Yogar Lyste

"You misunderstand. We are no longer interested in buying."

- Lyste to Morad Sumar

Lieutenant Yogar Lyste, operating number: LSM-03, was an officer of the Galactic Empire several years prior to the Battle of Yavin. He was stationed on the planet Lothal, where he served as Imperial Supply Master of Capital City; keeping track of all weapons and gear shipped in, as well as any produced locally. Eventually, once the Imperials withdrew a majority of their military forces from Lothal, Lyste was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and made acting captain of an Arquitens-class light cruiser. With his new position, he was responsible for monitoring who and what entered the star system, specifically aimed at defending the planets from rebels.

Age of the Empire
Born on Garel, Yogar Lyste would eventually join the Imperial Military, where at least five years before the Battle of Yavin he would hold the title of Supply Master on the Outer Rim agricultural backwater of Lothal. An ambitious young Imperial officer, Lyste would be charged with overseeing the planet's imports and exports, as well as regulating, maintaining, and distributing products from local Imperial-controlled industries. This also included the transport of prisoners.

Throughout his career, Lyste would be harassed by a group of rebels known by the locals as the Spectres, with each attack infuriating him to further his efforts. Shortly before the orphan Ezra Bridger joined the rebel cell, Lyste was overseeing the transference of several crates of food and blasters to the Imperial Complex on Lothal when the shipment was hijacked by the crew of the Ghost. Lyste and the stormtroopers under his command attempted to stop the theft of the cargo, but were powerless to prevent the rebels from fleeing on speeder bikes with the crates.

Some time later, Lyste was in the town of Kothal where he attempted to pressure local farmer Morad Sumar into selling his farmland 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, his wife and their Aqualish farm helper, 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 and Garazeb Orrelios who had seen the smoking ruins of the farm from the TIE/LN starfighter they had recently stolen.

Much later, Lyste would investigate a report by the Imperial cadet Nazhros Oleg that a warehouse in Lothal's Capital City was taking in barrels of ebla beer without the proper tax stamps. His agents verified that the barrels were being stockpiled in a warehouse for distribution, resulting in Captain Piers Roddance ordering a raid, headed by Oleg, with Zare Leonis and a squad of stormtroopers providing backup.

In the aftermath of the Lothal insurgency following the brutal Siege of Lothal, a large number of Imperial troops withdrew from Lothal, resulting in Lyste receiving more responsibility. Becoming a lieutenant and acting captain aboard a light cruiser, he became responsible for monitoring ships going to and from the planet, along with ensuring that no dissident forces returned to disrupt Imperial rule. Unknown to Lyse, the same group of rebels that ignited the insurgency on Lothal had secretly returned to Lothal, slipping past his notice and landing on the surface, in order to rendezvous with the Alderaanian dignitary, Princess Leia Organa, of whom Lyste was skeptical of due to rebel activity and a history of Alderaanian vessels being 'stolen' by rebels. Hoping to avoid such an incident, he implemented as much security as possible by dispatching a stormtrooper detachment and using gravity locks to secure Organa's three Hammerhead cruisers.

As an added security measure, Lyste also brought in two All Terrain Armored Transports to patrol the area. After Organa insisted that Lyste temporarily hand over his own transport for a relief mission, she, along with Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger, both disguised as Imperial soldiers, staged a kidnapping of the sixteen-year-old princess. After falling for the ruse, Lyste immediately ordered a scan of the nearby area to find the rebels that Leia was secretly working with. Hoping to seize Organa's vessels for the rebellion, the rebels launched a raid on Lyste's garrison the following evening, in which they managed to "steal" the Hammerheads. Going along with the rebels' plan, Leia threatened to blackmail Lyste for his inept command of the helpless Imperial presence on Lothal unless she was compensated, and he quickly complied to do so without any hesitation. After securing a transport for her, he disdainfully discovered that his own private transport was missing.

Personality & Traits
Young and ambitious, Lyste exuded confidence and performed his duties, exhibiting a great amount of pride. He took his position as Supply Master, and later lieutenant and acting captain of his own Imperial light cruiser, seriously and cared little for anyone standing in his way. Charged with securing land on Lothal he attempted to negotiate before resorting to force, as he was not keen on unnecessary violence, unlike many of his peers. However, when forced to use drastic measures, he did not hesitate to use force. One such example was when he was ordered to clear farmers from their land. Despite his confidence he proved unable to stop rebels Ezra Bridger and Garazeb Orrelios from freeing his prisoners, and later failed at ensuring that Princess Leia Organa's vessels were not stolen by the same group of dissidents.

Sabine Wren had some respect for him, noting that he had started beefing up security and describing him in her personal journal as "not a complete dummy." . 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 Imperial blockade, telling Princess Leia Organa that he wanted to make sure that her supplies got to the impoverished citizens.

Appearances

 * Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
 * Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
 * The Rebellion Begins
 * Droids in Distress
 * Ezra's Duel with Danger
 * Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice
 * Ezra's Duel with Danger
 * Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice