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9[[caption-width-right:350:''A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...'']]
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11->''"Remember, in the end, you’re not looking at the background, you’re not watching the pods, you’re listening to the music."''
12-->-- '''George Lucas''', ''The Beginning: Making Episode I''
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14In one early interview, Creator/GeorgeLucas said he had ''very'' high expectations when he made ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' in the mid-1970s. The only thing that exceeded his expectations was the music of Music/JohnWilliams. For good reasons.
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17* AwesomeMusic/StarWarsTheFilms
18* AwesomeMusic/StarWarsTheTVSeries
19* AwesomeMusic/StarWarsVideoGames
20** ''AwesomeMusic/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''
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23* Even before delving into Williams, Music/AlfredNewman's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgcPhuIELbg ever awesome theme]] for the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox logo combined with the Lucasfilm logo is worth mentioning. It was so closely associated to the saga's openings that many ''lamented'' the lack of it after Creator/{{Disney}} purchased the franchise. When Disney purchased 20th Century Fox, there were growing calls to have Disney put the Fox fanfare ''back in''. [[https://www.gamesradar.com/star-wars-disney-plus-changes-greedo/ Those calls were listened to]] on Creator/DisneyPlus and the 4K Ultimate Collector's Editions.
24* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2J5Oifxp7w What better way to accompany the words "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." at the beginning of each film of the saga?]] There's a reason it's one of the most iconic movie themes in history.
25* Any time we hear the Rebel Fanfare is a crowning musical moment of awesome. The Rebel Fanfare is in fact, chronologically speaking, the first piece of music ever heard in a ''Star Wars'' film after the opening fanfare, playing as we see the Tantive IV trying to evade the Star Destroyer at the opening of ''Film/ANewHope''. The Fanfare features often as a motif in various different scenarios throughout the original trilogy, often to symbolise Rebel acts of courage or Rebel victories. It is also heard during the credits music of every ''Star Wars'' film in the Original Trilogy. Oddly, the tune is in a minor [[{{Tonality}} key]], which makes it sound threatening and villainous sometimes - in the ''Star Wars'' radioplays it was used erroneously to introduce scenes featuring the Empire. The first time we hear the Rebel Fanfare in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' is when we see the Millennium Falcon again for the first time, which is a major bit of {{Fanservice}} and a huge squee moment for the audience.
26* "Binary Sunset" and its many variations are a mix of [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]] and [[TearJerker tear jerking]].
27* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WJPp5qpbe0&t=1m45s The music that plays over the closing credits of each film]]. We start with an upbeat, bombastic remix of the main theme and the rebel fanfare. While in the opening, the main theme is somewhat stately and reserved, the end credits version says "[[EarnYourHappyEnding we won, so suck it, evil!]]" Immediately afterward, Williams takes us on a journey through all the important themes of each film, allowing us to revisit all our favorite moments and characters. It's the perfect encapsulation of all the emotions that one feels while walking out of the theater at the end of a ''Star Wars'' movie: relief, excitement, joy, [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgia]], and [[AwesomenessWithdrawal a little sadness that it's over...]] For now.

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