All they had to do was make the Heir to the Empire trilogy with Michael Fassbender as Thrawn, the guy who played Davos on Game of Thrones as Pellaeon, and the original 3 all together in the same place occasionally and The Last Command would have grossed 3 billion dollars.
All they had to do was make the Heir to the Empire trilogy with Michael Fassbender as Thrawn, the guy who played Davos on Game of Thrones as Pellaeon, and the original 3 all together in the same place occasionally and The Last Command would have grossed 3 billion dollars.
But then they would have to pay Zahn a few dozen million (a fraction of the marketing budget) for the rights. Clearly unacceptable.
Great Thrawn casting, btw.