The Saga Begins

by "Weird Al" Yankovic


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...

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."

Did you know this junkyard slave
Isn't even old enough to shave,
And he can use the Force, they say?
Ahh, do you see him hitting on the queen,
Though he's just nine and she's fourteen?
Yah, he's probably gonna marry her someday.
Well, I knew 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.

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."

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 midi-chlorians 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 interview 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."

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."

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 Gunguns 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.

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."

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"...