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Jedi Masters
Jorus C'baoth
Jorus C'baoth
Species: Human
Homeworld: Bortras
Appears in: Darth Plagueis | Cloak of Deception | Outbound Flight
"We are the Jedi, the ultimate power in the universe. We will do as we choose. And we will destroy any who dare stand in our way."
The master of Padawan Lorana Jinzler. He led the Outbound Flight project, but due to his arrogance and events outside of his control, the project failed when the Outbound Flight was attacked by a Chiss security team led by Thrawn, resulting in his death.
Palpatine used samples of C'baoth's DNA to create a clone of him, Joruus C'baoth, as one of his men.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Believes that the ability to use the Force means that Jedi ought to take charge, and that being a Jedi means being able to do whatever he wants.
- Badass Bureaucrat: He's a well-respected diplomat by the time the novel opens, due to his bluntness and willingness to see both sides. It's how he leverages support for Outbound Flight, solving a mining dispute by catching a missile aimed at the negotiators using the Force, then berating both sides into accepting a compromise while still holding the missile in place with the Force. Unluckily for him, it's all part of Palpatine's plan.
- Badass on Paper: Notably subverted: Obi-Wan regards him as a Shameless Self-Promoter and as being impossibly overblown. Yet doing one Force-meld to control Outbound Flight's weapons exhausts Obi-Wan. He's staggered when C'Baoth casually mentions he's performed 4 already since they set out, with no sign of fatigue, leaving Kenobi to reluctantly wonder if C'Baoth might be as powerful as he's claimed.
- Face–Heel Turn: Falls to the Dark Side after Thrawn's forces kill the other Jedi aboard, and almost Force Chokes him to death before Doriana uses the radiation bombs to off him for good.
- Fantastic Racism: Regarded Force-users as inherently superior to any being who wasn't Force-sensitive. This saw him gradually subvert the legal chain of Republic command on Outbound Flight as he concentrated more power in the hands of the Jedi.
- Foregone Conclusion: His death and Thawn's involvement in it were confirmed all the way back in Heir to the Empire, making Outbound Flight a major case of this.
- Jerkass: A smug person who regarded non-Force sensitives as inferior. Even Palpatine couldn't stand him.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He's not wrong to say the Republic he and the colonists are leaving behind is hopelessly bloated and corrupt, it's just he wants to swap that for a Jedi-led government which isn't necessarily better (at least under him).
- Legacy Character: His clone, Joruus C'Baoth, goes on to create major problems for Luke Skywalker in The Thrawn Trilogy a good 36 years later.
- Pet the Dog: He's much nicer to Anakin than to either Obi-Wan or his own Padawan and genuinely seems to mean it.
- Shameless Self-Promoter: Obi-Wan regards him as this. Notably, backstory in the original Thrawn Trilogy had him declare himself a Jedi Master, in total contradiction to the Jedi Council system seen in the films.
- Slowly Slipping Into Evil: He's arrogant and authoritarian, certainly, but he's still considered good at the start of "Outbound Flight". Then he starts to exhibit increasingly authoritarian tendencies once the mission starts, essentially taking over the ship to the alarm of his fellow Jedi. Thrawn's attack and the deaths of the other Jedi finally push him over the edge, leading him to fall to the Dark Side.
- Underestimating Badassery: Has zero time for Thrawn or his warning of the mysterious force in the Unknown Regions. Pays for it with his life, and those of all 50,000 colonists aboard.
- Villainous Legacy: Aside from the small matter of his mad clone trying to destroy the New Republic decades later, his draconian tendencies towards non-Jedi were the reason Outbound Flight's survivors feared and hated the Jedi with such a passion.
Justyn Ma'Ning
Justyn Ma'Ning
Species: Human
Appears in: Outbound Flight
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Mediates between C'baoth and the Muggle colonists onboard Outbound Flight.
Jedi Knights
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
See his entry in the Star Wars Theatrical Legends character page.
Jedi Padawans/Apprentices
Anakin Skywalker
Anakin Skywalker
See his entry in the Star Wars Theatrical Legends character page.
Lorana Jinzler
Species: Human
The Padawan of Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth. Her parents were employees at the Jedi Temple, but were dismissed after Lorana was taken in by the Jedi. As a Jedi Knight, she was selected by her master for the Outbound Flight exploration mission. When Commander Thrawn attacked the Outbound Flight, she, Syndic Thrass, C'baoth, and Jorj Car'das worked together to amend the situation, but Lorana and Thrass gave up their lives to safely crash the Outbound Flight on a planetoid in the Redoubt. Their remains wouldn't be found until about half a century later when the Outbound Flight is rediscovered.
