Why Did Wulf Yularen Betray the REPUBLIC?

Today we take a look at why Admiral Wulff Yularen decided to stay in the Republic when it transitioned to the Galactic Empire. Even after the Order 66.
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[@PyroPuffs777]

He was tired of being forced to read the episode synopsis of every event in the Clone Wars

[@literatemax]

JEDI KNIGHTS OBI WAN KENOBI, ANAKIN SKYWALKER, AND HIS PADAWAN AHSOKA TANO yadda yadda

[@bobsteryt]

WAR!

[@nicksoccer0727]

literatemax 😂😂

[@cd8467]

*A GALAXY DIVIDED*

[@Armenbrine]

I'm your 1.4kth liker! What do I get?

[@haleys7230]

He didn't betray the Jedi, after all he never left Anakin Edit: Guys, this is a joke. Please stop taking it so seriously

[@iamblight707]

That one true friend that would help you kill all your other friends and be a space nazi for you

[@morgatron4639]

@@iamblight707 We all need a friend like that.

[@iamblight707]

@@morgatron4639 That's not a friend, thats a puppet. Kenobi was the friend.

[@jomysg1536]

Yes, but Anakin left the jedi, so Yularen following him does not mean he didn't leave

[@dovannotdonovan6896]

Did Anakin not betray the Jedi?

[@almerakbar]

Lmao the updated thumbnail got me confused for a sec

[@seriousnesstv7902]

Just noticed this sneaky thing.

[@ellerysmusic]

thought i was trippin

[@Brandon.S.Brooker]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@physetermacrocephalus2209]

"The reason for my uniform being a diferent color from yours is NEVER explained" A classic trope.

[@HunterX05]

"I need tons and tons of details, unnecessary details" me and my KZbin subscriptions in a nutshell

[@simonriley3584]

😂

[@joshuadavid6646]

that was some nice banter about Lucas being a Jedi sympathizer...lol

[@arcblooper2699]

The explanation is simple. Yularen is an officer and his job would have been on the line. That’s how officers work

[@bostontowny4life744]

Wulf didn't betray anyone, he was a loyal solider. HE didn't know the real story of what happen between the Jedi and the Sith, all he knew is what he heard. He served Chancellor Palpatine and he was going to serve the EMperor. He didn't betray anyone, in his mind the JEdi are the traitors.

[@emanfrmva1764]

Yularen was also friends with Anakin as well as it was confirmed Yularen knew that Vader was Anakin

[@Joshua-jy9tf]

He’s not just a background officer he the I.I DD

[@yinzer2231]

He actually disapproved of Jedi being generals in the GAR but didnt agree with their execution.

[@budahbaba7856]

I always remember that image of Ahsoka visiting him in the hospital after she had made a huge mess of one of her early commands. That was always touching -and i still don't understand what the Jedi were thinking, giving her that much responsibility at 14! :) EDIT: I think one good analogy to the galactic Republic to galactic Empire is in the Roman Republic to Roman Empire. The Roman Republic died because of irreversible corruption. The Roman Empire was the only way forward from there -aside from all its parts splintering off into separate groups -which is what the Clone Wars had just decided over in Star Wars. Pause there for a moment, because if the separatists had succeeded, it would mean that the wars had just begun, because each system would in turn start fighting for its own independence -and can you blame them? The odds of the separatists co existing as one big happy family outside the Republic were almost nil. I think we all have very mixed feelings about the Roman Empire. But something that is undeniable is that it brought stability and physical infrastructure, goods and services to its realms. The galactic Empire in Star Wars also offered the promise of this security, but was obviously much less successful at implementing it.

[@YvraineSimp]

Tbh I would have gone military like wulf in his position. I love the navy ❤️

[@venularwheatly9775]

Did the Thumbnail change?

[@ByronBohte]

Yeah I noticed that too. It's from Andor so it can't be from 4 years ago

[@Ryan-vi5mz]

BRO I WAS JUST LOSING MY MIND OVER THIS

[@etienne1313]

It’s kinda crazy to think Yularen served under both Anakin and Vader, did he know that they were the same person? It just boggles my mind

[@thetheorizermoore7476]

He believed the lie palpatiene told in my belief

[@TheBigExclusive]

Admiral Yularen was loyal to the government. He was never loyal to Jedi. If the Jedi betrayed the government, then he viewed them as traitors.

[@lonestars1158]

naaa i like the title top ten anime betrayals

[@roofer3608]

Thanks for writing that, that's what I was gonna say. Also, maybe the empire said help us or your family disappears.

[@sojtus8681]

I mean technicaly could he he even have betrayed the jedi? Did he know the order 66 was even coming? Because simply staying in the navy after the fact really should not even count as betrayal.

[@khorneberzerker2184]

He also probably didn't want to be killed for treason by deserting

[@kaleb749]

This is why I dislike the whole Order 66 chip implant thing

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Maybe he was tired of the Jedi losing so many of his ships.

[@GenerationTech]

Lol right?

[@pyeitme508]

@@GenerationTech so when will we see more Earth in Star Wars videos?!

