With his appearance in Star Wars Rebels Season Three imminent, heвЂ™s been on my mind a lot lately.

He can read the art and culture of his opponents and think of moves ten in advance as though they were a simple holochess game. HeвЂ™s a genius, able to read the clues between the clues and know his enemy in a way no other villain in Star Wars has been able to. вЂ‹Bryan Young on Thinking Like Grand Admiral ThrawnHas there ever been a greater tactician in the world of Star Wars than Grand Admiral Thrawn? Probably not. It's also a mistake to presume that the fact the players take their cues from their superior officers should-in any way-mean they know exactly what's going on or what they're likely to face.ДЄs the third season of Star Wars Rebels brings one of the Star Wars galaxy's most popular Legends firmly into the new canon, Bryan looks at how his example may allow you to shape-or reshape-your Age of Rebellion campaign (or any Star Wars roleplaying campaign) in such a way as to ensure your players never take their adventures for granted. While there's nothing wrong with those decisions, it's also a mistake to presume that the structure a Game Master imposes upon the early adventures of an Age of Rebellion campaign has to limit the campaign's ability to respond to the players' decisions. However, for that reason, many players who prefer the more individualistic and free-form aspects of roleplaying gravitate toward Edge of the Empire в„ў or Force and Destiny в„ў. They take their orders and perform their duty. Of the three, Star Wars в„ў: Age of Rebellionв„ў arguably offers the clearest adventure hooks your player characters are members of the Rebel Alliance. There are three different, standalone takes on the Star Wars roleplaying line. Sometimes they can even help shape a whole campaign-or help us reshape a campaign in which the players may have become too comfortableвЂ¦ Whether, as Game Masters, we introduce these characters into our games directly or create other characters modeled after them, Bryan argues that they make it easy for us to shape our adventures. In previous articles, guest writer Bryan Young has explored the different ways that we can improve our Star Wars в„ў roleplaying campaigns by drawing from the examples of characters like Ahsoka Tano and Agent Kallus. вЂ‹ 'The Empire is getting better at anticipating our moves.'

Thrawn but it was so artistically done