#vaabesh

It's a cover of Weird Al's famous American Pie parody "The Saga Begins" and sung in the voices of several different Star Wars characters I played in fan projects over the years.

The voices were changed without AI.

This group my be a bit obscure, it's the Padawan Pack from the old Clone Wars comics, specifically, from the Last Stand on Jabiim

From left to right, Aubrie Wyn, Kass Tod, Vaabesh, Mak Lotor, Anakin, Tae Diath, Zule Xiss, Elora Sund, and Windo "Warble" Nend.

The second picture is Anakin honoring his fallen friends at the Jedi Monument on New Holstice.

The Padawan Pack was a group of Jedi padawans during the Clone Wars, whose masters died. All but Anakin fell during the Jabiim Civil War. It's honestly kind of a heartbreaking story arc, but I think about it very often.

Happy Clone Wars Friday!

The recent news of ten new Star Wars film projects made me imagine how I would adapt some of my favorite comics. When all their Jedi masters die in the battle of Jabiim (except Obi-Wan, who was actually just chained up in Ventress’ skeevy dungeon), nine orphan Padawans form the Padawan Pack. And it’s all downhill from there.

There has, of course, already been lots of Clone Wars film media, including some adaptations of comics. However, the battle of Jabiim takes place in the earlier days of the war, before Anakin was knighted; the second season of the 2D Clone Wars show, and all of the 3D Clone Wars show, take place after he is knighted. I think this is a shame, since I really like sad boy Padawan Anakin. He just recently lost his mother and his arm, killed a tribe of Tusken Raiders, and got married. Though some comics deal with these topics, the cartoons rarely do. To stand out from the other Clone Wars content and to achieve a more serious tone, these post-AotC stories could be adapted into live-action.

Though more Clone Wars stuff would be excessive, I put it to you that so was Rogue One!

Jenna Ushkowitz as Zule Xiss, the fiercest one

Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld as Tae Diath and Elora Sund, connected by a powerful young Force-bond

Marcus Scribner and Jordan Fisher as Mak Lotor and Kass Tod, who practically never have a comic panel apart from each other

Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Vaabesh and Windo “Warble” Nend, the LGMs of the gang

Auli’i Cravalho as Aubrie Wyn, the smallest and the bravest one of all