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Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) has over 1200 never-before-seen candid Star Wars pictures and he's started posting them on twitter. Check it out! http://www.avclub.com/article/chewbacca-posted-a-bunch-of-candid-star-wars-set-p-106923

I just heard of the news. Apparently, the deal for stocks and cash is worth an estimated $4B, and it will include rights to the Star Wars franchise. From Disney's own press release: Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder, George Lucas. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney stock on October 26, 2012, the transaction value is $4.05 billion, with Disney paying approximately half of the consideration in cash and issuing approximately 40 million shares at closing. The final consideration will be subject to customary post-closing balance sheet adjustments. “Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision, and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas,” said Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including Star Wars, one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney’s unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses, and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value.” “For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next,” said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm. “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I’m confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney’s reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment, and consumer products.” Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Lucasfilm, a leader in entertainment, innovation and technology, including its massively popular and “evergreen” Star Wars franchise and its operating businesses in live action film production, consumer products, animation, visual effects, and audio post production. Disney will also acquire the substantial portfolio of cutting-edge entertainmenttechnologies that have kept audiences enthralled for many years. Lucasfilm, headquartered in San Francisco, operates under the names Lucasfilm Ltd., LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound, and the present intent is for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations. Kathleen Kennedy, current Co-Chairman of Lucasfilm, will become President of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Additionally she will serve as the brand manager for Star Wars, working directly with Disney’s global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Ms. Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas serving as creative consultant. Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future. The acquisition combines two highly compatible family entertainment brands, and strengthens the long-standing beneficial relationship between them that already includes successful integration of Star Wars content into Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris and Tokyo. Driven by a tremendously talented creative team, Lucasfilm’s legendary Star Wars franchise has flourished for more than 35 years, and offers a virtually limitless universe of characters and stories to drive continued feature film releases and franchise growth over the long term. Star Wars resonates with consumers around the world and creates extensive opportunities for Disney to deliver the content across its diverse portfolio of businesses including movies, television, consumer products, games and theme parks. Star Wars feature films have earned a total of $4.4 billion in global box to date, and continued global demand has made Star Wars one of the world’s top product brands, and Lucasfilm a leading product licensor in the United States in 2011. The franchise provides a sustainable source of high quality, branded content with global appeal and is well suited for new business models including digital platforms, putting the acquisition in strong alignment with Disney’s strategic priorities for continued long-term growth. The Lucasfilm acquisition follows Disney’s very successful acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel, which demonstrated the company’s unique ability to fully develop and expand the financial potential of high quality creative content with compelling characters and storytelling through the application of innovative technology and multiplatform distribution on a truly global basis to create maximum value. Adding Lucasfilm to Disney’s portfolio of world class brands significantly enhances the company’s ability to serve consumers with a broad variety of the world’s highest-quality content and to create additional long-term value for our shareholders. The Boards of Directors of Disney and Lucasfilm have approved the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-United States merger control regulations, and other customary closing conditions. The agreement has been approved by the sole shareholder of Lucasfilm. Note: Additional information and comments from Robert A. Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, and Jay Rasulo, senior executive vice president and CFO, The Walt Disney Company, regarding Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, are attached. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=96524 Hmm... first Marvel and now Lucasfilm. Disney is on a roll this year...

There it is. The Original Trilogy plus The Force Awakens, live to projection! http://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/explore/1718/star-wars

Ahsoka Tano Disney Plus Series Adds Mary Elizabeth Winstead Jay approves

Star Wars Announces New Films Including Dawn of the Jedi from Logan Director Lucasfilm announces a slew of new Star Wars movies, including Dawn of the Jedi which will be helmed by Logan director James Mangold. A bevy of new Star Wars movies are in production. Announced as a part of Star Wars Celebration 2023, the trio of movies will span a time period of 5000 years, stretching across multiple eras of the galaxy far, far away. While details are still slim, one of these is already titled Dawn of the Jedi and will be directed by James Mangold. While a specific release date has yet to be revealed, Lucasfilm confirmed it was aiming for a December 2025. https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-new-films-dawn-of-the-jedi-james-magold/ Kewl

I've heard people talk about how recording sessions for Star Wars were leaked, particularly the prequels; does this mean actual footage of the soundtrack being recorded or am I thinking of something else? If so, does anyone have this footage? It'd be really interesting to see.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/taika-waititi-star-wars-1234597104/ Good for him

