Yogar Lyste

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Yogar Lyste

Yogar Lyste, with the operating numberLSM-03, was anofficer of theGalactic Empire with therank oflieutenant during theImperial Era. He was stationed on theplanetLothal, where he served as the ImperialSupply Master ofCapital City, keeping track of all weapons and gear shipped in, as well as any produced locally. In3 BBY, Lyste was placed in charge of amilitary depot and hosted a relief mission led byPrincessLeia Organa ofAlderaan. The theft of threeSphyrna-class Hammerhead corvettes by theSpectres caused him considerable embarrassment.

Eventually, Lyste was promoted to the rank oflieutenant and made actingcaptain of anImperial light cruiser. With his new position, he was responsible for monitoring who and what entered thestar system, specifically aimed at defending the planets from rebels. In2 BBY, Lieutenant Lyste came under the command ofGrand AdmiralThrawn, who took an interest in the rebel insurgency in theLothal sector. During the course of Thrawn's investigation into the identity of the rebel agentFulcrum, Lyste was framed by his colleague, theImperial Security BureauAgentAlexsandr Kallus, who knew Lyste would likely be executed for the crimes he was accused of.

Biography[]

Background[]

Born onGarel, Yogar Lyste eventually joined theImperial Military, where at least fiveyears before theBattle of Yavinhe would hold theposition ofSupply Master on theOuter Rim agricultural backwater ofLothal^[6] as part of itslocal garrison.^[7] An ambitious youngImperial officer, Lyste was charged with overseeing the planet's imports and exports, as well as regulating, maintaining, and distributing products from localImperial-controlled industries. This also included thetransport ofprisoners.^[6]

The Lothal insurgency[]

Throughout his career, Lyste was harassed by a group of rebels known by the locals as theSpectres, with each attack infuriating him to further his efforts.^[6] Shortly before the orphanEzra Bridger joined the rebel cell, Lyste was overseeing the transference of several crates offood andblasters to theImperial Complex on Lothal when the shipment washijacked by the crew of theGhost. Lyste and thestormtroopers under his command attempted to stop the theft of the cargo, but were powerless to prevent the rebels from fleeing onspeeder bikes with the crates.^[8]

Some time later, Lyste was in the town ofKothal, where he attempted to pressure local farmerMorad Sumar into selling hisfarmland to the Empire. After Sumar expressed disinterest in the prospect, Lyste took his troops to the farm later that day, where he forcibly evicted Sumar, hiswife and theirAqualish farmhand, destroying their home with his troop transport's cannons. The farmer, his wife and the farmhand were later freed while in transit by Ezra Bridger andGarazeb Orrelios, who had seen the smoking ruins of the farm from theTIE/ln space superiority starfighter they had recently stolen.^[9]

Sometime later, Lyste investigated a report by theImperial cadetNazhros Oleg that a warehouse in Lothal'sCapital City was taking in barrels ofebla beer without the propertax stamps. Hisagents verified that the barrels were being stockpiled in a warehouse for distribution, resulting inCaptainPiers Roddance ordering a raid, headed by Oleg, withZare Leonis and asquad of stormtroopers providing backup.^[10]

Hosting Princess Leia[]

In the aftermath of theSiege of Lothal, a large number of Imperialtroops withdrew from Lothal, resulting in Lyste receiving more responsibility, serving as aport commander.^[12] Becoming alieutenant and acting as captain aboard alight cruiser,^[13] he became responsible for monitoringships going to and from theplanet, along with ensuring that no dissident forces returned to disrupt Imperial rule. Unknown to Lyste, the same group of rebels that ignited the insurgency on Lothal had secretly returned, slipping past his notice and landing on the planet, in order to rendezvous with theAlderaanian dignitaryPrincessLeia Organa, of whom Lyste was skeptical of due to rebel activity and a history ofAlderaanian vessels being "stolen" by rebels. Hoping to avoid such an incident, he implemented as much security as possible by dispatching a stormtrooper detachment and usinggravity locks to secure Organa's threeSphyrna-class Hammerhead corvettes.^[11]

