L'ulo L'ampar

"Not the news any one of us wanted to hear, I think.''" "No, it really wasn't, L'ulo. You ever think that this is never going to end?" "Ah, Shara, you can't think that way. Otherwise we're just fighting'' for the sake of the fight, right?"

- L'ulo and Shara Bey

L'ulo was a male Duros who served as a lieutenant in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. He fought against the Galactic Empire in the Battle of Endor as a pilot of Green Squadron, a group of A-wing interceptors. Originally flying as Green Two, L'ulo was made Green Squadron commander when Green Leader Arvel Crynyd was killed in a suicide run to destroy the Super Star Destroyer Executor. Soon after, the Alliance won the battle and celebrated their victory on the forest moon below.

Despite the Alliance's triumph at Endor, the Empire refused to end the fight. In the following days and months, L'ulo led Green Squadron in numerous Rebel missions, including the liberation of Cawa City. During this time, L'ulo formed a close friendship with Shara Bey, a Green Squadron pilot. Concerned that Bey was not spending enough time with her family, L'ulo implored her to leave the Rebellion. Three months after the Battle of Endor, Bey gave in to L'ulo's advice, settling into a new home on Yavin 4 with her husband, Kes Dameron.

Over the next three decades, the Empire reorganized into the First Order, so former-Rebellion leader Leia Organa created the Resistance, a military group to oppose them and protect the New Republic. L'ulo joined the Resistance's Starfighter Corps and was personally selected by Bey's son, Poe Dameron, to join Black Squadron and assist him in his search for Lor San Tekka.

Battle of Endor
"Green Four, nice flying.''" "Thank you, Green Two." "I heard they're shuttling personnel down to the moon. To celebrate." "That is correct. I take it you'd like to join them?" "''You're acting group commander now, so&hellip;yes, sir."

- L'ulo and Shara Bey, following the battle

During the Galactic Civil War, the galaxy-wide conflict between the Galactic Empire and Alliance to Restore the Republic, L'ulo was a lieutenant in the Alliance, serving as an A-wing pilot in Green Squadron under the command of Green Leader Arvel Crynyd. When the Rebel Alliance discovered Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine would be aboard the Death Star II to oversee its construction, Alliance High Command determined that launching an immediate attack on the space station would be their only chance of crippling the Empire.

L'ulo, flying as Green Two alongside the rest of Green Squadron and the Alliance Fleet, exited hyperspace above the forest moon of Endor, approaching the superweapon. The Pathfinders, Alliance military specialists, had been tasked with disabling the Death Star's shield by destroying its generator on the moon's surface, but when the Rebel Fleet arrived, the shield was still up and&mdash;previously unknown to the Rebellion leaders&mdash;the superweapon was fully operational. Quickly realizing that it was a trap set up by the Empire but unable to escape, Rebel fighters engaged the Imperial forces, trying to buy more time for the Pathfinders. Along with Crynyd and a portion of Green Squadron, L'ulo attacked the Executor, an Executor-class Star Dreadnought and the mightiest ship in the Imperial Navy. The attack brought down the Executor's shields, and Crynyd, seeing a chance to even the odds, sacrificed himself in a suicide run to destroy the capital ship's bridge, giving a field promotion to L'ulo. Soon after, the Pathfinders succeeded in lowering the Death Star's shield, giving Gold Leader Lando Calrissian and Red Leader Wedge Antilles an opportunity to destroy the station. Succeeding in their mission, the Alliance Fleet regrouped and began shuttling pilots to the forest moon to celebrate with the Pathfinders and local Ewok population.

Despite their victory, General Crix Madine was wary of an Imperial counter-attack, causing some pilots to remain with their starfighters. When L'ulo was approached by Green Four Shara Bey, she inquired if she could join the festivities. L'ulo, knowing she was concerned about her Pathfinder husband, Kes Dameron, granted her permission to join the celebration. The following morning, Rebel intelligence discovered transmissions from an Imperial holdout on the far side of the moon. Not wanting to leave unfinished business, General Han Solo held a briefing in Bright Tree Village, for which L'ulo was present. Informed of their new mission, the troops, led by Solo and the Pathfiners, launched an assault on the outpost. With aid from the Ewoks, the Rebels defeated the remaining Imperials, only to discover Imperial data and communications confirming that the war was not yet over.

