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Raising The Ship: A Filk

Summary:

The scene from The Empire Strikes Back where Luke attempts to lift his X-Wing with the Force...set to the tune of "The Kite" from the musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Notes:

Years ago, after The Phantom Menace's release, I used to frequent TheForce.Net forums. This was also around the time Charles Schulz passed away and many newspaper cartoonists did a day of tribute strips in his honor. In the spirit of the occasion, I posted this song parody (this was also around the time the YAGMCB revival had hit Broadway). Here it is, with a slight revision or two from those days. Hope you enjoy!

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(Luke, at Yoda's urging, is trying to use the Force to lift his sunken X-Wing out of the Dagobah swamp.)

Luke:

Little more thought, little more skill,

Little more trust, little more will...

Gotta get this stupid ship to rise.

Gotta make sure that I don't blink,

If I do, it'll sink...

Gotta watch out for every little...whoops!...

Feeling the flow, feeling the Force,

Flowing through me, taking its course,

Do or do not, no such thing as "try".

Gotta make sure my fears don't get the best of me...

That'll send me to the Darker Side!

Millions of Jedi used to do it all the time,

They'd wave their hand and anything could fly...

Leave it to me to be the one Jedi

Whom the Force just wants to see cry!

Little less think, little more feel,

Trust in the Force, anything's real,

Yoda says I can, and he is wise.

Come on, old ship, don't fail me now...

We can pull this off somehow...

Never should judge a problem by its size!

Come on...RISE!

...Wait a minute.

What's it doing?

It isn't in the swamp...

It isn't in the mud...

IT'S IN THE AIR!

Look at that, it's rising fast now,

The swamp it's past now, with room to spare...

I did it, without one single slip!

I am set on my proper course,

If I use the Force,

I can really raise this...

(SPLASH!!!)

...ship.