As an added security measure, Lyste also brought in twoAll Terrain Armored Transports to patrol the area. After Organa insisted that Lyste temporarily hand over his owntransport for a relief mission, she, along withKanan Jarrus and Bridger, both disguised as Imperialsoldiers, staged a kidnapping of the princess. After falling for the ruse, Lyste immediately ordered a scan of the nearby area to find the rebels that Organa was secretly working with. Hoping to seize Organa's vessels for the rebellion, the rebels launched araid on Lyste'sgarrison the following evening, in which they managed to "steal" the Hammerheads. Going along with the rebels' plan, Organa threatened to blackmail Lyste for his inept command of the helpless Imperial presence on Lothal unless she was compensated, and he quickly agreed to do so without any hesitation. After securing a transport for her, he discovered that his own private transport was missing.^[11]

Thrawn's crackdown[]

In2 BBY,^[14] Lyste was present at theImperial Armory Complex whenGovernorArihnda Pryce andAgentKallus summoned the workers for a general assembly. Thefactory was producing a high rate of faulty vehicles that affected the Imperial Military's operations. In response,Imperial High Command dispatchedGrand AdmiralThrawn to restore order to the factory and to hunt down subversives. In fact, asmall rebel cell led byRyder Azadi had been sabotaging the vehicles.^[15]

Lyste watched as Thrawn chastised the workers for their poor workmanship and forced the workerMorad Sumar, an undercover rebel operative, to demonstrate a faulty614-AvA speeder bike. The simulation caused an explosion, which claimed Sumar's life. Lyste was shocked by Thrawn's brutal methods, but nevertheless complied with the Grand Admiral's orders. Thrawn then ordered Lyste and his fellow Imperials to detain the workers for questioning and lock down the factory. Under Thrawn's orders, Lyste ordered the factory workers to line up in pairs and submit themselves for questioning. However, the rebelinfiltrators, Bridger and Jarrus, managed to escape when theirastromech droidChopper blew up anotherspeeder bike. This ruse worked, and Lyste ordered a disguised Chopper to report for maintenance.^[15]

Jarrus, Bridger and Chopper managed to evade the Imperial security forces and steal Thrawn's secret plans from Section A2. Meanwhile, Thrawn summoned Lyste and Kallus tohis office for an update on the lockdown. Lyste and Kallus found that the office was decorated with holograms of theSpectres,Sabine Wren'sgraffiti, and the helmet of aJedi Temple Guard. When Thrawn asked his subordinates about one of Wren's graffiti artworks, Lyste responded that it was a section of the retaining wall. The more perceptive Kallus recognized it as thestarbird, the marking ofPhoenix Cell. After Lyste informed Thrawn that two of the workers had disappeared, Thrawn realized that the rebels were after his plans and sent Lyste and Kallus to secure Section A2.^[15]

However, the rebels'droid Chopper had already downloaded the plans by thetime Lyste and Kallus arrived to order a lockdown. The rebels managed to escape with the help of Kallus, who had become part of a secret rebel network of informants known asFulcrum. When Azadi's rebel cell launched a diversionary attack on the factory's east gate, Lyste dispatched twoAT-AT walkers to deal with the intruders. He reported the incident to Thrawn and requested permission to deploy more reinforcements. Knowing that the rebels would take advantage of the diversion to escape, Thrawn allowed Lyste to send anAT-DP walker that had been stolen by Bridger's team.^[15]

Following the rebels' escape, Lyste reported his account of the skirmish to Thrawn. The Grand Admiral was satisfied with Lyste's report and dismissed him before turning to deal with Kallus and Pryce.^[15]

Betrayal and frame-up[]

While commanding aImperial light cruiser, Lyste led a successful operation to capture a stolenshuttle that had fledLothal's spaceport. When Kallus awoke, Lyste informed him that his ship was responding to ashuttle heist. After the lightcruiser'sbridge crew had trapped the stolen shuttle with the ship'stractor beam, Lyste remained aboard the bridge while stormtroopers boarded the shuttle. Unbeknownst to Lyste, Kallus discovered that the captured shuttlethief was his rebel contact Ezra Bridger, who had come torescue him.^[5]

When Lyste entered the light cruiser's detention block, Kallus claimed that Bridger was abounty hunter whom he had succeeded in extracting a confession from. Lyste then informed theISB agent that Thrawn'sSeventh Fleet had arrived in theLothal system and had invited both of them aboard hisflagshipChimaera. Lyste was eager to be summoned for a meeting with a high-ranking Imperialcommander, since he wanted to showcase his successful capture of an alleged rebel operative. He also wanted to make up for the embarrassing incident involving the Princess from Alderaan.^[5]

