Star Wars Rebels Season Three (spoilers)
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I was going to say that Wulf Yularen is a pretty obscure reference, but looking on wikipedia apparently he's not just a background extra from Episode IV, he's also the naval commander who frequently worked with Anakin in TCW. I honestly didn't even know that guy was anything but an original character. I can't say he's a character I personally care about, but its not a bad choice when it comes to bringing an old character back.
Also, watched Legacy of Mandalore. I won't go on about it, I'll just say that its exactly the standard Rebels "mandalorian" episode I was hoping it wouldn't be. But, at least that stuff is over for awhile with Sabine gone, and the other plot points of the seasonare interesting enough for me to keep watching.
Also, watched Legacy of Mandalore. I won't go on about it, I'll just say that its exactly the standard Rebels "mandalorian" episode I was hoping it wouldn't be. But, at least that stuff is over for awhile with Sabine gone, and the other plot points of the seasonare interesting enough for me to keep watching.
I'm pretty sure his name has been said outloud Clone Wars. Hes never named in ANH, but EU material always named him that.
I'm kind of surprised they're sticking with Yularen being a Colonel, given he was an Admiral in Clone Wars. So, in the close to twenty years that's gone by he's transferred to another military rank structure and been demoted?
Also, kind of off-topic but related to that clip, I really dig Thrawn's theme music.
Also, kind of off-topic but related to that clip, I really dig Thrawn's theme music.
Since he moved in to the Imperial Security Bureau, a demotion is not surprising, depending on when he did. Also, given ISB's power and influence, I would say that an intelligence position would carry more authority across the Imperial military, regardless of rank.
But, that's just my read on it.
From the canon novel 'Tarkin': -
Why he chose to do this isn't stated, though it may be as simple as it keeps him closer to home and his family on Coruscant. At his age a fleet posting would be less attractive.
It's also worth remembering that ISB isn't the Imperial military, so he wasn't demoted, he retired his commission and took another one in a different agency. Indeed from that clip it seems he took a teaching position at the Royal Imperial Academy on Coruscant, so perhaps he didn't go straight from the military to the ISB?
Anyway, comparing a Colonel in the ISB to a Colonel in the military is probably about as relevant as comparing an army Captain to a police Captain. Not the same thing.
And really, in the ISB, Colonel is probably about as high as you go before you hit 'Director'. Being an inter-agency liaison at that level is no small thing. His presence on the Death Star and the white uniform should be a pretty good indicator of his very elevated status.
It's also worth remembering that ISB isn't the Imperial military, so he wasn't demoted, he retired his commission and took another one in a different agency. Indeed from that clip it seems he took a teaching position at the Royal Imperial Academy on Coruscant, so perhaps he didn't go straight from the military to the ISB?
Anyway, comparing a Colonel in the ISB to a Colonel in the military is probably about as relevant as comparing an army Captain to a police Captain. Not the same thing.
And really, in the ISB, Colonel is probably about as high as you go before you hit 'Director'. Being an inter-agency liaison at that level is no small thing. His presence on the Death Star and the white uniform should be a pretty good indicator of his very elevated status.
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I've always found it interesting that Yularen was portrayed as one of the good guys in TCW when he was introduced as an Imperial officer in ANH. It goes to show the ambiguity in something like this, where some of the members of the evil empire's war machine are just soldiers who continue serving what they see as their country, regardless of the name of its government or the politics of its leaders. It's the complicity of those rank-and-file officers and bureaucrats that allows the evil of the leaders to flourish.
So I'll be interested to see how Rebels handles Yularen and his ethics. Is he a total just-following-orders stooge, or does he still have some trace of a conscience? Then again, if he's in charge of rooting out "sedition" in the Senate, that implies a rather McCarthyesque mentality. His work probably helped lay the foundations for Palpatine's eventual dissolution of the Senate.
So I'll be interested to see how Rebels handles Yularen and his ethics. Is he a total just-following-orders stooge, or does he still have some trace of a conscience? Then again, if he's in charge of rooting out "sedition" in the Senate, that implies a rather McCarthyesque mentality. His work probably helped lay the foundations for Palpatine's eventual dissolution of the Senate.
Is it McCarthyesque if there IS sedition in the Senate?
If any and all dissenting views are defined as sedition, yes.
Sentry droids. We saw them earlier in the season guarding an Imperial freighter that Hando wanted the Ghost crew's help in raiding.
Yeah, I'm not sure it would really be McCarthyesque, either. There's no real parallel between the Galactic Empire and the US of the 1950s. The political contexts are completely dissimilar and virtually opposite.
Palpatine rose to power by committing acts of treason against the Republic. Rebellion against his Empire is to be regarded as just. The crew of the Ghost are first and foremost heroes instead of anti-heroes. Yularen would be an a witch-hunt to root out members of the Senate attempting to act heroically.
McCarthy, on the other hand, was exploiting the climate of fear about something that actually was itself evil, for his own vile partisan ends.
Palpatine rose to power by committing acts of treason against the Republic. Rebellion against his Empire is to be regarded as just. The crew of the Ghost are first and foremost heroes instead of anti-heroes. Yularen would be an a witch-hunt to root out members of the Senate attempting to act heroically.
McCarthy, on the other hand, was exploiting the climate of fear about something that actually was itself evil, for his own vile partisan ends.
In what way? I was expecting a let down but was pleasantly surprised by it.
Not specifically, no. There's always sedition in a totalitarian state, *especially* when there really isn't any.
That said, I'm pretty sure that Mon Mothma is already (or just about to be) declared a traitor and wanted for sedition against the Emperor.
Isn't she still referred to as a senator in Rogue One, though? I took that to mean that she, Bail, and Leia were all still sitting senators running the rebellion from within the Senate (which, yeah, I guess is actual sedition) up until its dissolution a couple of days (?) after the events of R1.