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Harry Potter:
Accio mic! Let me fire up the wand.
(Accio is a spell in the "Harry Potter" universe used to pull an object toward the user. Harry uses this spell to pull in the microphone so he can begin rapping.)
Like Hermione and Ron, I'm about to get it on.
(Harry's two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, started dating in the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and became a married couple with two children, Rose and Hugo, in the epilogue of the book. Harry says that he is about to "get on" with his rapping, like when Hermione and Ron "get it on", or have sex.)
Cause my mouth spits hot like Incendio flames.
(Incendio is a spell used to create fire. Harry says that his raps are as hot as fire.)
You're lukewarm like some tauntaun remains!
(Harry makes a pun on Luke's given name and says that Luke isn't nearly as good at rapping as he is. When Luke was freezing to death on the planet Hoth, Han Solo cut open a dead tauntaun to keep Luke warm.)
Even the mad eye of my man Alastor Moody,
(Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody is a Harry Potter character nicknamed for his wandering magical glass eye.)
Could see your franchise only has two decent movies!
(The Star Wars franchise has twelve theatrical releases, and many of them have had mixed-to-negative reception from both critics and fans. Harry is most likely referring to the first two Star Wars films, A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and noting the low amount of good-quality movies within the Star Wars franchise.)
Search your feelings: do you sense déjà vu?
(The first part of this line is based on an iconic quote from Darth Vader: "Search your feelings, you know it to be true." Déjà vu is a feeling that one has already lived through a certain situation before, which is then followed up by the next line.)
You're getting smoked like your Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru!
(At the beginning of Star Wars, Luke's uncle Owen and aunt Beru are burnt to death by Stormtroopers, and Luke discovers their smoking corpses upon returning home from purchasing the droids C-3PO and R2-D2. In this context, Harry says that Luke is already getting smoked, or feeling defeat.)
Your acting is flat and your raps are 2D too!
(Phonetically, Harry raps "R2-D2", the astromech droid that is one of Luke's most loyal companions. Harry is saying that Luke's acting and raps are both "2D", or two-dimensional, meaning they lack depth.)
Bugger off to the afterlife where you're fat and see-through!
(Harry tells Luke that he should go off to the afterlife; "bugger off" is British slang meaning "go away!". When most Jedi die, they are able to come back as spirits and are thus see-through. Luke dies at the end of The Last Jedi and gained that power to become a spirit. He also had put on weight since the original trilogy)
You're the biggest letdown in your series since Snoke!
(Supreme Leader Snoke is introduced in The Force Awakens as the supposed ultimate villain of the Sequel Trilogy, only to be killed in The Last Jedi and revealed in The Rise of Skywalker to have been a mere puppet created and controlled by Palpatine, disappointing many fans who had engaged in a great deal of speculation over Snoke's identity and role.)
It makes sense your father's Vader; all you do is choke!
(Luke's father, Anakin, better known as Darth Vader, is known for using the Force to choke his henchmen. Harry says that Luke takes after his father by choking—i.e. failing—when he tries to rhyme.)
You country bumpkin, you must be dumb.
(Before Luke's journey, he was a farmer living on an underdeveloped planet and thus referred to as a "bumpkin", or an undereducated hick.)
Who farms moisture on a desert planet with two suns?
(Luke lived on a moisture farm on the desert planet of Tatooine, which orbits two suns. Harry thinks the heat from the suns would make moisture impossible to farm let alone find, and Luke must be an idiot to try and do so.)
Let me stick my plans in your dusty bin-droid!
(This is another reference to R2-D2, who is shaped like a domed trash can. In the first "Star Wars" film, A New Hope, Princess Leia inserted the Death Star plans into R2-D2's memory systems. This is also a reference to the name of the mascot of the British children's show 3-2-1, Dusty Bin, as seen when it appears alongside Harry in this scene.)
I'll leave you like a horcrux: split up and destroyed!
(In the sixth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is revealed that the villain Lord Voldemort split his soul into seven parts called horcruxes. Harry spends the rest of the series trying to destroy the horcruxes, and succeeds in the end.)
Luke Skywalker:
I dunno what made you shoot first, but that missed.
(In the original release of A New Hope, Han Solo is confronted by the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo, who intends to kill him over money he owes. Han pulls his blaster and shoots Greedo dead before Greedo can shoot him. In the 1997 "Special Edition" re-edit of the scene, it was changed to Greedo shooting and missing Han before Han shoots him, which outraged fans, insisting that "Han shot first". Two later edits to this shot were made, where both fire almost exactly simultaneously. Luke references this controversy and says he doesn't know why Harry had the first verse.)