- Always Someone Better: How she feels when she saw her master praising Anakin, and almost generally because of her master's ego. Also this to her brother Dean, since her parents always had nothing but praise for her, even though they never actually saw her after sending her to the Jedi.
- The Greatest Story Never Told: Never one ever learned that she and Thrass sacrificed their lives to save some of the members of Outbound Flight.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Gave her life to safely crash the remains of Outbound Flight and save those who remained aboard.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: A Humble Hero, she never argued or fought with C'baoth, just meekly agreeing with him.
- Innocent Gray Eyes: Lorana is gray-eyed and an absolute sweetheart.
- It Has Been an Honor: With Thrass before they die.
- Laser Blade: Her lightsaber color is green.
- Nice Girl: A genuinely kind and sweet young woman, contrasting with her Jerkass master.
The New Republic
Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker
See his entry in the Star Wars – New Jedi Order and Legacy Eras: Jedi Order character page.
Mara Jade Skywalker
Mara Jade Skywalker
See her entry in the Star Wars – New Jedi Order and Legacy Eras: Jedi Order character page.
Chiss
Formbi
Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano, "Formbi"
See his entry on the Star Wars – New Jedi Order and Legacy Eras character page.
Thrawn
Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo, "Thrawn"
See his entry on the Star Wars – Classic Era character page.
Thrass
Aristocra Mitt'ras'safis, "Thrass"
Species: Chiss
Appears in: Outbound Flight | Survivor's Questnote
"I'm not worried about my own position. I'm trying to keep my brother from throwing away a fine and honorable career for nothing."
Thrawn's brother.
- Early-Bird Cameo: His remains first appear in Survivor's Quest. This isn't explained until later when Outbound Flight get released, where it is revealed that the remains belong to Thrawn's late brother, Thrass.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: How evil Thrawn is is up to your interpretation, but he clearly loved his brother.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Not that Thrawn isn't foolish, but he doesn't care about the Chiss's rules of engagement and politics, so Thrass is trying to keep him from getting into trouble.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: He has never been brought up outside of Outbound Flight or Survivor's Quest. To be fair, Thrawn has no reason to bring him up as he isn't relevant to his situations later.
- Dead All Along/Never Found the Body: Nobody ever found out what happened to the Outbound Flight, so nobody ever knew what happened to Thrass and they assumed either he died or would eventually come back. It isn't until a little less than half a century later that the Chiss discover his remains aboard the returned Outbound Flight.
- Dramatic Irony: When he was alive, he tried to keep Thrawn out of trouble with the Chiss Ascendancy. After Thrass is gone, Thrawn gets exiled for pre-emptive attacks.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He and Lorana pilot the Outbound Flight into the remote and highly radioactive Redoubt to keep its technology from falling into Formbi's hands.
- It Has Been an Honor: Has one with Lorana before they die.
- One-Shot Character: He's only appeared in Outbound Flight. Technically, he appeared in Survivor's Quest... as a body that's been dead for decades.
- Together in Death: Thrawn never got to learn that his brother had died, but as Thrawn gets assassinated years later, he's at least with his brother again.
Ar'alani
Admiral Ar'alani
Species: Chiss
Appears in: Outbound Flight
- Canon Immigrant: She was brought into the new EU via The Cameo at the end of Thrawn.
- Ink-Suit Actor: In her depiction in the Legacy Era Campaign Guide for Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars Roleplaying Game resembles Ari Roselani, who she is a Shout-Out to.
- Odd Name Out: As a senior officer of the Defense Hierarchy, her family name and the privileges that went along with it were stripped from her so that she doesn't have any loyalty to a group of Chiss over another. Whatever family she used to be a part of before is unknown.
- One-Shot Character: In Legends, she's only appeared in Outbound Flight.
- Shout-Out: To Ari Roselani, who cosplayed as Thrawn and met Timothy Zahn a couple of years before Outbound Flight was released. Apparently, the two became friends. Nowadays, she's a photographer.
Others
Crew of the Bargain Hunter
Dubrak Qennto
Dubrak "Rak" Qennto
Species: Human
Homeworld: Corellia
Appears in: Outbound Flight
The captain of the Bargain Hunter.
- Ambiguous Ending: Maris and Qennto fly off together in the end with a stash of loot, but are they going to stay together (professionally and/or romantically) after Qennto showed his worst self and Maris realized there were better options in the galaxy?
