It starts with Thrawn's origins from the Unknown Regions, being promoted to commander of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force, destroying the Outbound Flight, and his eventual exile for breaking the Chiss' law against first strikes. The article continues with his rise in the Galactic Empire's ranks and reaching the rank of Grand Admiral, then his war against the New Republic, and later his death from the hands of his Noghri bodyguard, Rukh. The article also mentions his prophesied return ten years after his death—which was used by Moff Vilim Disra to his own advantage by hiring an impostor to impersonate Thrawn—and the destruction of Thrawn's clone at the hands of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade.