#also for the record as of posting this arcane s2 is not released

[whomst-the-hell]

outline for a codywan/clone wars arcane au that ive had sitting in my google docs for months lol

act 1

e1

-ani and obi’s parents die, so theyre taken in by failed rebel qui

-years later, theyre attempting to rob a topside townhouse with adoptive siblings cerasi and nield but ani is distracted bc OoOo ✨Science✨ (kyber crystals?) and causes an explosion, leading to a chase

-returning to the undercity, they encounter maul, who chases them leading to ani dumping the stuff (obi isnt a brawler like vi, he’s an excellent duellist — world is still blasters/sabers)

-qui reprimands them, and nield and cerasi mock ani, saying he invaded their con, call him anak-invader, obi shuts them down etc

-qui has a deal w jaster, mand’alor and head of the coruscant guard

-obi and ani bond over the force together

-maul has a meeting w dooku who tests out the new mutagen “darkside” on a rat

e2

-the kyber crystals belong to young noble padme amidala, who brought them with her from naboo which she was forced to flee after military actions by the trade federation, where she was saved by a jedi

-she is trialed before the senate for bringing in force sensitive objects bc the force is forbidden after the sith-jedi wars which brought major destruction (recounted by yoda who now holds a seat on the senate having forsaken the force) (obi and ani r force sensitive, point of conflict later but also bonding?) but palpatine defends her

-she is ordered to destroy the crystals and her research into the old jedi order, but upon returning discovers anakin who has returned and is reading the books. they become friends in secret, and anakin reveals that he’s force sensitive to her

-meanwhile in the undercity, jango attempts to pressure qui gon to give up obi wan, and obi thinks they should fight the enforcers, but realises that anger is the path only to destruction and decides to give himself up

-dooku convinces maul to take darkside

e3

-qui stops obi from turning himself in, offering himself instead

-dooku captures qui, killing jaster in the process

-obi cerasi and nield go to rescue qui, leave ani but obi gives him a flare (or maybe smth w the force?? hmm) (the river rock!!!!!!)

-padme joins the senate, no confidence vote to elect palps chancellor after council refuses to consider the potential of the force tech her and ani figured out w the kyber crystals

-in the undercity, obi&co reach qui

-obi is losing to maul, so qui helps, dying in the process, and obi cuts maul in half

-ani followed w the leftover kyber crystals, but his pain and suffering at being abandoned bleed the crystals and they explode, killing cerasi and nield

-in his grief, obi tells anakin that hes dangerous, and an invader, and anakin runs off to sidious, who’s in the undercity to supervise dooku, who comforts him, while obi is dragged off by enforcers

act 2

e4

-padme is a well liked senator, and has continued to meet up w ani in secret to work on force-tech, though she takes the credit on his demand

-on progress day, she almost unveils ani’s new invention, but falters after remembering a conversation w yoda where he cautioned her against the darkness of the force

-ani, now going by vader, works for sidious via dooku, smuggling “darkside” to coruscant. the operation is interrupted by the firelights (name pending) and one of them is a redheaded boy so vader loses his shit

-cody, rogue enforcer (unwilling to let shit be swept under the rug bc palps covers up the separatists actions) investigates vader

-cody used to be a body guard for padme when they were kids, and theyre still friends

-vader blows up a bunch of shit to make up for his breakdown

-cody finds obi in jail

e5

-cody forges padme’s signature to get obi released, and they work together to find info abt dooku

-obi and cody in the undercity, dex’s, brothel scene etc

-obi tracks down dooku’s 2ic grievous who tells him abt vader, shocking him so that grievous can stab him, but cody saves obi just in time

-jango, cody’s dad, is revealed to be in league w dooku and he frames the firelights for the bombing

-ani and padme sneak off and get married, though vader’s mental state continues to worsen

e6

-padme finds out vader was responsible for the bombings, causing doubt in the relationship, so vader doubles down on forcetech saying that the good he does balances the harm

-yoda objects to the new iterations of forcetech as they could be weaponised, so padme calls to have him removed from the senate

-sidious via dooku, now aware that obi isnt dead, orders jango to kill him. inter-personal shit cody vs jango

-jango presents false evidence of the firelights committing the bombings, so palpatine encourages padme to enforce a blockade on the bridge to the undercity

-vader interrogates grievous, learning of obi’s return

-cody and obi hide out in the slums, where they swap childhood stories

-theyre sold out and dooku finds them, but they escape

-obi sees the blue smoke from the flare he gave ani (feels ani’s need through the riverstone?), and the brothers reunite but vader is possessive and jealous, disliking cody’s presence

-theyre saved by firelights who kidnap cody and obi, leaving vader behind

act 3

e7

-ahsoka is revealed to be the leader of the firelights, who explains that dooku took over the undercity after qui’s death, and vaders whole deal, plus the war on drugs shit going on with darkside.