[@Lennis01]

That's what happens when you put most of your faith in the Force rather than sound judgement. Ahsoka Tano being put in command of soldiers in war is emblematic of this kind of thinking, and when you consider that her master was even more reckless than she was, it's easy to see why Yularen has no great love for the Jedi.

[@arohk1579]

You are correct on that, I was working at the repair yard during that time, we would fix one ship and a week later the same ship would be back. They kept letting some preteen with supposed superpowers drive it. Maybe someone should tell them R means reverse not race. Gotta go guess what ship they are bringing back :).

[@Dark-Lord-Of-The-Sith]

Seriously!! Wulf was probably to the point where he stopped moving his personal effects to the new ship since he would need a new one by the following week.

[@stickman1787]

When Yularen finds out the “dark lord” is the little shit that destroyed multiple of his ships and almost killed him

[@hosmerhomeboy]

I think he may have been one of the very few who knew. Or at least suspected. I mean, he was the head of the imperial intelligence people.

[@thepizzatime3502]

@@hosmerhomeboy oh I don’t think so

[@admiralwolf7218]

@@hosmerhomeboy he was not head of The ISB he was a colonel which would make him an officer not command or the inner circle

[@messydeskproductions4159]

@@admiralwolf7218he is likely the head by a new hope as he is on the death star meeting of officers

[@admiralwolf7218]

@@messydeskproductions4159 I do see what you mean I was meant to put him not in command of the whole isb but one of the senior officers

[@ragingburito5146]

in Yularen's defense if i had to take orders from some little kid and that little kid all most got me killed with in a day i would be PISSED OFF

[@theodorberg8473]

raging robot Fuck the Jedi

[@adarkwind4712]

Not to give credence to her losing a squad at the time but despite what GT keeps saying she was already a teenager when she was first introduced.

[@namanign6312]

And if you could send that kid to live in jail will you do it I would

[@martinhanke1670]

If they're not trained in military tactics, they shouldn't be in charge of anyone other than themselves.

[@DAAraiz]

raging robot how dare you call ahsoka a little kid.

[@jeffsanders1609]

Ashoka: So no hard feelings about almost getting you killed? Yularin: Of course not. I am a professional soldier and I don't let my personally feelings or emotions cloud my judgement Yularin a few years later: Aight time to prosecute you

[@colette_-ld2ty]

😂😂

[@randomhandle253]

thought that was Tarkin who prosecuted Ahsoka?

[@colette_-ld2ty]

@@randomhandle253 I actually believe so but it still funny

[@ninjaked1265]

@@randomhandle253 Yularin was part of the prosecution team, Tarkin was the lead prosecutor

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

Have to wonder if on some level the fact that Ahsoka was innocent, yet the order turned on her so completely didn't also help accept the order being purged. I can understand him being angry with someone he believed betrayed the Republic, the fact she was revealed not be a traitor, not to mention it was another jedi who framed her... I'm kinda sad we haven't seen Ashoka interact with Yularin post order 66. I suppose it really would come down to what the public story surrounding Ahsoka and her ship going missing would have been. Their were no survivors, but Ahsoka had been out of the order for roughly a year before the supposed coup. If she was accused of being involved he might just see her as another Jedi, if, say, Palpatine decided to throw Anakin a bone and simply have it be known the ship went down with no survivors, let Ahsoka maintain her reputation as a war hero, maybe even say the Jedi were somehow involved in her "death". Then it could be a very interesting conversation.

[@nathanieljackson5554]

Yularen filled the archetype of the "good soldier". Someone who respected the chain of command no matter who was in power.

[@rafiyumahmood2446]

Very true

[@Obi_Wan_Kenobi_027]

@Mr. Caesar good soldiers follow orders

[@Jerry-tg7zx]

@Mr. Caesar Good soldiers follow soldiers but et tu Caesar?

[@SoupyLlama]

When I first saw him I thought “Oh, the opening narrator guy is a character now”

[@toucan6109]

I honestly didn't even know until now lol

[@flyingvct7214]

Yalaaran aka The Voice of the Galaxy

[@flyingvct7214]

@@toucan6109 yur slow

[@toucan6109]

@@flyingvct7214 no

[@realtalkrealthingsent.8024]

he was in the clone wars movie

[@YOGI-kb9tg]

Why he betrayed the Jedi? He didn't he served the republic not the Jedi so when the republic became the empire he didn't betray anyone

[@firebluetoad3990]

HiiPER MaaDMaan Technically He was complicit in the Empire’s wrongdoings so he did indeed betray the Jedi and Republic by serving their killer.

[@travisshaffer6623]

@@firebluetoad3990 but look at all the bull the Jedi pulled ok just ignore that.

[@firebluetoad3990]

Travis Shaffer What bull? Trying to protect the galaxy from the Sith?

[@christophersalinas2722]

true dat

[@420f37]

@@firebluetoad3990 who is to say the Jedi should dominate the whole Galaxy? What right do they have

[@Jacen32272]

In short, Wulff Yularen was loyal to the government and it's military, and that didn't change with the legal transition from republic to empire. It was never about Jedi and Sith, it was about peace and security. From his perspective, the change in government only improved the stability of the galaxy, as it went from total war to minor unrest and unpopular revolt. A few pirates and extremists instead of a large percentage of the galaxy shooting at each other. Mind you, he likely never knew the war was started by the one who created the Empire just so it would seem to be an improvement.....