The fight continues
"I understand your husband put his paperwork in and that it's been approved. I took the liberty of submitting yours.''" "You shouldn't have done that, Captain." "Shara, you and Kes have done more than your fair share. It's mustering out, it's not desertion. Besides, it's already done, should be cleared withing the week. It's past time that you and your family got to live the lives you've been fighting for. Time for you to pick out a world to settle on, Lieutenant." "''Yes, sir."

- L'ulo and Bey

Seventeen days after the Battle of Endor, L'ulo, now in command of Green Squadron and the Y-wing starfighters of Feral Group, engaged Imperial TIE fighters to liberate Cawa City, the capitol city of the planet Sterdic IV. The city, which was home to a number of Duros citizens, was dominated by Imperial forces, reasserting that they would not end their fight against the Alliance. During the battle, Bey, now flying as Green Two, assisted L'ulo by flying between the legs of an All Terrain Armored Transport to pick off a pursuing TIE fighter. Shortly after, when Bey's A-wing became damaged and started leaking coolant, L'ulo returned the favor and downed her attacker. Once Bey was safe, L'ulo ordered Feral Leader to issue an attack run on the AT-AT. In response, Y-wing pilots Feral Two and Feral Three dropped explosive clusters, which magnetized to the walker and destroyed it, ending the conflict.

After the battle, while Bey was consulting Rebel technician Wiley about the damages to her A-wing, L'ulo approached her. Bringing up her previous and current roles within the fleet, L'ulo told her that she was working too hard, and that she should spend time with her husband, Kes Dameron, and her son, Poe. When Bey replied that Dameron was on a Pathfinder operation with General Solo, L'ulo reassured her that her husband would be fine. Deciding to keep Bey occupied during Dameron's absence, the lieutenant said he would try find some light work to keep her busy for the next few days.

In the following two months, L'ulo continued to serve the Rebel Fleet in preventing innocent worlds from Imperial attack, receiving a promotion to captain. When Admiral Gial Ackbar and General Madine called a meeting and said the war did not have a foreseeable end, L'ulo confronted Bey again. L'ulo, who learned Dameron had submitted resignation paperwork, took the liberty of submitting Bey's as well, telling her that she'd done more than expected and that she had a family to look after. Bey heeded L'ulo's advice, settling into a Yavin 4 colony with her husband. Soon after, the Rebellion formally became the New Republic, and the Galactic Civil War ended less than a year later with the Empire's defeat at the Battle of Jakku and the signing of the Galactic Concordance. In the following years, Bey remembered L'ulo through the L'ulo Stand, a flight maneuver she taught to her son, Poe Dameron, at their Yavin 4 home.

Forming Black Squadron
"You are my team, you are my friends. We are Black Squadron&hellip;and it's an honor."

- Poe Dameron, forming Black Squadron

Over the next three decades, remnants of the Empire reorganized into the First Order. Believing the First Order to be a threat to the Republic, Leia Organa, a war hero of the Rebellion, created the Resistance to oppose them. L'ulo joined Organa's Resistance, offering his piloting skills to its Starfighter Corps. Bey's son Dameron also joined, becoming recognized as the Resistance's best, most daring pilot.

Soon after Dameron joined, he underwent missions allowing the Resistance to intercept intelligence claiming that Luke Skywalker, Organa's exiled brother and the last Jedi in the galaxy, was being searched for by the First Order. Desperate to find him before anyone else, Organa tasked Dameron to meet Lor San Tekka, an explorer who knew Skywalker's whereabouts. Although trouble was unlikely, Organa authorized Dameron to select a squadron of four pilots and a technician. Choosing friends whom he could trust, Dameron recruited L'ulo, along with technician Oddy Muva and T-70 X-wing pilots Temmin Wexley, Karé Kun, and Jessika Pava, to form Black Squadron. Dameron informed the group that they would be departing on a mission, but, to L'ulo's disapproval, the purpose of their mission was classified.