The Force Awakens by John Williams Complete Score Breakdown & Other Info by Jason LeBlanc I have no clue what any of Williams' original cue names are, so I made up my own names for all of them, usually just using a description of the scene or some dialogue from it rather than trying to imitate Williams' naming style. I'm sure I missed some things here and there so I welcome any at all questions and updates and corrections. Without further ado here we go! May 2020 update: We now know all of Williams' original cue titles. I will continue to edit this post with corrected info as I have time, and will put old, outdated info in spoiler-blocks until I have time to replace it with updated info. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF OST: 01 Main Title And The Attack On The Jakku Village (6:25) 02 The Scavenger (3:39) 03 I Can Fly Anything (3:11) 08B "That Lady With The Stick" (0:35-1:05) 05 Follow Me (2:54) 07 The Falcon (3:32) 08A "What's Your Name?" (0:00-0:35) 08C "Kylo and His Sword" (1:11-end) 09 The Rathtars (4:05) 10B "Green Planet" (0:52-1:17) 10C "You Got A Name?" (1:17-end) 11A "Maz on the Table" (0:00-1:21) 10A "I Ran Into You" (0:00-0:52) 04B "I've Found The Droid" (1:10-end) 11B "I Have To Go Back" (1:21-end) 12 The Starkiller (1:51) 13 Kylo Ren Arrives At The Battle (2:01) 14 The Abduction (2:25) 15 Han And Leia (4:41) 17 Snoke (2:03) 18 On The Inside (2:05) 19 Torn Apart (4:19) 20 The Ways Of The Force (3:14) 22A "Light In The Snow and Flying Home" (0:00-2:05) 04A "Finding The Map" (0:00-1:10) 22B "The Complete Map (2:05-end) 23 The Jedi Steps And Finale (8:51) Concert Arrangements 06 Rey's Theme (3:11) 16 March Of The Resistance (2:35) 21 Scherzo For X-Wings (2:32) DETAILED OST BREAKDOWN: 1 Main Title And The Attack On The Jakku Village (6:25) 0:00-1:26 = 1M1 Main Title 1:26-1:44 = 1M1Av3 Starry Night 1:44-2:16 = 1M2A Fix 2:16-2:29 = 1M1Av3 Starry Night {continued} 2:29-2:59 = 1M2B 2:59-3:07 = 1M1Av3 Starry Night {continued} 3:07-3:27 = 1M3C I've Seen Too Much 3:27-4:07 = 1M3D The Attack on the Village 4:07-4:52 = 1M3BR The Attack on the Village 4:52-6:03 = 1M4R The Arrival of Kylo Ren 6:03-end = 1M4B Landing 2 The Scavenger (3:39) 0:00-0:54 = 1M5 Alt 2R The Scavenger 0:54-1:02 = 1M5 Alt 2 The Scavenger 1:02-2:21 = 1M5 Alt 2R The Scavenger {continued} 2:21-2:40 = 1M6 Alt R One Quarter Portion 2:40-end = 1M7 Lunchtime With Rey (Flute Version) 3 I Can Fly Anything (3:11) 0.00-0.57 = 2M14R I Can Fly Anything 0.57-end = 2M15R The First Escape 4 Rey Meets BB-8 (1:31) 0:00-1:10 = 8M72 Finding The Map 1:10-end = 4M37 I've Found The Droid 5 Follow Me (2:54) 0.00-1:07 = 2M18B Who's Luke Skywalker? 