[@SonofSethoitae]

Palpatine also maintained his power by convincing the masses he was busting government corruption in the Senate, something Yularen was very passionate about

[@re1010]

I am curious what the politics would look like if he found out about the conspiracy.

[@patchselg4310]

Literally the Empire was more corrupt and less stable. Since you know there was a rebellion

[@karakas9905]

Patch Selg The rebellion is tiny though.

[@patchselg4310]

@@karakas9905 No? People were literally party like it was the greatest shit it in the galaxy that the Emperor was dead.... in the Empire's Capital.

[@BluMacaw]

From my point of view the Jedi betrayed Admiral Wulff.

[@muelltonne3533]

Well then you are lost

[@maximosalej3845]

From my point of view the jedi are evil

[@CaptainM792]

From my point of view the Republic betrayed the Jedi.

[@coolandgood2598]

Maximo Salej then what I told you was true, from a certain point of view

[@IWillYeah]

On a serious note - I don't think being victims in a genocide makes them traitors in anyway.

[@elijah2278]

He's just tired from saying the monologue before each episode.

[@bigcazza5260]

is it actually his character or just the vo? always thought it was a republic newsreader doing basically war propoganda

[@jcrossan1351]

Didn’t know you could edit thumbnails on KZbin years after the original upload

[@itsjustawatermelon714]

When we saw him in rebels. I was so pissed when they didn’t have him and rex recognize each other

[@patchworkfellow]

_“Admiral?! You got...”_ _“Promoted?”_ _“OLD..!”_ _“You wot m8”_

[@danzansandeev6033]

@@patchworkfellow I don’t even know if that’s promotion. He was a navy admiral during clone wars, and he completely changed his specialisation during empire days, becoming colonel for imperial intelligence

[@dataportdoll7918]

I'm just saying if I had to take orders from Suicide Skywalker for an entire war I'd be for overthrowing the Jedi too

[@firebluetoad3990]

Anna Alu Well Anakin never seemed to lose very often so I think he wouldn’t care all that much, despite feeling overwhelmed in the moment.

[@re1010]

Skywalker wasnt suicidal. I mean, he was from planning stages, but if you manage to have a great success rate for these suicidal battles, I think you're not suicidal but have great tactics and well trained soldiers.

[@papalazarou1353]

R E, lol when Anakin broke the blockade of ryloth he literally flew his cruiser into the command ship. That seems pretty suicidal to me. He’d be fucked if the escape pods didn’t eject or if there wasn’t any.

[@meghnamathur3188]

It's treason then. He mostly always got redults

[@meghnamathur3188]

@@papalazarou1353 he probably had a great sense of intuition and the he probably sensed that there were escape pods

[@Dagobert_McDuck]

Wait... THAT was Yularen? The heck?

[@Lennis01]

It was roughly 22 years between the start of the Clone Wars and the events of A New Hope. Yularen wasn't particularly young during the war either, so his physical changes aren't that jarring.

[@LordVader1094]

It was 20 years later, it's not surprising that his hair would go from grey to white.

[@heyhayhay7977]

Lol you have the sharingan and you don’t know he was Yularen

[@Mtab2260]

NightRaven 1901 well yeah and that’s because he looks like a wrinkly Pringle

[@demi-femme4821]

He actually aged really quickly during the Clone Wars. By Season 7, Yularen's haur was all white.

[@quandaledingle6949]

He didn’t betray the Jedi. He was an admiral of the republic- turned empire.

[@basilisk7201]

In the clone wars I always thought Yularen was the narrator.

[@Lennis01]

I think they just used the same voice actor. It's not unusual in anime for one person to voice multiple characters.

[@jorgegordillo7078]

Lol right

[@hazmatt3250]

Well that guy did the voice of Yoda, Yularen, and the narrator. He also did the Japanese guy off of CoD zombies.

[@Ghost_-_]

Same 🤣😂

[@LtGhost-tb3kq]

Lennis01 *animation

[@IAmTheAce5]

8:25 woah, where'd the accent come from?

[@gregaryfate3536]

It's almost British

[@IWillYeah]

Sounds Aussie xD

[@Armageist]

Noticed it too. Probably had a friend do an edit stand in.

[@nathangraham9573]

New Zealand / Clone accent.

[@jackbroomell3567]

It was completely out the blue

[@joycesouza5784]

Updated tbumb... Good vid, man.

[@DeviantGryphonFromTinyMoat]

“Lucas was a well known Jedi sympathizer. Someone who could hardly be called objective.” 😂

[@mudshrooze]

I never felt he betrayed them. He seemed like the kind of man that did what he thought was right. And tried to help the galaxy regardless who was ruling

[@indianajones4321]

It’s treason then

[@VlogMN]

Power! Unlimited power!

[@cheezcarrot9633]

The Senate will decide your fate.

