Hear the Mountain Goats’ ‘Star Wars’ Song, For Which, Sadly, The World Was Not Ready

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OK, maybe it’s not entirely serious: the song, which started as a joke between John Darnielle and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, is now a real thing.

The song is called “The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones,” and it relates the story of, well, the ultimate Jedi who wastes all the other Jedi and eats their bones. Clearly, a song that includes the line “The dust of Jedi bones piled up like parsnips on his plate/ Specifically just the bones/ The soft parts you can keep” should be the official goddamn Star Wars theme, but in our imperfect world, it’s been relegated to the oubliette of Soundcloud. Happily, though, that at least means you can listen to it right here and now:

You are, indeed, more than welcome.