The Saga Begins ( song ) " The Saga Begins " is a parody by " Weird Al " Yankovic of the song " . " " The Saga Begins " tells the story of from Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s point of view . The song appears among the bonus features on the of the complete saga , and on the " " CD . Among " Star Wars " fans , Yankovic is also known for his " Star Wars " – themed song parody " , " as well as a scene in the video of his hit single " " that shows him making a back - alley purchase of a bootlegged VHS of " The Star Wars Holiday Special " . Conception and development . The song was recorded on April 20 , 1999 by . It was released on the album on June 27 , 1999 . The song is five minutes and twenty - seven seconds long and is of the and genres . After getting Don McLean ' s permission to parody " American Pie " in 1998 , Al began composing the song , given the lead time involving in creating albums forced the song to be ready by March 1999 — two months before " The Phantom Menace " s release . Lucasfilm declined Yankovic a look at the script due to the high secrecy of the film , so the musician had to search " all the leaked info I could about the movie from all the various Star Wars websites ( TheForce . net was particularly helpful ) , and was able to piece together the basic plot of the movie . " Still , the final mix of " The Saga Begins " was held until after Yankovic had seen an advance charity screening of the film . Accuracy . The lyrics are surprisingly accurate even though the song was released before the movie . According to Yankovic , everything was gleaned through Internet spoilers . Yankovic paid $ 500 to view an advance screening after writing the song , but most of his lyrics were correct , so he made minor changes ; the only major change he had to make after the screening of " The Phantom Menace " was that Anakin did not tell Amidala that he was going to marry her , like Yankovic originally thought . The main inaccuracy is that Obi - Wan stayed at the queen ' s royal starship after their arrival on Tatooine , rather than going with Qui - Gon and Padmé to search for a new part for the ship . Thus , he didn ' t witness the podrace firsthand , and didn ' t meet Anakin until he arrived at the starship with the rest of the group . Music video . The video begins in a desert , supposedly on the planet Tatooine . Yankovic , dressed like Ewan McGregor ' s Kenobi , walks until he finds Darth Sidious playing the piano . Yankovic uses the Force to get a , and in the second verse he reappears performing in a Mos Eisley cantina look - alike . In the last verse , he returns to the desert , and in the last chorus , lots of " Obi - Wans " appear singing , a possible reference to the Clone Wars that would follow . Some " Star Wars " characters can be seen , like Yoda , Amidala and Mace Windu , dancing strangely . But Yoda does not move . The upper half of the pianist ' s face is always covered by the hood of the robe that he ' s wearing much like the Sith Lord Darth Sidious . When asked why , Al stated that " They didn ' t want to scare small children , " a reference to the playful bullying of Al ' s pianist , Rubén Valtierra , commonly used in his live shows .