Around 27 BBY, the Chiss Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo, core name "Thrawn," severely beat the Vagaari pirates during his last confrontation with the Vagaari, ending his Vagaari pirate operations. In 18 BBY, the Chiss Mid Captain Ufsa'mak'ro "Samakro" read the records of the confrontation and noticed that they were incomplete, speculating that the documents had been deliberately edited.
In the current Star Wars canon, the confrontation with the Vagaari was mentioned in the 2021 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, the second volume of Timothy Zahn's Ascendancy Trilogy. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Devastation was first mentioned in Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire, the first installment of Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. It was identified as the Devastation in the author's 2004 novel Survivor's Quest. The Devastation appeared in Zahn's 2006 novel Outbound Flight.
In the current Star Wars canon, the confrontation with the Vagaari was mentioned in the 2021 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, the second volume of Timothy Zahn's Ascendancy Trilogy. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Devastation was first mentioned in Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire, the first installment of Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. It was identified as the Devastation in the author's 2004 novel Survivor's Quest. The Devastation appeared in Zahn's 2006 novel Outbound Flight.
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