Why Wullf Yularen is So Important to Andor
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Wullf Yularen just made his first live action appearance in Star Wars since 1977! But I think his inclusion in the seventh episode of the series was more than a simple cameo. I think showing Yularen again serves two thematic purposes for the show, and that's what I'll be talking about today.
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Something quite subtle (unsaid) I liked about his scene in episode 7 is the fact that partagaz (such a great imperial name and character, my god) is sitting while Yularen speaks obviously its visual storytelling for the fact he outranks them but that in itself given how much we've seen of partagaz and what we know about him it basically means shiz just got real!!!
Yeah, I noticed that too! I thought it was him and then I saw him sitting down and I was like “Dang! It’s real now!”
We know what subtle means 😂
@@jorgeenriquezt lmao
I think Yularen serves as a great antithesis to Tarkin. Despite his first appearance being Imperial in ANH, everyone always knew Yularen as a member of the Republic, making him a “good guy”. Then there’s Tarkin who’s first seen as THE BAD GUY along side Vader in ANH and then years later we see him earlier in life serving the Republic on the “good side”. Both serving the exact same political powers at the exact same time until their deaths. It all comes down to the way you’re first introduced to the character and damn good writing
@@briansmith2739 He really had faith in the Empire for it to become a superior governing system that will provide citizens of the galaxy a better life than Republic ever could just like many who also served the Republic and then shifted their loyalty to the Empire when the governing body changed, a faith which blinded them from seeing the truth that it was really just one man pulling the strings in order to gain the ultimate centralized power all for himself.
After all the Republic disappointed Yularen just as it disappointed many others, who can really blame them for changing side so easily when one man who disguised himself as "the perfect messiah" conveniently presented himself to the public?
I totally agree!👍
Yularen really sets up the old saying of "never look up to your heroes for they may not be the ideal image you make them." Also can easier see the comparison of him & Anakin on how their fates went about in the course of their lives.
He is one of those kinds of people that, no matter the underlying motive of the operation, simply says "Oh okay. I am now doing this - and my career is headed in this direction." He is a scary form of competence for sure. I truly believe two of the most sinister (and yes competent) minds (non-Sith and somehow more frightening) died on the first Death Star. I think if Yularen and Tarkin had survived the Rebels may have never accomplished everything they did in Return Of The Jedi.
"I think if Yularen and Tarkin had survived the Rebels may have never accomplished everything they did in Return Of The Jedi."
If Tarkin had survived the destruction of the first Death Star, Palpatine would have executed him. No question about it.
I feel many in the empire who were carried over from the republic probably view and “resistance” as the Serpeatists trying to destroy the peace they think they earned
@@jamesgravil9162 Highly doubt Palpatine would have executed Tarkin, Palpatine absolutely adored Tarkin and his methods, infact, Palpatine was *devastated* to learn that Tarkin had perished aboard the Death Star, not to mention, Palpatine was not like Vader, he didn't punish good men for failing, he certainly lectured and warned them, sure, but he mostly punished incompetance and disloyalty, he was actually quite upset at Vader for killing so many officers.
I doubt Tarkin would take his lumps lying down either, he'd deflect blame to subordinates, especially since Vader would have been the big fall guy for something such as this.
@@darthdangermouse1453
* Palpatine lectures Count Dooku on failure *
* Gives order to behead him *
😆 🤣 😂
@@darthdangermouse1453 loved your comment!
I do love his direct parallel with Anakin being corrupted by Palpatine, and thus sacrificing his humanity. I think he too was so affected by the chaos of the Clone Wars that he came to the point where he believed in order and security at any cost. I bet he still has some quiet reservations or regrets, but he’s willing to suppress all that for what he believes is ultimately the greater good.
I do think there is some logic to Republic Yularen, having witnessed the entirety of the Clone Wars, would develop the belief that separatism and disobedience lead to mass bloodshed.
Anakin basically sold his soul to the devil, Palpatine.
Awesome to see. I feel like Yularen is perfect for a Darth Plagueis type book following him through The Clone Wars and The Empire. Following his perspective working with the Jedi, Order 66, the Death Star, etc
I certainly wouldn’t mind if James Luceno wrote a book about Yularen, I loved Darth Plagueis and Tarkin.
