Weird Al Predicted Phantom Menace

Weird Al Yankovic wrote all the lyrics to "The Saga Begins" two months before "Star Wars: Episode I" reached theaters. The parody retold the movie’s plot to the melody of "American Pie," even though Yankovic had not seen the finished film yet. He built the song from leaked plot details he found online, and the final lyrics turned out to be almost perfectly accurate.

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