Lapti Nek!

Just a shorty for tonight, which I’m posting super early because by the time anyone reads this, I’ll be out and hopefully drunk.

This is the official music video for Lapti Nek — that weird song from Return of the Jedi — which actually got some airplay on MTV back in ’83.

Of all the changes Lucas made to the original trilogy, I think modifying the Lapti Nek sequence may have been the most shortsighted. (Well, no, turning the sarlacc into a giant Audrey II was worse, but this came close.)

The original version was just so much better suited to the tone of Jabba’s palace, and it was a way better song, to boot.

This music video is a modified version of the scene from the movie, which used additional shots to make it more self-contained. I love it. The Star Wars soundtracks were my first CDs (really), and I used to listen to Lapti Nek like it was a regular pop song. This gained me no new friends, of course.

Happy Friday!