I think this is why Supervisor Dedra Meero has become one of my favorite characters. She’s sharp and intuitive but also unsure of herself and she understands the penalty for failure, particularly when she takes liberties in pursuit of her goals of exposing a larger organized rebellion. I also like how Major Partagaz conducts himself. He’s demanding of the rules but also recognizes initiative in his staff when they exercise it properly. I like that he compliments Meero, but also offers a warning to watch her back. It’s writing like this that is making the Empire intimidating again…and without even firing any shots. It adds tension and I’m appreciating every moment of it!
That scene when he asks for a word with her and then simply says, “watch your back.” Incredible.
Yeah I also liked how she was shocked that Partagaz took her side this time.
I also love how she interacts with her assistant. Rather than flaunting her power over him she respects his time and his insight. She's not afraid to show insecurity and uncertainty around him and he in turn is right there ready and more than willing to support her in any way he can. This show is amazing at making me want them to do well and succeed despite being the antagonists.
@@rovelfox7832 Dare I say that Dedra’s character development is very Thrawn-like…and I like that.
Every episode of Andor just keeps getting better and better..... I hope they keep this trend going
Some fun Trivia about ISB Colonel Wullf Yularen:
He is seen with an unnamed ISB Officer on the Death Star walking past a manacled Chewie and the Stormtrooper armor clad Han & Luke. The unnamed officer is sometimes called Officer Evax (who also got a Decipher Card), but they are not the same actor.
While we see Colonel Yularen in 1977, he is not named until the Decipher Game in 1995, which means Grand Admiral Thrawn is named a few years before him in 1993.
Colonel Yularen has appeared in at least two more card games after the original Decipher game.
He was given the rank of Colonel in the card game for two reasons - he has six square plaques in his rank insignia, corresponding to an Imperial Captain or Colonel, and was based of grandfather, Colonel Leonardo de Leon, Director of the NBI (the Philippine equivalent of the FBI), who took me to see Star Wars in 1977.
Cheers to both men 🥂🥂
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Whoa, cool! (All of this is news to me.) Thanks for sharing! 👀👍
I hope to see more Yularen stories in the future. Some interactions with Vader would be amazing.
I want to know if he found out Vader was Anakin
I lost my mind when I saw his name come up on screen. Freaking WULLF YULAREN! What an awesome surprise. Makes me wish I didn't watch it with closed captions on which identified him immediately and made me go "WAIT WHAT DID THAT SAY" because I really like the way they shot it, the build up to revealing his face. I am sad that Tom Kane couldn't be the one to play him but it was still a great appearance and a great monologue. I don't know if we will see him again before this season is done but this was more than enough. It felt so rewarding as an animation fan but also works just as well for anyone who isn't privy to Yularen's history. I do have to applaud that handling.
A story about his transition from the Republic to the Empire would be fantastic because there is a lot they could explore. I'm not writing off Yularen completely yet. We haven't seen him do anything yet that makes me think he's on the same level as Tarkin or even Thrawn, who became brutal in his later years with the Empire. To me, it seems like Yularen is like Kallus in the early seasons of Rebels: he truly believes in what the Empire claims it represents (Order, prosperity, peace) and believes that is what it provides but unlike Kallus, he hasn't been witness to any of the atrocities committed by the Empire because he's no longer in the field so he has no reason to doubt his beliefs like Kallus and so many Imperial defectors eventually do like Jan Dodanna. I wonder if Yularen had stayed with the Navy and not the ISB, would his path be any different? I like to believe that he was still that honourable man that served as Anakin's admiral, just his loyalties were misplaced.
I absolutely freaked out when he showed up. So awesome that he’s worked his way in. I hope we get krennic or even Tarkin at some point in this show too.
Krennic would be hard at work on Project Stardust, and around this time Tarkin would be checking on the Rebel uprising on the planet Lothal…I doubt we will see either of them.
What makes Andor great is that we DONT have all these cameos I think- the empire is big and scary, it’s not a theme park with the same old visual vocabulary
Yularen was always a believer in order and anti-corruption. Before he was the Admiral we knew and loved and Colonel that we hoped we could still love, he was investigating the senate for corruption, only to have the senate defund his organization and make him lose his job. The ISB was simply the natural evolution of his old investigation days even if he wanted to be part of the navy to fulfil his family traditions.
