#the imperial march

[wackywriterwhowriteswhenever]

When your theme song is so iconic that this is the subtitle that pops up when it plays

[alex-blanc141]

Star Wars

bruh I think I have the Star Wars theme song imbedded in my brain.

like,

my dad would hum it to me when I was a BABY! I can’t get rid of it!

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

I think Omega might have my favourite theme out of every star wars character

[gahooliganspod]

Who wore it better? We discuss in episode 6: Flintmops and Fratricide! Listen now, anywhere you find your Ga’Hooligans podcast!

[skellymom]

Powerful and haunting version of The Imperial March by the talented Pianistec. Enjoy!!!

[hauntingsoundtracks]

Star Wars Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner

The Imperial March, original soundtrack composed by John Williams

[terephin]

A religous experience mother of gods.

[lesbiangummybearmafia]

I can hear the The Imperial March playing in my head...lol

[imaginative-joy]

BD wonders why he wasn't allowed to get a cool Imperial disguise like Cal at Nova Garon.

[gon-iii]

春を迎える竹林

2012年、皇居東御苑。

竹林前の河津桜が咲いて春らしい光景。

[skellymom]

STAR WARS (OFFICIAL TRAP REMIX) Imperial March (OFFICIAL Darth Vader's T...

KICKS ASS!!!

[ontherocks21]

Ditto and AMEN to all of what @darth-jess wrote! That version of Across the Stars is nothing short of absurd genius--I must admit I broke my old Discman (dating myself here a bit 😆) listening to it on infinite repeat--but I was completely enamored with the layering of The Imperial March and the love theme. I stayed several times to listen through it all the way to the end in the theater as well. #obsessedjustaweebit

And this could be me reaching but since it IS THE John Williams we are discussing, I also have gone berserk over the observation that even with that layered ominous foreshadowing, he leaves the very, very final note to Across the Stars... Because in the end, the love that eventually destroyed Anakin also ended up saving him.

Now, please excuse me while I cue up this orchestral masterpiece in my earbuds and sob over a fictional couple for the bajillionth time.

The Foreshadowing Hidden in Across the Stars

I'm sure people have noticed this before, but this is something that has given me chills ever since I was a little kid.

If you didn't know, Across the Stars is the love theme John Williams wrote for Anakin and Padmé. But there is one single version of Across the Stars that plays in the 10 minute long end-credit song of Attack of the Clones. If you don't watch all the credits (or listen to soundtrack scores like me), you will never hear it. And yet, John Williams decided to add in this terribly, horrifically beautiful bit of foreshadowing to the fucking song.

I urge you to listen to the entire 10 minute song to feel the buildup, but if you're impatient, just listen from the 9:00 mark to 10:30.

At the very end of the love song, in low tones beneath the melody, the Darth Vader/Imperial march song plays menacingly in the background.

And I think this is an absolute stroke of genius.

John Williams, at the end credits of Attack of the Clones, is basically telling you what happens in the next movie.

That love creates the monster.

That this love will be the catalyst, and darkness will follow.

There is no other version of Across the Stars that has this, because it is only meant to be heard right before Revenge of the Sith.

I don't think I've ever heard foreshadowing in music before, at least not quite like this, and it drives me absolutely insane that he did this. How is anyone allowed to be such a genius?

[sea-owl]

Modern day Francesca would 100% play the Imperial March on the piano whenever an angry Anthony entered the room to scold one of his siblings.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

March 2024: Monument to the victims of a russian drone strike on a residential building in the Odesa region of Ukraine.