Padme to return in the forthcoming Star Wars novel Thrawn: Alliances 

The Star Wars novel Thrawn: Alliances is set to drop at the end of this month and StarWars.com has released a tantalizing new excerpt. This excerpt explores a story arc that involves Padme Amidala. This is fantastic news for fans of Star Wars, particularly those that were and are big fans of the prequel era. The news of Padme being brought back into the forefront has elicited quite a bit of excitement and appreciation from grateful fans. Many had thought that Disney would sweep those memories under the rug and move forward with little to no acknowledgement, but since Disney’s buyout of Lucasfilm, they’ve continued to build upon that era and have pushed the overall story forward. 

Additionally, StarWars.com has announced a new exclusive promotion that gives fans the option to receive a stunning poster of Padme on Batuu. The poster will only be available in the Barnes & Noble exclusive edition.

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Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn: Alliances is the sequel to 2017’s Thrawn novel. Based on the official synopsis for Thrawn: Alliances, it would seem that the story will go further into the past than the first novel. The story takes place during the events of Star Wars Rebels and will see the first time that Thrawn comes into contact with Darth Vader. The two form an uneasy alliance, “neither remotely aware of what their futures held in store.” The synopsis reads:

Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader ally against a threat to the Empire in this new novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. The sequel to New York Times bestseller Thrawn, Thrawn: Alliances will continue to follow the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of Imperial power-and accompany him into the past, witnessing his first encounter with the man who will one day become Darth Vader.