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"'''Light the Sky on Fire'''" ({{Audio|LightTheSkyOnFire.ogg|Listen to preview}}) was a song sung by [[Unidentified Human band|a band]] of [[Human/Legends|Human]] musicians, and was popular on [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]] during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]. At around the same time, a song entitled "[[Hyperdrive (song)|Hyperdrive]]" was also a hit on Kashyyyk.<ref name="Slugthrowers 2">{{SW|url=news/slugthrowers-part-2|text=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2|int=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away}}</ref>

The lyrics mentioned legends about a "great god" named [[Kopa Khan]], who "came from the [[Star/Legends|stars]] and vanished," but who was prophesied to eventually return.<ref name="SWHS">''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''</ref>

In [[1 ABY/Legends|1 ABY]], [[Saun Dann]] gave [[Mallatobuck/Legends|Mallatobuck]] a music box that played a [[Holovid/Legends|holovid]] of a performance of the song as a [[Life Day/Legends|Life Day]] present. Dann later used the holovid to distract an [[Imperial Army/Legends|Imperial]] [[Soldier/Legends|soldier]], after the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]] had [[Blockade of Kashyyyk (1 ABY)|blockaded the planet]] and invaded Mallatobuck's house.<ref name="SWHS" />

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:LightTheSkyOnFire.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cover of "Light the Sky on Fire" single.]]
"Light the Sky on Fire" was a song that [[Jefferson Starship]] (the real-life band who played the holographic band) released in [[1978]]. Though the version played on ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' was never released, a shortened version saw four releases as a single:

*A double-sided ''Holiday Special'' promotional record with "Light the Sky on Fire" on both sides.
*A similar double-sided promotional single in a plain white sleeve with an extended version on the B-side.
*Another ''Holiday Special'' tie-in with a 1974 song called "Hyperdrive" on the B-side.
*A reissue of the "Light the Sky on Fire/Hyperdrive" single without any mention of ''Star Wars'' on the sleeve.

Both "Light the Sky on Fire" and "Hyperdrive" appear on Jefferson Starship's [[1979]] greatest-hits compilation, [[Wikipedia:Gold (Jefferson Starship album)|''Gold'']].

==Appearances==
*''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
*{{InsiderCite|106|I Have a Bad Feeling About This!}}
*{{SW|url=news/slugthrowers-part-2|text=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Part 2|int=Slugthrowers: An Overview of Popular Music and Musicians in a Galaxy Far, Far Away}}
*{{SW|url=news/star-wars-the-essential-guide-to-warfare-authors-cut-part-10-the-rise-of-the-empire|text=''Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare'' Author's Cut, Part 10: The Rise of the Empire|int=Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Author's Cut}}

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/merchandise/jefferson_starship.htm Discussion of the "Light the Sky on Fire" single] on [http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com Star Wars Holiday Special.com]

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