If I was you, I'd have a bad feeling ‘bout this!
(At least once every Star Wars movie, someone says, "I have a bad feeling about this." Luke says that Harry should feel bad about choosing to rap against him.)
Ooh, I'm a rhyming Jedi like my father before me!
(Luke is a Jedi. His father, Anakin, also a Jedi, rapped in the earlier battle Darth Vader vs Hitler and its two sequels. Both Luke and Vader were coincidentally played by Nice Peter. This is also a reference to Luke's line to Palpatine in Return of the Jedi after refusing to kill Vader.)
Your talking hat shoulda put you in Gryffin-dorky!
(The Sorting Hat is a sentient hat that decides which house a Hogwarts student will be placed in. In Harry's case, the hat chose Gryffindor. Luke insults his house and personality by calling him "dorky", as his studious nature and round-framed glasses would give one that impression.)
Your origin story is mostly stolen from me.
(Luke claims J. K. Rowling plagiarized Star Wars, specifically his origin story.)
You might be Potter, but Harry, I planted your seed!
(A potter is someone who plants seeds in pots. To "plant a seed" means to inspire someone. This also reference Luke Skywalker's background as a farmer.)
Let's see: little orphan raised by relatives in solitude,
(Harry and Luke are both orphans (or at least Luke thought he was before he learned that Vader was his father). They were both raised by their aunts and uncles.)
Suddenly gets taken under wing of funky wizard dude,
(Luke continues by comparing their mentors. Dumbledore taught Harry magic after he arrived at Hogwarts, while Obi-Wan Kenobi informed Luke about his fate and taught him about the Force.)
Learns that he's been destined to have powerful gifts,
(Harry is "The Chosen One", who was pre-destined to be the one that kills Voldemort, while Luke is the son of Anakin Skywalker, "The Chosen One", who was prophesied to bring balance to the Force.)
But between the two of us I think I got the cooler stick (swing it!)!
(Luke says his lightsaber, which he often swings, is more awesome than Harry's wand. Luke may also be using "stick" in reference to his penis, claiming to have a bigger dick than Harry. It could also be a pun on 'shtick' meaning a gimmick. He will use the verses that follow to back up his claim.)
My mic-saber cuts through you so slicey,
(Luke makes a pun out of the word lightsaber to say his mic skills will cut through Harry similar to how a lightsaber cuts through people.)
Leave you on the floor like an arm at Mos Eisley,
(In A New Hope, Luke is confronted at the Mos Eisley Cantina by Doctor Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba, two hostile thugs who are wanted by the law in multiple galaxies. When Obi-Wan Kenobi tries to amend the situation by offering them a drink, Evazan and Ponda Baba violently attack Luke, prompting Obi-Wan to slice off Ponda Baba's arm with his lightsaber. Similarly, Luke says he will leave Harry on the floor with his raps.)
Hit you with the wampa raps, I get icy,
(The wampa is an ice-dwelling monster that attempts to eat Luke on planet Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. The wampa also had its arm cut off, this time by Luke. Likewise, Luke describes his disses as brutal and cold.)
Land'em in your face like,
(Luke says he will direct his disses right in Harry's face.)
Han Solo:
That'll do nicely.
(While being pursued by TIE Fighters in the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo landed his ship, the Millennium Falcon, inside the mouth of a giant space slug he thought was a cave on an asteroid, prompting him to say the above line.)
Luke Skywalker:
I fly the X-Wing to save a planet from massacre!
(Luke often pilots an X-Wing starfighter. In the first Star Wars film, he piloted his X-Wing and used its proton torpedoes to blow up the planet-vaporizing Death Star before it could destroy the planet Yavin IV where the Rebel base was located.)
You fly on a broom like some kinda magical janitor!
(Like many fictional witches and wizards, Harry rides a flying broom. Custodians, also called janitors, use brooms to clean up messes.)
Your Dumble-dweeb army likes to think that you're the best;
(Harry was a founding member of Dumbledore's Army, which sees Harry as a hero.)
All you did was use your mom like a bulletproof vest!
(A major reason why Harry survived Voldemort's killing curse was because of his mother's love for him. Harry's mother, Lily Potter, stood in front of Harry's crib, shielding him and taking the killing curse from Voldemort's wand, similar to how a bulletproof vest prevents people from being killed by bullets.)