[@andreiaromanesei9270]

@@cheezcarrot9633 I AM THE SENATE

[@xReLentLess213]

< Autistic screech >

[@scyobiempire4450]

Are you threatening me master jedi?

[@xbaumann]

He didn’t betray the Jedi. You have to trust someone to betray them.

[@nabielarwindra1143]

Not neccesarily though

[@IWillYeah]

Not really. You may not trust your army, but if you turn on them it's still betrayal.

[@adarkwind4712]

X45 incorrect they have to trust you.

[@ayoutubewatcher2849]

@@NightRaven-lh1bf your examples for your second point actually prove you do need trust for betrayal. In the General case, they are in a position of trust. Doesn't matter if you've ever met them, they are naturally supposed to be trusted. As for the second example, there was no trust in the first place since they're competing , therefore there can't be bytrayal. Unless some is using illegal means to succeed in which case they were betrayed, since everyone is to trust the rest play by the rules. Both these show you need trust, in order for it to be called a bytrayal. That's why people "you betrayed me trust"

[@Refollowed]

@@NightRaven-lh1bf I never seen an intelligent debate in the KZbin comments, thank you for this.

[@luxwray4878]

He didn't betray the jedi, he's just a palpatine loyalist! Or he's a massive speciesist

[@pyeitme508]

He is FXXXIN both.

[@randomguy3954]

Loyalist for sure.

[@theodorberg8473]

LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE

[@marcbartuschka6372]

A massive speciesist I believe not, since he has no problems with Thrawn from the moment they met first time, He judges Thrawn not by the colour of his skin but only by his actions.

[@Darkwolf523]

Im pretty sure Yuleran was going to retired but Palpatine was like "hey Wulff, how about you continue your military duties as head of the ISB?"

[@thadmeboy1129]

"If you know your enemy and know yourself you need not fear the result of a hundred battles" -sun tzu Wulffe took this to heart

[@Farmboyspence]

Yularen was loyal to the Republic. So when the Republic transitioned into the Empire, he kept his alleigance

[@ciaspecialactivitiesdivisi5867]

So do you think he would have joined the new republic

[@stevemcqueen7735]

He didn't betray the Jedi or the Republic. The Empire was now the legitimate govt and just continued his service. He also realized Vader was a force user.

[@firebluetoad3990]

Steve McQueen The Empire was never legitimate, it was created through a bloody military coup, purge, civil war, and abused emergency powers. So yes he betrayed the Republic and the Jedi.

[@martinhanke1670]

The Republic gave to paps the power, which he decided to keep. Yes, he manipulated them, but any good politician would do the same. They gave him powers he shouldn't have gotten, it's their fault.

[@stevemcqueen7735]

He had control of the senate so they gave him nothing they didn't want themselves because they seeked greater power. He gained it all legitmately. Yet power changes hands by force and the allance are now hero'. Depends on your point of view.

[@imperiousimmortal8888]

@@firebluetoad3990 the empire was a legitimate government

[@firebluetoad3990]

Imperious Immortal The Empire was not legitimate. It was established through an orchestrated civil war and military coup.

[@CaptainOguretz]

5:35 Generation Tech "... how dedicated and _competent_ Yularen was" Video subtitles: "how dedicated *incompetent* Yularen was"

[@Jason-ef8re]

Why would he be allied with the Jedi? They're not a government and he's a military man

[@okanakasugimoto8254]

Its you-lar-en not yulren. This is how they say it in the clone wars animated series. If I'm mistaken tell me in the comments.

[@wakanda9985]

Transformation animations you are mistaken lol nah u right bruh

[@natev7870]

Potentially shows that he's never actually watched The Clone Wars

[@andrewcrawford5576]

This hurt my ears. So much so that stopped watching and immediately searched for this comment.

[@gphoenix51]

I honestly don't know how someone could hear a name spoken several times over several episodes in 2 different TV series, and STILL can't pronounce the name correctly. It's like that dumbass car in Planes 2, when the fire truck was repeating his name over and over, and the idiot car kept saying the wrong name back, like he was physically incapable of hearing the correct name.

[@zachfinlayson1457]

He also can't pronounce Ahsoka Tano's name right either and it's pissing me off

[@ugoeze7360]

Is that a Christmas tree still going strong?

[@GenerationTech]

Christmas is forever at my house

[@rowanfernsler9725]

Generation Tech still going I hope

[@CaptainM792]

What if the Jedi decided to trust Dooku one last time in the end of episode II ?

[@luisacevedo8772]

He told obiwan the whole plan what I dont understand is how blind the jedi could have been in the animated series shock ti was told by palpatine stay quite y if he was not up to something dooku said it's high in the republic yoda just chose to let the force ride and ran from Sidious

[@ethansouthwick6380]

Credits roll for the last time. Ever. Written and directed by George Lucas.

[@theflamingcookie6480]

Yularen: *betrays the jedi* Also yularen: *proceeds to carry on working for anakin*

[@outwardcrab8082]

He must have thought he had finally got rid of anakin but he was working with him the whole time

[@maarvin2092]

Is that a damn christmas tree? Dude its almost february

[@nukacola5672]

maarvin oh dear....how sad....never mind

[@nordic5628]

maarvin in case you hadn't noticed its january

[@nathanielburford376]

@@nordic5628 if you read it they said "almost".

