Summary
- Both Thrawn and Ezra missed out on the Galactic Civil War between the Rebellion and Empire, setting the stage for the conflict rather than participating in it themselves.
- Ezra missed the rise of Luke Skywalker as a Jedi hero. He could have become a powerful ally and friend to Luke as he trained to become a Jedi.
- Thrawn's absence during the fall of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader potentially prevented him from keeping the Empire together, maintaining a continuity of leadership in the face of the Rebellion's growing strength as it became the New Republic.