Lyste gave orders for his men to bring the rebel prisoner aboard aSentinel-class landing craft for his meeting with Thrawn. Lyste was also accompanied by the undercover rebel droidsAP-5 and Chopper, who claimed to be unwilling passengers aboard Bridger's shuttle and that they had evidence to submit against Bridger. Once aboard theChimaera, Lyste and Kallus witnessed several Imperialofficers of theSector Command staff, CaptainsBrunson andSlavin, and CommanderBrom Titus, exiting a meeting with Thrawn.^[5]

Upon reaching Thrawn's office, a stormtrooper sentry demanded that Lyste and Kallus submit theircode cylinders. Lyste reluctantly submitted his after a brief protest, and the two met with Thrawn and the Head of the ISBColonelWullf Yularen. During the meeting, Thrawn revealed that there was a traitor in the Imperial ranks who was helping the growing Rebellion, codenamed Fulcrum. When Lyste expressed his enthusiasm inhunting down the Rebelspy, Thrawn told him that nobody was above suspicion and informed them that Yularen would be interrogating them personally.^[5]

While chatting alone with Kallus, Lyste remarked that nobody escaped theeye of Yularen for long. After Pryce complimented Lyste for capturing the shuttle thief, Kallus manipulated Lyste into believing that the ISB was investigating Pryce as a Fulcrum suspect. While Lyste was distracted, Kallus switched their code cylinders. He then convinced Lyste to spy on Pryce. Later, Kallus contacted Lyste bycomlink, and was warned by Lyste that Pryce, Thrawn and Yularen were entering thedetention block. He told Lyste to trail Pryce, but to remain unseen.^[5]

Kallus had already used Lyste's code cylinder to free Bridger from theChimaera's detention block, thus framing him as the rebel agent Fulcrum. Kallus then obtained amilitary uniform for Bridger. Pretending to be Lyste, Bridger used aJedimind trick to convince one of Thrawn's guards to let him into his office. Once inside the office, Bridger transmitted clearance codes to his rebel comrades Jarrus andRex. Kallus then had Chopper delete data on the planetAtollon, which housed therebel base. He also reprogrammed Thrawn'sDT-series sentry droids intoassassin droids. After Thrawn narrowly escaped an attack by the droids and witnessed a disguised Bridger escaping, he believed that Lyste was the traitor. Playing into Kallus' hands, Lyste continued to spy on Pryce. When he saw her fight two stormtroopers, who were Rex and Jarrus in disguise, he believed that she was actually Fulcrum andstunned her, which Yularen witnessed. When the disguised Rebels fled onto the ship, Lyste recognized Bridger and realized that he had been deceived before being tackled by Kallus, who took the opportunity to switch their code cylinders back.^[5]

Lyste had, ultimately, made himself look like Fulcrum. Shortly after he was tackled, Yularen arrived with stormtrooper reinforcements. Kallus publicly accused Lyste of being Fulcrum,^[5] knowing that Lyste would face immediate imprisonment and, most likely, execution for such a charge.^[16] Despite his protests, Lyste was dragged away by stormtroopers. While Thrawn and Yularen publicly accepted Kallus' explanation that Lyste was Fulcrum, the two privately doubted that Lyste was the traitor, as he was too inexperienced and naive to be capable of masterminding the events that had transpired. Upon seeing Wren's art on Bridger's helmet, Thrawn deduced that Bridger was in fact the mysterious "shuttle thief" and that because Kallus tried to conceal this, he had to be the real Fulcrum. However, he decided not to apprehend Kallus since he wanted Kallus to lead him to the rebels.^[5]

Personality and traits[]

Young and ambitious, Lyste exuded confidence in the performance of his duties, exhibiting a great amount of pride. He took his position as Supply Master,^[9] and later lieutenant and acting captain of his own Imperial light cruiser, seriously, and cared little for anyone standing in his way.^[11] Charged with securing land on Lothal, he attempted to negotiate before resorting to force, as he was not keen on unnecessary violence. However, when forced to use drastic measures, he did not hesitate to use force. One such example was when he was ordered to clearfarmers fromtheir land. Despite his confidence, he proved unable to stop rebels Bridger andGarazeb Orrelios fromfreeing his prisoners,^[9] and later failed at ensuring that Organa's vessels were not "stolen" by the same group of dissidents.^[11]

