In addition to drawing my usual sci-fi comic strip for this website, I’ve also started writing sci-fi parodies of popular and less-than-popular songs. This first one is a parody of “Sink the Bismarck” by Johnny Horton, based on the 1977 original “Star Wars” film. Enjoy!

Listen to the original song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLCkkrq417k&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

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In May of 0 BBY, the war had just begun.

The Empire had the biggest ship that had the biggest gun.

The Death Star was a battle station, big as a small moon,

With a super-laser that could blow up planets real soon.

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Across the cold and inky void was the planet Alderaan.

And all the Rebel pilots, they knew it, every man,

They had to blow the Death Star, the Empire’s battle moon,

Stop the super-laser that could blow up planets real soon.

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[CHORUS]

We’ll find the Empire’s station that’s been making such a fuss.

We gotta blow the Death Star ‘cause the worlds depend on us.

Yeah, lock your S-foils to attack, and spin those droids around,

When we find the Death Star, we’re gonna cut it down.

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The Death Star came to Alderaan, and on that fatal day,

The laser started firing, five million miles away.

“We have no weapons! Don’t attack!” Was Princess Leia’s plea,

But when the smoke had cleared away, the planet ceased to be.

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For six long hours and weary minutes, the Rebels waited by.

Dodonna told the pilots, “Prepare to fight and fly,

‘Cause soon it’s going to come to us, to fight us it’ll start.

We gotta blow the Death Star into little tiny parts.”

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[CHORUS]

We’ll find the Empire’s station that’s been making such a fuss.

We gotta blow the Death Star ‘cause the worlds depend on us.

Yeah, lock your S-foils to attack, and spin those droids around,

When we find the Death Star, we’re gonna cut it down.

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The Death Star came the seventh hour, and it saw the system’s sun.

Ten minutes out from Yavin 4, the Rebels made their run.

The leader of Red Squadron, he said, “turn your ships around—

We’ve found the mighty Death Star, and we’re gonna cut it down.”

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The Rebels’ guns were aimed, the torpedoes came in fast.

The last one hit the reactor, they knew it couldn’t last.

That mighty battle station now is just a memory;

“Blow the Death Star” was the battle cry that shook the Galaxy.

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[CHORUS x 2]

We’ve found the Empire’s station that was making such a fuss.

We had to blow the Death Star ‘cause the worlds depend on us.

We locked our S-foils to attack, we spun those droids around,

We found the mighty Death Star, and then we cut it down.