Harry Potter:
The death of my mother saved the wizarding race!
(After Lily's sacrifice and his failure to kill Harry, Voldemort became weakened and was not able to return to full strength until the fourth book, The Goblet of Fire.)
Your mum died of heartache when she saw your face!
(Luke's mother, Padmé Amidala, died soon after giving birth to him and his sister, Leia, as she "lost the will to live" after Anakin turned to the Dark Side in the third prequel film, Revenge of the Sith; not only did the death of Padme play no role in the downfall of the Empire, Harry is suggesting that Luke's birth was what made her lose the will to live, rather than Anakin turning to the Dark Side. his is also reference to a line Padmé said right before that moment, "Anakin, you're breaking my heart." )
You swamp school dropout! You're too whiny to rhyme!
(In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke studied to be a Jedi under the instruction of Yoda on the swamp planet, Dagobah, but did not complete his training as he sensed his friends in trouble and left immediately to help them. Ironically, Harry is also technically a school dropout, as he skipped his final year of Hogwarts to hunt down Voldemort's horcruxes.)
At least when I Slytherin a sister, she isn't mine! (ooh!)
(One scene in The Empire Strikes Back has Luke kissing Princess Leia. Later, in Return of the Jedi, he learns that she is his sister. In contrast, Harry, an only child, married Ron Weasley's sister, Ginny Weasley. Slytherin is another Hogwarts house. Harry uses a pun on Slytherin and 'slither in'.)
I'm the boy who lived, bestseller without equal!
(Harry has often been honored with the title, "The Boy Who Lived", as he survived Voldemort's curse which was considered impossible. The Harry Potter book franchise became a bestseller series.)
I'll split you like your fanbase's feelings ‘bout the prequels!
(The Star Wars prequels garnered a mixed reception from Star Wars fans, and the negative side of the argument has been quite prevalent in the fanbase.)
The sequels brought you back, to meet your demise.
(Luke died in The Last Jedi, the second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The Last Jedi is also criticized for ruining Luke's character, meaning he "met his demise" both literally and figuratively.)
I'd say you were brilliant; but I must not tell lies.
(In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dolores Umbridge forces Harry to repeatedly write "I must not tell lies." The video also references how in the same scene, the words were scratched into Harry's hands while he was writing them.)
I left J.K. straight Rowling in cash!
(J. K. Rowling is the author of the "Harry Potter" book series and went from struggling single mother to wealthy millionaire with her success of the Harry Potter books. Harry makes a play on her name when emphasizing the mass amounts of money she has made.)
You let J.J. compact your character to trash!
(One of the sequel trilogy's criticisms is its inconsistency of characters in the original trilogy, especially with Luke's character. J. J. Abrams is one of the main creators of the sequel trilogy, with him being the director of two different movies. This is also a reference to the famous scene from the first Star Wars where Luke and his companions were almost crushed in a trash compactor aboard the Death Star.)
So go on, try and force more of your disses!
(Jedi use the power known as The Force. Harry claims Luke is forcing his disses rather than having any natural flow.)
You're like a Stormtrooper: 'cause all your shit misses!
(In many of the Star Wars movies, Stormtroopers are known to often miss their shots, eventually getting shot themselves. This is widely made fun of in pop culture, and Harry uses this to say that none of his disses hit, as in, nothing fazed or hurt him.)
R2-D2:
[Beep boop beep]
(R2-D2 communicates through a sequence of mechanical beeps as he tells Luke something about Harry)
Luke Skywalker:
That's right R2
(Luke agrees with what R2-D2 just said. This is referencing Luke's conversations with R2 when piloting his X-Wing.)
It does sound like he left all his fire in the goblet.
(This is a reference to the Goblet of Fire, a flaming cup that chooses the competitors of Triwizard Tournament from those that put their name in the flames. Harry had his name put in and was forced to compete. Luke agrees with R2-D2 that Harry also left his fire disses in the Goblet)
R2-D2:
[Boop beep beep]
(R2-D2 communicates through a sequence of mechanical beeps)
Luke Skywalker:
Haha!
(Luke laughs at another thing said by R2.)
Maybe he will get rescued by an anorexic hobbit.
(Dobby the house elf was a slave to the Malfoy family who cared about Harry and often tried to save him. R2 and Luke compare Dobby to a Hobbit, short figures from the Lord of the Rings book series. Anorexic refers to a mental condition where people often starve themselves and are dangerously underweight as a result. Dobby being underfed, was similar in appearance.)
