This Album-Length Mash-up of Star Wars and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is Your New Favorite Thing
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Some days are just filled with strife and sadness, and unfortunately, that seems to be the norm for a lot of people. But every now and then, the internet comes along and says, “Hey there … Look, I’ve got something to show you. This will make you feel better.” Well, dear readers, today is that day. Why? Because a pair of frickin’ geniuses, who must care deeply for our collective well-being as a species, shared their very own narration of Star Wars: A New Hope to the tune of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Y’know, the classic Beatles album. And, honestly, it’s more perfect than it deserves to be.
Palette-Swap Ninja, an oddly named musical parody duo made up of Jude Kelley and Dan Amrich, have taken the momentously galactic burden of telling the entire story of A New Hope through music and lyrics inspired by Sgt. Peppers, and it is a meticulously planned thing. Using the most apt title for a parody album ever, Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans is a concept album and beautiful labor of fan love that took a whopping five years to create, which is something that none of us realized we were waiting for. Consider the lyrics from the track “With Illicit Help From Your Friends,” where the song takes Vader’s point of view:
