Lylee Anaraku

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"Come on, Brand, it'll be fun! We can be partners— work out hand signals to tell each other what other suits we have, how many tricks we can take—"
―Lylee Anaraku encourages Brand to play Lifters with him[1]

Lylee Anaraku was a Mirialan male who served in the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, also known as Twilight Company, during the Galactic Civil War. During the company's attack on the planet Allst Prime, he searched for the fellow soldier Brand, who rescued him from an Imperial All Terrain Scout Transport, or AT-ST walker. Anaraku was confident in Brand's abilities against the walker, although his comrade wondered how he would fare if she was not around. As he tried to encourage Brand to play a game of Lifters with him and the company member Briala after Allst Prime, his fellow soldier ignored him. Anaraku was then attacked and incapacitated by an Imperial, only for Brand to come to his aid again.

Biography

"Hey, Brand! I've been looking for you."
"Seems to me like you should have been looking out for the walker."
"Pshhh. That stalker doesn't have a chance with you around."
―Anaraku and Brand[1]

During the Galactic Civil War, Lylee Anaraku served as a soldier in the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, better known as Twilight Company. He became acquainted with the soldier Brand and the Twilight Company member Briala, who Anaraku planned to play the card game Lifters with. After hearing Briala call All Terrain Scout Transports—AT-ST walkers—"Stalkers," Anaraku caught onto the nickname.[1] Between 2 BBY and 0 BBY,[2] Twilight Company attacked the backwater planet Allst Prime, targeting the Imperial outpost there.[1]

Lylee Anaraku fighting with Twilight Company on Allst Prime

Lylee Anaraku fighting with Twilight Company on Allst Prime

While soldiers of Twilight Company fought Imperial forces in the forests of Allst Prime, Anaraku chose to look for Brand, being ignorant of a maneuvering AT-ST. As the walker chose to fire at the Mirialan, Brand arrived and tackled him to the ground, rescuing him from the AT-ST's barrage. After Anaraku claimed that he was looking for her, she remarked about his ignorance to the AT-ST. He was confident the walker did not stand a chance against Brand, with his comrade being confused when he called it a stalker. When she asked what if she was not around to help him, Anaraku was confident she would be.[1]

Anaraku continued by inviting Brand to join him and Briala's game of Lifters after the fighting, Brand briefly saving him from a passing blaster shot between his sentences. His comrade then ignored his invitation and pushed past, crawling along a log to lock onto a target with her blaster. Anaraku continued pleading to her but she stopped listening to him. That was when he was attacked from behind by an Imperial. He called out to Brand but quickly fell unconscious. Brand, however, heard Anaraku calling to her and turned around, shooting the Imperial down before rushing in to his aid. She removed his head covering and found blood oozing from the back of his head.[1]

Personality and traits

"That what we're calling scout walkers now? Stalkers? What happens if I'm not around?"
"I heard Briala call them that. And of course you'll be around. You'll always survive!"
―Brand and Anaraku[1]

Lylee Anaraku was a male Mirialan with green eyes and yellow-green skin. He had black, diamond-shaped cheek markings which spread across his skin. He was close to the fellow rebel Brand and became distracted by finding and talking to her during the fighting on Allst Prime, which nearly got him killed twice.[1]

Equipment

Lylee Anaraku wore brown colored clothing and carried a blaster rifle. He also wore a cloth head covering over his head.[1]

Behind the scenes

Lylee Anaraku appeared through flashbacks in "Inbrief," a short story written by Janine K. Spendlove that was first published in Star Wars Insider 161[1] on November 10, 2015.[3]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 SWInsider "Inbrief" — Star Wars Insider 161
  2. ↑ In Battlefront: Twilight Company, the rebel trooper Hazram Namir refers to Brand as a bounty hunter during the battle on Vir Aphshire, which occurs concurrently with the Battle of Yavin. As "Inbrief" establishes that Brand's bounty hunter past was not known by other rebels until the battle of Allst Prime, that battle must have taken place before the Battle of Yavin, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to the time period that Star Wars: Galactic Atlas refers to as 0 BBY. Since the Rebel Alliance participates in the battle of Allst Prime, the battle must take place after the Declaration of the Rebel Alliance, which Timelines places in 2 BBY. Therefore, the battle of Allst Prime, and thus the main events of "Inbrief," must take place between 2 BBY and 0 BBY.
  3. ↑ TitanThingy Star Wars Insider Issue #161 on Titan Magazines' official website (original site is defunct)