I remember the character form the cartoon. Didn't know he was from A New hope until everyone mentioned him in Andor. I just thought he was just another higher up. Lovely to know more about this character.
Oh God, calling Niamos "Planet Florida" is perfection ahaha
Inaccurate, there isn't enough on-screen depiction of Spiceheads yet.
Planet Poulton Le Fylde…. Where the scene was shot.
I always thought that Yularen felt betrayed by the Jedi's "betrayal" of both the Republic and himself which created in him dislike for traitors which together with being friendly with Palpatine and the destruction caused by the Clone Wars led him to join the ISB.
By the way another similarity between Anakin/Vader and Yularen is that they both died on the Death Star even if it was a different one.
I love a show that’s not afraid of tragic endings for beloved characters.
Me, hearing "Alexander Kalus":
hang on, his first name is Agent
lol okay Tony Stark
For a real-life comparison, I think Marshal Philippe Pétain of France is instructive. He ended World War I as one of France's most celebrated generals, but after France's defeat in World War II, he agreed to become the head of the collaborationist Vichy France government. While the Nazis kept an eye on him, Vichy France followed his own philosophy, diagnosing the cause of France's humiliation as Britain, liberal democracy, Communists and Jews, and envisioned building a French society on "traditional values" and the repeal of all of the "cultural modernism" since the French Revolution. This wasn't him implementing policies given to him by the Nazis, but rather aspects of the conservative nationalism that had propelled him to fight in WWI causing him to turn against his country and its values in the next war. After the Nazis' defeat, Pétain was convicted of treason in a French court and stripped of his medals and rank, but spared execution on account of his age and his prior service. He even physically resembled old Yularen. It is quite possible that Yularen also held relatively conservative views during the Clone Wars, but because his objectives aligned with those fighting for democracy and justice, it was hard to see.
This quote best describes Yularen as a character. "As a hero, you either die young or live long enough to become the villan."
You sir have a new subscriber. I really liked your take on Yularen. I thought the same thing about his character. It's such a tragedy to see a beloved character change from being with the republic to now being with the empire. But you made some excellent points on how he was corrupted by the emperor. I look forward to your other videos about the show.
I'm here for all the Andor content! SUCH a great show and I love your analysis. Keep up the good work!
He also shows how once good people can work for evil. Again, the banality of evil: the real danger of evil is when hurting people and oppressing them becomes mundane.
Everything you said about Yularen is spot because I felt the same way. Honorable man corrupted by the empire and just like most everyone else, found myself rooting for him and Thrawn when they were chasing down Night Swan. Not many people go unpunished in Starwars but I'm hoping Thrawn is redeemable.
It would be cool to see him talking to Thrawn or maybe even joining him on a trip to the one art gallery place.
Great, well-thought-out, well-written piece. Nice job!
Personally, l think Yularen’s career and service to the Empire makes perfect sense, from his point of view.
The Jedi, who he had served with during the Clone Wars, turned out to be traitors. Intent on overthrowing the Republic. Of course he then changed career paths to internal affairs. Intent of rooting out traitors. Yes, the Republic rebranded itself to the Empire, but what’s that to Yularen? As far as he’s concerned, he’s still serving the Republic.
I really enjoy how these shows can have everyone talking about something like Wullf Yularen for a week online. It's so much fun to have trending StarWars deep dive topics.
The only thing I can thing of that is a key plot point for Yularen, coming from rebels, is he had the chance to kill or capture Rex and he chose to let Rex, a known rebel go free.
It may have been the last shred of decency he had let in doing so, but it proved that even 16+ years in the empire Yularen still had some form of good still in him even after so long in the empire.
What episode does he let Rex free?
You guys should make a playlist of Videos like this. Following one characters story across all the Star Wars series. I love seeing how people change at different points in the timeline
What i like about Yularen is that, he didnt turn evil and corrupt like the other officers. To me he seems like the same character that i saw and loved in the Clone Wars show
i didn't even have the subtitles on and I knew that was Admiral Colonel Narrator just from how he was presented. I had wondered if a show with a heavy ISB slant would feature the highest ranking officer there and was very delighted
“Admiral Colonel Narrator” is a great nickname for it, lol. I love it.