1:07-2:24 = 2M18CR Follow Me 2:24-2:36 = 2M18C Insert II 2:36-end = 2M18CR Follow Me {Continued} 6 Rey's Theme (3:11) 8M79 Rey's Theme 7 The Falcon (3:32) 3M20R The Falcon Still Flies! 8 That Girl With The Staff (1:58) 0:00-0:35 = 3M21R What's Your Name? 0:35-1:05 = 2M18A That Lady with the Stick 1:05-end = 3M22R Kylo And His Sword 9 The Rathtars (4:05) 0:00-1:01 = 3M24R Hiding Under the Grate 1:01-1:22 = 3M27 Rathtars Appear 1:22-2:47 = 3M28 The Rathtar Attack 2:47-end = 3M28AR Old Falcon To The Rescue 10 Finn's Confession (2:08) 0:00-0:52 = 4M36R I Ran Into You 0:52-1:17 = 4M32R Green Planet 1:17-end = 4M33R You Got A Name? 11 Maz's Counsel (3:07) 0:00-1:21 = 4M35R Maz on the Table 1:21-end = 4M39R I Have To Get Back 12 The Starkiller (1:51) 8M81 Sunbeam Strings 13 Kylo Ren Arrives At The Battle (2:01) 0:00-0:15 = 5M43R (Fix) Find Rey! 0:15-0:43 = 5M43A (Fix) Maz’s Treasure Chest 0:43-end = 5M44 Kylo Arrives at Battle 14 The Abduction (2:25) 0:00-0:56 = 5M46R Kylo Stalks Rey 0:56-1:18 = 5M48 We’ve Got What We Need 1:20-end = 5M49R The Abduction of Rey 15 Han And Leia (4:41) 0:00-1:12 = 6M50R Han & Leia Reunion 1:12-2:52 = 6M51R Finn and Poe, United 2:51-3:23 = 6M52 R2 In Hibernation 3:23-end = 6M53R Parental Discussion 16 March Of The Resistance (2:35) 8M77 The Resistance Theme 17 Snoke (2:03) 0:00-1:02 = 8M78 Snoke 1:02-end = 6M54AR Bring Her To Me 18 On The Inside (2:05) 0:00-0:45 = 7M62A On The Inside 0:45-0:54 = 7M62A Insert 0:54-end = 7M62A On The Inside {Continued} 19 Torn Apart (4:19) 0:00-2:26 = 7M65B Father and Son 2:26-2:32 = 7M65C Leia Fix 2.32-3.40 = 7M65 Father And Son 3.40-end = 7M66 The Control Room And Ren In The Forest 20 The Ways Of The Force (3:14) 0:00-0:12 = 7M67R It Is You 0:12-0:47 = 7M67BF Rey Catches Sword 0:47-end = 7M67A Rey vs. Ren 21 Scherzo For X-Wings (2:32) 8M80 Scherzo For X-Wings 22 Farewell And The Trip (4:55) 0:00-1:16 = 7M68A Light In The Snow and Flying Home 1:16-2:05 = 7M68 Flying Home 2:05-end = 8M73 The Complete Map 23 The Jedi Steps And Finale (8:51) 0:00-2:12 = 8M74 Climbing the Mountain 2:12-end = 8M75 Finale (11/11/15) QUICK FYC BREAKDOWN: Simple FYC/OST Combo Playlist, no Editing Required Longer Chronological Edit of OST + FYC, In-Track Editing Required: THE RAW NUMBERS: All comments welcome!