I think it's pretty clear that you and I are pretty different.
(Luke says Harry can't compare to him.)
My drive's hyper, your drive's Privet.
(Luke's X-Wing is equipped with a hyperdrive which allows him to reach lightspeed and traverse the void between stars in the alternate dimension of hyperspace. Harry lived with the Dursleys in a house on 4 Privet Drive.)
I've got more rhymes than sand grains on Tatooine.
(Tatooine is a desert planet and thus full of sand. This might reference an infamous line from Luke's father, Anakin, in the second prequel film, Attack of the Clones, where he complained about sand and how it got everywhere.)
You couldn't pull in the win with a tractor beam!
(Tractor Beams are a technology in the Star Wars universe where big vessels can pull in and capture smaller ships. Luke says that even a tractor beam would be useless for Harry to obtain a win.)
I crushed an empire a galaxy large.
(The Galactic Empire is the fascist galactic government that ruled over the galaxy which Luke has repeatedly dismantled.)
I blew up the Death Star; you blew up Aunt Marge!
(Luke destroyed the giant Death Star, a super weapon by the Empire that could destroy a planet. In the third book, The Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry inflated his Aunt Marge accidentally in anger after her insulting words said about Harry's mother.)
I'll pop you where Poppy Pomfrey can't be healing you
(Madame Poppy Pomfrey is a nurse at the Hogwarts school who had healed Harry after a number of dangerous encounters.)
Unlike a great disturbance in the Force, I'm not feeling you!
(Jedi can often sense trouble brewing, prompting a frequent line in the Star Wars film, "I feel a great disturbance in the Force. Luke says he isn't feeling Harry's raps, or isn't enjoying them.)
Death would eat you up without Hermione and luck.
(Hermione Granger is one of Harry's trusted friends and has saved him thanks to her intellect. A lot of Harry's survival in the face of danger has often been due to luck. This is also a reference to the Death Eaters.)
Because your own skills wingardeum levio-suck
(Wingardeum Leviosa in a levitating spell to make things float in the Harry Potter books. Luke says that Harry's skills suck when he isn't being assisted.)
You're a dud like Dursley but worse,
(Harry's cousin is Dudley Dursley and may be referred to as Dud for short, a person with minimal intelligence.)
And I'd rather herd nerfs than have to endure your third verse!
(A nerf herder was someone who herded nerfs, a species of furry, non-sentient animals raised for their milk, meat, and hide. This is also a reference to a famous line said in The Empire Strikes Back where Princess Leia called Han Solo a half-witted scruffy-looking nerf herder.)
Harry Potter:
Have you heard rap before? That was not dope at all.
(Harry wonders whether Luke has ever heard a rap battle before, as his verse wasn't very impressive.)
Maybe have goldy-balls show you the protocol.
(Harry references C-3PO, a golden protocol droid and one of Luke's companions throughout the series. C-3PO liked to stick to routine. Harry makes a joke about how Luke needs to be shown how to rap by a dull character.)
But I bet you're just distracted, you've got a lot on your plate,
(Harry says Luke must just be distracted by all his responsibilities.)
On one hand the rebellion, on the other hand - oh wait!
(Luke is often fighting alongside the Rebellion to defeat the Empire. Luke had his hand cut off by Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel. This could also be Harry's way of saying that Luke has nothing else going for him.)
I roll deep and the Weasleys got my back.
(Harry is best friends with Ron Weasley, later gets married to Ginny Weasley, and is also close friends with the whole Weasley family.)
Ron Weasley:
This muggle sucks more hole than the bloody Sarlacc!
(A muggle is a word in the Harry Potter universe referring to those without magical ability. The Sarlacc is a creature that Luke encounters in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, a massive beast dwelling underground that feeds on anything that falls through it's mouth, which appears as a massive hole in the surface of Tatooine. A suck-hole is a slang term used to refer to sycophants; people who are eager to please authorities, which Harry is calling Luke.)
Fred and George Weasley:
We'll rough you up good if you try to step to Harry, mate!
(Fred and George say they will fight to protect Harry if Luke tries to battle him.)
You're the least intimidating twin since Mary-Kate!
(The Weasleys compare Luke and Leia to Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, fashion designers and former child actresses. Fred and George Weasley are also twins, and they are two of the most popular characters in the Harry Potter franchise.)
Harry Potter:
I flow like Butterbeer on Diagon streets.