I don't find anything surprising about Yularen progression in the Empire from his debut with the Republic, from the start he was groomed and put in place by Palapatine and promoted. From the start he was a stiff and strict character that adheres to the values and principles of the organisation for who he works... ...kinda the same path than Tarkin.
I didn’t even realize it was supposed to be him until I saw the credits. Such a cool cameo.
Same, was just another stuffy Imp to me lol
Really? I immediately knew it is him when I saw his white mustache and hair
I saw the name in the captions before his face was shown and I was like "OH SNAP"
@@podracer35 And that's why I always turn on captions.... that and they help me focus.
I probably wouldn’t have either had I not turned on the closed captions right before he appeared.😅
Got pointed to your channel by J. Steven York.
Thank you for this explainer. I'm not usually a deep diver into lore, but the complexity and excellence of Andor has me watching videos like this.
I watched CW and remember Yularen as a pretty decent guy, but tbh didn't remember his name. It took videos like this to tie the appearances together.
Power corrupts!
Yularen just stayed with the good guys
Yularen and the clone troopers were the big brief highlights in the episode. I like to see Agent Kallus too.
Kallus feels like an unlikely cameo, since I imagine he'd be pretty early on in his career. I would love to see it, though
Do we have an official timeline for this? As I recall, the ending of Rebels lined up with Rogue One. This is obviously before that movie, but do we know how much before? Where in the Rebels series (or before it) does this series fall?
Honestly i kinda wanted to see the Ghost Crew to appear. Yes, i know that's a very VERY low chance to even happen but hey.. Rebels is happening around the same time as Andor so i don't mind having some interconnection happening especially after we see Mon Mothma kept bringing up the reasoning for her defiance.
The channel has a canon timeline based on BBY.
But I actually like to see Hondo in a prison seen with Andor.
@@LiqdPT Andor season 1 takes place in 5 BBY, so this takes place in the same year as Rebels season 1
It was great to see Yularen in the series
Thank you for having such high quality videos that aren't 44 minutes long, so we can actually watch them in one setting.
I really hope we see badass Death Troopers later this season. I loved when that one Trooper started To fight Mando Hand To Hand In Season 1 finale even though it was short.
This takes place before the OT though. Mando takes place 5 years after the OT.
@@LiqdPT so? We see death Troopers In trailer. I was just saying i loved when that Trooper fought Mando Hand To Hand
@@LiqdPT there are death troopers before the OT. The showed up in Rogue One for the first time. In Rebels canonically.
@@ChuyR. ah, right, Death. I thought he said Dark Troopers.
@@LiqdPT oh, you are right, I was honestly wondering if there were DEATH troopers in Mando and I had just forgotten.
Names are fairly similar tbh
I am glad that you recognized this. Most SW fans cherry pick from canon depending on what they like most from it and choose to ignore other things (like Yularen in the DS meeting being a full high ranking imperial). The Jedi Order and the Republic being "the good guys", for example, because that part of the fandom loves the Clone Wars series, even though the clones and the Jedi also commited war crimes and attrocities during the war, because (you know) that's just the horrors of war.
Yularen has always being part of the SAME STATE, I would even dare to say that he is a lot more loyal than the Jedi and the renegade clones.
Sure, those of us that say the Galactic Republic are the good guys do have a bit of bias. I’ll admit to that. Still, conduct in the field is something to take note of. Dooku (intentionally) filled out the ranks of the Separatists with either battle droids who would do whatever they were ordered to do and officers who either served the megacorporations or had a dark history of atrocities to begin with. Palpatine on the other hand had the Jedi lead as officers in the GAR and Republic Navy. The Jedi who while weren’t immune to the current dark state of the Galactic Republic, still at least tried to maintain their beliefs as best as they could.
The Sith intentionally had the Republic led by honorable beings and the Separatists led by jerks and monsters. Reason One, to make the Jedi and their ways look incompetent and make more militaristic leaders more popular as the Jedi were unable to end the Clone Wars quickly. Reason Two, making the war look as black and white as possible by making the combatants as such makes people hate future rebels more and praise the Empire more.
