Thomas J. Yagodinski, a fan of both Star Wars and Eddie Van Halen, decided to mix two of his passions along with a talent for animation, hence the video you’re about to see in which a Jawa plays the singer's “Eruption.” On his YouTube page, Thomas describes what he did as follows:
“A Jawa Plays Eruption: A Tribute to Edward Van Halen is exactly that! This was an extremely fun way to pay respects to a musical legend and to also challenge myself to recreate Eddie’s amazing solo, frame my frame via stop motion animation. Is it perfect? Of course not, that’s impossible and nothing ever is.”
He goes on to explain, “The Jawa is a stop motion puppet I fabricated and the guitar is the 1:4 scale (16inch) mini guitar that I further customized. The set … well, that’s from/for something entirely different. Hope you have as much fun watching as I had creating.”
Eddie struggled for a long time with alcoholism and drug abuse, but claimed to have been clean as of 2008. Additionally, he waged a batle against throat cancer which he seened to have won, but as it turned out that wasn't the case. The end came on October 6, 2020, at the age of 65, after he suffered a fatal stroke arising from complications of his illness.
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