Wren had some respect for him, noting that he had started beefing up security and describing him in herpersonal journal as "not a complete dummy."^[17] Unlike many other officers, he was quite understanding of the failures of his subordinates. He also showed concern for the people of Lothal during the presence of the Imperialblockade, telling Organa that he wanted to make sure that her supplies got to the impoverished citizens. Despite his preparations to secure the Hammerheadcorvettes withgravity locks, he was outmatched by the bold cunning and ingenuity of his rebel opponents.^[11] Lyste felt humiliated by this incident and sought to curry favor with the Imperial military leadership.^[5]

Lyste was briefly shocked by Thrawn's killing of the factory worker Sumar during a test demonstration, but nevertheless complied with the Admiral's orders to detain and question the workers. He was outfoxed by the Spectres' escape tactics, including staging diversions. Unlike Thrawn and Kallus, he lacked an appreciation for art and once, when asked for his opinion of one of Wren's graffiti pieces, described it solely as a piece of the retaining wall.^[15]

Lyste took pride in his successful efforts to apprehend the rebel Bridger, who was posing as a bounty hunter. However, he was unaware that Bridger had staged the capture in order to rescue Kallus, who was the secret rebel informant Fulcrum. Lyste viewed the capture of Bridger as an opportunity to regain favor with the Imperial High Command following the incident with Organa. He was enthusiastic about helping Thrawn capture the rebel agent. Kallus took advantage of Lyste's woeful lack of experience and naivety to manipulate him into believing that Pryce was Fulcrum in order to frame the lieutenant. Lyste's trust in Kallus and inexperience proved to be his undoing.^[5]

Equipment[]

Lyste was equipped with aRK-3 blaster.^[5] He also wore the standardgray-greenImperial military uniform.^[8]

Behind the scenes[]

Yogar Lyste first appeared as a secondary character in the television movieStar Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, which premiered onSeptember 26,2014. He was voiced byLiam O'Brien, who had also voiced several other characters, including fellowStar Wars Rebels characterMorad Sumar andCommodoreDael Margok in theLegends computer gameStar Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan. O'Brien voiced Lyste in severalStar Wars Rebels episodes throughout seasonsone,two, andthree. He also appeared as a tertiary character inJason Fry's 2014–2015 junior novel seriesServants of the Empire.

In his first appearance, in the scene inSpark of Rebellion where Ezra watches from a rooftop as Lyste is berated byCommandantAresko and TaskmasterGrint for supposedly reporting a nonexistent emergency, Lyste's hair is white instead of dark brown.^[8]

Appearances[]

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• Star Wars: Force Arena
• Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
• Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion(First appearance)
• The Rebellion Begins
• Droids in Distress chapter book
• Star Wars Rebels — "Fighter Flight"
• TIE Fighter Trouble
• Ezra's Duel with Danger(Mentioned only)
• Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice(Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Rebels — "A Princess on Lothal"
• Star Wars Rebels — "An Inside Man"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Through Imperial Eyes"

Sources[]

• Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
• Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head
• Rebel Journal by Ezra Bridger
• Sabine My Rebel Sketchbook
• Ultimate Star Wars
• Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 23Starship Fact File: Star Destroyer Deployment(Picture only)
• Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: AT-RT DriverDatabank A-Z: Luggabeast–Malakili
• Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
• Star Wars: The Rebel Files(Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles(Picture only)
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Star Wars: Card TraderSet:2020 Base Series, Card:Yogar Lyste
• "From the Shadows: The Dangerous Life of a Rebel Agent" —Star Wars Insider 212
• Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
• Alexsandr Kallus in theDatabank(backup link)
• Supply Master Yogar Lyste in theDatabank(backup link)

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Star Wars Rebels (@starwarsrebels) onFacebook (post onJanuary 14,2015):"Lyste is the young Imperial officer seen forcibly removing Morad Sumar from his farm in "Fighter Flight.""(backup link) (screenshot)