-the blockade creates tension between ani and padme, as vader is already unstable after the fight w obi. he chokes her, but padme reveals she’s pregnant and he flees

-cody and ahsoka decide to plead the firelight’s case before the senate as they were wrongly blamed for the bombings, but obi leaves to find ani

-jango stops cody and ahsoka on the bridge, shooting ahsoka, and preparing to fight cody. seeing this, obi rushes in to help

-jealous of cody, anakin sets of a bunch of droids which detonate, killing jango and other enforcers

-ahsoka and vader, childhood friends, face off as obi and an injured cody flee topside. ahsoka is not capable of beating him, but ani spares her life and flees, setting off more explosives

e8

-sidious finds vader highly injured, and takes him to be darksided (+cyborged mayhaps??) where vader hallucinates that obi and cody are the ones causing him pain

-cody takes obi wan back to his place to recover, scene w his brothers (rex, fox, wolffe)

-padme talks to palps abt her concern for ani and he prbly gaslights her, says that war is inevitable etc

-yoda, while attempting to offer aid in the undercity, encounters ahsoka and helps her

-cody and obi wan attempt to request aid for the undercity but are rejected, and obi leaves cody

-padme introduces herself to obi, telling him about the marriage and the pregnancy, and she gives him the experimental forcetech lightsaber, which he uses to attack darkside production factories.

-cody is kidnapped by vader

e9

-obi recalls his conviction that violence begets violence, and considers the implications of intra-city war. on his prompting, padme attempts to negotiate with dooku (the separatists want the undercity to be totally independent from coruscant and the senate) in exchange padme wants vader to be released into senate custody (she fr thinks she can fix him)

-vader overhears dooku relaying this to sidious and freaks the fuck out

-obi wan fights grievous, but is then abducted by vader

-obi cody and dooku awaken tied up in the warehouse where qui died (mustafar?) + droids imitating cerasi and nield,

-vader gives obi a blaster saying to kill either cody or vader. obi refuses and vader spirals, killing dooku but aligning himself against obi.

-vader once again bleeds a kyber crystal, firing it at the senate building in a rocket.

sequel

act 1

-impact of final showdown (emergency power, start of the clone wars era)

-Impact of Jango’s death — Cody becomes mand’alor/sherrif?

-Codywan fight consequences and makeup

-Vader & Palpatine villain schemes - instigate all out war between coruscant and the Separatists after they dont meet separatist demands, palpatine running the war, vader on the side of the separatists with the intent of eventually toppling the democratic system entirely

-yoda being like hmmmm maybe good, the force has the potential to be, even in the face of darkness after talking w ahsoka

-start of the war officially

act 2

-Clone wars proper, but 3 chapters so idk,,,

-Cody and Obi Wan investigating palps, figuring shit out, etc

-Padme and ani toxic by britney spears

-Dooku begins catching on and they kill him?

-padme and ahsoka anti war movementing maybe?

act 3

-sidious reveal

-Birth of twins

-Vader sacrifices himself to kill sidious

-happily ever after (obi and cody are in the guard, ahsoka and padme are working together to craft legislative reform, yoda is restarting the jedi order and the principles of old, etc)

Details and extras

*mostly dooku = sevikka

ages

obi 17 25

cody 16 24

ani 11 19

cerasi 17

nield 17

padme 14 22

ashoka 10 18

additional notes

-sunshine instead of cupcake (“but ur so bright… like the sun!”)

-ekko’s clockman is plo koon

-padme and cody friends

cody: our armour is sacred

padme, thinking abt naboo fashion culture: yeah i get it

[arowyn-m]

Mo, that's what I mean, the things he is recording has to be for promotional material, there is no way they are still doing voice work this late into the game. Even "touch ups" could take weeks, and they still had to ship overseas for dub

So,

What are they recording?

Ehhh I definitely see the possibility of actors still recording touch-ups to finalized lines. If the actual written lines are tied down and all that’s left is editing and recording new ways (tonal changes, emphasis, etc) of saying the same lines then there’s no reason to send off new lines to dubbing studios or anything—the other dubbing studios figure out their own emphasis and tones to better fit around the characters’ lip movements. The English version could still be recording their own touch-ups without having to even contact the dubs about it.

In Bridging the Rift there’s a sequence in either the last episode or second-to-last where Christian Linke is critiquing Finn’s finalized voiceline “profits have been plummeting” in post. The actual voiceline doesn’t change, but the actor records new audio even over the mostly polished footage. I should go back and watch that episode given the news lol

But assuming you’re right and Reed’s just recording for promo, I can’t imagine what he would be recording at the moment. I would say faux voicelines but why? The only trailer we have left is the final trailer, and that drops days before release, so what’s the point? Maybe he would be recording voicelines for one of the games but if that’s the case why the shot of S2 in that one studio photo?

Speaking of which, that studio photo is old. The still on the screen is dated December ‘23…there’s no way they’re still using an unfinished version from 8 months ago to record voicelines, so why even post the photo if it’s that old?

Unless they’ve been keeping it solely to try to hint towards something bigger without actually showing anything current.

The marketing team knows Arcane’s audience is insane when it comes to dissecting content lmao—I could absolutely see them asking Reed to post a photo they took a while ago just to subtly hint at a big reveal for Thursday, given his reputation within the fandom.

I could also just be on crack.