We come to it at last; the great poll of our time. Both are massively influential giants in the sci-fi genre, and continue to excite and inspire millions of fans decades after their inceptions. Which sci-fi epic do you prefer; the rollicking action and adventure of Star Wars, or the cerebral intelligence and ingenuity of Star Trek?

One of the highlights of the annual BBC Proms season is often the concert given by the young musicians of the National Youth Orchestra. This year they are playing a suite from John Williams's Star Wars, alongside Gustav Holst's monumental The Planets. I believe that this concert will also be screened on BBC television. Dalia Stasevska conducts. https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2025/the-planets-and-star-wars Tickets go on sale on Saturday 17th May. There is also what looks like a smashing concert of Bernard Herrmann's music later in the season, in what is the fiftieth anniversary of his passing.

Here is part 4 of my blog series on celebrating Star Wars themes, this one on The Phantom Menace (oh come on - you can stomach it!): http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/celebrating-star-wars-themes-part-4-of-6-duel-of-the-fates/ Enjoy!

This is my list of all the sheet music for Star Wars that hasn't been leaked / we don't have access to (according to my knowledge). Feel free to correct / add to this! EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE - Basically complete, missing 6M4A The Fight Begins EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Basically complete, the first pages of 4M3 and 4M6 are corrupted scans, 5M6 Insert is also missing EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH - Almost complete, 6M3 Padme's Visit is missing, as is 7M7 Insert EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE - Almost complete, Cantina Band #2 (also known as Dune Sea Special or 'Don't Bee That Weigh') is missing (but the top of the sketch was leaked in an image) EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Complete (some cues are only available as sketches) EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI - Almost complete, missing 4M4 Jabba's End (the alternate Sail Barge track on the 1997 SE Album) EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS - Complete (maybe? the cue list is a mess; half of what has been recorded isn't available either) EPISODE VIII - THE LAST JEDI - Basically complete (same situation as Force Awakens, but the cue 'More Fight' is missing and is in the LTP score, which hasn't been leaked) EPISODE IX - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - Extremely incomplete, only a handful of cues/sketches have been leaked ROGUE ONE - A STAR WARS STORY - Unleaked; the suite is the only accessible orchestral music SOLO - A STAR WARS STORY - Complete (a couple measures/notes missing here and there; most likely changed during the recording sessions and never written down) THE MANDALORIAN - The main theme has been officially published, but no other music has been leaked THE CLONE WARS MOVIE/TV SHOW - There are a couple cues from these that have been leaked, but that's all

I don’t envy Giacchino for the position he was put in - completing the Rogue One score in roughly a month. He really had very little time to develop strong motivic material, and instead leaned into a very tropey sound: a pastiche of Williams’ style, something that characterises many of Giacchino’s other scores. From what I’ve read on this site, Williams was unhappy with the extent to which his themes were used. Perhaps he expected to be credited with the “Music by” credit, with Giacchino listed as “Score Adapted by.” I imagine he may also have expected an increased fee. or that, in some way, it would have cost Disney more to go that route. Not sure if this is true, but that’s what JWFan would have you believe! Either way, given the extremely tight turnaround, it seems the compromise was simply to go into the score and delete instances of Williams’ themes. What you get instead are very odd-sounding passages, where (clumsy) countermelodies - originally intended to underscore Williams’ themes - are pushed awkwardly to the foreground. Confrontation on Eadu, along with several other passages, is conspicuously missing a statement of Williams’ Force Theme. It sounds like the theme was meant to be there but was removed before the score reached the recording stage. For the opening title, it sounds like Giacchino had one version with Williams’ Star Wars Main Title, and another with the Force Theme. Both were replaced with some very awkward-sounding "melodies". Goodness me… It seems that Giacchino’s stunt-double for the Force Theme throughout the score is his Jyn Erso/Hope theme, which sounds an awful lot like Across the Stars, leading with that minor 6th interval. It’s very tropey and meandering. It hits the broadly “emotional” tone of the Force Theme but lacks the interesting harmony, melodic writing, and narrative resonance of Williams’ original - or even his Episode II love theme. A little forgettable. His Imperial theme is slightly more successful, although it’s clearly a reconfiguration of Williams’ Imperial March. In a world where there were no complications surrounding Giacchino’s use of Williams’ themes, I have little doubt these score passages would have simply featured the Imperial March. In the context of the film, it would have been entirely appropriate to use that melody. The other melody that arguably makes the most sense to use is the Rebel Fanfare. The film is about the rebels, after all, and I think Giacchino could have given himself an interesting challenge: take this brief motif and transform it into a more developed musical idea across a full score. What we get in the film is fine - it’s hard to go wrong with this little gem of a motif - but I think the film invited a more intelligent approach from a conceptual standpoint. Had Williams composed the score, I’m sure he would have found creative ways to develop the motif into something more substantial. Going back to the “missing themes” in the score, there are a few passages that, perhaps, make me grateful Williams’ themes were mercifully deleted from the rest of it… Yikes. What other instances of painfully misused - or missing - themes have I overlooked in Rogue One, or frankly, in any score? This one offers plenty to dissect, but I’m sure there are other moments out there where a theme was mishandled?