[@nordic5628]

@@nathanielburford376 i have no idea why i didn't notice for some reason when i read my mind did not see the almost part tho to be fair English isn't my first language to maarvin sorry for the mistake

[@GenerationTech]

Christmas is timeless

[@NiraSader]

Kind of a random thing to comment, but for the return of the clone wars show I hope they make a new Lego Venator, so we can have a clone wars version Minifigure of this guy ^^

[@CrunchyFuture]

I used to have the Venator lego set, but it got destroyed when I moved ;(

[@arthurbriand2175]

I still have it with the death star plans.

[@arthursouza8100]

Mine got destroyed, but sheev is alright

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

@@arthursouza8100 Dont you mean the senate?

[@randycheow4268]

Letting inexperienced child officers leading normal soldiers what could go wrong

[@shugaroony]

Tbf over time she did prove herself a worthy commander.

[@isabeldearresemartin4497]

It was driving me me insane that he was prenouncing Yularin Yulrin

[@estivee]

Yularen*

[@sfkeepay]

I know what you mean, but on the other hand, you wrote “prenouncing” when you meant “pronouncing” - and I’m guilty of far worse at times than either of you two - so there’s that,

[@kodathebodybuilder]

@@sfkeepay lol

[@xx_b4rr3l_xx]

4000BBY Republic: we don’t like the sith Palpatine and the sith: hippity hoppity this is our property

[@guyincognito3530]

Yeah every citizen in the Republic, turned Empire, simply didn't notice that the Republic was in a war against the sith and then turned into the Empire controlled by the sith.

[@toledochristianmatthew9919]

@@guyincognito3530 That is what made the sith rule of two so effective. It drove the Sith into becoming nothing more than myth, thus making it easier to infiltrate the Republic.

[@asaschuemann9545]

I'd say the Empire falls victim to the "Good Principles, Bad Leaders" trope, I mean, you have good leaders like say Yularen or Rae Sloan who what to make the Empire a better alternative to the republic, but all that gets screwed up by people at the top like Tarkin, Vader, or even the Emperor.

[@cwstaten1765]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@asaschuemann9545]

So very true, and Tarkin and Palpatine are truly corrupted

[@chrisbuckley247]

@@cwstaten1765 - Absolute power attracts the absolutely corrupt, as well.

[@patchselg4310]

Good principles? Which one? Specism? Facism? What principles are these?

[@barkasz6066]

Asa Schuemann how could it be that, when the entire concept of the Empire was created by Palpatine in the first place? It was always meant to be ruled by people like Tarkin, Vader and the Emperor. It was rotten from the beginning. The Empire wasn’t built on higher principles. It wasn’t the ‘bad’ realization of a more ‘pure’ dream of the masses. All that nonsense about peace, stability and security was just the populist bait to fool well meaning people into serving evil. The fact that even fairly low level Imperial leadership tended to be corrupt, cruel and generally evil was not a ‘mistake’ in the system. It was the very essence of the system.

[@robinschicha4712]

I like the fact that Palpatine remembers loyal people from the past and give them good jobs in the present. This is what a good Leader should do.

[@atrashlemon7735]

Sith make great leaders and even better people

[@RobinTheBot]

Tyrants and monsters always reward loyalty over merit or good done. This is very typical in dictatorships. It also assists in Genocide, and is a big reason why wildly incompetent idiots end up in charge, like Tarkan.

[@mohammedhussain6749]

@@RobinTheBot swoosh

[@Game...007]

I would like for him to meet Vader - and then find out who he really is.

[@patchworkfellow]

longley62 _“Ok Vader, no more ramming Separatist-cruisers under a false flag of peace. Got it?”_

[@clerns]

I personally believe his moustache told him to do it.

[@dantehixrabbit1111]

What is Wulff's most said comment about jedi in the clone wars? "Are all Jedi this reckless?" I can think of atleast 4 times he says that IN THE FIRST 2 SEASONS

[@casbot71]

Would Wulff Yularen have ordered the clones to charge at droids over open ground at Genesis ?

[@spartan8705]

Absolutely not. Yularen would have handed it over to an Army specialist, and Yularen would co-ordinate the orbital combat/bombardment

[@adarkwind4712]

When did Star Trek project genesis get brought into this?

[@re1010]

Genosis was just ww1, tunnels and trench everywhere. The only tactics were charging or flamethrowers. Bombarding would do little but push the bugs deeper.

[@michaelburke9137]

@@NightRaven-lh1bf What did the Soviet Union do in World War 2?

[@hallofo8107]

Very _very_ well done. I love how the CLone Wars (and other TV series) are able to take the SW universe into *SO* much more depth and subtly than the movies simply don't have time to. Instead of "Good vs. Evil" it's more of "People vs. People", all of which have their own motivations and goals. You can RELATE to this kind of storytelling far better than the oversimplified Hero's Journey that gets packaged up in a 2-hour story arc.