Searching for Tekka
"I was about a second away from flying down into that cavern and looking for you, son.''" "''I'm fine, L'ulo. Listen, all of you. We've been made. There was a tracker on my ship. We're gonna have company, I think."

- L'ulo and Dameron, during Black Squadron's first mission

Black Squadron departed from the secret Resistance base on D'Qar, travelling to the uneven, mountainous world where Tekka was last seen. Leaving the rest of his squadron flying above the surface, Dameron flew his X-wing, Black One, into a twisting, narrow artificial cavern, where he landed, finding a seemingly deserted settlement and a large, radiating egg. Dameron reported his findings to Wexley, who asked if there was anywhere to land. Dameron suggested that they should not follow, saying that they should have enough fuel to remain in the air. Immediately after, Black Squadron lost contact with Dameron, and a moment before L'ulo entered the cavern to find him, the transmission was restored. Dameron reported that he was fine, but he found a tracker on his ship, and the First Order was likely to arrive soon. However, Dameron's fears were already fulfilled, as Kun spotted a First Order transport loaded with two Atmospheric Assault Landers, eight TIE/fo space superiority fighters, and numerous jetpack-wearing stormtroopers above the cavern's entrance.

Personality and traits
"For a pilot who just helped liberate Cawa City, that's a mighty long face.''" "This coming from a Duros." "I would have you know that my face is considered quite short for one of my people." "And devilishly handsome, too, I'm sure, L'ulo." "''That as well."

- L'ulo and Bey

L'ulo was a male, green-skinned Duros with red eyes and a relatively short, allegedly handsome, face. He placed an importance on making family a priority, often confronting Bey and asking her to spend time talking to her husband and son. Although L'ulo worried for Bey, he had a lighthearted nature, often making jokes in serious situations. Three decades later, during L'ulo's service to the Resistance, he was recruited by Dameron for a mission; upon hearing the manner of the mission was classified, he scoffed, saying that Organa still did not trust him, despite serving with her for decades. In response to L'ulo's statement, Kun called him an old-timer, joking that he was lucky to be flying at all.

Skills and abilities
L'ulo was a skilled Rebel pilot, flying an A-wing interceptor through numerous Alliance campaigns following the Battle of Endor, during which he had become Green Leader. An atmospheric flight maneuver called the L'ulo Stand was named in his honor, which only two other pilots, Bey and her son, Dameron, were able to complete. Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, Dameron, who was recognized as the best pilot in the Resistance, completed an improvised version of a L'ulo Stand in the vacuum of space, during a skirmish against numerous forces of the First Order. Less than a year later, Dameron personally requested L'ulo's participation in Black Squadron.

Equipment
As a pilot of the Rebellion and Resistance, L'ulo wore a green flight suit and helmet while operating an RZ-1 A-wing interceptor, a single-pilot starfighter manufactured by Kuat Systems Engineering.

Behind the scenes
L'ulo was introduced in the comic book Star Wars: Shattered Empire, Part I, which was written by Greg Rucka, illustrated by Marco Checchetto, and published September 9, 2015 by Marvel Comics as a part of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The comic's protagonist, Shara Bey, was an A-wing pilot who flew second to L'ulo; the decision to place focus on A-wing pilots was made by Rucka, whose favorite movie starfighter is the A-wing.

On December 18, 2015, Before the Awakening, a junior novel written by Rucka, was published by Disney–Lucasfilm Press as a tie-in to Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. The novel referenced L'ulo, although the character's name was misspelled as "L'ullo." On April 6, 2016, L'ulo was featured in the first issue of Star Wars: Poe Dameron, an ongoing Marvel comic series written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Phil Noto. L'ulo will be a recurring character in the series.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Shattered Empire, Part I
 * Star Wars: Shattered Empire, Part II
 * Star Wars: Shattered Empire, Part IV
 * Before the Awakening
 * Star Wars: Poe Dameron 1: Black Squadron, Part I
 * Star Wars: Poe Dameron 3