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"The Saga Begins" is a parody song by "Weird Al" Yankovic of "American Pie" by Don McLean, with lyrics that humorously summarize the plot of the film ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' through the point of view of Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the protagonists of the film. The song's title, not mentioned anywhere in the lyrics, derives from a tagline that appeared in teaser trailers and the film poster〔:File:Star Wars Phantom Menace poster.jpg〕 for ''The Phantom Menace'': "Every ''saga'' has a ''beginning''". "The Saga Begins" was released as a single from the 1999 album ''Running with Scissors'', and later appearing on the compilation album titled ''The Saga Begins''. ==History== Set to the tune of "American Pie," "The Saga Begins" recounts the plot of ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'', from Obi-Wan Kenobi's point of view. Yankovic gathered most of the information he needed to write the song from Internet spoilers.〔 Although Lucasfilm declined a request for an advance screening, Yankovic eventually attended a costly pre-screening for charity.〔 He had done such an accurate job with the story line that after the pre-screening, he ended up making only very minor alterations.〔 McLean not only approved the song but also has said since that his children have played it so much that he has a tendency to accidentally sing Yankovic's lyrics when performing "American Pie" in concert.〔(TheForce.Net - Jedi Council - Interviews | Weird Al Yankovic )〕 According to Yankovic's official website, Lucasfilms' official response to the song was, "You should've seen the smile on (George Lucas') face."〔(AskAl Archive ), published August, 1999; retrieved June 27, 2015〕 This is the second ''Star Wars'' song Weird Al has created, with the first being 1985's "Yoda", a parody of "Lola" by The Kinks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Saga Begins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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