The Mountain Goats Frontman John Darnielle Pens "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi & Eats Their Bones" for Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi Director Rian Johnson
"I was joking around with
Rian Johnson
on
and I was saying how there’s an urgent need to speak out about the many deeds of the ultimate
Jedi
who wastes all the other
Jedi
and eats their bones.
Rian
agreed, and told me to get to work, that the story must be told! So, I wrote the song and recorded it with a little help from my kids, who you’ll hear excitedly jumping in and out of the room while I work. Enjoy!"
The Mountain Goats
frontman
John Darnielle
charismatically wrote within the band's
upon the Monday Jan. 30th release of
"The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi & Eats Their Bones."
It all seemingly started when
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
writer and director
Rian Johnson
Tweeted "Excited (and relieved) to finally share this!" along with a link to an article dubbed THE OFFICIAL TITLE FOR
STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII
REVEALED;
@mountain_goats
(Darnielle) promptly replied, "my five-year campaign to sell
Rian
on the title
"The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi & Eats Their Bones"
has come up short" to which Johnson enthusiastically quipped, "WRITE THIS SONG." Now, for a little bit of necessary backstory...
The Mountain Goats
and
Looper
director
Rian Johnson
go way back! Johnson's 2005 film
Brick
features a self-recorded song titled
attributed to
The Hospital Bombers Experience
, which makes reference to
"The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton"
from
The Mountain Goats'
2002 album,
All Hail West Texas
. As legend has it, when
John Darnielle
noticed the thinly-veiled reference within
Brick
's closing credits, he immediately contacted
Rian Johnson
, who soon after directed music videos for
The Mountain Goats'
"Woke Up New,"
The Life of The World to Come
live performance film/DVD, and an unreleased stop-motion treatment for
"Wild Sage."
The Mountain Goats'
latest professional wrestling-themed concept album,
Beat The Champ
(2015) is currently available on
Merge Records
; Darnielle however, has seemingly written and recorded a
Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne &
follow-up that may or may not ever see a proper release.
John Darnielle
's second book,
Universal Harvester: A Novel
will become available this upcoming Friday, Feb. 7th on
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
.
"[Alright], so, I see that while I was doing a phone interview, some of you noticed this already but you may remember on Friday... I was joking around with @rianjohnson about his big Star Wars news, and the joke was "have you then rejected my song?"... whose title, at that point, just an of-the-moment joke, was "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi & Eats Their Bones." ... @rianjohnson responded, right here on Twitter dot com: PLEASE WRITE THIS. Who am I to turn down the guy who directed [Breaking Bad episode] "Ozymandias?" ... not me, not this guy. I set to work immediately. It is important that the world learn the truth of this Jedi. But where to host? ... I don't know if y'all know this, but a lot of people are into Star Wars. So, I wrote to @rianjohnson, and I'm like, here's the tune, right... and he's like, "Should I put it on my Soundcloud?" and I'm like, "rest up, do that on Monday!" ... so, here's the song. Enjoy!"
- @mountain_goats (John Darnielle)