So yeah, the goodness of the Republic and evil of the Separatists was manufactured by the Sith. However, as we see it play out on the battlefield, it meant the Jedi were risking their lives saving troops and civilians while many Separatist commanders were brutal and robbing the people, though I doubt most were as cruel as Grievous and Tarkin.
When we see the Jedi do immoral and questionable things, most of the time like you stated, it’s the harshness and realities of war thrust on them, like how Palpatine used the brutality and real fear of the war to convince senators to hand more and more power to him throughout the conflict. On the Separatist side though, Dooku ensured his agents did immoral things a lot, even ordering them personally. And he also made sure few Separatist citizens and politicians knew of how the military operated. If they knew of the atrocities, Dooku would be in a tight spot. It’s likely most reasonable and honorable Separatist commanders were put in charge of the defense of worlds instead of the invasions of others. That way, they wouldn’t have issues with the cause if they saw what the frontlines were like.
Now of course many of the officers that served the Empire, even after the destruction of the first Death Star, were originally part of the Republic military. It’s probably likely that most war crimes of the Republic were committed by them, like how Tarkin committed mass arrests and massacres on a planet that was key to the Separatist Shadowfeed Network. Palpatine simply would have the Holofeed Networks only focus on the victories of these officers and then ignore everything else, while he would have the media focus on both the Jedi victories and their atrocities, painting the latter in a worst light than it actually was to drum up anti-Jedi support. Anyways, the officers were still ranked lower than the Jedi, so most of the time the Jedi were likely holding them back from being brutal and cruel. Many officers of the Republic like Tarkin and Yularen questioned Jedi tactics and if they were the right leaders for the war effort despite the popularity of the Jedi among the clone troopers.
The Clone Wars is the most grey conflict in Star Wars Canon. The Republic fought for its survival with expendable troops that it made in cloning laboratories and its militarization not only made life miserable for many citizens who were doing fine, but it lead to the rise of the Empire. However the Separatists, while having justifiable motivations such as the Republic ignoring them and never protecting them from criminals, gangsters, and the megacorporations, performed far more brutally than they had to be. At times they even became the conquerors the Empire later would be. So does this mean the Republic and the Separatists are just as bad? I would say until the Outer Rim Sieges, the answer would be no, but only by a small margin. The Republic was only heroes by a very small margin. That margin is thanks to the Jedi Order, a margin that grew smaller and smaller over the years as the Jedi became more corrupted by the harshness of combat. It was basically the point of the Clone Wars, to drag it from any honor it had left and make people cheer when the evils of imperialism became normal. The last goodness of the Galactic Republic was spent in the Clone Wars, chipped away by the growing evil of the Empire. And the Separatists are partially to blame as much as the people who willingly became Imperials. After all, only a crisis can make people switch from the status quo to the next phase.
Now granted to be fair, we haven’t seen much of the good side of the Separatists. We’ve only seen all the bad elements, megacorporations, and criminals Dooku brought into the ranks. But I always have to wonder what the Separatists were thinking when they let Dooku get away with that. They made themselves sound like the Rebel Alliance. They indeed wanted to escape a corrupt government. And yet the CIS ended up with so many corporations, Slave empires, criminal gangs, and small dictatorships, that we usually have to be reminded that many Separatists just wanted something new and better before Dooku used the CIS for evil.
Thank you for this video, Alex. I never connected that all of these shows have the same character, nor did I know he was on the death star. I feel so much more in the loop now.
“TERRORIST CREDIT HEIST!”…..“ahem, sorry, my narrator voice still comes up every now and then. Now, where were we?” - Yularen.
I didn’t realize he was the prosecution against Ashoka, I thought that was just Tarkin
Fantastic content! Grateful!
was great to see Yularen back. I love his character development over the years thru the various SW media.