[@violentscorl697]

Hallofo Exactly. And that’s why I usually prefer series over movies, there’s just more time to flesh out characters and stories.

[@Poke-ladd]

Did he know the truth about Darth Vader

[@GenerationTech]

They said Tarkin did don’t know about Yularen tho

[@kyleschafer6275]

I was gonna ask as well, i mean he had a lot of battle experience with anakin and vader, and if he saw what the 2 can do he had to have a hunch, well assuming he cared, couldve been like Tarkin where he didnt care to investigate

[@sojtus8681]

Considering he knew Anakin and his tactics pretty well I would imagine he would at the very least suspect Vader´s identity. After all he was able do identify Trench after one fight with him. So the identity of the force user in command of Anakin´s old batalion and with Anakin´s tactical skills should be easy to guess. Though he would probably not care enough about it to confront Vader about it in any way.

[@brianrobinson5012]

He would know, because of his background in Intelligence. He would connect all the information gathered and reach a conclusion.

[@arunda1734]

I doubt it but he could've

[@ajmac1990]

It's pronounced "You-laar-en". You're good actor but if you really watched the show I feel like you would know this lol

[@calebtheowl1516]

Nerd.

[@doesntreply]

The mispronunciation of his name makes me cringe every time 😶

[@Deridus]

I can't tell if he's doing it on purpose or if he's never watched it.

[@simonuser]

He probably just doesn’t remember it, it’s a minor detail, and the series is pretty old by now

[@Lonelybard]

I loooove when KZbinrs don't bother to learn how to pronounce certain names...he's definitely not the only one.

[@snoman18x]

It bothers me how he pronounces things sometimes. YU-LAR-EN

[@Dalaros8829]

Yep. He only said it properly a handful of times in this video. Really bugged me lol You don't need to talk at double speed. Slow down and speak properly lol

[@eotwn7458]

I'm subscribed to many star wars channels but this channels my favorite of them all. Feels like theres alot of quality and effort made into every video.

[@philipglover3295]

Did he know Anakin was Vader ? As the head of the ISB you’d expect him to know this or at least find it out later

[@Armageist]

Palpatine could've easily told him he was the One Jedi that let him in on the assassination plot and saved his life, and was sent on a mission to find the Jedi's CIS cohorts and was injured in the process, becoming Vader. Hed also understand Vaders enthusiasm for rooting out Rebels based on what happened to him and Palpatine. But I doubt he knows he's Anakin.

[@papalazarou1353]

I think only a few imperials including tarkin knew about Vader being Anakin. If anyone found out about it and Vader discovered they knew, they would be killed.

[@personalinfo6263]

I'm pretty sure very few people knew, maybe only Palpatine knew who knows.

[@PanAugusto83]

Wait, how this video is from 3 years ago?

[@pvzblizzard5806]

changed thumbnail

[@PanAugusto83]

@@pvzblizzard5806 Ah

[@mitchellhayward6492]

Great vid, and a fair assessment. I don't get why people say "joined the Empire" like he's changed sides though. When Palpatine transformed the Republic into the Empire, there wasn't a "do or don't" choice handed out to everyone. Every Republic officer was simply an Imperial officer now. And every Republic citizen was simply an Imperial citizen now. For example: when the Republic turned into the Empire, Commandant Pell Baylo rejected it in favour of the Republic, but he was already an Imperial officer.

[@jiriseidl4376]

There is a good reason why in zombie movies/tv series etc the beginning of the apocalypse is always left blurred, skipped over and not fleshed out and properly explained. And that is because zombie apocalypse is simpy an impossible scenario. For zombies to become the snowball effect doom we all know and love, an imposible number of things would have to go wrong in the beggining to the point of parody of human incompetence. Zombies are easy to kill and defend from unless there are swarms of them and the government is down, and there is no writter yet that could figure out how to it came to that in a convincing manner. That is why most information is left out or broadly generalised - the less information, the less plotholes.

[@jiriseidl4376]

@@NightRaven-lh1bf I am aware of this scenario and have not included it in my comment because 1. How many zombie movies tv shows actually have this? It is far more popular to have zombies rise about "naturaly", and if they are human made, then its an accident, therefore not under human control. 2. If humans launched the attack, they are naturally prepared. If a country´s goverment engineered the zombies, then that country will target a specific country to damage it, not the whole world, and certainly not itself. Most countries relly on the world for trade and wealth and that goes double for despots and dictators. In order for the zombies to spread, you´d need to use the weapon simoultaneously on multiple countries. I cannot imagine a governement willing to destroy each country on earth. Not even North Korea, as it rellies on China when it comes to trade. So we already need a non-existent governement that for some reason wants to destroy all of civilisation, has no allies or trade interests. And somehow, isn´t prepared for the apocalypse. If a terrorist group launched the attack, they would, again, target a specific group and country. So we need a hypothetical terrorist that wants to destroy the whole world. And somehow has this specific bioweapon. And wasn´t stopped. So we have a superpowerfull group, that is nihilistic at the same time, while world goverments totally fail to stop them. A bit more believable, but you still need sooo much going for the attacker and all to go wrong for the goverments.