Today during Lucasfilm's Studio Showcase at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced that three new live-action Star Wars films are on the way Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s film will be set after the events of Rise of Skywalker, and feature Daisy Ridley back as Rey as she builds a new Jedi Order. https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films The news was revealed Friday morning at the Star Wars Celebration in London, which saw a guest appearance from Ridley. Her movie from Obaid-Chinoy, penned by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, will be set after the events of her previous movie in the franchise, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, and as she builds a new Jedi Order. Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson were previously attached to the project. https://deadline.com/2023/04/daisy-ridley-reprising-rey-in-sharmeen-obaid-chinoy-steven-knight-star-wars-movie-star-wars-celebration-1235319893/

Nicholas Britell to Score Disney+’s ‘Rogue One’ Prequel Series ‘Andor’ Nicholas Britell (Succession, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Don’t Look Up, Cruella, Vice, The Big Short, The Underground Railroad) has been tapped to score the upcoming Disney+ original series Andor. The show is developed by Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) and stars Diego Luna who will reprise his role of Cassian Andor from 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma, as well as Stellan Skarsgard, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw and Kyle Soller. The Lucasfilm production takes place five years before the events of Rogue One. No plot details have been announced yet. Gilroy also serves as the project’s showrunner and additional writers include Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), Beau Willimon (House of Cards) and Stephen Schiff (The Americans). Andor is set to premiere this year on Disney+. Britell also has Benjamin Millepied’s feature Carmen (to premiere this year), Barry Jenkins’ The Lion King prequel and the HBO limited series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dinasty (to premiere on March 10) coming up and will also return to score the fourth season of HBO’s Succession. http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/02/16/nicholas-britell-to-score-disneys-rogue-one-prequel-series-andor/

And Trank's replacement is the directing team of Christopher Miller and Phil Lord - the directors of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, The LEGO Movie, 21 Jump Street, and 22 Jump Street And it's a Han Solo movie, with a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan! http://www.starwars.com/news/christopher-miller-and-phil-lord-to-helm-han-solo-anthology-film

I recently went on the Rise of the Resistance ride in Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and thoroughly enjoyed it - and then I took a look at the music and realized its a huge medley of a lot of different standout cues from across the 9 Star Wars films. I've made a score reprint video that essentially contains this whole medley if it were to be played in 1 go, if anyone is interested:

I was just wondering how people's opinions of the Star Wars movies compared to their opinions on the music from them, and if they are correlated in any way. Here is my ranking for the Star Wars films: (and I'm limiting this to the Skywalker Saga, the only ones with music by John Williams) A great website to help you rank things: https://karenarialin.github.io/the-ranker/ Revenge of the Sith The Empire Strikes Back A New Hope The Phantom Menace Return of the Jedi The Force Awakens The Last Jedi Attack of the Clones The Rise of Skywalker And here is my ranking for the music of those films: Revenge of the Sith The Phantom Menace The Empire Strikes Back The Last Jedi Return of the Jedi The Force Awakens A New Hope Attack of the Clones The Rise of Skywalker So the rankings are somewhat similar, although I do believe that The Phantom Menace and the Last Jedi are largely carried by their soundtracks. A New Hope is a great film overall, but I feel like the soundtrack has grown a little dull for me personally, because so much of its material has been reused and replayed in later films, which are often accompanied by more great music of their own.

Admin note: The first 2 1/2 pages of this thread were originally posted here. Like these ones?

Has anyone listened to this score? I stumbled on some unreleased cues from it earlier today (now accessible in @CGCJ's spreadsheet) and I was shocked at how good the music actually is! I haven't checked out this show because it looks like it's aimed at 5 year olds and I honestly had zero interest, but the music is everything Star Wars scores have been missing as of late - it's orchestral, and melodic, and I think a lot of people might appreciate it. Too bad there is no official album

Taking it one step further, inspired by this poll:

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2016/02/star-wars-in-concert-to-return-in-2016-to-a-city-near-you/

Hello! If you've heard the Last Jedi OST album and would like to discuss the music on it, this the place! The original thread can still be used to talk about receiving your physical copy, differences between various editions, where to buy or stream it online, etc, but here, it's all about the music. Starting the thread now because I found this on youtube, and I haven't checked yet to see if its real or fake.

As barely any of the Rise of Skywalker soundtrack has been officially released, and many of the cues aren't even used in the film, I decided to make mockups using the music from the few cues that we have available. Note: I'm not 100% sure on the tempos, I just did what sounded right based on the mood/feeling of the cue I will continue to add more mockups here as I make them! 0M1 "Children's School" 0M1 Children's School.mp3 1M3 "Nothing is Impossible" 1M4 "Thru the Jungle" 1M5 "Rey Trains" 1m3 Nothing is Impossible.mp3 1m4 Thru the Jungle.mp3 1m5 Rey Trains.mp3