Yuralla Vega

Yuralla Vega, known as Yura, was a human female resident of Chorin during the Imperial Era. She was the lover of Beilert Valance, a miner from Chorin who left to join the Galactic Empire. Chorin's mines then ran out, and the Empire abandoned the world, leaving it defenseless from raiders. When Valance returned after being discharged from the Empire, he encountered Vega, who told him what had happened to their homeworld. Valance vowed to take revenge on the raiders, but arrived at their camp after they had left.
When the Sith Lord Darth Vader ordered the residents of Chorin, including Vega, be wiped out, Valance rescued them and relocated the group to the forest world Lowik. Vega expressed her disbelief that she and the other Chorin residents were able to evade the Empire.
Later, Valance would visit her for help in hiding the heir to the Unbroken Clan and Mourner's Wail crime syndicates, Cadeliah. By this time, she was married to the Rebel lieutenant Kondra. After a skirmish with bounty hunters on the girl's trail, Vega became Cadeliah's new caretaker as Valance left Lowik. Vega then departed Lowik with Cadeliah and the rest of the Rebel Alliance.
==Biography==
The female human Yuralla VegaBounty Hunters 3 was a resident on the planet Chorin during the Imperial Era. By circa 13 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates Beilert Valance leaving Chorin to join the Galactic Empire to around 13 BBY. she was in love with the miner Beilert Valance. On one stary night, they shared a moment that Vega declared she wished could last forever, but Valance promised they would have a lifetime of memories.Bounty Hunters 37 However, Valance later decided to leave Chorin. As the two looked at the stars in the Itani Nebula near the Hydian Way, Valance explained his decision to leave ChorinBounty Hunters 6 to join the Galactic Empire as a pilot. Before he departed, Vega gave him a gem, a fire ruby, to remember her by.
After Valance left, the Empire took everything from the mines on Chorin and then left the residents defenseless to raiders. The residents fought back against the raiders, but many miners were killed in the process and the settlement was left devastated. Valance eventually returned to Chorin, having been being discharged by the Empire after losing all of his limbs in battle, becoming a cyborg as a result. After finding the graves of the miners, Valance was greeted by Vega, who explained what had happened while he was absent. Valance told her that he would make the raiders pay and went in search for them. Vega begged him not to leave but he departed regardless arriving at the raiders camp to find that they had already left.
In 1 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Target Vader 6 to 1 BBY. the Sith Lord Darth Vader worked with Valance to defeat the Hidden Hand syndicate. After Valance abandoned Vader, the Sith Lord ordered the residents of Chorin be wiped out. Valance, though, rescued them before the stormtroopers arrived to level the settlement. Valance took Vega and the others to the rebel outpost on the forest world Lowik. Vega expressed her disbelief that their escape from the Empire had been successful. Valance asked the rebels Gita and Aeliar whether Vega and the other people from Chorin would be safe on Lowik. Gita confirmed his hopes and offered for him to stay. Valance refused and departed Lowik to deal with his own matters. Before he left he returned the gem Vega had given to him before.Target Vader 6
Yura encountered Valance again after he sustained severe injuries in protecting Cadeliah. She helped restore the cyborg, and he later acted as diversion so she and Cadeliah could escape the bounty hunters Zuckuss and 4-LOM. Her old love managed to make a deal with the hunters, but the rebel outpost needed to be evacuated. Valance left Cadeliah in Vega's care going forward, as Vega, her husband, and the youth escaped Lowik.Bounty Hunters 8
They eventually made their way to Panisia, where they resided in a rebel base until the base's location was reported to the Empire by the Crimson Dawn assassin Deathstick,Crimson Reign 2 who then bombed the base. It was believed all present were killed,Bounty Hunters 30 though Cadeliah was captured by Deathstick and taken to Crimson Dawn leader Lady Qi'ra, and Vega and Kondra survived.Bounty Hunters 42
==Personality and traits==
Yuralla Vega was a female human with light skin, brown eyes, and brown hair. When her lover Beilert Valance left to join the Empire, she gave him a gem to remember her by. After he returned and sought out the raiders that had attacked Vega's people, she begged him to stay, although he ignored her. When Valance saved her from the Empire, Vega was in disbelief that the rescue had gone to plan. After Valance's return with Cadeliah, she expressed how she would have waited for him, if she only knew he still cared. Yet by the time he had returned, she was married to Kondra, and he was a bounty hunter. Vega was caring, and was willing to take over as Cadeliah's protector when Valance decided he could not.
==Equipment==
Vega wore cream colored clothing when Valance left to join the Empire. By the time Valance returned, she wore brown clothing. Vega also had a golden brace around the top of her head with a green gem in its center.
==Behind the scenes==
Yuralla Vega first appeared through flashbacks in the comic Target Vader 5, written by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Cris Bolson, Roberto Di Salvo, and Marco Failla, and published by Marvel Comics on November 13 2019. She was referred to as Yula in the following issue Target Vader 6, written by Thompson, illustrated by Salvo, Stefano Landini, and Georges Duarte, and published by Marvel Comics on December 11 2019. She was first referred to as Yuralla Vega in Bounty Hunters 3, written by Ethan Sacks, illustrated by Paolo Villanelli, and published by Marvel Comics on June 24 2020.
==Appearances==
==Sources==
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
==Notes and references==
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