information from Coruscant.

Appears from the start

Leia's husband and an experienced commander whose underworld contacts remain essential to the Republic. Han divides his attention between his growing family and missions intended to expose Thrawn's cloning operation and intelligence network.

First appears in chapter 8

Leia and Han's newborn daughter, twin sister to Jacen. She and her brother are strong in the Force and are coveted by C'baoth as future pupils he can control.

First appears in chapter 8

Leia and Han's newborn son, twin brother to Jaina. The twins' emerging presence in the Force makes their safety central to the Solos and to C'baoth's plans.

First appears in chapter 2

A smuggler chief who has transformed his commercial intelligence network into an alliance against Thrawn. Karrde coordinates independent operators with the New Republic while trying to keep vulnerable members of the coalition from being divided or bought.

First appears in chapter 2

A powerful and unstable Force-user allied with Thrawn. C'baoth intends to take Leia's twins and bend Luke and Mara to his will, regarding other minds as possessions and Imperial strategy as secondary to his personal claim over the Jedi.

First appears in chapter 3

A founder of the Rebel Alliance whose private resistance force has now joined the New Republic. Bel Iblis brings veteran command skills to the defense against Thrawn and is particularly alert to tactics built on deception and apparently impossible movements.

First appears in chapter 4

Thrawn's Noghri bodyguard, still serving beside him while the clans of Honoghr secretly withdraw their loyalty from the Empire. Rukh's position places a member of the deceived people close to the commander who continues to rely on their obedience.

First appears in chapter 8

A Noghri commando who helped Leia prove the Empire's betrayal of Honoghr. Khabarakh now works with the clans' covert resistance and helps protect Leia's family while the Noghri continue to conceal their changed allegiance from Thrawn.

First appears in chapter 10

A smuggler and ship thief who competes with Karrde for influence among independent operators. Ferrier presents himself as a practical member of the coalition, but his rivalry with Karrde makes his motives difficult to judge.