Likewise, Thrawn also had older names before he joined the military of the Chiss Ascendancy, having been born with the name Kivu'raw'nuru with the core name Vurawn. With the Chiss Ascendancy ...

He carried from the Legends books his interests in philosophy and art ... which Thrawn always saw as a military blunder. Zahn followed up with a prequel series, Thrawn Ascendancy, covering ...