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Young Jedi Knights!! Or, ok more accurately they're old enough to be New Jedi Order/Fate of the Jedi/etc etc era but I'm ignoring, like, all of that. So.

@lizartgurl you know that scene we low-key talked about? I drew it 😅 nothing like a good set of parallels in your star wars fan art!

And I'm also of the opinion that Zekk's dynamic with the twins when they were younger is basically 50% Off Makoto and Nagisa, so i present Zekk, explaining one of his many adventures to a pair of kids that i will explain below the cut because their story is... Complicated, and started literally a decade ago 😅

More details and closeups below the cut, image IDs in Alt Text as always!

So i don't think I'm gonna get into the full "story" for these kids on this post, I'll do it on the next one, but I'll give you the lowdown on the kids themselves and the inciting incident:

Roughly 10-ish years after the Shadow Academy incident, a raid on a cloning facility by Zekk, Anakin Solo and a handful of other Jedi goes spectacularly sideways when the "theoretical" genetics experiments they were expecting turned out to be four very real younglings with a startling resemblance to certain key Jedi Knights. It'd been run in secret by Brakiss (who totally survived the destruction of the Shadow Academy don't even worry about it) as a way to revive his Dark Jedi efforts. He "procured" the DNA needed while the Shadow Academy was active from successful (and nonsuccessful) Dark Jedi, and decided if he couldn't kidnap his way to having his Dark Jedi, he'd make them instead, starting by combining the DNA of his Darkest Knight and that pesky Solo girl (she was annoying but extremely powerful, a perfect candidate for the project). The project continued in secret for 10 years before Master Skywalker caught wind of it and sent in a Jedi task force to take it down. Imagine their surprise when they find four kids in amongst the scientists and stormtroopers!

Starting from oldest to youngest, they find:

Ani: 14 (physically, 10 chronologically), eldest of the "test tube" kids, the biological son of Jaina and Zekk; he inherited their love of mechanics and all things spaceflight and wants to be a pilot when he grows up. The defacto leader of the group by virtue of being oldest. Dotes on his baby sister like nothing else, but is otherwise very standoffish and closed off, hiding behind sarcasm and rude quips in order to protect himself and his little family. Had a force vision when he was 5 of a dark haired woman calling for someone named Ani, and decided that that would be his name (rather than the number he was given).

Bail: 10 (physically,6 chronologically), biological son of Jacen and Tenel Ka, very quiet and studious. He read as many holobooks as the scientists would let him have (and snuck as many as they wouldn't), and is a regular fountain of knowledge if you can get him to open up. He's particularly interested in the histories of the Jedi from long, long ago. Named himself after an old politician he read about from the Old Republic, said to be a friend of the Jedi.

Marai: 8 (physically, 4 chronologically), biological daughter of Jacen and Tenel Ka, she's a regular chatterbox, asking as many questions as she can get away with from anyone who will listen. The only time she seems to quiet down is when she's gardening; she has an affinity for plants, able to sense them and help them grow. She has a particular fondness for carnivorous plants, a fact which the other kids find a bit unnerving but she swears they're harmless to humans! ...probably. None of the others know quite why she decided to call herself Marai.

Jasa: 5 (physically, 1 chronologically), biological daughter of Jaina and Zekk, the baby of this rag tag little group. She's a bright ball of sunshine and cheer and boundless energy, able to cheer up even the most dower of her stormtrooper guards. She sees the good in everything, not fully realizing the extent of what's happening around her but also keeping hope alive in the older children, especially Ani. Similarly to her older brother, Jasa also had a Force vision when she was 5, hearing someone call for a Jasa and taking the name for herself.

