Thrawn Ascendancy

Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy
Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising,
the first book in the series,
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AuthorTimothy Zahn
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre
PublisherDel Rey Books
Published2020–2021
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book
No. of books3

Thrawn Ascendancy, also known as Thrawn: The Ascendancy Trilogy or simply The Ascendancy Trilogy, is a trilogy series of Star Wars novels by Timothy Zahn. The books Chaos Rising (2020), Greater Good (2021), and Lesser Evil (2021), follow Thrawn as he rises through the ranks of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet as war brews between the various Chiss families throughout the Unknown Regions.

The trilogy is a prequel to Thrawn's exploits in Thrawn (2017) and the TV series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018). According to the timeline of the books, the events in Thrawn Ascendancy occur after the 2002 film Attack of the Clones and before the events of the 2015 novel Dark Disciple: A Clone Wars Novel and the 2005 film Revenge of the Sith.