John Williams wrote a leitmotif for every character in Star Wars. It's his music that makes us scared of Vader, even more than George Lucas' character on his own.

Let's explore Williams use of leitmotif as it applies to The Imperial March in the Star Wars Trilogy.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Character Melodies
02:12 - The Music Theory of Imperial March
05:56 - Classical Inspirations

Credits:

This video wouldn't be possible without the Star Wars universe, it's creators, notably George Lucas and John Williams.

- Thanks to Disney for respecting fan art and fair use of it's copyrighted material.
- Thanks to all the amazing fan art / concept artists for the inspiration for the artwork in this thumbnail.
- Thanks to Frank Lehman for his documentation of Star Wars leitmotifs here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJ0J...
- And Thanks to Gustav Holst, Richard Wagner and Igor Stravinsky for inspiring the creative team behind the soundtrack.