[@jiriseidl4376]

NightRaven 1901 Ok, that is actually a pretty good scenario. What we seem to differ in is what we classify as “apocalypse”. For me, that is the whole world going down/being hit. WWZ being the best case scenario. What you have laid down I would call an outbreak, that will certainly take many lives, but not the world.

[@moistjohn]

what about the samson option?

[@tunch90]

What about his feelings about the destruction of Alderaan?

[@BryceByerley]

Alderaan shouldn't have fired first.

[@Armageist]

He either didnt like it but wasnt about to protest or may have felt they were a source of a large part of the corruption based on The Empires accusations of rebellion there.

[@brianrobinson5012]

Luke shoved a couple of proton torpedoes up his sphincter, so he didn't have feelings one way or another very long.

[@timonsolus]

As a senior intelligence agent, Yularen likely knew about Bail Organa’s and Leia’s involvement with the Rebellion. Also, Alderaan society was very much into peaceful protest and passive resistance, e.g. refusing to enforce Imperial laws they disagreed with, particularly those concerning treatment of alien species and limiting personal freedoms. As a strictly law abiding Imperial officer and citizen, Yularen would have had little sympathy for people who tried to cherry pick which laws they would and would not obey, and who deliberately obstructed Imperial law enforcement agencies in their duty to uphold the law. Alderaan’s passive resistance had been a thorn in the Empire’s side for a very long time, it was the political centre of passive resistance to the Empire, and a rallying point for disaffected Imperial citizens. Although the Alderaanians had renounced warfare and violence themselves, their largely successful civil disobedience to Imperial law was encouraging people from other worlds who had no such ethical qualms to rebel against the Empire. You don't have to be a bomb-throwing anarchist yourself, or actively support those who are, to help create the political conditions in which groups of bomb-throwing anarchists can take root and thrive. (As we should know from events on Earth.) In many ways, the leaders and people of Alderaan had brought their ultimate fate upon themselves. Yularen may not have approved of Grand Moff Tarkin’s drastic ‘Final Solution’ to the problem of Alderaan, but he would have certainly sympathised with the Emperor’s political frustrations concerning Alderaan, and understood why Palpatine had given Tarkin a completely free hand in how to resolve the issue once and for all.

[@Armageist]

@@brianrobinson5012 Very good point

[@raikens94]

Yularen may not have known about Order 66, and he may not have known about Palpatine being a Sith Lord who liked to kill droves of people and such facts creating the "assassination" attempt (because, really, Sith and Jedi have NO rules about how many you bring to a fight to take down the other) , but he sure knew about blowing up Alderaan and plans on doing similar destruction in other systems ... he sure knew the fear that was created by the Empire (as opposed to the general confusion and discontent about the Jedi), and he CERTAINLY knew that corruption wasn't weeded out because of the name change from "Republic" to "Empire" ... and we ALL saw how he responded to one of his colleagues being choked to death AT A MEETING simply for voicing a disagreement and disbelief in a power that most had not known about BECAUSE of those in power, harsh though that expression may have been. Having worked with Jedi who never choked their military colleagues for having a differing opinion and then totally accepting a Sith Lord and ruling body that totally dealt with leadership changes due to the overly sensitive whims of a grown version of the young Jedi he once knew (although, I guess he didn't know that was Anakin), well ... he's either an opportunist, a morally bereft person, or a person who did not realize that he had a penchant for evil behavior until the world changed. He's firmly on the bad side, IMHO. I totally understand him not liking the Jedi behavior of elevating their ranks to "General" on a whim , and then putting those people in charge of vast number of lives ... that is a BS move of MANY BS moves that the Jedi undertook. But, participating in PLANET DESTRUCTION ... to TEST a weapon? Watching the death of your colleague without batting an eye? Yeah ... he's an "OTHER" for me: one who is ACTIVE in the downfall of civilized discourse and embraces or even just accepts the evil around them as long as they prosper. One of the many who were necessary for the Empire to prosper and continue crushing others ... all for Palpatine's drive for power and eternal life. He could have retired and taken on a desk job, but he desired to be in the room where it happened and at the table where a good choking or promotion could be had by any who walked out of the room. I guess you can tell I disagree with some of the conclusions regarding Yularen's baseline personality as set forth at the end of the video.

[@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898]

What was that glowing orb that Boss Ruger Nass had during the victory parade? It's never explained what it is, or even mentioned again for that matter

[@papalazarou1353]

It’s on the wiki. It’s called the globe of peace. It symbolises the peace on naboo. Padme gave it to nass to show the accord between the gungans and Naboo

[@joshmathis5337]

Did anyone else notice that at 8:26 his voice changed

[@David_Alvarez77]

I was wondering about that.

[@joshmathis5337]

David Alvarez ikr what is it

[@brwntwn123]

@@joshmathis5337 It's another guy who does videos on his channel, I forgot his name

[@joshmathis5337]

Dante Sami ok thank you

[@revan0890]

Considering the Empire is based somewhat on the Nazi's, I would love if more stories focused on that, such as Palpatine Youth! Give people a reason to hate the Empire.

