The Saga Begins

by "Weird Al" Yankovic

The Saga Begins cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 24 June 1999
  • Label: Volcano
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Yankovic's retelling of 'Star Wars: Episode I' in the form of Don McLean's 'American Pie', from 'Running with Scissors'. Written before the film's release from the screenplay alone, it is the definitive statement of his narrative-parody method.

Genres

Descriptors: film, narrative, fantasy, parody

Tracklist

  1. The Saga Begins
  2. Eat It
  3. I Love Rocky Road
  4. Pretty Fly For A Rabbi
  5. Smells Like Nirvana
  6. Cavity Search
  7. Jerry Springer
  8. Theme From Rocky XIII
  9. Gump
  10. Bedrock Anthem
  11. Phony Calls
  12. Like A Surgeon
  13. Grapefruit Diet
  14. Fat
  15. Living With A Hernia
  16. Amish Paradise
  17. It's All About The Pentiums
  18. Polka Power!
  19. The Saga Begins

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