Woah, someone stepping up to start shit about his friend? Tommy gives Ezra a very hard look.

"He did care about something. Someone. Eli Vanto. I think they worked together. And you don't know what he went through to become who he was. I do. You've never been through a Calibration, never been forced to see another's life."

And he knew Thrawn was capable of good things. And he knew Thrawn had nowhere to go back to.

"I guess Space Monks don't learn that it's important to give people a second chance."