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The Night They Drove the Death Star Down by Robert Wynne and Jeffrey Williams Music: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band © 1998 Luke Skywalker's my name and I come from the desert plains And my life was all pretty dull until the stormtroopers came Now I don't mind droid repair And I can fly anything that goes into the air But you can't wipe out my whole family And expect me to take it standing on my feet The night they drove the Death Star downWell I left my home on Tatooine and the rebels called to me Said "Luke, my friend, come quick, we need you to fly this X-wing" Well, I had R-2 on my side And I had men protecthing my hide But instead of using the Target screen I relied on the force of some mystery unseen (chorus)Like my father before me I'm a Jedi Knight And like the others before me I won't run from the fight I was just eighteen, young and brave But the empire's sent many brave men to the grave Han Solo said that it was suicide But we fought because we had to stem the tide! (chorus)
The very first Gafia housefilk I attended, there was a young couple who was also there for their first time, and they wanted to hear a Star Wars song. Improbably, no one had one at hand to sing. So I went home and wrote one. While this song is written and performed "straight", it usually gets a good laugh as soon as people figure out what the tune is.
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