Every Grand Admiral in the Galactic Empire

Thrawn's live action debut in Ahsoka has made the rank of Grand Admiral more prominent than ever before in the Star Wars fandom. So here's what you need to know about Grand Admirals, as well as every person who held the rank in both Star Wars canon and Legends!

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[StarWarsExplained]

I mixed up the sources for Rae Sloane. Oops! It should read, A New Dawn, Kanan: The Last Padawan, Squadrons, and the Aftermath Trilogy.

[mitwhitgaming]

The first time I ever encountered Thrawn as a kid was playing Empire at War: Forces of Corruption and suddenly being thown into a space battle against Thrawn commanding the Chimera.
I metaphorically crapped my pants.

[arjunkishore]

I remember stumbling upon heir to the empire in my school library one summer, and that took me down the deep rabbit hole of Star Wars legends. He still remains my favorite character after the real hero of the story R2D2

[aaaron]

This is neither here nor there, but I find Peccati Syn’s name hilarious. “Peccatus” in Latin means “sinned.” So his name is “Sinned Syn.” Doesn’t get more evil than that

[daisyrushton]

I zoned out for a minute and came back to the video when the three eyed guy turned up, and man was that wild!

[saebianmyint]

Hail grand admiral Pellaeon, Hero of the imperial remnant!

[Iceskyguy]

I love the wide variety of Grand Admirals in Legends. There were some wild, crazy ones in that roster and I hope we continue to expand the rosters of Grand Admirals in Canon. Thrawn is without doubt the best one in either continuity but anyone capable of earning that rank from Emperor Palpatine himself would make a great antagonist for future stories. I liked the added detail of Thrawn's Grand Admiral uniform being worn and tattered from his exile on Peridea, which it's finally good to have some answers for rather than stating his fate as unknown in the video😂

[dtinagliastudios]

Wonderful video! Love getting both canon and legends lore from you.

[ElusiveGentleman]

I love all Star Wars Explained videos!

[StuartLugsden]

Ishin-Il-Raz is basically the Star Wars version of Waylon Smithers.

[icedancer]

I absolutely love the idea of all of these Imperial strategist throwing themselves into studying the dark side and worshiping it once Palpatine dies. Wish the movies and shows delved more into the cultic side of the Empire.

[welshboi]

Imagine being on of the highest ranking members of the imperial navy, and you’re mainly know for having a “Massive drug addiction”

[BackSet]

"Known For: Actually Being a Capable Leader."

I mean... yeah.

[savagepanda]

Declann also used Battle Meditation during Endor. When he sensed Palpatine die, he stopped and rushed to the throne room, which is when the tide of battle began to turn against the Imperials.

[ariesstorm]

I really hope we get to see Rae Sloane onscreen at least once

[walnzell]

Takel literally did so many drugs that he got super powers. I love that!

[admitrashchuk]

A drug called spice providing the user with some telepathic abilities. Wonder where that idea came from

[davidcope]

Did not like the way Thrawn went out in Legends. When I first read it I was like WTF.

[neofulcrum]

I’m surprised we haven’t gotten a comic on Rae Sloane post gcw

[PJWB]

I think there is a typo on the slide with Rae Sloane sources. States the same sources in the same order as the Thrawn slide but I assume it should actually be… Squadrons, A New Dawn, and the Aftermath Trilogy?