- Authority in Name Only: Qennto insists that he is the captain and that he should be the one leading their conversations with Thrawn, but after Thrawn zeroes in on Car'das, he is relegated to the background while Car'das and Maris start to have more influence on Thrawn and the plot.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: He is obviously jealous of Thrawn's relationship with Maris, but he is also right that Thrawn is not what Maris wants him to be and that they should be suspicious of him.
Jorj Car'das
Jorj Car'das
Species: Human
Homeworld: Corellia
Appears in: Outbound Flight | Choices of One | Visions of The Future | Fate of the Jedi (hologram only)
- The Atoner: After running away and leaving Talon and the other competitors to fight over the remnants of his organization, he is genuinely regretful, and apologizes to Talon.
- Bullying a Dragon: He tried pointing a gun at Yoda. This was unwise, but fortunately Yoda decidedly merely to humble him, rather than anything else. It worked.
- The Chessmaster: Becomes this, thanks to a certain ability to see the future (and, well, Thrawn did rub off on him).
- Corrupted Character Copy: The Luke (young, naïve kid) to Qennto's Han and Maris' Leia. Later on in life, he even becomes proficient with the Force... he just uses it for decidedly more amoral ends than Luke did.
- The Dreaded: Decades after he vanished, Talon Karde is still utterly terrified of him.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Becomes one after a crash landing on Dagobah.
- Naïve Newcomer: He spends the first chapters of Outbound Flight completely in over his head since he is only twenty-three and relatively new to smuggling.
- The Mentor: Played this to Talon Karrde.
- Retired Badass: When he finally appears in Visions of the Future, he's a pretty genial old guy, quite content to enjoy retirement. Though he's still got a lot of his chops.
- Secret-Keeper: One of the few in the galaxy to know about Yoda living on Dagobah.
- Unwitting Pawn: Used as one by Thrawn in his plan to deal with the Vagaari.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: From somewhat naïve kid to ruthless smuggler lord.
Maris Ferasi
Maris Ferasi
Species: Human
Homeworld: Corellia
Appears in: Outbound Flight
Dubrak Qennto's girlfriend and the second-in-command aboard the Bargain Hunter.
- Ambiguous Ending: Maris and Qennto fly off together in the end with a stash of loot, but are they going to stay together (professionally and/or romantically) after Qennto showed his worst self and Maris realized there were better options in the galaxy?
- Ambiguous Situation: Maris warns Car'das not to disagree with Qennto especially when Car'das knows better, and she later hides that she is meeting Thrawn alone from Qennto because she knows he'll react badly. Is she genuinely afraid of Qennto's temper, or does she simply prefer to avoid arguments?
- Her exact position on the Bargain Hunter isn't clear to Car'das, who considers "copilot," "partner," and "girlfriend" before settling on "second-in-command."
- Establishing Character Moment: In the first chapter, Maris navigates Car'das through Qennto's moods, warns him to close his eyes before the Connor net hits them, and after she shows off her expertise as a pilot, she tells Car'das that this is Qennto's ship. She is kind, helpful, and underappreciated by her boyfriend.
- Excellent Judgeof Character: She claims she is one. Considering she ended up in a relationship with Qennto and she believes Thrawn is honorable, she isn't as good as she thinks she is. However, she does make several good calls that suggest she could actually be one, if she didn't let her idealism fool her.
- Hidden Depths: She is not at all discomforted by the sight of dead bodies, and she immediately clocks that the ship they've boarded has been repaired several times.
- Morality Pet: She serves as one to Thrawn, who changes his battle plans to try and save the Vagaari's living shields, justifies his actions to her, and has Car'das lie to her so that she will keep her good opinion of him.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Already in a relationship with a coarse, suspicious smuggler, Maris idolizes Thrawn at first sight and compares him to the high-minded people she knew in school, but more mature and grounded in reality, as well as cultured, intelligent, noble... Thrawn's much darker than that, even if he does possess the qualities she sees. Thrawn tells Car'das, who sees Thrawn a little more clearly, not to disillusion her, because true idealists are so rare, and he wouldn't want to be responsible for crushing even one.
- Uptown Girl: Car'das describes her upbringing as "genteel," and she attended schools where she learned advanced theoretical physics and hung around with a group of artistic but shallow fellow students. Her love interests are the smuggler Qennto and the merit adoptive Thrawn.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Described as such.
- Word of God: At AwesomeCon 2016, Zahn was asked what characters of his he would like to re-canonize for Disney, and he named Maris, whom he imagined would have become a Rebel strategist using the techniques she learned from Thrawn.
