How Rise of Skywalker echoes Star Wars' classic Thrawn trilogy

When Star Wars fans see Star Destroyers, we see the Timothy Zahn’s Grand Admiral Thrawn books. Here’s a theory about how Episode 9 might embrace Luke and Han’s mission from the non-canon novels.

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