THE NIGHT BEFORE EPISODE ONE

by

Crescent Dreamweaver

email: catz4dog1@aol.com

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Star Wars. Those rights belong to

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Synopsis: A parody of the poem "The Night Before Christmas". I wrote this

back in 1999 about a week or so before Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom

Menace hit theaters nationwide. And considering it took me, like, less than

fifteen minutes to write, I think it's pretty good.

Let the parody begin!

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'Twas the night before Episode One,

And outside the theater,

Not a person was stirring,

Not one single seater.



They're all in their sleeping bags,

Instead of their beds,

While visions of Jedi

Dance in their heads.



For when morning comes,

It's a race against time,

For they'll all race

To be at the front of the line.



They'll sit in their seats

At a movie meant to amaze,

And I've got a feeling

It'll last many, many days.



The people in the theater

Will stare at the silver screen,

Entranced by the characters

And every memorable, colorful scene.



They'll munch their popcorn

While drinking their Cokes, Mountain Dews, or Sprites,

They'll watch the great battles

Between the Sith and the Jedi Knights.



When the movie is over,

They'll return home,

And thus ends

My first parody poem.



The End

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A/N: Well, thus ends one of the first of many poetic parodies. Please R&R,

but no flames, 'cause otherwise I'll have to kick your sorry arses from here

to Middle Earth. See ya!