Karabast

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"Karabast! Karabast? What does that even mean?"
―Agent Alexsandr Kallus to Garazeb Orrelios[1]
Rebel Garazeb Orrelios often exclaimed "karabast

Rebel Garazeb Orrelios often exclaimed "karabast."

Karabast was a Lasat exclamation commonly used during moments of crisis.

History

"Karabast! AT-AT!"
―Pao using the expression on Scarif — 20?cb=20250116042720 ▶️ (file info)[2]

Qui-Gon Jinn thought this exclamation during the Coronation of Queen Fanry as his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi was seemingly trapped following Fanry's declaration of rebellion.[3]

Garazeb Orrelios uses the phrase while in .

Garazeb Orrelios uses the phrase while in combat.

During a battle on Mustafar, Admiral Gable Karius shouted the phrase after the Corvax descendant disabled his TIE/ln space superiority starfighter, causing him to crash into the ground.[4]

Garazeb Orrelios, a member of the Ghost crew, used it quite frequently.[5] Ezra Bridger adopted the phrase after spending time with Orrelios.[6] Sabine Wren, another of Orrelios' fellow rebels, also used the phrase when they beheld an Imperial Star Destroyer emerging from hyperspace (prompting Orrelios to echo the sentiment)[7] and so too did the ISB agent Alexsandr Kallus, though whilst expressing confusion regarding what it meant.[1]

The rebel commando Pao used the expression during the Battle of Scarif, upon spotting an incoming AT-ACT.[2]

During the Battle of Jakku, the Duros Shriv Suurgav used the exclamation when he saw an MC80 Star Cruiser take heavy fire and go down in flames.[8]

Behind the scenes

The phrase was created by writer Greg Weisman for the television series Star Wars Rebels.[9] Archive audio of Pao exclaiming "Karabast!" can be commonly heard in the video game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes upon his defeat.[10]

In "Illusion of Control," the sixteenth episode of the third season of the DC Comics animated series Young Justice,[11] released on July 2, 2019,[12] the character Henchy, later revealed to be Devastation in disguise, says karabast in response to being hit by Perdita Vladek. Henchy was voiced by Steve Blum,[11] who also voiced Garazeb Orrelios in Rebels,[6] and the episode was written by Weisman.[11]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rebels-mini-logo Star Wars Rebels — "The Honorable Ones"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  3. ↑ Master & Apprentice
  4. ↑ VaderImmortalLogo Vader Immortal – Episode III
  5. ↑ StarWars.com "Spark of Rebellion" Trivia Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
  7. ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow
  8. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
  9. ↑ Premium-Era-real Ask Greg by Greg Weisman on s8.org (January 31, 2020): "When I came aboard, the five leads and the Inquisitor were already part of the package, but I believe I helped flesh them out. I gave them all last names, for starters, and created Zeb's curse word: "Karabast!"" (backup link archived on August 8, 2020)
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Illusion of Control"
  12. ↑ IMDb Young Justice "Illusion of Control" at the Internet Movie Database (backup link)