Alderaan, Degobah, John Williams ^^
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Alderaan: Favourite planet
This is… a weird choice, but I think my favourite planet is Corellia? Which I literally know nothing about other than that they make good spacecrafts and that Han Solo and Wedge Antilles are from there. And for some reason I found it so funny that Han AND Wedge are from Corellia (and the Falcon of course, my one and only trash love) that I now kinda like the planet. XD Also the name is pretty. I have a thing for pretty names.
Okay, for real, to name a planet that’s actually shown: I like Naboo. For few reasons other than ‘it looks pretty and I’d wanna live there’. :D
Dagobah: Favourite quote
“There is always a bigger fish.”
(I originally wanted to pick a more beautiful or meaningful quote. But this sentence has found its way into my family’s everyday language use… and it’s also one of these statements that generally make no sense when used out of context, but if you think about them long enough you can convince yourself that they’re actually very meta, and then they start to become weirdly motivational.)
John Williams: Favourite song or theme
Okay, just to be clear - that’s impossible to decide, for several reasons. One, John Williams is a genius who wrote SO MANY brilliant themes for this movie series. Two, my favourite songs in general change so often; the answer that I’d give today could be entirely different from my answer in two months.I’m still gonna attempt to name… a few. :D Prepare for a long rambling of a music nerd.
The Duel of the Fates is awesome. If you had asked for favourite overall scene, the duel from Ep. I would be one of my top answers. Idk, it was just… a thing that had a great impact on me as a kid. And to this day it’s still one of my two absolute favourite fighting scenes. John Williams is a composer who captures feelings and moods extremely well, to a point where several pieces would almost work without the video, as a kind of programme music. Duel of the Fates is one of them.
Admittedly, after watching the Behind The Scenes of the Mustafar duel, the Battle of the Heroes has grown on me. Because someone, I can’t remember who, said something like, it was supposed to kind of “mirror” Duel of the Fates, only step it up a notch because now two friends are fighting each other over life and death. It has several aspects from Duel of the Fates, only it has such a different mood, it’s so fast-paced and hectical and desperate, and then almost… reluctant at times. I’m listening to it right now, and I’m instantly getting all the Ep. III feelings.
And then another favourite is definitely the Force Theme. Especially when it’s played softly and melancholic. I’ve always disliked that it’s picked up in the throne room scene in Ep. IV because for me it’s always kinda… clashed with the scene. But ugh, that scene on Tattooine where Luke watches the suns set… ugh! That theme must be played softly, passionately, with anticipation. Give me ALL THE FRENCH HORNS! :D
Honorary mentions:- the original Cantina Band, because of reasons.- the title theme, because it’s just that instant Star Wars feeling.- Leia’s theme, because it does something right what Padmé’s theme never really did… I can’t tell what exactly but… it’s just very, very Leia.- the Imperial March, because it’s the Imperial March. A cell phone once went off during an anatomy test and played the Imperial March. It’s just that piece of soundtrack that found its way through layers and layers of meta into casual everyday use - it’s like an inside joke inside an inside joke or something, because even someone who has no idea of Star Wars is likely to get the hint or joke when you’re using the Imperial March in a situation. Which is just beautiful.
