Yutani was a Human captain in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and a scout and a heavy weapon specialist in Alliance Special Forces. In the year 4 ABY, Yutani attended a briefing held on the Alliance flagship Home One, during which Alliance Supreme Commander Mon Mothma discussed plans to attack the Galactic Empire's second Death Star battle station.
Biography
Yutani, a Human, was a captain in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. Yutani served in Alliance Special Forces as a scout and a heavy weapon specialist.[2]
In the year 4 ABY,[3] Yutani sat at a briefing held on the Alliance flagship, the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Home One, in which the Alliance's Supreme Commander, Mon Mothma, discussed plans to attack the Galactic Empire's unfinished second Death Star battle station, which was orbiting the moon of Endor. During the briefing, the Rebel leadership explained that members of a strike team led by General Han Solo would be sent to Endor to deactivate the SLD-26 planetary shield generator protecting the Death Star, thereby allowing Alliance starfighters to destroy the station's main reactor.[1]
Personality and traits
Yutani was a fair-skinned individual with dark brown hair and a mustache.[1]
Equipment
When in attendance at the briefing aboard Home One, Captain Yutani wore the same uniform worn by other Rebel commandos at the briefing, and also wore a jacket that had an ammunition bandolier strung across.[1] Yutani carried custom repulsorlift compensators to allow fluid movement with light artillery weapons.[2]
Behind the scenes
Yutani first appeared as a background character sitting at the Rebel briefing on Home One in 1983's Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[1] According to the fan website Aveleyman, Yutani was portrayed by an uncredited Gordon Hann.[4] The character was later given a name and brief backstory on a card for the June 1999 Endor Limited expansion set of Decipher's Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[2]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Return of the Jedi: The Storybook Based on the Movie
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Cine-Manga
- Star Wars Manga: Return of the Jedi 2
- Return of the Jedi 3 (colorized in Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi)
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Endor Limited Card: Captain Yutani (backup link)
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology dates the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi to 4 ABY.
- ↑
Aveleyman - Gordon Hann on Aveleyman.com (backup link archived on November 5, 2018)
