Which Thrawn Trilogy is Better - Star Wars Canon vs Legends

Now that we have a completed canon Thrawn Trilogy, I thought it would be a good time to look back at the books that kicked off the old EU, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of all six books.
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[RogueVideo]

"But, " he whispered, "it was so artistically done."

[mitwhitgaming]

I have said that the Legends Thrawn was a far better villain, but Canon Thrawn is a more well rounded character.

(Star Wars: Thrawn was probably my favorite of the 6, too.)

[TheSirUno]

You NEVER seem “ranty” Alex. That’s one of the main reasons I dig your channel so much. Nice job with this one.

[isabelasabbatini]

I miss Mara Jade. And Jaina Solo. And I will forever mourn the Sword of the Jedi books and whatever was going to happen between Ben Skywalker and Vestara Khai...

[jlokison]

I'm hoping that Zahn and Filoni can work together on either an animated or novel series that continues Thrawn and Ezra's stories. If Filoni is too busy with other stuff maybe he can just give Zahn his notes and ideas and let Zahn run with it.

[epcarter]

Love Eli Vantos character, id really enjoy seeing something more centered around him and his affiliation with the Chiss and Admiral Aralani.

[benkylo]

Hier to the Empire is easily one of the best SW stories written (legends or canon).

[kevint]

Having read many EU books and a decent amount of canon books, I have to give the edge to EU just because they could do real stories rather than some side-quest type stuff. That being said there have been some great books in new canon, particularly from Claudia Gray.

[barry]

I literally just found Star Wars:Thrawn in my school library :)

[chibodee]

Thrawn: Alliances was not my favorite story, it felt forced and didn't really do much for any of the characters involved. Thrawn: Treason however I loved but I loved because of seeing the stuff with the Ascendancy, and as you said Thrawn wasn't exactly needed for that stuff.
I will say that I am enjoying in the new canon that not every story has to be about Han, Luke, and Leia every time all the time.

[TeutonicKnight]

The one think I always liked about the original trilogy of books is that we got to see Thrawn fighting a full scale war, not playing policeman and fighting, scale-wise, a military insignificant rebellion. Thrawn in legends brought a defeated and demoralized empire to the brink of victory

[davidalbee]

Eli became one of my favorite book characters, and yeah. I agree.

I just went through the canon Thrawn trilogy, and loved it, but agree with what you’re saying about being held back.

[echosdatacore]

I love Thrawn, and just all the books he is in

[eyefeeler]

The audio book makes him way more interesting.

[MackeswellAnimates]

Legends is a better trilogy, but Star Wars: Thrawn is a better book, plus Canon Thrawn is a better character

[meganofsherwood]

I am totally down for an Eli & the Chiss vs Grysk novel. I would love to see Timothy Zahn let loose to play with what he has in his head!

[matthewneugebauer]

Maybe a big reason Aphra and Ahsoka are so well done and popular is because their creators have room to explore the characters outside of films?

[thomasbradvica]

There will be a new Thrawn trilogy that focuses on the Chiss Ascendency.

[BeesechurgerProductions]

The Legends Thrawn books(The Heir Trilogy and Hand Duology) were the only things set after Episode 6 involving major galactic players I've ever cared about. I've never had much interest in major events set after the Galactic Civil War, because I felt having major threats set AFTER Palpatine's death detracted from the finale of the OT. I also greatly enjoyed the Legends end of the Galactic Civil War because it ended like most real wars do, with a peace treaty, and the losing nation maintaining their status as an independent political body. The Legends Thrawn novels tied up the Galactic Civil War without overshadowing the defeat of Palpatine, which is something I've felt nearly everything major set after 6 has striven to do, intentionally or not. Palpatine's death, in my mind, will always be the last earth(space)-shattering moment in the Star Wars timeline, whether its Legends or Canon, because to put it bluntly, everything else on a similar level either feels like power creep or not powerful enough.

[FindingTheForce]

Thank you for simply acknowledging the difference between the two.