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Star Wars Thrawn Book Covers
Random House reached out with the opportunity to design the covers of Timothy Zahn’s upcoming Star Wars trilogy called Thrawn Ascendancy. We are huge fans of the franchise, so we jumped at the opportunity. The readers were also clearly excited because they were New York Times Bestsellers. One of the things that drew us to this project was that we knew we would be creating the covers for the complete trilogy. We loved the challenge of both making stunning covers that worked for that book, but also that would relate to each other as a set. As main title designers we understand how to distill a narrative and this challenge is the extreme version of that distillation. We started this process by exploring the cover for Book One – Chaos Rising. Once we landed on this minimalist style, we knew that this would carry over into the other two books. Other than the style, colors and typography layout, the Chimera symbol and the depiction of Thrawn himself were the connecting elements across all three cover designs. Most of the brainstorming and design exploration consisted of ways we could have these elements interact in a way that was relevant to the narrative of each book. For example: If/When should we use the Ascendancy symbol? Is Thrawn walking towards us? Is he falling? How do we show crumbling? These were all questions that informed our visual exploration and ultimately the final designs. Each book, while part of the series had distinct themes and evolutions that we wanted to explore with the covers. Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them. The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn. With the might of the Expansionary Fleet at his back, and the aid of his comrade Admiral Ar’alani, answers begin to fall into place. But as Thrawn’s first command probes deeper into the vast stretch of space his people call the Chaos, he realizes that the mission he has been given is not what it seems.
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