The way I see it, Yularen is a sort of loyalist and yes man in a way. He seemed Honorable in the Clone Wars because the Republic was mostly showcased and seen as the force for good and also, the Empire is the obvious pure evil of the Galaxy, and he has worked for both. He seems to be a character who is good at finding the best way to ascend through the power structure of both governments in ways that suit the morals of it(assumed or otherwise). He is your typical loyal military man and confident not only in himself, but that the decisions of those in charge are the correct decision, no matter the immediate consequences
I was so focused on what was happening in his scene that I didn't notice the subtitles giving us his name. It wasn't until after the scene that it clicked for me. A little embarrassing, but I guess it's good that I'm so invested in the show that I'd miss that in the subtitles. Haha.
That guy being Yularen makes for a really interesting thing about Star Wars. With the closed captions turned off, there's nothing to indicate that he's Yularen. He's just some ISB Colonel. But that one little behind-the-scenes detail from the subtitles blows the door open to all the Clone Wars, Rebels, and novel backstory of the character. Does it change anything at all about the scene in Andor? Not one bit. If he was Colonel Smith, the scene would have been exactly the same. The most extreme example of this was probably Camie and Fixer showing up on BoBF. Knowing that they were from a deleted ANH scene changes literally nothing about the scene, but it's deep lore that services the fans. It's perfect fanservice of the highest order. It's the kind of fanservice that means literally nothing to the scene, and yet means a TON to the scene.
When someone asked me to describe what Andor is about to them, I said "It's a detailed study of the mechanics of Fascism, but with lasers"
if that doesn't hook you, the show isn't for you.
Showing how Fascism can corrupt "good" people without even changing their moral makeup is what makes Syril such an intriguing character going forward. That shot at the end of the 7th episode with him in one of seemingly thousands of cublices perfectly illustrates what a 'good' person that would be the hero in any other show is to a fascist machine like the empire: A cog. And they show where that leads with Yularen. The show is insanely concise in its visual storytelling.
Super excited to see him!
Given the fact that Yularen was one of the highest ranking members of the ISB for so long, he had to have been complicit and agreeable to some degree to the Empire's general tactics .(or else he would have been quietly "retired" years before the battle of Yavin)
I've watched all of Rebels and Clone Wars and didn't even realize that was Yularen at all until I watched your last video. Wow. It all makes sense now.
I really love his interactions with Thrawn in the books. Books' Thrawn is much more interesting than Rebels' Thrawn.
The 7th episode was so good. Can’t wait for next week.
Watched the episode twice. Hadn't the faintest idea that was Yularen..
I’m glad I wasn’t alone in that lol
Even more to importantly this is really good for our chances of a Veers appearance
Great discussion of the character
I wonder how force ghost Anakin would feel when he found out that his son killed his clone wars war buddy 😂🤣
The fact that the Empire is shown as competent in Andor is something I love about this show. I think the ineptitude of the Empire, as shown in other material, is a major weakness. Of course, this is a stylistic choice made by Lucas, since all the action is shown from the rebel perspective. Even the destruction of Alderaan and Darth Vader's appearances are just cartoonishly evil. Being that the Empire is a take on Nazi Germany, which, realistically was staffed by a bunch or dorks and weirdos, they were still brutally efficient and evil to their core. The Empire should likewise be portrayed as such.
Did Yularen slouch? He might as well have worn a sign saying, "I promise to disappoint you."
ok...I lost it after "planet Florida" - i actually thought it looked more like California (Mission Beach in particular) but either way - hilarious!!!
I’m loving this show. Don’t understand why so many seem to hate it. I personally think this is one of the best Star Wars content that been released lately.
I think he looks quite different in his first appearance 😅
This is probably gonna be my favorite Glup Shitto moment for a while
The obvious question is if Yularen stayed on the DS after the meeting then why didn’t HE interrogate Princess Leia when they captured her? Surely he could have not only found the location of the Rebel base but learned she was the daughter of Anakin Skywalker as well. Besides how do we know for sure he was on site when the station blew up? Certainly a man of his importance would have more pressing duties elsewhere and could have simply left after the meeting.
Versio in Battlefront 2 says they lost Yularen on the Death Star. It was basically a giant moving headquarters, so it makes sense why so many of the Empire's leadership would've been killed when it was blown up
I can't believe I've never noticed Yularen in the Ashoka trial episode. Why did they have to make that part of the animation set so dark? You can barley see him and the other admirals.
i think andor episode 7 slightly rectons rebels because it obviously set before the rebellion is firmly established and he seems a lot more powerful than just some meer colonel, in fact he seems to be at least a general in power. also listen to how he unveiled the imperial response that was not just a middle ranking officer but a very senior offical personally connected to palpatine himself.
