Admiral Wullf Yularen is a supporting character in the Star Wars franchise. He was an admiral during the Clone Wars and serves under the command of Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars, helping him save multiple planets such as Christophsis, Teth and Ryloth and defeating the Separatist Admiral Trench. He later became the head of Imperial Security Bureau after the Clone Wars has ended and the Galactic Republic was reorganized into the Galactic Empire.
In Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, he was voiced by Tom Kane, who also voiced Yoda in The Clone Wars series, Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls series, Takeo Masaki in Call of Duty zombies ,and James Gordon in Batman: Arkham Asylum. In the Andor series, he was portrayed by Malcolm Sinclair. In Star Wars: A New Hope, he was portrayed by Robert Clarke.
Personality[]
Wullf Yularen was an intelligent and honorable admiral. During the Clone Wars, he has come to genuinely respect Anakin Skywalker despite being against his reckless behavior. He butts heads with Admiral Trench, who killed many of his men during the Battle of Malastare.
He is not xenophobic unlike the other Imperials as he welcomed Thrawn into the Empire and helped him rise up in the Imperial ranks and would help him in many missions against the Rebels.
He also had a genuine friendship with his protege Alexsandr Kallus and was upset when he betrayed the Empire.
History[]
Background[]
Yularen was born on Coruscant and was raised in Anaxes. At some point, he participated in the Battle of Malastare where he recalls that he lost many of the men he cared about but was still able to defeat the Harch Admiral Trench.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars[]
Yularen gets assigned to Anakin Skywalker. During the Battle of Christophsis, he discovers that Trench survived his fall. Together with Anakin, they managed to defeat Admiral Trench again and bring relief to the people on Christophsis.
He assists the Jedi in many more battles such as Ryloth, Kamino, Rishi Moon, Saleucami, Geonosis, Sullust, Ringo Vinda and even his homeworld, Anaxes.
Thrawn[]
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Andor[]
After the rise of the Empire, he was promoted by the Emperor to the head of the Imperial Security Bureau. He is seen giving a speech to a group of Imperials. He later received evidence of Cassian Andor's activities.
Rebels[]
He is called in by Thrawn to identify a spy in their ranks. When Yogar Lyste was arrested, he did not believe he was capable of accessing cells. He was shocked when Thrawn revealed that Kallus was the spy.
A New Hope[]
Yularen sits in the Death Star's conference room where Tarkin mentions that Emperor Palpatine dissolved the Imperial Senate and that fear of the Death Star will destroy the Rebellion and keep planets in line. He is later seen walking past Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca, not being aware they were faking Chewie's capture. At the end of the movie, he perished along with the other people still on the Death Star by the hands of Luke Skywalker.
Trivia[]
- Yularen is commonly regarded as "The Narrator" by Star Wars fans because his voice actor, Tom Kane, also voiced the narrator who narrated the beginning of each episode in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
- Despite first appearing in A New Hope, the first ever Star Wars movie to be released, he wasn't named or given any personality until Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