(Butterbeer is a popular wizarding beverage that was served many pub within the Harry Potter universe, including the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley.)
You can find me getting fantastic on these beats.
(Harry makes a play on the 2001 spin-off book by J. K. Rowling (under the pen name of fictitious author Newt Scamander), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and his own ability to rap to the beat. It is a fictitious guidebook about the various magical creatures that exists in the Harry Potter universe. It was adapted into a movie series in 2016, the first of which having the same title as the original book.)
It's over Luke! I've got the high ground advantage
(Harry reveals the Elder Wand, a Deathly Hallow said to be the most powerful wand ever made, which he obtains after defeating Voldemort at the end of the series. He makes a reference to Obi-Wan Kenobi's line to Anakin Skywalker after their duel in Revenge of the Sith where his said the battle was over as Obi-Wan stood on the high ground and Anakin would not be able take him from where he stood. Anakin still tried to fight Obi-Wan from his spot and ended up getting dismembered and burnt.)
I'll close it like a map: mischief managed!
(The Marauders Map is a magical parchment that shows the layout of the Hogwarts castle and everyone who occupies it. Harry used it often and had to say the enchantment, Mischief Managed, to turn the parchment blank to hide its ability from others.)
Luke Skywalker:
You should have Hagrid fly you home on his moped.
(Hagrid delivered the baby Harry to the Dursley's home on his flying motorcycle, which Luke mockingly calls a moped.)
If I wanted teenage wizardry I'd call Selena Gomez.
(A reference to the 2007 Disney Sitcom, The Wizards of Waverly Place, starring Selena Gomez. This reference to a Disney property may also refer to the fact that the Star Wars franchise was bought by the Walt Disney Company. In the video, Gomez also draws the Disney Channel logo to illustrate this connection.)
My attack tactics are galactically hardcore.
(Luke says his battle tactics are very impressive. "Galactically" is a pun on the Galactic Empire, where Star Wars takes place.)
Far more than your goofy little Scar Wars.
(Harry has a scar on his forehead after his encounter with Voldemort that connects the two to each other and allows Harry to sense Voldemort's presence. Luke makes a joke on his series title, Star Wars, by comparing the scales of their battles.)
I learned flow with the best in the biz.
(Luke claims he was taught his rap flow, as well as his use of the Force, with some of the greatest Jedi that ever lived, including his masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.)
Yoda:
Get funky!
Luke Skywalker:
So of you, the end this is!
(Luke delivers this line in anastrophe, or in object-subject-verb order, the same way fellow Jedi Master Yoda is known for in his speech patterns. Luke says "This is the end of you!" using the same syntax that Yoda would.)
Yoda:
Maclunkey!
(“Maclunkey” is a common fan spelling of a Rodian phrase, meaning “this is the end of you”, made famous by the Rodian bounty hunter Greedo in one of George Lucas’ alternate cuts of Greedo’s fatal encounter with Han Solo from Episode IV: A New Hope, which went unseen for years until the film’s release on the Disney+ streaming service in 2019, garnering notable attention on the Internet from Star Wars fans.)
Luke Skywalker:
My Jedi mind tricks put the nix on your Imperius.
(A Jedi mind trick is a practice in the Force in which the user fools the opponent and undermines their perceptions and will, made famous by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke's first master. In "Deathly Hallows", Harry uses the Imperius Curse several times to control others' minds and make them do his bidding. Luke says that his methods are superior.)
Twist you up like Death Sticks, I'm Bellatrix: dead Sirius!
(Death Sticks are a drug introduced in Attack of the Clones, sold by a crook named Elan Sleazebaggano, who is later fooled into rethinking his criminal life by Obi-Wan Kenobi's Jedi mind tricks. The Deathstick is also another name for the Elder Wand, a Deathly Hallow and the most powerful wand in the Harry Potter franchise. Bellatrix Lestrange murdered her cousin and Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Luke makes a play on Sirius' death and the phrase, "dead serious".)
No need to expelliarmus, you're harmless in a duel.
(Expeilliarmus is a disarming spell that can knock the wand out of an opponent's hand. Harry often uses this spell during his wizard duels.)
Call me the Hogwarts express: I just took you to school!
(The Hogwarts Express is the train that takes Harry to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is also a play on the phrase "you got schooled!", meaning Harry lost the rap battle. This is also a possible reference to the title of David Brown's (better known as Boyinaband) song "Don't Stay In School" as David voices Harry Potter in this rap battle.)
