"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (1999)
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from ekZepp@lemmy.world to starwarsmemes@lemmy.world on 29 Mar 09:47
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“The Saga Begins” (Parody of “American Pie”) by “Weird Al” Yankovic

[Intro] A long, long time ago In a galaxy far away Naboo was under an attack And I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn Could talk the Federation into Maybe cutting them a little slack But their response, it didn't thrill us They locked the doors and tried to kill us We escaped from that gas Then met Jar Jar and Boss Nass We took a bongo from the scene And we went to Theed to see the Queen We all wound up on Tatooine That's where we found this boy... [Chorus] Oh my, my, this here Anakin guy May be Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin', "Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi" "Soon, I'm gonna be a Jedi" [Verse 1] Did you know this junkyard slave Isn't even old enough to shave? But he can use the Force, they say Ah, do you see him hitting on the queen Though he's just nine and she's fourteen? Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday Well, I know he built C-3PO And I've heard how fast his pod can go And we were broke, it's true So we made a wager or two He was a prepubescent flyin' ace And the minute Jabba started off that race Well, I knew who would win first place Oh yes, it was our boy [Chorus] We started singin' "My, my, this here Anakin guy" May be Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"" [Verse 2] Now we finally got to Coruscant The Jedi Council we knew would want To see how good the boy could be So we took him there and we told the tale How his midichlorians were off the scale And he might fulfill that prophecy Oh, the Council was impressed, of course Could he bring balance to the Force? They interviewed the kid Oh, training they forbid Because Yoda sensed in him much fear And Qui-Gon said "Now listen here Just stick it in your pointy ear I still will teach this boy" [Chorus] He was singin' "My, my, this here Anakin guy" May be Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" [Bridge] We caught a ride back to Naboo Cause Queen Amidala wanted to I frankly would've liked to stay We all fought in that epic war And it wasn't long at all before Little hotshot flew his plane and saved the day And in the end, some Gungans died Some ships blew up and some pilots fried A lot of folks were croakin' The battle droids were broken And the Jedi I admire most Met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast Well, I'm still here and he's a ghost I guess I'll train this boy [Chorus] And I was singin' "My, my, this here Anakin guy" May be Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" [Outro] We were singin' "My, my, this here Anakin guy" May be Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
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Some would say it’s the original prequel meme
Every now and then I remember this exists (and Weird Al generally) and it makes me happy.
If I remember correctly, didn’t he write this based solely on trailers before the movie came out?
That’s what I’ve always heard, and though I can’t think of where I vaguely remember seeing an interview/BTS style video where he said they had to make some assumptions based only on the trailer, the poster, and things Lucas had said himself.
Spot on though, you’d think it was made after the prequels came out.
This was pretty much my introduction to Weird Al. My friend had gotten Running with Scissors and I was young enough that the idea of parody was still new to me and this was amazing and life changing. I remember the disc had built in interactive features if you put it in a computer (similar to a primitive Flash website) and there were some behind the scenes stuff you could watch.
Man, this takes me back. My friends and I all had this song memorized. We knew it way better than the original.