What do you think about "The Grysks" aka The Canon Version of "Yuuzhan Vong"?

[Yukari]

"The invasion is coming, Lord Vader. But I have now bought the Empire time to prepare."
―Thrawn, to Darth Vader

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The Grysk first appeared in Timothy Zahn's 2018 canon novel Thrawn: Alliances as the primary antagonists. The Grysk share several similarities with the Yuuzhan Vong species from Star Wars Legends, who originated from Del Rey's 1999-2003 book series Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, including parallels such as both being a threat to the Chiss Ascendancy hailing from the Unknown Regions and enslaving other races. Both species are also described as having sloping foreheads and skull-like faces. A major difference, however, is that the Grysk use conventional mechanical technology rather than biotechnology.

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Grysk

The Grysks were a warlike sentient species that hailed from a planet in the Unknown Regions. Known to be half of myth, the Grysks were a nomadic warrior society that ruled an empire known as the Grysk Hegemony. They used a common script and a rare language. According to Chiss Grand Admiral...

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[Rassilon]

Okay, first and foremost, how do we pronounce it?

Greesk?
Gryersk?
Grisk?

 

[DonMigs85]

I prefer the Vong since they were true outsiders to the galaxy and the Force had no effect on them, plus their hatred of machines

 

[Temp_User]

For some reason, i visualize the Grysk to look more like the Noghri(the Legends version).

 

[WyLD iNk]

Whatevs. I hated the Vong and I hate the Grysk.

 

[Yukari]

I prefer the Vong since they were true outsiders to the galaxy and the Force had no effect on them, plus their hatred of machines

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I think Vong Could be Canon. Probably the same race with the Grysks but different factions (One use Techo and Other use Biotech) but I don't think they will immunity the force.

 

[Laser Man]

Never was into the EU but from what I've read on a wiki years ago the Vong are an outside galactic invasion force that is a third faction to the Empire and the Rebels?

They sound absolutely terrible, the fifth wheel on the Star Wars car. What is the purpose of introducing a third faction into something so simplistically structured as Star Wars?

 

[VectorPrime]

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Vong were better. Old EU was way better even with its piles of trash.

 

[sphagnum]

I hate the Vong and I find the Grysks so far extremely dull.

 

[Deleted member 9479]

What I loved about the Vong is that they were truly alien to the denizens of the Galaxy. They were wholly different in philosophy, technology, their relationship with the Force, their origin... something truly other, almost cosmic horror like in the ability of the protagonists to understand and comprehend.

The Grysk just seem watered down. Just another alien race, another would be conqueror.

 

[Blader]

NJO is when I gave up on the post-ROTJ EU. I have this really distinct memory of reading one of the first two books in that line and thinking, this isn't fun anymore.

 

[sphagnum]

Never was into the EU but from what I've read on a wiki years ago the Vong are an outside galactic invasion force that is a third faction to the Empire and the Rebels?

They sound absolutely terrible, the fifth wheel on the Star Wars car. What is the purpose of introducing a third faction into something so simplistically structured as Star Wars?

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The war was over and they needed a new villain.

 

[Yukari]

Never was into the EU but from what I've read on a wiki years ago the Vong are an outside galactic invasion force that is a third faction to the Empire and the Rebels?

They sound absolutely terrible, the fifth wheel on the Star Wars car. What is the purpose of introducing a third faction into something so simplistically structured as Star Wars?

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IIRC, They Need a New Bad Guy because People who follow the EU kind of bored with the Empire.