When the boss has to come down to the shop floor, you know you are in trouble.
For me Andor is the best SW thing since Rogue One, which was itself the best thing since RotJ. I adore this version of the Empire. It reminds me of Thrawn in the novels. Competent and deadly.
I didn't know that was Yularen. Maybe we'll see a cameo of Tarkin sometime.
I kinda figured that he went bad after knowing he was on the Death Star. Like it makes sense after all the time serving.
Cool thing of watching things dubbed to your language (Spanish) is that he has the same voice in Andor as he did in the animated shows
Q&A: how high up is Yularen in the ISB exactly? If he was the head of the ISB then he would be a director right ?
Not always, in the real world, Colonels can command a division-level staff agency (6000 plus soldiers)
he has at least 2 direct superiors in the ISB, the actual Director has yet to be named but the Deputy Director is Harus Ison
Yularen being a Rommel type never made sense with the job he ends up with. You can’t be Rommel with Himmler’s job.
The key to understanding how so many Republic officers became Imperial officers lies in the resolution of the Clone Wars. We, in the audience, know the Clone Wars was a ruse and that Palpatine was playing both sides, but to everyone in the Republic military, they saw the formation of the Empire as a necessary step to ending that long, bloody and catastrophic conflict. They still harbor prejudices against alien worlds because so many of the Separatist planets were alien. They accepted the stringent crackdowns on personal freedoms and erasure of democratic norm because, to them, it was the last resort lest they lose the war they had just spent three years fighting. From their POV, the "betrayal" of the Jedi and attempt on Palpatine's life was a sign that the Jedi were aligning with the Separatists and that would mean the Republic lost the edge in the Clone Wars and would very likely lose. So, by that measure, it's not at all surprising that so many career Republic officials saw the formation of the Empire as part of a continuum with their values, loyalties and responsibilities. Someone like Yularen didn't so much "turn to the Empire" as he simply saw the Empire as a progression of his duty as an officer.
He also has a very nice LEGO minifigure 👍
I really want to know Yularen his opinion on the downfall of the clones and Jedi he served with and why he stayed with the empire. He really seemed like a good dude in the clone wars.
He probably fell for the anti Jedi propaganda that the Jedi were trying to take over the Republic which really doesn't make sense.
@@lamarravery4094 I still don’t think that fits Yularen’s character. In the clone wars he’s an independent thinker who wasn’t afraid to question and pushback against his Jedi generals while also having an open mind in following through with some of their tactics he was initially skeptical about. Doesn’t seem like someone who is swayed by the common opinion the empire promotes.
My nickname for that planet was Planet Miami but I might have to go with Planet Florida now that I have heard that
Yularen is a perfect example of the meme that you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
I put Yularen with Dooku. Perhaps his long standing with the Republic, and seeing the Jedi take matters into their own hands... or usually NOT doing anything is what made him think that he would prefer the order of the Empire to the chaos of the democratic Republic. We saw Yularen disagree with the Jedi tactics quite often, and while he certainly respected many of the Jedi, that does not mean that he sided with them. I agree, much like Thrawn, I hate to see him support evil... even if he has his reasons, but showing ISB without Yukaren would have been a huge loss... or missed opportunity. 😀
Systems either change or die. People either change or die. Yularen realized the changing of the guard and changed with it. Look at all the members of the Senate cheering for the new Empire. The tides have turned and Yularen decided to go with the tide rather than against. It's not that surprising.
It makes him kind of like John Smith from The Man in the High Castle.....He was also a tragic character that was'nt necessarily a bad person to begin with. But the way her reacted to a bad situation forced him to keep making bad decisions that he could never take back.
Eh i don't really see the parallel besides both of them being very good villains. John's motivated defection to/acceptance of the Reich was due to his desire to care for his family and not prolong their suffering, seeing safety in power as he climbs the ranks, which corrupted him to the point of no return. This is in decent contrast to someone like Wullf, who has lived through a "weak" lazy senate/government and knows the state of the galaxy which ended up guiding him to believe there will only be peace through authoritarian rule.
