Zahn was out to get paid. Disney knew that Thrawn was popular, but they can't allow their popular characters to be villains, so they have them rewritten.
It wasn't the first time.
(Also; Thrawn wasn't responsible for that massacre)

The Emperor was mentioned in New Hope and never even appeared on-screen. The world and characters of a well-told story feel like they exist outside the confines of the three acts presented.

If they keep cannibalising the pre-Disney material to try and graft quality on to the Disney-era garbage; they'll squander their last opportunity.

Recast ALL the characters.
Reintroduce them and the universe they inhabit.
The story must be stand-alone, with it fitting into canon but not requiring any knowledge OF canon to be enjoyed by a new audience.

I'm working on a new strip now!
Very much want to get back on to a good schedule with it but things have been hectic for some time.

I MUST track down a boxset of that.

Yeah, with no announcement or closure, I decided to stop the strip....

;)

I've toyed with the idea of presenting MY process, but I would make a point of detailing that it is not "THE" process.
Everyone develops their own method and improvement is ongoing. You don't stop learning (provided you don't stop practicing).

....... does EVERYTHING over there come in doughnut form?

XD

They tried to make a series out of nothing but Easter eggs; anyone who hasn't played the games will be completely lost.

PNG is lossless. JPGs degrade. Always run with the former.

All my work starts off in a notebook :)

The internet becomes even more vital in that situation.