[@sethmoss8671]

If blowing up a planet doesn't make people hate the empire, then I don't know what would.

[@KENOMAN1969]

Palpatine's PR game was on point and the Jedi were seen as traitors. The Sith were unknown to everyone. So when a behind the scenes Sith coup occurs then Palpatine can say the Jedi are bad and nobody knows there is another side. The Sith owned the legitimate government and revoke any credibility the Jedi have as commanders and generals. Officers will stay in the chain of command and that's game. Technically he just kept doing his job. Personal feelings were not the point. He didn't have enough info on the truth to make another call. That's the fault of the Jedi. They were too disconnected from the general public.

[@adityaharathi9399]

Yularen was known to be extremely annoyed by Anakin’s tactics while in battle

[@eliteranger1001]

7:40 Wasn't Ahsoka 14 in the early clone wars seasons

[@DAAraiz]

What?! I didn’t even know this was him! I thought he was an original character!

[@ivancerecer5758]

Ironic, he could save others from Anakin's crazy stuns but he could not save himself from his son

[@rumenoakabob9973]

I happened to be eating while watching this and almost choked to death when I saw him as Leia!

[@Zarryon12]

timestamp?

[@thegamingrepublic7014]

@@Zarryon12 0:54

[@casbot71]

How did the zombie apocalypse start? Dolphins !…just saying.

[@revan0890]

Those bastard! Even after all those fish we gave them all those fish, they did this to us!

[@brianschwarm8267]

Great video and great message at the end of the video. I’m an independent voter, and gosh it’s so sad seeing people who are far right or far left and demonize the other side.

[@GenerationTech]

I like to think that they are the loud minority

[@PancakeBoyyy27]

I mean, he kinda was never with the jedi. Yularen was an admiral for the Republic, not the jedi order. The republic later became the Empire, the jedi were framed for treason and Yularen stayed loyal to the Republic, therefore the First Galactic Empire.

[@nicholas3585]

Yularin didn't betray the jedi. He was always with the chancellor and the military, which makes him an imperialist.

[@alexanerose4820]

Because this lone Wulff was never part of the Jedi pack. I'll jump into the Saarlac Pit now

[@MrNoLen5]

Admiral Yularen disliked the video himself.

[@Colin-Sierra682]

"It doesn't make them evil." Except for dolphins, right?

[@isaaccain8433]

Guys he could still be alive! he blew up on a Death Star!

[@thomaskinka8138]

Does he purposefully mispronounce names we know how to say or is there something I’m missing?

[@Darth-Tenebrix]

"you-lar-in" i cringed everytime he said it

[@ArmouryTerrain]

I would think that it would be fairly obvious. He was military and this bunch of monks which may have been good individual fighters but had no idea about leading men into combat were put in charge over him. Watching the Jedi lose large numbers of troops and other assets through poorly thought out plans would have really hurt. Also after order 66 it is not as if his retiring would bring any of the Jedi back to life. I hardly feel that his actions were in any way a betrayal.

[@violentscorl697]

Armoury-Terrain Yeah.

[@firebluetoad3990]

Armoury-Terrain Serving the entity which destroyed the Jedi IS essentially betraying them, in a sense.

[@gentlemanghost5993]

You should take down that Christmas tree in the back

[@Cappy-Bara]

Yularan never betrayed the Jedi, the Jedi betrayed the Chancellor, and left him scarred and deformed

[@FELIPEFODAOBR12]

The jedi were as extremist as the sith. For me, the only force users that actually didnt got their damn minds locked in a stupid maniqueistic/ideological way of seen things were the grey jedi. And despite de many critics i have about the episode 8, i got to admit they did a really cool job in throwing all that stupid maniqueistic/ left vs righ, vison of things away, specially by making Luke a grey dedi and the hacker guy teaching Finn not to full himself with ideological propaganda

[@marcbartuschka6372]

Well, I think they did not make this right because then they should not made the FO to a even dumber, more self-destructing version of the Empire. If they had shown more people like Sloane, Thrawn, Pellaeon etc... The FO and it leading personal is so comical BAD that you could hardly take them serious as a fictional faction. All that yelling etc...

[@robertagu5533]

Yeah.. which is ironic for a movie in real life that's full of left vs right, idealogical ideals.

[@cossaizy6309]

@@marcbartuschka6372 the first order: an army of literal fanboy irritating edgelords with no life or motivation The resistance: an army of literal mary and marty sues goodie two shoes with no real personality or reason to exist

[@David_Alvarez77]

@@cossaizy6309 The sequels distilled down to two sentences. Sums it up pretty well.

[@raz6808]

Anyone gonna mention how creased his shirt is? ;P love the vids

[@lobo0354]

The hell else he’s gonna do? Quit and find a job somewhere else? Start a moisture farm? 😂

[@Zarryon12]

Uncle owen: *grips blaster rifle with malice*

[@Tootenbocker]

What the hell is wrong with your shirts man 😂

[@GrasshopperKelly]

The Thumbnail seriously makes his middle aged portrayal look VERY young xD