

The Battle of Endor in 4 ABY meant the end of the Galactic Empire as a single political entity. This led to a stalemate, which eventually ended with the Treaty of Kalee in 10 ABY, thus confirming the status of the Empire of the Hand as a legitimate state. The inexperienced New Republic fleets thrown in hastily were no match for the growing number of Imperial forces, but the arrival of experienced commanders, such as Garm Bel Iblis or Ackbar prevented the fall of Coruscant.


Nevertheless, he annexed the Utegetu Nebula and secured the planet of Rago, proceeding to attack the Core Worlds. Thrawn began his first attack with only ten Imperial-class Star Destroyers and their supports. This was the core around which the new Imperial fleets were formed. The leader of the Imperial Remnant, Grand Moff Ardus Kaine pledged his assistance to Thrawn, offering the efficient and well-known Star Destroyer Chimaera as a flagship. The campaign started in 8 ABY, when Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo returned from the Unknown Regions to the Imperial fortress world of Bastion with a fleet consisting of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Admonitor, two Victory-class Star Destroyers and a number of smaller warships. Due to the extensive amounts of fighting in the Outer Rim and Wild Space, many nations in those areas participated in the war, usually in the form of border skirmishes, proxy wars, weapons trade or, in the case of the Kaminoan Federation, clone trade. Its primary belligerents were the New Republic and Thrawn's Empire of the Hand, an Imperial splinter faction dedicated to restore the Empire into a system which did not rely on oppression but was still totalitarian.

The Thrawn campaign was a conflict of the Galactic Civil War, fought between 8–10 ABY. Grand Admiral Thrawn to Captain Gilad Pellaeon. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance.