To me this belief is seen through his leaving the military to be directly involved with COMPNOR(Commission for the Preservation of the New Order), having a career in intelligence- working against anything that would disrupt the new "peace and order" he believed the Empire would bring.
i probs have Governor Pryce from SW Rebels sharing more with John smith tbh
They should've said his name at some point in the episode, I honestly didn't even notice that was him and I think most people probably missed it. The thought crossed my mind for a second, and I was like "nah, that's not him" apparently it was lol. Idk that lecture didn't seem like Yularen to me, obviously he's loyal to the empire, but that scene made him seem fanatical like he was 100% a bad dude, you know, first order type of guy. I never got that impression from all his appearances in rebels, so I dont know if I like this
It's really not that important. If you know his name then you can get that extra thrill from the recognition. But if you don't, then the scene still works, he's still the big boss coming in to carpet his underlings for not doing their jobs well enough.
Yularen just believed in the order and the republic, the empire being a continuation of the republic, that’s where he stayed. Plus he did genuinely believe that the jedi were traitors.
I think you are missing Yularen's strongest trait though...above all he is LOYAL. He is loyal to who works for and that was the Republic first and then it was the Empire when it switched. That is his driving force. Not who he things is good, but who he has pledged loyalty to.
I rewound the show to turn on the subtitles, to see if it was Yularen when he appeared on screen
I think about it him similar to any general in the US military who had supported the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 80s and then flipped course to have a 20 year conflict against them because there was an open attack. From his point of view he’s being supportive of the government and rules of law whatever those rules of law may be.
I believe my man Yularen was just coming close to retirement and was thinking to himself he "only" had a few more years working at most before retiring to somewhere nice and would finally be able to relax...but sadly some young space wizard and a rowdy group of trouble makers had to go and mess all that up.
Characters like Wullf, Count Dooku, etc. provide a contrast to Darth Vader and show why is redemption, even in death, is a miracle. How different was Vader from Wullf, actually, aside from the familial bond to Luke?
You mention in an earlier review how you think Andor is going to show how people can CHOOSE the path of oppression…. Yaurlen (prob spell wrong lol) is another needed example of that. Not too get all deep on a Star Wars comment section but I believe in free will. Sure we have things that shape us but they do not DEFINE US. Yaurlen (still spell wrong lol) is the example of that. My man had Anakin on his side which at the time, he demonstrate goodness, being a great leader, Respect! Honor! Care!… Yaurlen, witness this first hand YET he doesn’t enough too apply them... So it has to be a matter of choice. Yaurlen simply does not care enough for others. That’s a reality of humanity that is very much too real in today’s world. Mind boggling right? Thank you Andor for showing the real fricking world, and I’m obiv not just talking about that rip off Florida planet😂 cheers mate.
We don't know anything about Yularen's background prior to the clone wars but my money is on him being a Palpatine loyalist through and through, and I bet his assignment being the one non Jedi and non clone officer really close to Anakin during the war was not a coincidence. He was Palpatine's spy even then, providing him with up to the minute monitoring of his chosen apprentice. Think about it even right up to the last arc of the clone wars, who is standing there when Ahsoka makes contact with him? Yularen. He calls it in to Palpatine, and Palpatine goes out and gets himself kidnapped in order to pull Anakin back to Coruscant.
It is mentioned that he was purposefully placed with Anakin by Palpatine, I can't remember where but there is some information regarding his backstory and relationship with the (then) Chancellor Palpatine and how he was placed with/near Anakin & Obi-Wan as an indirect and/or unknowing participant/spy/etcetera in Anakin's path & fate of "selling his soul to the Devil" so to speak.
Knowing the Star Wars universe, it would not surprise me at all of Yularen actually left the death star before it blew up. lol
Awesome cameo he should have lived past a new hope!
It was very obvious that it’s him
I really want a serialized adaptation of Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Oh, no! I thought it was WULFF like my last name. I am so sad.
I hope we'll get some yularen vader scenes at some point.
I found myself really cheering for Dedra when she triumphed over Blevin. But then I remembered that a blundering Empire is better for the rebels.
The fist probably does pertain to respect shown as metaphor, and or analogy