Of note: the kids' growth was programmed to be faster than normal up until age 5, when it slowed back down to normal; they reached the equivalent of age 5 within about a year of their "births". As such, their apparent ages and their chronological ages are off by about 4 years

The concept for these kids was started about 10 years ago, when i was 14 and had just started reading the Young Jedi Knights books that I'd gotten from my dad. I really loved seeing fankids at that time, so I'd decided to create my own for my favorite ships! But, of course, i was 14 and "edgy" and I'd been reading the Maximum Ride books too, so i decided, Regular-ass fan babies? Nah. Secret lab-grown fan babies? Yeah. And the original 6 Test Tube Babies were born! (Yes, i said 6, not 4; i originally included a pair of Anakin/Tahiri kids with the Jaina/Zekk and Jacen/Tenel Ka kids. I took them out for this iteration though cause a) I'm not even really sure I ship them now, and b) i don't remember how the kids came to be initially but with this backstory using Brakiss, idk how he would have Anakin and Tahiri's DNA, so. Rip to Zeke and Bekka you will be missed.) I might share the og designs for the kids in another post some time, but for now, here ya go! (And if you've read through this entire explanation, thank you and kudos, but also my condolences. 😅)

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marie (alice cullen, arya stark, astoria greengrass, bail organa, barry allen, ben florian, charlie weasley, dave katz, evan rosier, fang “jonas”, frank longbottom, fred weasley ii, grace hargreeves, hades, han solo, jean grey, joyce byers, king agnarr, lydia martin, madeline mckinnon, ted tonks, tenel ka djo, tony stark, ty lee) is requesting a semi hiatus from 9/6 - 9/9 ~ Can I also drop Kate Carter & change Ben Florian’s fc to Jordan Fisher plz?

granted ! we look forward to seeing you back fully on the 9th !

note : ben florian’s fc is now tom holland jordan fisher !

** an umbrella academy oc slot is now reopened for applications , please do not unfollow as this is a mumu.

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I started a new sketchbook the other day and it feels fitting that the first full page I've filled is just. A bunch of Young Jedi Knights fanart 😂 mostly Jaina/Zekk but there's a wild Jacen cameo in there--WITH a crystal snake cause i know what I'm about--plus the Test Tube Babies (which i know @lizartgurl will appreciate).

Brief description of each scene plus close ups below the cut, image IDs in the alt text as always!

The Scenes:

Starting from the top, and going from left to right-

1. Remember how Zekk actually went a lil darkside for a bit early on (it was very emotionally fraught and Jaina had to pull a "i know you're in there somewhere" speech and a Luke-esque move of throwing away her lightsaber cause "i know you'd never hurt me, you're my friend 🥺". Luckily for her she was right Zekk would never hurt her.)? This... is not that scene, this is acknowledging that Zekk-as-The-Darkest-Knight (HOW is that his actual title btw that's SO funny) looks like Baby's First Emo/Evil OC and Jaina will not take his Banthashit. Also this is definitely meant to remind of the "you're going to the X!" SpongeBob meme 😂 she may be 4'9" but she can still manhandle you Zekk!

2. What's the point of a dad who has long luxurious hair if you can't style it a lil? (Headcanon that while Zekk was the street rat and Jaina grew up privileged, Jaina gives zero fucks about her hair but Zekk takes meticulous care of his. Both of them are very "a lil engine grease never hurt nobody" tho). Aunt Tenel Ka taught Jasa some Dathomiri braiding techniques that she's eager to try out, and, well, while Jaina and Ani are off learning to fly, Zekk is a willing participant in his daughter's tests (beats having to chase her around the temple anyways).

3. An interlude from the other side of the family, in which Jacen (Prince Consort of Hapes btw because i fully know what I'm about and it's furthering my "au where jacen and Tenel Ka were HAPPY" agenda) has to field some... Interesting questions, from his son. Y'all know this meme.

Bail: Hey dad, can i ask you a question?

Jacen: sure kid, anything!

Bail: why does Mom call you "babygirl"?

Jacen: Except that, actually, how about we stop talking for a little while--

4. Been listening to Starlight (Taylor's Version) and I've decided it's a Jaina/Zekk song (in place of Love Story which only half fits their vibes), so now you get Jaina and Zekk in formal wear, judging us all and maybe kissing out on the balcony a lil as is their right. Partially inspired by one of Lizart's fics in which Jaina and Zekk wore capes, something i have always been about, tho the outfits aren't the exact same.

The Close Ups: