Why Did Wulf Yularen Betray the REPUBLIC? 

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.....

From my point of view the Jedi betrayed Admiral Wulff.

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

Didn’t know you could edit thumbnails on RU-vid years after the original upload

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

Wait... THAT was Yularen? The heck?

Lmao the updated thumbnail got me confused for a sec

"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

It’s treason then

Yularen, Tarkin, and Thrawn are such incredible figures in the Empire! It would be amazing to just focus on their sides of the story for a change and see them as the heroes!

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

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

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

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

Updated tbumb... Good vid, man.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Is that a Christmas tree still going strong?

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.

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

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.

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 ^^

Hey there Allen, first time viewer here. I have to say, this content is thorough, comprehensive and relevant. I admired the way you not only detailed the history of the character, but also associated it with the political climate, character arcs and values he was a part of. And the way you tied together the themes of his life to relevant customs and affairs in the real world was absolutely brilliant. You have won yourself an eager and captive subscriber. Thank you for the quality content.

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

"I need tons and tons of details, unnecessary details" me and my RU-vid subscriptions in a nutshell

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.

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

I have waited YEARS for a video like this, thank you for making it. Yularen has always been that interesting guy no one talks about. It's good to know what he was really about and I respect him more for it now.

Is that a damn christmas tree? Dude its almost february

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.

I am loooving this series! It's very impressive how much time you all have put into this, and your insight is giving me a fresh perspective on a number of issues... mostly the clones' views on the war as a whole, as well as their treatment by the Republic & their Jedi generals. Very cool. From a longtime Star Wars fan... Thank you! 🤙 ... Oh, and of course this story. "A good Imperial." Very cool.

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

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.

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

I'm really impressed with your world view especially at such a young age especially your ability to see except and understand the views of others without necessarily agreeing with them. Just labelling something or someone and getting angry at them personally is limiting. In the big picture. I enjoy your videos for this reason.

I personally believe his moustache told him to do it.

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

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.

As always, wonderful video!

Great job! excellent explanation.

Yularen is so underrated and underused in Rebels! Also its pronounced YOU-law-ren (as was in the show)!!!!

Letting inexperienced child officers leading normal soldiers what could go wrong

your ending statement was awesome man!!!

Really cool video and excelling closing arguments.

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

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

Thank you for the last minute of this video. I feel like a lot of ppl need to hear what you were saying.

I just saw the episode of Rebels with Yularen in it and it saddened me to see him there, with the Empire. But now I have a better understanding of why thanks to your video.

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

What about his feelings about the destruction of Alderaan?

Loved that bit about good imperials and bad rebels Exploring those interesting characters in Yularen, and Cassian Jeron Andor...really brings the universe to life and enriches the universe

So I've been wondering if GenTech could make a video about the Republics anti-vehicle cannons. I've looked into it a bit, but its still a big mystery to me. Love all the work you guys have done. keep it up

Did he know the truth about Darth Vader

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

Good explanation! Liked it! And I like characters like Yularen or Thrawn who have their own way to see things and fight for what they stand for - showing that nothing is just black and white, even not being evil or good :)

Wow, I love how you linked it to the real world. That was awesome.

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

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.

Outstanding presentation.

This was a good video, good job!

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

I love that Disney canon shows the grey area more when it comes to the empire

Fantastic character analysis!

Very nice analysis.

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

Admiral Yularen disliked the video himself.

Another bad ass video. . . I love watching your stuff

Such a good point you made at the end of the episode. If all humanity knew that simple fact wars would be prevented Fr.

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

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

I agree with your closing statement on the relations of Star Wars and reality.

That's cool. The novel approach to things looks at people, who may turn out good, bad, or anywhere in between, while the epic approach is about ideals, with clearly distinguished heroes and villains. What I like about the novel approach is you still have heroes and villains without the baggage of lumping everyone on a given side as good or bad. It's a more human and advanced way to tell a story.

I was literally wondering this just a couple days ago.... GET YOUR MICROPHONES OUT OF MY HOUSE!

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

Wonderful episode, really appreciate the consideration given to characters that end up on the wrong side through good intentions. It really is all grey at times.

I would say you might wanna check out the newer Thrawn series. I believe it talks a bit about Yularin as being passed over for promotion several times and remained a Colonel. That caused some strife; and why he ended up in the ISB. Rebels also talks a bit about him being a mentor to Kallus. Colonel Yularen also was the deputy director for the Naval Intel Agency.

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.

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

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.

This is amazing video keep it up