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"Her name is Yanna. She appears to be leading them."
―Tech[1]

Yanna was a Wookiee female who was leader of a sanctuary on the planet Kashyyyk. After he helped rescue a member of her sanctuary between 19 BBY and 18 BBY, Yanna allowed the Wookiee Jedi Gungi to stay in the sanctuary and allied her people with him and Clone Force 99 to fight a convoy of Trandoshans aligned with the Galactic Empire. Using netcaster inhabitants of the forest, which Yanna and her villages saw as an ally in the fight against the Empire, the Wookiees and clones were able to defeat the convoy.

Biography[]

Sanctuary elder[]

[Yanna speaks Shyriiwook]
"We were soldiers of the Republic. But let's just say we don't see eye-to-eye with the Empire."
[Yanna speaks Shyriiwook]
"We came because Gungi was in trouble. Jedi or not, he's still a child. He needs his people."
―Yanna and Hunter[1]
Yanna-Gungi

Yanna gave Gungi a new home in her sanctuary.

Yanna was the elder and leader of a Wookiee sanctuary on the jungle planet Kashyyyk. During the early reign of the Galactic Empire, the Imperials used Trandoshans to begin stripping Kashyyyk of its resources, with many of the sanctuary's residents retreating further into the jungle to avoid them.[1] Between 19 BBY and 18 BBY,[3] one of the Wookiees who remained in the sanctuary with Yanna was captured by the Trandoshans, but after the Wookiee Jedi Gungi and his allies in Clone Force 99 freed[1] him,[2] the Wookiee and two other sanctuary residents bought the liberators back to the sanctuary on[1] mylaya.[4]

Yanna greeted the new arrivals at the base of the tree-top sanctuary and[1] hobbled[2] forward to press her forehead against that of the freed prisoner. She then addressed the newcomers in Shyriiwook, with the Clone Force 99 member Tech translating into basic to introduced her. Hunter, leader of the clones, explained that they were there to return Gungi to his homeworld, but that the Jedi did not know which village he was from. Kneeling in front of Gungi, Yanna placed a hand on his shoulder and lowered her head so he could touch foreheads with her. She then questioned the clones, and Hunter explained that they had formerly served the Galactic Republic, but were no allies of the Empire, and had helped the Jedi because he was only a child.[1]

No longer fighting alone[]

"Yanna's scouts are reporting a large convoy headed in this direction. She says to leave."
"Hunter, the Wookiees were our allies for years. We have to do something."
―Tech and Echo[1]
Yanna-Clones

Yanna allied with Clone Force 99 to fight the Empire and Trandoshans.

Later that night, Yanna agreed to let Gungi stay in the sanctuary and gave the clones additional information on the Trandoshans. After her scouts informed her that a large Imperial convoy was headed toward the sanctuary, she approached Clone Force 99 in one of the sanctuary's feasting halls and told them that they should leave, but at the clone Echo's prompting, Clone Force 99 chose instead to stay and help the Imperials. Yanna then led the other Wookiees present, including Gungi, outside, and knelt before a tree in meditation. With one hand on the wood, the Wookiees communed with the trees and asked for their help in the upcoming battle.[1]

As the clones reported that the Trandoshans were closing in, Gungi informed them that the trees had provided a plan. Gungi, the clones, and some of the villages warriors then ambushed the Trandoshan convoy and used a netcaster nest to defeat them. Once the fight was over,[1] the Wookiees and their allies spent the rest of the night putting out fires that the Trandoshans had started. The following morning,[2] Yanna sat with the victorious clones and Wookiees in the feasting hall before standing with Hunter and Tech to watch and discuss Gungi and the younger clone Omega, who were communing with a tree nearby.[1]

Personality and traits[]

"When a young one leaves, the trees weep. But when they return, the trees sing. As this child has found his new home, perhaps one day we all will find a new path."
―Yanna, translated by Tech[1]
Yanna-Trees

Yanna and her sanctuary believed the trees of Kashyyyk were their allies in the fight against the Empire.

Yanna was a Shyriiwook-speaking Wookiee[1] female[2] with brown fur and brown eyes. She agreed to let Gungi stay in her sanctuary as his new home, but expected the clones of Clone Force 99 to leave rather then face the Empire with her people, although she accepted their help when offered. She and the Wookiees of her sanctuary believed that Kashyyyk belonged to the trees of the forest and that the Wookiees and plants were allied in their fight against the Empire. When discussing Gungi with Hunter, she claimed that the trees wept when young Wookiees like Gungi left, but sung when they returned, then wished that one day all of them might find a new path.[1]

Equipment[]

Yanna wore a patterned orange shawl and carried a wooden staff.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

"This literal dream of getting to voice a Wookiee couldn't have been possible without geniuses @DavidWCollins & @matthewood working their sound design magic"
―Shelby Young, on voicing Yanna[5]

Yanna appeared in "Tribe,"[1] the sixth episode of season two of the animated television series Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which aired February 1, 2023.[6] She was voiced by Shelby Young,[1] who had always dreamed of voicing a Wookiee and spoke Shyriiwook with the aid of sound designers David W. Collins and Matthew Wood.[5]

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  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 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Tribe"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 TBBtemplate Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Tribe" (Disney+ audio description)
  3. ↑ Per the reasoning here, the seventh and eighth episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2, "The Clone Conspiracy" and "Truth and Consequences," can be placed in 18 BBY. Therefore, all Season 2 episodes proceeding "The Clone Conspiracy" occur between 19 BBY, which features the end of The Bad Batch Season 1 according to Star Wars: Timelines, and 18 BBY. The Galactic Empire, the formation of which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, sent Mayday's squad to Barton IV over a year prior to the events of the twelfth episode, "The Outpost." As it occurs over a year into the Imperial Era and is set shortly after the events of "Truth and Consequences," the events of "The Outpost" occur around 18 BBY. Following that logic, the ninth through eleventh episodes ("The Crossing" through "Metamorphosis") are also set around 18 BBY because they occur between the events of "Truth and Consequences" and "The Outpost." Finally, all season 2 episodes set after "The Outpost" occur shortly after its events, thereby placing those episodes around 18 BBY as well.
  4. ↑ The Walt Disney Studios All Access - ABB-005517 on Getty Images (February 1, 2023) (archived from the original on February 1, 2023)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 TwitterLogo Shelby Young (@shelby_young) on Twitter (backup link)
  6. ↑ StarWars Clone Force 99 Is Back in New Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Trailer on StarWars.com (December 7, 2022) (backup link)
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